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Korean_alphabet
complete alphabet and some questions
Question | Answer |
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아 | a as in father |
야 | Ya as in yacht |
어 | Short o (sounds like uh), as in mother, or cu t |
여 | Yo, as in young, |
오 | Long o, as in awkward, or oh, or order |
요 | Yo as in yawn, or yo-yo, or Yoda |
우 | Long u, as in buoy, or Luke |
유 | Yu, as in Yukon |
으 | Short u, or oo sound, as in good, or book, or le chateau |
이 | i, as in beet, or easy |
애 | ae, as in at, add. This sound may sometimes sound like a cross between a and eh |
얘 | Yae, as in yak, or yam The vowel in this may sound like a cross between ya, and yeh |
에 | e, as in bet, or editor |
예 | Ye, as in yet |
와 | wa, as in wander |
왜 | wae, as in wangle, or wagon, wet The vowel in this sound may sound like a cross between a and eh Way, Wehh, Way-eh |
외 | we, as in west A dry, weh. Almost a cross between wehh, and wihh. This is usually pronounced like the German umlaut vowel (oe), but it is generally pronounced as (we), not usually distinguishable from the sound of the dipthong 웨 |
워 | wo (short o), as in wonder, or one |
웨 | we as in west |
위 | wi, as in wiener, we, or oui, |
의 | Sounds like, oo-ee said together. In most words, this letter is pronounced as if it were either 이 or 으, or in the case of a certain grammatical element, e |
ㄱ | 기역 (kiyok) K/g as in kin, or begin A soft k, but a harder g. |
ㄴ | 니은 (niun) n as in now |
ㄷ | 디귿 (tigut) t/d, as in tidy Sometimes sounds like a soft t sound. |
ㄹ | 리을 (riul) r/l, as in attitude, or leaf The sound is a cross between an r/l Depending on the word, this character may also make the tt sound, like in butter |
ㅁ | 미음 (mium) m, as in me |
ㅂ | 비읍 (biup) p/b public More of a b sound than a p sound. |
ㅅ | 시옷 (shiot) s/sh as in sun, or sheep |
ㅇ | 이응 (iung) ng, like in sang |
ㅈ | 지읏 (ch'iut) ch/j as in chin, or agile More often a j, than a ch |
ㅊ | 치읏 (chi'ut) ch, as in achieve |
ㅋ | 키읔 (kiuk) k as in akin |
ㅌ | 티읕 (tiut) t as in atomic |
ㅍ | 피읖 (piup) p as in repay |
ㅎ | 히읗 (hiut) h as in home |
ㄲ | 쌍기역 (ssang-giyok) unaspirated, accented k/g, as in skate |
ㄸ | 쌍디긋 (ssang-tigut) unaspirated, accented d/t, as in state |
ㅃ | 쌍비읍 (ssang-piup) unaspirated, accented b/p, like in spoon, or Bang! |
ㅆ | 쌍시옷 (ssang-shiot) unaspirated, accented s, as in assign |
ㅉ | 쌍지읒 (ssang-jiut) unaspirated, accented jj/tch/tz, as in pretzel |