• When you hear a word in English, think about how you would say it in Korean. ...
• Attach little Korean labels to items around your house, such as the mirror, the coffee table and the sugar bowl. ...
• It is important to learn a word or phrase from ‘Korean to English’ as well as ‘English to Korean.’ That way you will remember how to say it, not just ...

Notable features of Hangeul

• Type of writing system: alphabet
• Writing direction: Until the 1980s Korean was usually written from right to left in vertical columns. ...
• Number of letter: 24 ( jamo ): 14 consonants and 10 vowels. ...
• The shapes of the the consontants g/k, n, s, m and ng are graphical representations of the speech organs used to pronounce them. ...

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• To the right of the initial consonant: ㅏ ㅐ ㅑ ㅒ ㅓ ㅔ ㅕ ㅖ ㅣ example: 가
• Under the initial consonant: ㅗ ㅜ ㅛ ㅠ ㅡ example: 고
• Both to the right and under initial consonant: ㅘ ㅙ ㅚ ㅝ ㅞ ㅟ ㅢ example: 과

Then to complete the line-up the Complex Consonants:

• ㄳ gs [g] – We only pronounce the [g] sound
• ㄵ nj [nj] – We pronounce it as [nj]
• ㄶ nh [nh] – We pronounce it as [nh]
• ㄺ lg [g] – We only pronounce the [g] sound
• ㄻ lm [m] – We only pronounce the [m] sound
• ㄼ lb [b] – We only pronounce the [b] sound
• ㄽ ls [s] – We only pronounce the [s] sound
• ㄾ lt [t] – We only pronounce the [t] sound

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