Learning Hangul!
There are 40 letters in the Korean alphabet… and we are about to learn them all!
But don’t worry…….
By the end of the PPT, you’ll go from this:
To this!
Let’s go! 가자!
Consonants!
ㄱ 기역 (giyok) Romanization Name Letter (g) Gift Top tip: Maybe think of it as a giraffe – but laying sideways! Pronunciation
ㄲ 쌍기역 (ssang giyok) (kk) Sky
ㄴ 니은 (nieun) (n) Number Top tip: I imagine this part ㄴ folding down, reminding me of the movement of the tongue when pronouncing ‘n’!
ㄷ 디귿 (digeut) (d) Donkey Top tip: The shape of this reminds me of a shoe…. which rhymes with do!
ㄸ 쌍디귿 (ssang digeut) (tt) Star
ㄹ 리을 (rieul) (r) Berry (l) Land Top tip: (r) It reminds me of a backwards ‘s’ , which comes after ‘r’ in the English alphabet. (l) It can be looked at in this way ㄹ to help you remember!
ㅁ 미음 (mieum) (m) Money Top tip: I guess it looks like a “square” moon!
ㅂ 비읍 (bieup) (b) Boy Top tip: Ignoring this bit (indicated in red) ㅂ it looks similar to the English letter ‘b’!
ㅃ (pp) Speak Top tip: Think of two upside down p’s! ㅃ 쌍비읍 (ssang bieup) (pp) Speak Top tip: Think of two upside down p’s! ㅃ
ㅅ 시옷 (siot) (s) Snake Top tip: It looks like a banana split!
ㅆ 쌍시옷 (ssang siot) (ss) Sea Top tip: It could be seen as a seagull!
ㅇ 이응 (ieung) (ng) Wrong
ㅈ 지읒 (jieut) (j) Jump
ㅉ 쌍지읒 (ssang jieut) (jj) Waltz
ㅊ 치읓 (chieut) (ch) Chance Top tip: This letter looks like (possibly!) a person who is dancing (dance) … which rhymes with chance!
ㅋ 키읔 (kieuk) (k) King
ㅌ (t) Tail Top tip: It looks like an ‘E’…. Which rhymes with ‘T’! 티읕 (tieut) (t) Tail Top tip: It looks like an ‘E’…. Which rhymes with ‘T’!
ㅍ (p) Party Top tip: This letter reminds me of a puppy’s cage! ^.^ 피읖 (pieup) (p) Party Top tip: This letter reminds me of a puppy’s cage! ^.^
ㅎ 히읕 (hieut) (h) How Top tip: Top me, the letter looks like a person wearing a hat!
Vowels!
ㅏ (a) Father Ah
ㅐ (ae) Add Top tip: This letter looks like two objects are been joined, or added, together!
ㅑ (ya) Yard
ㅒ (yae) Yank Top tip: This could look like a plank of wood, which rhymes with yank!
ㅓ (eo) Cut Top tip: You might need to stand under this ㅓ if it it’s raining!
ㅔ (e) Editor
ㅕ (yeo) Young
ㅖ (ye) Yellow YELLOW!!!!!
ㅗ (o) Order Top tip: It could represent food on a plate that you have ordered!
ㅘ (wa) Wow or what
ㅙ (wae) Wagon Top tip: Could it look like a horse pulling a wagon?
ㅚ (oe) West
ㅛ (yo) Yoda
ㅜ (u) Fool Pool Top tip: It looks like a diving board which people use to dive into a pool!
ㅝ (wo) One Top tip: This letter could symbolise two objects wondering each other!
ㅞ (we) Weather
ㅟ (wi) We Oui Window
ㅠ (yu) You Top tip: This could resemble two objects both stuck to something with glue, which rhymes with you!
ㅡ (eu) Good Top tip: If something is in between amazing and average, it is good! Amazing Good Average
ㅢ (ui) Similar to eu+i in one syllable Top tip: If you say it fast it will sound like ‘gooey’!
ㅣ (i) Easy Top tip: Drawing a straight, vertical line is easy!
ㅏ ㅐ ㅑ ㅒ ㅓ ㅔ ㅕ ㅖ ㅗ ㅘ ㅙ ㅚ ㅛ ㅜ ㅝ ㅞ ㅟ ㅠ ㅡ ㅢ ㅣ Now you know the Korean Alphabet! 축하 해요! ㄱ ㄲ ㄴ ㄷ ㄸ ㄹ ㅁ ㅂ ㅃ ㅅ ㅆ ㅇ ㅈ ㅉ ㅊ ㅋ ㅌ ㅍ ㅎ ㅏ ㅐ ㅑ ㅒ ㅓ ㅔ ㅕ ㅖ ㅗ ㅘ ㅙ ㅚ ㅛ ㅜ ㅝ ㅞ ㅟ ㅠ ㅡ ㅢ ㅣ