what's up everybody Welcome to my channel in this video we're going to learn how to read Hangul the Korean alphabet and in just about an hour you'll know how to read and write almost anything in Korean although of course to fully Master it you'll need to practice more anyways without further Ado let's get started just like English alphabets hunger also consists of two parts consonant and vowels we'll first learn how each consonant and vowel sound and then learn how to put them together to form and read an actual word and let's start with consonants term first there are total 14 basic consonants in hunger later on we'll cover the double consonants like these guys and that makes the total number of Hangul consonants 19 but we'll go over these basic ones first the first time is and it has gu sound because it looks like a gun I hope you agree with the resemblance oh and by the way you don't need to remember the name of each consonant for now but knowing their name helps you understand what sound each consonant has so just for your reference I am mentioning the name of each consonant and also notice that the name of each consonant includes that very consonant and the first and final consonant place it's like this with every other consonant as you'll figure out as we learn on next one is neon and this one has n no sound because it looks like a nose so nose for neon next one is as you probably guessed it already by its name it has the sound because it looks like a door so door for ticket this one is Lial and it has l sound because it looks like a rattlesnake or more accurately it's somewhere between L or R like but we'll just leave it at L if you're a beginner beam and it has M sound because it looks like a mouth oh guys so notice that there's a correct stroke order for each consonant and I'm following the order when I write each consonant so that you guys can learn to write in a correct way but most Koreans including myself don't always follow them like for example when I write meme I usually write it like this and some people write it like this it just unconsciously happens because it's easier this way but if you are a beginner it's better to follow the correct orders back to next time this one is Pub and it has bur sound because it looks like a bucket so bucket for peel and it has Su sound because it looks like someone is standing notice that it's not a s sound but SU as in standing or sky or smell there is another consonant that has Su sound which we'll learn much later when we're covering double consonant this circle consonants name is Ian and it has no sound of its own it just follows whatever vowel sound that comes next we'll learn how to read the words with Ian later when we cover the vowels and it has J sound Z it can also be written like this and it has two sound just one extra short line above the it can also be written like this and this has KU sound like kill because remember this one was a gun right and you pull the trigger of the gun and then you kill people kill I know it sounds kind of inappropriate but this actually works great you'll never forget how to read gu and KU would gone and kill analogy anyways next one is and it has two sound because remember the was a door and now there are two doors so two doors for ticket pip has per sound because it looks like part two part two here has who sound because it looks like a man in a hat a man in a hat and here are all the consonants and their sounds in one full screen let's go over them one more time one by one okay gun no 's the door la rattlesnake meh mouth bucket standing no sound the kill with a gun two doors part two a man in a hat a man in a hat okay beautiful so next we'll learn how to read and write the vowels there are more vowels than there are consonants and these ten vowels you see on the screen is not all the vowels that hunger has there's many more but these are the basic 10 so we'll start with these ones there is a difference between the vowels that you see on the first line and the rest on the second line the first five ones are placed next to the consonant and the second ones are placed under the consonant so yes when you're combining consonants and vowels always always consonants precede vowels and there are two options where a following vowel can be placed either next to the consonant or below the consonant so let's start with the first five vowels ah ah and this one is the same except that there's double lines right and it sounds yeah yeah ah and yeah so when there's a line doubled that means Y sound is added at the front it's like this with the next two vowels too as you'll see so this one is oh ah and this one with double lines is as you've guessed it ya because Y sound is added at the front as the line is doubled and this one's easy it's e e not I e and now that we know how to read them let's take a look at how they're written so stroke order is always from top to bottom and left to right and you start with whatever is written on the left side so ah is written like this vertical line and then horizontal line yeah like this vertical first and then two horizontal lines starting with what's on the upper part first and with ah you start with the horizontal line first because it's on the left side