Problem
I am learning Korean on memrise. Most of the syllables aren't easy.
Answer
The language was created in the 15th century by ruler Sejong the Great.
The alphabet has:
19 consonants - whose shape imitates the shape of your mouth saying them.
21 vowels.
That's funny. Another site says 14 consonants and 10 vowels. I supposed it depends on whether you count the doubles and the end of word letters.
The word HAN means great. Geul means script or writing.
Han also means Korea.
I have made up a few memory aids.
For example:
The M sound is square and reminds me of the same square shape in Chinese and Japanese means mouth.
The K sound is a bit like a kite shape or an arrow.
Memrise allows you to write in a word or add a picture as a memory aid.
The yo sound looks like two verticals and I think of it as two yo-yos, or the letter Y formed into a square.
The yae sound looks like an elongated H or ladder and I remember: Yay! I'm climbing a ladder.
Hangeul is the Korean word for Korean language and Korea. It looks like the letter o followed by a hanging symbol. So I remember 0h - hang - o!
The word for maybe/probably looks like o then a square then an opened square, o - maybe not - maybe.
The sign for Hi or goodbye has a circle in the air above another sign followed by a low circle below another sign. Think of it like the letter o in hello then the two letters o in goodbye.
Wikipedia and even simple wikipedia give you umpteen varations and are impossible for me to follow.
https://yeskorean.com/learn-korean/lesson-1-the-korean-alphabet-is-24-letters/
memrise.com
Author
Angela Lansbury
I am learning Korean on memrise. Most of the syllables aren't easy.
Answer
The language was created in the 15th century by ruler Sejong the Great.
The alphabet has:
19 consonants - whose shape imitates the shape of your mouth saying them.
21 vowels.
That's funny. Another site says 14 consonants and 10 vowels. I supposed it depends on whether you count the doubles and the end of word letters.
The word HAN means great. Geul means script or writing.
Han also means Korea.
I have made up a few memory aids.
Korean on the world map from Wikipedia article on Korea.
For example:
The M sound is square and reminds me of the same square shape in Chinese and Japanese means mouth.
The K sound is a bit like a kite shape or an arrow.
Memrise allows you to write in a word or add a picture as a memory aid.
The yo sound looks like two verticals and I think of it as two yo-yos, or the letter Y formed into a square.
The yae sound looks like an elongated H or ladder and I remember: Yay! I'm climbing a ladder.
Korean flag from Wikipedia.
The word for maybe/probably looks like o then a square then an opened square, o - maybe not - maybe.
The sign for Hi or goodbye has a circle in the air above another sign followed by a low circle below another sign. Think of it like the letter o in hello then the two letters o in goodbye.
Wikipedia and even simple wikipedia give you umpteen varations and are impossible for me to follow.
https://yeskorean.com/learn-korean/lesson-1-the-korean-alphabet-is-24-letters/
memrise.com
Author
Angela Lansbury
