Happy New Year in Korean

Written on January 4, 2011 – 11:02 pm | by admin |

English: Happy new year! Hangul: 새해 복 많이 받으세요! Romanized: Saehae bok mani badeuseyo!

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 [...]

Introduction To Hangul – The Korean Alphabet

Written on November 16, 2009 – 10:50 pm | by admin |

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 Welcome!

Written on June 15, 2009 – 7:40 pm | by admin |

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.  [...]