Beginner 1 — listening

ㄱ — like g in go

ㄴ — like n in no

ㄷ — like d in do

ㄹ — between r and l, a light tap

ㅁ — like m in me

ㅂ — like b in boy

ㅅ — like s in see

ㅇ — silent at the start, so this is just the vowel

ㅈ — like j in jam

ㅎ — like h in hat

ㅏ — as in father

ㅓ — as in son, not ee-oh

ㅗ — as in go

ㅜ — as in food

ㅡ — lips flat and wide, no rounding

ㅣ — as in ski

ㅐ — as in cat

ㅔ — as in bed, barely different from ㅐ

ㅑ — ㅏ with the stroke doubled

ㅕ — ㅓ with the stroke doubled

ㅛ — ㅗ with the stroke doubled

ㅠ — ㅜ with the stroke doubled

ㅒ

ㅖ — as in 얼마예요, 뭐예요

ㅘ — ㅗ + ㅏ, as in 과일

ㅝ — ㅜ + ㅓ, as in 뭐

ㅚ — ㅗ + ㅣ, as in 외국인

ㅟ — ㅜ + ㅣ, as in 뒤

ㅙ — 왜 means why

ㅞ — the same sound as ㅙ and ㅚ in modern speech

ㅢ — ㅡ + ㅣ, as in 의사

ㅎ + ㅏ + ㄴ — tall vowel, floor underneath.

ㄱ + ㅜ + ㄱ — flat vowel, floor underneath.

Korea. Two blocks, and now you can read the country's name.

ㄱ + ㅣ + ㅁ. As in 김밥, 김치.

ㅂ + ㅏ + ㅂ. Cooked rice, and by extension a meal.

Seaweed rice roll. You can now read a menu item.

ㅋ — ㄱ with a puff of air

ㅌ — ㄷ with a puff of air

ㅍ — ㅂ opened out

ㅊ — ㅈ with a puff of air

ㄲ — tighter than ㄱ, no puff at all

ㄸ — as in 딸기

ㅃ — as in 빵

ㅆ — as in 싸요

ㅉ — as in 찌개

Written 한-국-어. The ㄱ slides over. Not han-guk-eo.

Written 음-악. Said 으막.

The example above. Nobody says mat-it-eo-yo.

A floor of ㅎ simply disappears. Written 좋-아-요.

No slide here — 녕 is followed by ㅎ, not ㅇ.

Hello. Literally “are you at peace?”

Thank you. The formal one — use it everywhere.

Yes.

No.

I am sorry.

Please give me. Point and say it; it works.

How much is it?

Toilet.

Water.

Here.

Excuse me — to get a server's attention.

It is delicious.

Excuse me, water please.

How much is this?

Thank you. It's delicious!

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How much? — It's 10,000 won.

Two of these please. (두 is a native number — Beginner 2.)