Hangul: The Korean Alphabet (Consonants)
On Wednesday my instructor and I covered hangul vowels. On Friday, we jumped right into consonants, some basic grammar and conversation (both covered in two other posts). Below is a list of the Hangul consonants along with pronunciation. Of course, there isn’t an exact translation between Korean and English so you might want to find a Korean speaker or browse YouTube so you can hear the pronunciation for yourself.
In the list below, there are notes about letters being relaxed, aspirated or tense. This essentially indicates how much stress you should put on the letter. If it’s relaxed, don’t place much emphasis on the letter, if it’s aspirated, it means you say the letter while pushing more air out of your lungs and if it’s tense, you make the letter sound crisp. The phonetic examples should help you figure this out. If it’s still confusing, look for some videos on the proper pronunciation and you should be able to hear the difference. The consonants are:
ㄱ - k, g - as in kiss, but relaxed
ㅋ - k - as in king, aspirated
ㄲ - k - as in skill, tense
ㄴ - n - as in nose
ㄷ - t, d - as in tall, but relaxed
ㅌ - t - as in talk, aspirated
ㄸ - t - as in steam, tense
ㄹ - l - as in lung or a Spanish r (rolled)
ㅁ - m - as in mother
ㅂ - p, b - as in park, but relaxed
ㅍ - p - as in pill, aspirated
ㅃ - p - as in speak, tense
ㅅ - s - as in soul
ㅆ - s - as in sea
ㅇ - ng - as in king (note, if this comes first in a syllable, it’s silent)
ㅈ - ch, j - as in chill, but relaxed
ㅊ - ch - as in change, aspirated
ㅉ - tch - as in midget, tense
ㅎ - h - as in hope
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