Learning Hangeul (Korean alphabets 한글) How to write your English name in Korean
Korean Basic Rules All words in Korean are composed of syllables, which follow these basic rules: A syllable begins with a consonant. A syllable has at least one consonant and one vowel. Each syllable gets written in a square box. http://langintro.com/kintro/syllable.htm
Stacking Syllabus Let’s look at a word, “gam ((a) persimmon).” It’s a one-syllable word, but if we put all its sounds next to each other we won't have a square box any more: This problem is easy to solve: we stack up the and on top of the so that it all fits into a square box:
Learn the Orders of Korean Writing http://langintro.com/kintro/write2.htm
Korean Alphabet
Korean Consonants (1) ㄱ: “g” ㅋ: “k” ㄲ: (more stressed of “ㄱ” sound) “g” ㄴ: “n” ㄷ: (somewhere between) “t” or “d” ㅌ: “t” ㄸ: (more stressed of “ㄷ” sound) “d”
Korean Consonants (2) ㅇ: a placeholder or “ng” ㅎ: (air coming out) “h” ㅅ: (think of letter “s” being on “t”) “s” ㅈ: “j” ㅊ: “ch” ㅉ: (more stressed of “ㅈ” sound): “j”
Korean Consonants (3) ㅁ: “m” ㅂ: “b” ㅃ: (more stressed of “ㅂ” sound): “b” ㅍ: “p” ㄹ: “l” or “r”
Korean Vowels (1) 아 or ㅏ: (going forward) “a” 우 or ㅜ: (going downward) “oo” or “u” 이 orㅣ: (going vertically) “i” or “ee” 으 or ㅡ: (going horizontally) “eu” 어 or ㅓ: “eo” 오 or ㅗ: “o”
Writing Your Name Write your English name as it pronounces. Ex. Gloria -> Gul-lo-ree-a Match these syllabus with Korean alphabets. Ex. Guel-lo-ree-a -> ㄱ+ㅡ+ㄹ /ㄹ+ㅗ /ㄹ+ㅣ/ ㅏ Put Korean alphabets in the box. Ex. 글 / 로 / 리 / 아
More Examples Catherine Cae-theo-reen ㅋ+ㅐ, ㅌ+ㅓ, ㄹ+ㅣ+ㄴ 캐터린
References Video Clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AS-t9T3Bt-4 Consonants and Vowels (printed veresion): http://www.emagasia.com/learn-korean-language-lesson-1-korean-consonants-and-vowels Korean Consonants: http://www.wright-house.com/korean/korean-consonants.pdf Korean Vowels (“Dipthongs” and “Single Vowels”): http://www.tournetkorea.com/when/c3.htm