Learn Korean - Learn How to Read and Write Hangul

안녕하세요. 윤설입니다. Keith here. Now, today we have a great video for all of you. This video is designed to help you to learn how to write and read Korean. Writing Korean is so easy. Right, Seol? Yeah, why not? It's so easy to learn that one shouldn't have to rely on romanization. Romanization isn't exactly the easiest thing to read or write because some spellings can change and they get kind of long. It changes all the time according to circumstances. And also a lot of the pronunciations can be misleading too. Yeah, that is true. It's best to learn how to read and how to write Korean from the beginning. 한국어 will become really easier. That's right. And for those of you that don't know, 한국어 is Korean. Yeah, Korean. And that's why in this video we're all going to learn how to write Korean. Alright, let's get started. The first point we want to make today is basically Korean is written by combining consonants and vowels. Seol, how many consonants are there? There are 14 basic consonants. Yeah, we're not going to give you the sound value for these consonants right now because in reality the names of these consonants don't do justice to their actual sound value. But if you're interested, please check out KoreanClass101.com and click on the reference materials. There we have a couple of videos to show you the stroke order and the names of these consonants and vowels. Seol, how easy do you think it is to write these consonants? It's really easy. It might take around 10 minutes. That's right. It's so easy. I think so too. So I don't think anybody out there is going to have a problem getting started with the consonants. Alright, so let's move on to the vowels. Seol, how many vowels are there? There are 10 basic vowels. Yeah, 10 very basic vowels. And you thought the consonants were easy? Man, the vowels are so easy to write. All of these vowels have at least one vertical or one horizontal line. And they have one, two, or no short lines coming out of them. So it's really, really easy to write these. Alright, with the vowels, we're not going to give you any sound values yet because we need at least one consonant and one vowel to make a sound. And that's what we're going to focus on today. The combination of one consonant and one vowel. Yeah, it's the easiest and the most basic way to write something in Korean. Alright, now let's move on. Korean is basically written in squares. Each square makes one syllable. There can be one consonant, one vowel, or two consonants. One vowel. Or three consonants. Two vowels. Yeah, one consonant. Three vowels. Yeah, and there's a few more combinations. But the sound that these squares make is always one syllable. And because these squares all represent one syllable, these squares are called syllabic blocks. Let's take a look at the word for Korean. 한 That's one block. One syllable. 국 That's one block too. Yeah, and one syllable. 어 That's one block and one syllable. Three blocks. Three syllables. Yeah, so simple. It's very simple. Alright, let's get started by combining each of the consonants with one vowel. We have our first consonant. So the name of our first consonant is... The sound value it has is something like a cross between an English G and a K. And now our first vowel. Yeah, this is very similar to the English A. Put these two together and it's... Notice here how the consonant is on the left and the vowel is on the right. This should always happen whenever you have one consonant and one vertical vowel. So try to take note of the positioning of the consonants and the positioning of the vowels. Alright, now the next consonant. This consonant sounds much like the English N. And what's the name of this consonant? Once again, the names of these consonants don't do justice to these sound values. So we're not going to give you the names of all these consonants. And once again, it's the same vowel we had in our last syllabic block. So we're going to make the sound for you. Alright, so let's go a little faster with these. Try to pay attention to the stroke orders. Generally speaking, the stroke order for these is... And left to right. Over here, we're going to stop for a second. This one, we're going to go into a little more detail later. But for now, just know that this circle-like consonant we have here has no sound value. Okay, let's finish the rest up. Alright, now the last consonant. This consonant sounds much like the English N. Alright, that was real easy, wasn't it, Tzuyu? It's really easy. Yeah, the consonant on the left, the vowel on the right. So this whole time, we've only been working with one vowel. So now we're going to show you how to write the other vowels. Let's go. I love vowels because they are so simple. Yeah, but we can't just have one vowel, can we? Yeah, we need more vowels. Yeah, like we said before, we need at least one consonant and one vowel to make a sound. And that's where this consonant comes into play. Seol, what's the name of this consonant? Ieung. Yeah, but here, it has no sound value. If we just want the sound of the vowel, we still need the consonant. So, ieung just acts as a placeholder. No sound. It's just there because we need it to be. Okay, let's move on to the first one. First, we have the consonant to the left, and now the vowel on the right. All these vowels have at least one long line, either vertical or horizontal. So here, it's one long vertical line going from top to bottom. And now, one short line budding out left to right. Ah. Next, we have a really cool trick to show you. First, we have ieung again. No sound. We have to wait for the vowel. Ah. Hey, we just did this. Just wait a second and see. Ah. All right. Notice here how it looks almost exactly the same as the last vowel. But this time, it has two short lines coming out of it instead of one. So here, instead of ah, we get ya. It's kind of like adding a y sound in English. Great way to explain it. It's almost the same sound as the vowel with one line. But now, with the second line, we get a y sound value. Ah. Ya. All right, next. Ieung to the left. Vowel to the right. Oh. And once again, we're going to go with that really cool trick that we did. Again, we have ieung to the left. And now, we have ya to the right. All right, let's move on to the next one. Once again, we have ieung. And now, we have oh. All right, let's stop here a second. The whole time, we had the consonants on the left and the vowel on the right. Seol, what's going on here? The consonant is on top and the vowel is on the bottom. Yeah, this happens because the vowel has a long horizontal line. All of the vowels that have a long horizontal line go to the bottom. Okay, we're going to move a little quicker. So watch the rest of the vowels and be sure to see where they're placed. yo u yo e i Hey, did you catch the last one? The vowel, it's on the right of the consonant because... It has a long vertical line. Seol, you're the best. Thank you. All right, I think that's going to do it. Be sure to stop by KoreanClass101.com. There, we have a few more how to write Hangul videos. Stop by and be sure to check it out. 안녕. See you.