Lesson 2: 2과 Continuing Hangul

 ~ Lesson 2 : 2과 continuing Hangul ~

This lesson is a continuation of lesson 1. This lesson will teach you the rest of the consonants, vowels and will also introduce syllable blocking. 

Vowels continued 

These vowels are also called combined vowels. They take the basic vowels that we learned in lesson 1 and combine them to create more vowels.

Hangul	Pronunciation
ㅐ	ae
ㅒ	yae
ㅔ	e
ㅖ	ye
ㅚ	oe/we
ㅟ	wi
ㅢ	ui
ㅘ	wa
ㅙ	oae/wae
ㅝ	wo
ㅞ	ue/we

As in lesson one here is a video that you can watch to help your practice on pronunciation.

Consonants Continued

Hangul	Pronunciation
ㅈ	ch, j
ㅊ	ch'
ㅋ	k'
ㅌ	t'
ㅍ	p'
ㅎ	h
ㄲ	kk
ㄸ	tt
ㅃ	pp
ㅆ	ss
ㅉ	tch

Here is another video, she focuses on the double consonants. The basic consonant pronunciation is also on the video before this one. Please watch both video's and practice saying the pronunciations. It will help your speech greatly.

Syllable Blocking 

The next area we are going to focus on is syllable blocking.*** From here on you need to know which Hangul is which and what they sound like.*** I have already been using such Hangul blocks during my post title's as lesson plans such as 과. You have also seen them in all the videos that i have been posting. Basically as an example to get the Hangul 과 you need to take the vowels ㄱ, ㅗ ,  andㅏ and combine them. Here is a syllable blocking chart that you can use a reference.





There are many different syllable types, a consonant-vowel types and consonant-vowel-consonant types.
Here are some examples of a consonant-vowel blocking.
 마,  ㅁ is the consonant and ㅏ is the vowel.
부 , ㅂ is the consonant and  ㅜ is the vowel.
뭐 , ㅁ  is the consonant and ㅝ is the vowel.

Here are some examples of consonant-vowel-consonant blocking.
말,  ㅁ is the consonant ㅏ is the vowel ㄹ is the consonant.
문 , ㅁ is the consonant ㅜ is the vowel ㄴ is the consonant.
관 , ㄱis the consonant  ㅘ  is the vowelㄴ is the consonant.
덟 , ㄷ is the consonant ㅓ is the vowel ㄹ is the consonant ㅂ is the consonant.

How about the pronunciation of the these syllable blocks? Well that depends on how the syllable has been blocked. For example 여덟 which is Korean for eight is pronounced 여덜 although this is the incorrect spelling, it is pronounced exactly like that.  여 is yo the ㅇ is silent, remember it is a place holder when in front. When two consonants are combined together such as 덟 only the first or second consonant is pronounced in this case ㅂ is not pronounced only ㄹ is pronounced.

How do i know when to use which sound?

There are some basic rules you need to follow to get the hang of how to pronounce what you are reading.

Rule 1: When then ending syllable is a consonant and it is followed by a vowel in the same word then the consonant pronunciation is carried over to the next syllable.
                          EXAMPLE: 한글은 is pronounced as 한그른  /han gu run and not as hangul un.
Also when a syallable block ends in a double consonants, the second consonant is carried over to the next syallable block.
                          EXAMPLE:  읽거요 is pronounced as 일거요  / il go yo and not as ilk go yo.

Rule 2:  When ㄹ and ㄴ come together the ㄴ sound is replaced by the ㄹ sound.
                          EXAMPLE: 신라 is pronounced as 실라.