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korean alphabet
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| how many letters in the hangul alphabet? | there are 40 letters. |
| how many vowels are in the hangul alphabet? simple? compound? | 21 vowels. 10 simple and 11 compound (combination of simple vowels). |
| how are vowels written? | top to bottom and left to right |
| ㅏ | simple vowel. pronounced ‘ah’ |
| ㅑ | simple vowel. pronounced ‘ya’ |
| ㅓ | simple vowel. pronounced ‘eo’ or ‘oh’ |
| ㅕ | simple vowel. pronounced ‘yeo’ or ‘yoh’ |
| ㅗ | simple vowel. pronounced ‘ou’ |
| ㅛ | simple vowel. pronounced ‘yo’ |
| ㅜ | simple vowel. pronounced ‘u’ |
| ㅠ | simple vowel. pronounced ‘yu’ |
| ㅡ | simple vowel. pronounced ‘eu’ |
| ㅣ | simple vowel. pronounced ‘ei’ or ‘ee’ |
| how are words structured? | will always start with a consonant. if there isn’t a consonant in the first position then ㅇ will be used as the first letter. |
| how many consonants are in the hangul alphabet? simple? compound? | 19 consonants. 14 simple and 5 compound. consonants cannot have a sound by itself. |
| ㄱ | simple consonant. pronounced ‘k/g’ |
| ㄴ | simple consonant. pronounced ‘n’ |
| ㄷ | simple consonant. pronounced ‘t/d’ |
| ㄹ | simple consonant. pronounced ‘r/l’ |
| ㅁ | simple consonant. pronounced ‘m’ |
| ㅂ | simple consonant. pronounced ‘b’ |
| ㅅ | simple consonant. pronounced ‘s/sh’ |
| ㅇ | simple consonant. no sound |
| ㅈ | simple consonant. pronounced ‘j’ |
| ㅊ | simple consonant. pronounced ‘ch’ |
| ㅋ | simple consonant. pronounced ‘k’ |
| ㅌ | simple consonant. pronounced ‘t’ |
| ㅍ | simple consonant. pronounced ‘p’ |
| ㅎ | simple consonant. pronounced ‘h’ |
| ㅐ | compound vowel. pronounced ‘ae’ |
| ㅒ | compound vowel. pronounced ‘yae’ |
| ㅔ | compound vowel. pronounced ‘eh’ |
| ㅖ | compound vowel. pronounced ‘ye’ |
| ㅘ | compound vowel. pronounced ‘wa’ |
| ㅙ | compound vowel. pronounced ‘wae ’ |
| ㅚ | compound vowel. pronounced ‘way’ |
| ㅝ | compound vowel. pronounced ‘wo’ |
| ㅞ | compound vowel. pronounced ‘wae’ |
| ㅟ | compound vowel. pronounced ‘wee’ |
| ㅢ | compound vowel. pronounced ‘ooui’ |
| ㄲ | double consonant. pronounced ’kk’ |
| ㄸ | double consonant. pronounced ‘tt’ |
| ㅃ | double consonant. pronounced ‘pp’ |
| ㅆ | double consonant. pronounced ‘ss’ |
| ㅉ | double consonant. pronounced ‘jj ’ |
| what can not be used as a final consonant? | ㄸ,ㅃ,ㅉ |