Learn Korean Part I

Recently, Korean "fever" has attacked so many teens especially girls in Indonesia. Whether it's Korean dramas, or Korean songs, seems like everybody like them so much so that make them want to learn Korean language. But, the problem is, where can we learn Korean? Course? Surely it'll spend so much money and surely it needs time, whereas we don't have enough free time because of our hectic schedules. Here I found a bit resolution for those who wants to learn Korean in their busy time. I'll share a little of basic Korean language that I know, so you can learn it anytime you want. Here we go!

♪ HANGEUL ALPHABET SYSTEM

Vowels : -
ㅏ	ㅑ	ㅓ	ㅕ	ㅗ
"a"	"ya"	"eo"	"yeo"	"o"
ㅛ	ㅜ	ㅠ	ㅡ	ㅣ
"yo"	"oo" or "u"	"yoo" or "yu"	"eu"	"i"
Consonants : -
ㄱ	ㄴ	ㄷ	ㄹ	ㅁ
"g" or "k"	"n"	"d" or "t"	" r " or " l "	"m"
ㅂ	ㅅ	ㅇ	ㅈ	ㅊ
"b" or "p"	"s"	-	" ch "	" ch' "
ㅋ	ㅌ	ㅍ	ㅎ
" g' " or " k' "	" d' "	" p' "	" h "
Note that " ' " means the letter is aspirated, i.e a sharp sound.

ㅎ +	ㅏ +	ㄴ =	한	han
h	a	n
ㄱ +	ㅜ +	ㄱ =	국	guk
g	u	k			한국 pronounced HanGuk meaning Korea

Double Vowels : -

ㅐ	ㅒ	ㅔ	ㅖ	ㅘ	ㅙ	ㅝ	ㅞ
eir	yeir	ere	yere	wa	where	wo	weo
ㅟ	ㅢ
	wei ♪ NUMBERING In Korean there are two sets of numbers which are used when counting, the first set are known as pure Korean numbers, and the other are Sino-korean which is based on the chinese numerals. The use of these numbers depends on the context in which it is used, for example the pure korean numbers are used when counting hours, and the sino korean when used to count minutes. kong 0 il 1 shibil 11 ishibil 21 i 2 shibi 12 ishibi 22 sam 3 shipsam 13 ishipsam 23 sa 4 shipsa 14 ishipsa 24 o 5 shibo 15 yuk 6 shimnyuk 16 ch'il 7 shipch'il 17 p'al 8 shipp'al 18 ku 9 shibku 19 ishipku 29 ship 10 iship 20 samship 30 saship 40 kuship 90 paek 100 ch'on 1000 man 10,000 ♪ FAMILY MEMBERS Relative Titles - 친척과 관계된 호칭 Older Woman - 아주머니 - ajumni (aunt) [Polite] Older Woman - 아줌마 - ajumma (auntie) [Less Polite] Older Man - 아저씨 - ajussi (Uncle) Elderly Woman - 할머니 - hal muh ni (Grandmother) [Polite] Elderly Man - 할아버지 - hara buh ji (Grandpa) [Less Polite] Father - 아버지 - ah buh ji Father in law - 시아버지 - shi ah buh ji Father in law - 장인어른 - jang in uh reun Dad - 아빠 - appa [Informal] Mum - 엄마 - umma Mother - 어머니 - uh muh ni Mother in law - 시어머니 - shi uh muh ni Mother in law - 장모님 - jang mo nim Siblings - 손위 형제 자매 Older Sister - 언니 - unni (If the speaker is female) Older Brother - 오빠 - oppa (If the speaker is female) Older Sister - 누나 - nuna (If the speaker is male) Older Brother - 형 - hyung (If the speaker is male) Younger Sibling - 동생 - dong saeng (Regardless of speaker's gender)