Ae Korean

Ae Korean. The Korean alphabet (called “Hangul” in Korean) was developed by a team of scholars under King Sejong (13971450) of the Yi Dynasty and is the most recently invented and most scientifically designed alphabet in the world “Hangul” has only 21 vowel/vowel combinations and 19 consonants 5 of which are the same symbol repeated twice and 5 of.

Korean Etymology From ㅏ (a) + ㅣ (i) originally forming a diphthong Pronunciation IPA [ɛ̝] Letter ㅐ • (ae) 애 (ae) a vowel of the alphabet of the Korean writing system hangeul In the North Korean order it is the eleventh vowel In the South Korean order it is the last (twentyfirst) Derived terms ㅒ (yae).

The Korean Alphabet

Korean Alphabet – A Quick History LessonKorean Alphabet – Hangul TodayKorean Alphabet – PronunciationKorean Vowels – All 10 of ThemKorean Double Consonants – All 5 of ThemKorean Complex Vowels – All 11 of ThemKorean Complex Consonants – All 11 of ThemKorean Complex Consonants – Batchim “받침”Korean Alphabet – Summary of The AlphabetFree Download – Our Korean Alphabet PdfBefore the invention of Hangul Koreans mostly used Classical Chinese but that was mostly for higher class Koreans During the Joseon dynasty in 1443 King Sejong designed an alphabet that could be easily read and written by people from all classes The goal was to invent an alphabet that was closer to the Korean pronunciation and would mimic the movements the mouth makes when you talk the language At the beginning this alphabet had to face the adversity of scholars (called yangbans) However it became more and more widely used by women and lower class Koreans Whilst Hangul was still mocked by some intellectuals until the 20thcentury now Hanja letters are rarely in use anymore at all with only a few exceptions (when writing letters for weddings or for New Year’s wishes for example) Hangul has taken its revenge and is the one that remained in daily use In historical Kdramas you might see Korean texts written and read top to bottom right to left just like in Ancient China You can also find it today written that way for aesthetic purposes (in poetry for example) Hangul used to be composed of 28 basic letters but over the passage of time 4 letters were lost However there is more After the basic letters of Hangul you will find two different sets of complex consonants (5 double consonants and 11 complex consonants) and one set of 11 complex vowels making a total of 27 complex letters So just to summarise that 1 Hangul includes 24 basic letters 11 14 consonant letters 12 10 vowel letters 2 Additionally there are 27 complex letters formed by combining the basic letters from the above 21 5 tense consonant letters 22 11 complex consonant letters 23 11 complex vowel letters If you are quite new to the Korean Alphabet and maybe not familiar with the transcription of phonetics it might be difficult to get a grasp on the pronunciation at first And that’s OK by the way the sounds are likely nothing like ones that you know OK first rule to understand with vowels in Korean For convenience during this lesson we learn without the “ㅇ” Just be aware of it when reading the example words we give Korean Double Consonant #1 is ㄲ ㄲ “ssang giyeok” kk [k*] makes the same sound as the k in ski 꿀 is pronounced kkul which means honey Korean Double Consonant #2 is ㄸ ㄸ “ssang diget” tt [t*] makes the same sound as the t in kitten 딸 is pronounced ddal which means daughter Korean Double Consonant #3 is ㅃ ㅃ “ssang biep” p [p*] makes the same sound as the p in apartment 아빠 is pronounced appa which means dad Korean Complex Vowel #1 is ㅐ ㅐ ae [æ] makes the same sound as the a in rare 개미 is pronounced kaemi which means ant Korean Complex Vowel #2 is ㅒ ㅒ yae [yæ] makes the same sound as the ya in yak 얘기 is pronounced yaegi which means story Korean Complex Vowel #3 is ㅔ ㅔ e [e] makes the same sound as the e in help 가게 is pronounced kage which means store Complex Consonants in Korean are a little bit tricky Why? There are not many tips and tricks you need to take on board here It’s simply a case of getting familiar with them using them and memorising them The more you use them the more familiar it becomes Don’t worry it gets easier with time Once you learn a few words containing complex consonants also called a cluster of consonants you will get used to them quicker than you might imagine! We cannot finish this article without mentioning the dreaded Batchim This word sends a shiver down the spine of all Korean natives and Korean learners! Batchim is a very difficult concept to understand when you’re not Korean If that makes you feel better even native Korean get them wrong quite often The actual word Batchim “받침” means to support which is effectively what it does in a grammatical sense also It supports others letters from below This is something we’ll talk about more in future articles but here’s a quick example 깊이 and 기피 are both romanized as ‘gi pi’ When spoken they are both also the same ‘gi pi’ BUT – 1 깊이 means deep or depth 2 기피 means to avoid or evade As they sound the same and are romanized the same the Batchim allows us to differentiate the word Don’t worry as we are at the early stages of learning Korean we don’t need to worry too much about this just yet! OK we appreciate that was a lot to take it but let’s take a step back and take a deep breath! Hangul is actually not so difficult to pick up Once you know it you know it – like with the English alphabet Now whilst that sounds obvious take a language like Mandarin for example Chinese is a serious of pictograms and characters that you need to memorise! That makes learning the Japaneseand Korean Alphabets seem a lot less daunting especially when you consider Chinese has tens of thousands of characters! Anyway back to Korean We wanted to summarise the alphabet in one simple table with their relevant sounds so here it is This is Hangul Then to complete the lineup the Complex Consonants 1 ㄳ gs [g] – We only pronounce the [g] sound 2 ㄵ nj [nj] – We pronounce it as [nj] 3 ㄶ nh [nh] – We pronounce it as [nh] 4 ㄺ lg [g] – We only pronounce the [g] sound 5 ㄻ lm [m] – We only pronounce the [m] sound 6 ㄼ lb [b] – We only pronounce the [b] sound 7 ㄽ ls [s] – We only pronoun Hopefully you’ve seen by now when we discuss and teach topics we don’t brush over the details and leave you to do the rest we dig deep! We take great pride in providing content like few others can compete with That’s where we come in! So to summarise everything you’ve read up until now here is a super useful PDF with all the Korean letters in a handy PDF Print it review is share it download it – do what you want! We hope it’s useful Once you feel ready to tackle Korean further our quiz below awaits!.

Lee Young Ae (이영애) MyDramaList

Answer (1 of 5) The vowels in Korean are all pronounced with a somewhat “open” and “cavernous” mouth shape/feeling These three vowels are usually the hardest for English speakers to understand how to pronounce in addition to 의 예/얘 and 워.