and same with yaw two horizontal lines first and then one vertical line E is easy you just draw a line from top to bottom next up down vowels again these are the valves that are placed underneath the consonant o oh you you as you can see for here as well double lines mean Y sound is added in the beginning oh and as you've guessed it this is you you and this one's a bit tricky to write in Roman alphabets because I believe there's no equivalent sound in English but it sounds like uh like when you're disgusted by something you say oh it's kind of like that for down vowels whatever is on the upper side is written first so for o you start with the short vertical line and then a horizontal line for yo two short lines first and then horizontally for U you start with the horizontal line and then the vertical line for you it's the same you start with the horizontal line and then two vertical lines last one you just draw one horizontal line and that's it and it sounds uh we'll go over the 10 vowels that we just learned again just for our review ah yeah oh yeah e o yo you perfect now that we learn how each consonant and vowel is pronounced let's combine them and learn how to read the actual words you can try reading it yourself before I tell you how to read it no ah B e Nabi Nabi and it means a butterfly next one the o and O is the vowel that's placed underneath the consonant right so it's placed here as you can see not Doshi because sheot has Su sound not Su sound so Toshi and it means City okay so let's practice more so we learned that this circle shaped consonant has no sound and you can just read whatever vowel that follows so the vowel that's placed beside it is ah so this becomes ah and this one is good e [Music] and it means a baby like the actual cute little baby oh can you guess what it means that's right it means coffee I'm actually drinking coffee right now as I'm filming this anyways moving on to the next one huh ah ah Ama and it means hippo as in hippopotamus and next one Ian has no sound we can just read the vowel sound Oh e o e and it means a cucumber no ah Le ah na la it means Nation or a country oh e Ury and it means us or we oh no Sonia and it means a young girl tari ah Le e it has two meanings a bridge and a leg okay so this is not it I brought more words that you can practice with but if you want to skip to the next part of the lesson you can always go ahead and come back later to this practice segment whenever you want to and those who want to continue to practice you are more than welcome to stay and follow along with me this time we'll go a bit faster since I believe you guys got the hang of how to read each word oh meh call me call me and it means a spider [Music] and it means no it means no as well but it's an honorific form it means a basket [Music] foreign because it means a bus oh you oh you it means milk y it means a story it means a head or a cap put a foreign as some of you guessed it it means hasta and it means lasagna lasagna okay so at this point we learn how to read 14 consonants and 10 vowels so far and we also learned how to read the actual Korean words and I consider that quite a progress and you can give yourself some tears or a pet on the back and also thank you for making it this far with me and now let's move on to the remaining 11 vowels that we haven't learned yet the first four vowels are the vowels that are placed beside the consonant and the rest of the valves on the second line are the ones placed beneath the consonant let's begin with the Force four this vowel that kind of looks like an alphabet H sound e a as in like Apple eh and the one next next to it is also pronounced e there's basically no distinction in sound just in the way they are written but both are pronounced e the same sound e and the second vowel sounds like ye because as you've learned if the line is doubled Y sound is edit in the front this one is also yeah and same no distinction in sound just in the way they're written e yay and here's the stroke order for each one as I have said always top to bottom and left to right and you start with whatever is placed on the left side first so you can ride along with me as I write on the screen next one way way this is O and E combined but you shouldn't read it as um it's way way this one is O and Y combined and it becomes wah wa this one is where as well same with this one o and a combined way way we and E combined we we and this is this one also has where sound U and a combined uh way way and this way and this way and this way sounds almost the same but not exactly the same but for now you don't need to make that distinction just remember that they all sound just the same way combined and it becomes a a a and again here's the stroke order for each of them we we were way hey okay so let's read everything one more time e h eh yeah way we were way a these vowels are hard because they look similar they look and sound similar so it might take some time for them to register with you fully but if you keep practicing you'll get used to it and you'll be able to make distinctions so for now let's practice the new vowels that we just learned with the Korean vocabularies that I brought here starting with the first one remember that this