Learning Journal #10

[Xiaoting Sun]

학교 (hak-kyo) = school

I always like Korean writing characters, because Korean characters are easy to write and good-looking, just like drawing in some ways. Even though it looks similar to Chinese characters, it still has a lot of difference. For now, I don’t think about words or grammar or anything until I can read and pronounce Korean letters and syllables. In my opinion, without being able to read Korean, it is very difficult to continue studying other parts of the language. Korean alphabet is considered as Hangul in English. I use this chart to teach myself how to recognize the Korean alphabet, and try to be able to read and pronounce them.

Basic 예사소리	Letter (jamo)	ㄱ	ㄴ	ㄷ	ㄹ	ㅁ	ㅂ	ㅅ	ㅇ	ㅈ	ㅎ
	Romanization Pronunciation	g or k [g] or [k]	n [n]	d or t [d] or [t]	r or l [ɾ] or [l]	m [m]	b or p [b] or [p]	s [s]	- or ng silent or [ŋ]	j or ch [ʥ] or [ʨ]	h [h]
Aspirated 거센소리	Letter (jamo)	ㅋ		ㅌ			ㅍ			ㅊ
	Romanization Pronunciation	k [kʰ]		t [tʰ]			p [pʰ]			ch [ʨʰ]
Tense 된소리	Letter (jamo)	ㄲ		ㄸ			ㅃ	ㅆ		ㅉ
	Romanization Pronunciation	gg or kk [k͈]		dd or tt [t͈]			bb or pp [p͈]	ss [s͈]		jj [ʨ͈]