English is a difficult language to learn for a hundred reasons and Koreans have a specific struggles on learning it. 1) Korean is a very literal language so as a result the use of idioms goes way over their head. 2) Korean word structure is comprised of syllables which all contain either a consonant, vowel or a consonant, vowel, consonant. This sounds easy enough but if you think about english, most words have two or more consonants in a row. How do Koreans express this? by adding a more syllables. Like the picture above, a store sign for Hi Mart. It reads Ha-I Ma-Te. It isnt really close to the English pronunciation. Letters? 14 consonants and 10 vowels. Its simple enough to learn to read and write them. The consonants are... ㄱ (g) ㄴ(n) ㄷ(d) ㄹ(r/l) ㅁ(m) ㅂ(p/b) ㅅ(s) ㅇ(place holder) ㅈ(j) ㅊ(ch) ㅋ(k) ㅌ(t) ㅍ(p) ㅎ(h) and the vowels are... ㅏ(a) ㅑ(ya) ㅓ(e0) ㅕ(yeo) ㅗ(o) ㅛ(yo) ㅜ(u) ㅠ(yu) ㅣ(i) ㅡ (eu). Easy. I learned the alphabet from this website which has many videos in a playlist on youtube.
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