The Korean alphabet is called hangul – 한글 – and is provided below for reference (South Korean version). It is grouped by consonants (regular and doubles), and then vowel. Hangul Consonant Name ㄱ giyeok (기역) ㄴ nieun/niŭn (니은) ㄷ digeut (디귿) ㄹ rieul/riŭl (리을) ㅁ mieum/miŭm (미음) ㅂ bieup/piŭp (비읍) ㅅ siot (시옷) ㅇ ieung/iŭng [...]
Korean Alphabet and Its History Hangul (Hangeul S.Korea/ Joseongeul N. Korea) is the official script and national alphabet of both North and South Korea. It is considered to be an efficient alphabet that has received praises from language experts for its design and effectiveness. Hangul is written in phonemic alphabet system consisting of organized and [...]
Here’s some clips to help you count better… but did you know that the Korean Language uses 2 different counting systems? Yes, in Korean culture the counting is in native Hangul, plus Chinese. And telling time is in both language (but telling time is another story). Counting Numbers in Korean 1 to 19: (about 2 [...]
A video clip on asking the most important question: Where is the bathroom? (Hwa-jong shil audi ay yo?) The clip is 2 minutes long. And to help get the sound of the question into your head, here is another person’s video, along with a nice explanation of the writing of the question in Korean & [...]
There are many videos to help learn the Korean alphabet, and our alphabet page will have many of them. The video below focuses on the pronunciation of the alphabet. The video is 8 1/2 minutes long, and shows the hangul (Korean characters/letters) along with the English letters spelling the pronunciation. Another video showing the Korean [...]
Several Korean language business-related terms are overviewed in this video, followed by a video quiz: One quiz would never be enough – here is a Korean vocabulary quiz site. And, speaking of business terms, this post has a list of South Korean business attitudes/tips.
Words that are “close” to English (Konglish): drama newspapah rent-a-car = rent-car concert orange juice manicure computaw golf scandal coffee = koh-pea cholocate resort software hardware reception internet scanner Teddy Bear sunglasseu
Want to learn Korean fast? Here’s some more words that are the same in pronouciation as their English equivalents – no translation needed! jogging piano mouse (as in: computer mouse) king diet along with several juices such as pineapple juice. Others such as apple juice share usage with their Korean version, but both are understood [...]
This site is designed to help anyone interested in the Korean language, from students to business people to tourists. Every post will try to have a new Korean word, and it will start with this first post. A lot of Korean words have been borrowed from other cultures and languages, such as Chinese and English. [...]
