Basic consonants

Korean course · Hangul · 8 short videos

Goal — I can read ㄱ ㄴ ㄷ ㄹ ㅁ ㅂ ㅅ ㅈ ㅎ with the vowels of H1.

The videos of this unit

LessonFive shapes, a whole family박쌤 Consonants draw your mouth. There are 5 basic shapes.
박쌤 ㄱ: the back of your tongue. ㄴ: the tip of your tongue. ㅁ: your lips. ㅅ: a tooth. ㅇ: your throat.
박쌤 Add a stroke and you get a stronger sound: ㄴ → ㄷ, ㅁ → ㅂ, ㅅ → ㅈ, ㅇ → ㅎ.
박쌤 One more thing. ㄱ ㄷ ㅂ ㅈ are soft. At the start of a word, they're close to k, t, p, ch. Between two vowels, they become g, d, b, j.
박쌤 That's why 고기 sounds like “ko-gi”. Same letter, two sounds. Your ears will get used to it.

Lettersㄱ · ㄴ · ㄷ · ㄹ

Four new letters, four real words!

Word ㄱ g/k · ㄴ n · ㄷ d/t · ㄹ r/l — ㄹ is special: between two vowels, it's a very light tap of the tongue, like the “tt” in American “butter”.

Examples 고기 gogi meat · 나이 (nai) — age · 다리 (dari) — leg, bridge · 라디오 (radio) — radio

Lettersㅁ · ㅂ · ㅅ · ㅈ · ㅎ

Five more letters. Now you can read a lot!

Word ㅁ m · ㅂ b/p · ㅅ s · ㅈ j · ㅎ h — Before 이, ㅅ sounds “sh”: 시 = shi.

Examples 모자 moja hat · 바다 (bada) — sea · 나비 (nabi) — butterfly · 지도 (jido) — map · 하마 (hama) — hippo

Guided reading가나다 with Seo-jun

Read like a Korean kid!

가 · 나 · 다 · 라 · 마 · 바 · 사 · 아 · 자 · 하

고 · 노 · 두 · 리 · 머 · 시

나무 namu tree · 바다 · 모자 · 하마 · 지도 · 고기 · 나비

서준 : 누나, 저 천재예요! Nuna, I'm a genius!

Sounds거기 or 고기?

“There” or “meat”? Listen carefully!

Word 거기 geogi there / 고기 (gogi) — meat

Astuce Mouth open, lips relaxed.

Astuce Round your lips, like for 오.

SceneThe banana milk

Seo-jun reads his first drink!

서준 바… 나… 나… 우유! ba… na… na… uyu! Ba… na… na… milk!

하은 와, 서준이 잘 읽네! wa, seojuni jal ingne! Wow, Seo-jun, you read so well!

서준 누나, 이거 주세요! nuna, igeo juseyo! Nuna, this one please!

하은 자, 여기! ja, yeogi! Here you go!

서준 할머니가 돈 줄 거예요! halmeoniga don jul geoyeyo! Grandma will pay!

Useful expression 누나 “Big sister”: what a boy calls an older girl he is close to.

le lait banane du 편의점 est une boisson culte depuis les années 1970.

SceneSeo-jun reads the street

Korean streets are full of words!

서준 누나, 저거 뭐예요? 나… 무… 나무! nuna, jeogeo mwoyeyo? na… mu… namu! Nuna, what's that? Tr… ee… Tree!

하은 맞아! 나무야. maja! namuya. Right! It's a tree.

서준 저거는… 바… 다… 바다! jeogeoneun… ba… da… bada! And that… se… a… Sea!

하은 바다? 여기 바다 없어! bada? yeogi bada eopseo! Sea? There's no sea here!

서준 저기 있어요! 바다 노래방! jeogi isseoyo! bada noraebang! Over there! “Sea Karaoke”!

하은 하하, 가게 이름이야! haha, gage ireumiya! Haha, that's a shop name!

Useful expression 노래방 a karaoke room. There's one on every Korean street.

QuizRead these words

Can you read these 5 words?

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