24/10/2018
When writing Hangeul, the letters are not written one after the other in a line like English, but they are grouped together into syllables.
ex) ㅇ ㅏㅇ ㅣ 아이, ㄱ ㅏ ㄱ ㅜ 가구
There are two different location for vowels, each requiring different placement of consonants. The vertical vowels are written with the consonant positioned to the left, and the horizontal vowels are written with the consonant positioned above.
- consonant location for vertical vowels
ㅏ ex) 나, 너, 머
- consonant location for horizontal vowels
ㅗ ex) 고, 부
Syllables beginning with a vowel, require that the consonant ‘o’ (no sound value) in the initial position. ‘ㅇ’ is placed in the initial consonant position, as a ‘place holder’.
ex) V: 아, 오
예) ㄱㄴㄷㄹㅁㅂㅇㅈㅎ + ㅏ ㅓ ㅗ ㅜ ㅡ ㅣ
가수(singer), 고기(meat), 구두(shoes), 나라(country), 나무(tree), 다리(legs), 라디오(radio), 머리(head), 바나나(banana), 바지(pants), 소(cow), 아기(baby), 어머니(mother), 지도(map), 모자(hat), 아버지(father), 허리(waist), 지하(underground)
예) ㄱㄴㄷㄹㅁㅂㅇㅈㅎ + ㅑ ㅕ ㅛ ㅠ
야구(baseball), 야자수(palm tree), 이야기(talk), 여자(woman), 벼(rice), 혀(tongue), 요가(yoga), 요리(cooking), 교수(professor), 유리(glass), 휴지(toilet paper, tissue), 우유(milk)
예) ㅋ ㅌ ㅍ ㅊ + vowels
카드(card), 코(nose), 키(height), 타조(ostrich), 토마토(tomato), 파리(fly), 포도(grape), 우표(stamp), 차(tea and vehicle), 치마(skirt), 고추(pepper), 커피(coffee), 코트(coat), 기차표(train ticket)
예) ㄲ ㄸ ㅃ ㅆ ㅉ + vowels
까치(magpie), 꼬리(tail), 코끼리(elephant), 따다(to pick), 뜨다(to float), 머리띠(hairband), 뿌리(root), 뼈(bone), 아빠(dad), 싸다(to be cheap), 쓰다(to write), 아저씨(middle-aged man), 짜다(to be salty), 찌다(to steam), 가짜(fake)