is ye and this is Yi yay it means a story or a talk it means a bird NE e NE it means yes and it's an honorific form on a side note we'll learn the difference between which is the informal form and honorific or formal form yeah this consonant is what we haven't learned yet and it's a double consonant and it has like apple so this is it means pretty pretty way way it means why it means snack it means lonely Sheikh shake shake it means shake like milkshake way e t o well it means a waiter at a restaurant hey it means a chair we do we we we three the first word means up and the second one means behind okay so great job everybody now it's time to learn the double consonant literally it is the consonant that's doubled the consonant you see here is a double consonant two as you can see the consonant coat is doubled and it became there are only five consonants that can form double consonant and it's these five so kiok double becomes sangyak T good double becomes sound good doubled becomes doubled becomes sound Shield double becomes and starting with it has good sound it sounds like Spanish sound I believe there's no equivalent in English but it sounds similar but good in Spanish has the sound it sounds like Spanish de sound like Tres tu te so and next song has bur sound like apple apple but has Su sound as we learned Shield has Su sound not Su sound and sanction has Su sound like sun sail set and so on last one is it has the sound have you guys heard of the Korean phrase it means really and people use it when they get surprised or shocked by like certain news and the da sound comes from this consonant Center good okay so we're almost done what we have left unlearned is the final consonant it would take so much time to explain all the pronunciation rules concerning part Sim and it would be quite overwhelming to take them all in at first so for now we'll cover the very basic of it and I'll try to make a separate video on patsim alone so you can learn more in-depth how to read words and sentences with patsum okay so patsin is the consonant that comes at the very last of kurtza so patsim is always placed beneath the consonant vowel combination all consonants can become patsin except these three foreign except for these three every consonant can become patsim let's start with becomes patsim it sounds like this as you can hear it doesn't end with good sound it's not Cog nag mug pug but you drop the G sound at the end and it just becomes knock knock sound uh sounds like this kin tan Khan so it's basically similar with when the English alphabet N is placed at the end of the word it doesn't end with no sound but clean um sound too good for pot team sounds like tat mat need it doesn't have this sound but you drop the D sound at the end and it becomes a clean uh sound little for patching by it does not end with Le Allah but just uh hey DM for patsim come Nam um it's not um but just a clean um where you drop the um sound at the end beautiful next one pop keep it's not herb but it's just a a very clean sound x one see what it's not us but just oh where you drop the Su sound and it just clean oh next one when Ian becomes a final consonant it produces um sound um for example we all know BTS and the first BT stands for there's a Ian as a final consonant here [Music] when Tut becomes a final consonant cut called again it's not uh but just it it no to sound at the end and just it and that's it same with two it's not it's it's but just it it should when Kirk is party it's red similar with kiok it's not Ugg but OG right and same with kiok it's not ok but it's oh like this is not it's not and block not block right so oh when puke is same with peep it's not sup sup but let's stop what's up when heat is it sounds nothing at all like her it's usually combined with the consonant that comes next or does not produce any sound at all for example this word is red Chua so the H sound is removed and this one is not because here and ticket here is combined and produce T sound again this is a role of patsim that we'll cover in a separate video but for now you just can remember that when here is patsim it has no sound or usually combined with the next consonant moving on to double consonants for Patsy as I told you only these two can become they're not difficult it's the same with kiok and XI so knock and knock sound the same sound the same and moving on to sanction head and head sounds the same eat and eat sound the same okay so we learn how to read the words with patsim for every consonant this one is TE Han mean again it's not it's [Music] knock see naxi naxi Tut Anda be them [Music] by group by group called [Music] Kata Kata Kata Kata New York foreign good good Italian style Italian [Music] okay so we covered everything we need to know about reading Hunger except the detailed rules of patsim and that alone I'll cover in the next video for you to learn and practice in-depth and thank you so much for following me till the end I'm so proud of you guys I hope you find my lesson helpful and I also hope you practice more and get used to reading and writing hunger as fast as you can so that learning Korean becomes more effective fun and easier for you I'll see you in the next video thank you so much again and bye bye