Goal: Read and write basic syllables with basic vowels
10 Basic vowels (ㅏ,ㅑ, ㅓ, ㅕ, ㅗ, ㅛ, ㅜ, ㅠ, ㅡ, ㅣ)
10 Basic Vowels – Let’s write
Let’s write Korean vowels. The principle is writing it from left to right and top to bottom.
Vowels – Write
Basic Vowels – Let’s Practice
Read and write the syllables or Vocabularies below:
Picture
Vocabulary
Meaning
Romanization
이
Number 2
/i/
오
Number 5
/o/
아이
Kid
/a i/
오이
Cucumber
/o i/
우유
Milk
/u yu/
여우
Fox
/yeo u/
아이유
IU
/a i u/
10 Basic Vowels – Let’s Read (Shape of Mouth)
When there’s a dot doubled, /y/ sound is added in the front of the sound. When ㅏ and ㅓ doubles its dots (they become ㅑ and ㅕ), /y/ sound is added in front of its ㅏ and ㅓ sound. So, it becomes ㅑ and ㅕ sound. Remember, the consonant ㅇ is a placeholder with no sound. In a written format, they’re written in 아, 야, 어, 여.
Vowels – pronunciation
10 Basic Vowels – Let’s write
Let’s write Korean vowels. The principle is writing it from left to right and top to bottom.
Vowels – Write
Basic Vowels – Let’s Practice
Read and write the syllables or Vocabularies below:
Picture
Vocabulary
Meaning
Romanization
이
Number 2
/i/
오
Number 5
/o/
아이
Kid
/a i/
오이
Cucumber
/o i/
우유
Milk
/u yu/
여우
Fox
/yeo u/
아이유
IU
/a i u/
Basic Vowels – How it is composed
The vowel is made up of three symbols. The dot represents the sky, Horizontal line represents the ground, the vertical line symbolizes a human. It makes many vowels by combining those.
Vowels – Meaning
Summing rules are applied.
The basic characters (• , ㅡ, ㅣ) were combined once to create the four characters ㅗ, ㅏ, ㅜ, ㅓ
Combine ‘•’ with ‘ㅡ’ up and down to make ㅗ, ㅜ
Combine ‘•’ twice to make ㅛ, ㅑ, ㅠ, ㅕ
According to the law of nature, when the dot is attached to the top and right, it becomes a positive vowel like (ㅗ,ㅏ), and when it is attached to the bottom and left like (ㅜ, ㅓ), it becomes a negative vowel.
10 Basic Vowels – Let’s Read
A Korean syllable always starts with a consonant. A vowel is followed by a consonant. You may also notice the 3 symbols used (dot=sky, horizontal line=ground, and the vertical line=human). Because a syllable requires a vowel and a consonant, consonant “o” is used as a placeholder, which has no sounds.
Basic Vowels
10 Basic Vowels – Let’s Read (Shape of Mouth)
When there’s a dot doubled, /y/ sound is added in the front of the sound. When ㅏ and ㅓ doubles its dots (they become ㅑ and ㅕ), /y/ sound is added in front of its ㅏ and ㅓ sound. So, it becomes ㅑ and ㅕ sound. Remember, the consonant ㅇ is a placeholder with no sound. In a written format, they’re written in 아, 야, 어, 여.
Vowels – pronunciation
10 Basic Vowels – Let’s write
Let’s write Korean vowels. The principle is writing it from left to right and top to bottom.
Vowels – Write
Basic Vowels – Let’s Practice
Read and write the syllables or Vocabularies below:
