Korean alphabet reference – hangul (한글)

Written on July 25, 2010 – 10:53 pm | by admin |

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 [...]

Counting to 10 in Korean Language

Written on August 5, 2009 – 10:26 am | by admin |

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 [...]

Where is the bathroom or restroom?

Written on August 3, 2009 – 10:48 pm | by admin |

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 & [...]

Learn the Korean Alphabet

Written on August 2, 2009 – 7:46 pm | by admin |

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 [...]

Korean Language quiz – video

Written on July 27, 2009 – 7:55 pm | by admin |

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.