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12 DAYS OF HANGUL ~ MASTERPOST
Are you beginning to learn Korean? Then you need to learn Hangul! It’s the ingenious Korean alphabet system. Click on the lessons below to get started and learn how to master a new script.
HANGUL LESSONS
[Day 1 ~ Consonants] Learn the 14 consonants and their sounds. [Day 2 ~ Vowels] Learn the 8 Korean vowels and their sounds. [Day 3 ~ Double Consonants] 5 more consonants to learn. [Day 4 ~ Y Vowels] 6 unique vowels to round out the alphabet. [Day 5 ~ Characters] How to create Korean characters/syllables. [Day 6 ~ W Sound] How to form the W sound in Korean. [Day 7 ~ Sh Sound] How to form the Sh sound in Korean. [Day 8 ~ Orientation] Learn two ways to write with Hangul. [Day 9 ~ Batchims] How to read final consonants in syllable blocks. [Day 10 ~ Linking Sounds] Linking batchim sounds with proceeding vowels. [Day 11 ~ English] How to write English words using Hangul. [Day 12 ~ Review] Test your knowledge with this short review.
HANGUL DOWNLOADS
[Alphabet PDF] All the Consonants and Vowels. [Characters PDF] How to form characters, Ws, and Shs. [Advanced PDF] Batchims, Linking Sounds and English.
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Vocabulary- Daily Objects
일상생활: Daily life
물건: Object
우산: umbrella
물병: water bottle
핸드폰: phone
식물: plant
꽃: flower
나무: tree
안경: glasses
컴퓨터: computer
깡통: can
봉투: envelope
편지: letter
도장: stamp
가위: scissors
풀: glue
신문: Newspaper
책: Book
산책: walk, stroll
애완동물: pet animal
친구: friend
대화: conversation
촛불: candle
그림: drawing
소설: novel
음악: music
이어폰: earphones
So this is a little different from my normal posts, but I’ve had a couple of people ask me how I learned Korean and for tips and tricks so this is a compilation of the tips and tricks that I personally used to help me learn.
First-Study, study, study. Spend at least a couple hours a week (or as much time as you can) practicing and learning new words and pronunciation.
Second-Speak! If you're like me and no one around you is Korean its really difficult to find someone to speak to and thats okay, just talk to yourself and say the new words out loud when you learn/practice them.
Third-Use as many senses as you can. Write the word down, read it, say it, hear it. This will help you to remember it. I’ve even heard of drawing pictures that goes along with the word.
Fourth-Remember the basics! The basics are super important in any language but especially in languages that have a different alphabet and different sounds than in your first language, and its really important that you remember them.
Fifth-Take advantage of the free apps/websites online. These are super useful and really helpful when you're trying to learn and you don't have a teacher, or even for practicing what your teacher gave you.
Sixth-Use YouTube to help with learning new words, writing in hangul, the different sounds that the hangul make, etc. Trust me it works wonders.
Seventh-Label everything. And I mean everything. Your house, objects, and work items that you have. This is an easy way to help remember what the name of these certain things are because you see the label whenever you use it.
Eighth-Keep a set notebook for that language. You need to have a designated notebook for just Korean or else it will get confusing and difficult to read through your notes.
Ninth-After taking notes for a certain period of time, (I do mine for about a week), look back through your notes and rearrange them a clean sheet of paper in a way that makes better sense.
Tenth-When practicing your pronunciation stick a pencil in your mouth sideways so that your teeth rest on it and speak around the pencil. MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT CHOKE ON THE PENCIL! This will help your mouth form the words in ways that is normally difficult for English speakers.
Eleventh-Learn Bachim. Just learn it. This will make life so much easier as you go through and continue learning. Just do it.
Twelfth-Dont be afraid to find a pen pal or someone who's willing to talk online in and about Korean. I know it might seem scary at first but trust me, it really helps you grow in confidence and fix any little mistakes that the computer cant help you catch.
Thirteenth-Watch KDramas/KPOP. I know you've probably heard this before but heres why you should so it. When you listen to how they speak and pronounce the words it helps you to correct your own speaking mistakes and help develop an accent.
Fourteenth-Listen to as many different accents as you can. If you get used to the Seal accent then when someone from Busan tries to talk to you you will most likely not be able to understand them, simply because of the slight differences in pronunciation.
Fifteenth-As soon as you feel comfortable enough or decide that you need to there are plenty of apps or websites where you can actually interact with Korean teenagers like yourself, most of the time over KPOP or KDRAMAS and it will help build your confidence.
This is is all I could really think of but please feel free to add your own thoughts, opinions, tips, tricks and information on the subject! And last but not least, remember you're not alone or weird for trying to learn Korean. It’s a beautiful language that can sometimes be really difficult. Just keep your head up and keep trying and I promise you'll make it!
I did an art~
Had this idea for a couple days now and I finally made it a reality. Was fun to draw. Might get it as a tattoo one day, but not sure yet. Really proud of this piece. There’s a bunch of BTS references here, see if you can spot them all! Answers will be under the cut, although it’s really up to interpretation. I may have made a reference without realizing it ‘cause I’m fairly new to the fandom. Translations will be under the cut as well, but before the ‘answer’s to the references I made consciously which is pretty much all of them. The flowers are Hibiscus syriacus, aka Korean rose, the national flower of South Korea. Hope you all enjoy it as much as I do.
Translations:
내게 돌을 던져 우린 겁이 없어: Throw stones at me, we’re not afraid (anymore)
아미 is army
I hope these references are relatively obvious, but in case you missed them:
Colors: Purple for army (also grape Joon because he’s my bias and he looks good as a grape. Well he always looks good but besides the point--)
Blue is my favorite color, which you may have guessed. This would probably be more subtle.
The flower on the left side is a lighter purple than the heart itself but the photo makes it difficult to tell, while the one on the right is pink, and lastly the top on is as close to mint green as I could get (reference to Mint Yoongi). The flowers are a reference to South Korea, where the band is from.
The wings are black for Black Swan. Originally I was just gonna leave them blank/white, but remembered Black Swan. Also the Wings tour/album, since I recently watched a video of them performing on day 2 of the Seoul stop of the Wings tour. (Bonus points if you noticed each wing had both 7 larger and smaller feathers, which is a reference to the seven members. Wanted it to be symmetrical on both sides cause otherwise it would have looked silly.)