Korean Language/Korean Alphabet

9. the Final: Assembling vowels and consonants

-호랑이- 2022. 8. 18. 10:00

doubled ㄱ plus ㅗ plus ㅊ equals 꽃(flower)

 

Let's finish with the words that show 4 combinations of vowels and consonants.

 

[1 vowel]

  • 위[we]: upside
  • 예[ye]: yes (in a public place, to a person older than you or to your boss)
  • 와[wa]: wow

 

[consonant + vowel]

 

  • 개[gae]: dog
  • 소[so]: cow
  • 나[na]: I, me
  • 너[neo, nʌ]: you
  • 꼬리[ggo-ri]: tail
  • 뒤[dui]: back

 

[vowel + consonant]

 

  • 약[yak]: drug, pill, medicine
  • 옆[엽, yup]: side
  • 앞[압, ap]: front
  • 입[ip]: mouth

 

[consonant + vowel + consonant]

 

  • 집[jip]: home, house
  • 문[mun, moon]: door
  • 꽃[꼳, ggot]: flower
  • 밖[박, bak]: outside
  • 흙[흑, heuk]: soil

 

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