LEARNING THE HANGUL (KOREAN LANGUAGE)

Consonants

Hangul	ㅂ	ㄷ	ㅈ	ㄱ	ㅃ	ㄸ	ㅉ	ㄲ	ㅍ	ㅌ	ㅊ	ㅋ	ㅅ	ㅎ	ㅆ	ㅁ	ㄴ	ㅇ		ㄹ
RR	b	d	j	g	pp	tt	jj	kk	p	t	ch	k	s	h	ss	m	n	ng		r,l
IPA	p	t	t͡ɕ	k	p͈	t͈	t͡ɕ͈	k͈	pʰ	tʰ	t͡ɕʰ	kʰ	s	h	s͈	m	n	ŋ	w	r	j

Vowels

Hangul	ㅣ	ㅔ	ㅚ	ㅐ	ㅏ	ㅗ	ㅜ	ㅓ	ㅡ	ㅢ	ㅖ	ㅒ	ㅑ	ㅛ	ㅠ	ㅕ	ㅟ	ㅞ	ㅙ	ㅘ	ㅝ
RR	i	e	oe	ae	a	o	u	eo	eu	ui	ye	yae	ya	yo	yu	yeo	wi	we	wae	wa	wo
IPA	i	e	ø	ɛ	a	o	u	/ə/ or /ɔ/	ɯ	ɰi	je	jɛ	ja	jo	ju	/jə/ or /jɔ/	wi	we	wɛ	wa	/wə/ or /wɔ/

As you have seen above i am an avid fan of korean dramas and songs not to mention 'the korean wave' is indeed has an impact to myself haha minus i'm not a teenager anymore but that doesn't stop me from enjoying all the good story lines and music they have produced.

A friend asked me "why KOREAN" hhmmm long paused to be honest i also don't know mind you hehehe but when i finally decided " it is because i love watching korean dramas and song and what glued me to them is their language..to be honest!' that's how it came about.

I was indeed inspired when i did my travelling where back in Dec 2010 to Phnom Penh & Siem Reap. As we (myself, our tour guide & another tour guide) were sitting down in a bench waiting for my friends, we were talking about languages..i was impressed because the two of them can speak 2 or more foreign languages..the determination to master one language amazed me, of cos they do that for a living but i need to give them credit for all the courage and hardwork to improve their lives.....hence i enroll for a Conversational korean class.

ANNYEONG HASEYO, JEO-NUEN EVYLIN IMNIDA.

There are about 78 million Korean speakers worldwide. In the 15th century, a national writing system was commissioned bySejong the Great, the system being currently called Hangul. Prior to the development of Hangul, Koreans had used Hanja and phonetic systems like Hyangchal, Gugyeoland Idu extensively for over a millennium.