Indira Gandhi National Open University

School of Foreign Languages

Certificate in Korean Language & Culture
Basics of Korean-I
BKL-001

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(English Translation of the text is given at the end of the Unit).

first Korean alphabet was proclaimed under the original name “Hunmin-
jeongeum’’, which literally means ‘the correct sounds for educating people.’ The
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to
rule the country mor effectively by lowering the illiteracy rate.

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19 consonants and 21

1.4 (Activity) Brief description of the Korean Alphabet (Hanguel)

Dear Learners, in the table given below you can see the list of Korean Alphabet.
With the help of English equivalent sounds you will be introduced to 19 Consonants
and 21 Vowels of the Korean Alphabet. You will further learn letters in detail in
both Unit-1 and Unit-2.

KOREAN ALPHABET

S. No.

Baby

Baseball
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Fishbowl

Fox

Duck

Cook

Milk

Stroller

Silver medal

Cucumber
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Bag

Tree

Squirrel

Radio

Garlic

Banana

Apple

Ball
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Bicycle

Car

Camera

Ostrich

Pineapple

Hipopotamus
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and
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Now let’s move the further for understanding the 4 more basic vowels. After this
you will learn total 10 basic vowels. The writing method is same, just addition
of some more stroke(s)!!
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sound which you will learn soon.

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vowels
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given below.
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select the correct sound.

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be learning about of the Korean Language

(English Translation of the text is given at the end of the Unit).

its easy to under-

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understand these letters one by one.

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Glimpses of Korea
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learn new
We start with “Hello, Hi, Namaste to greet or start any conversation. In Korean
Which
means hellow in Korean.

(English Translation of the text is given at the end of the Unit).

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If we look at the above basic conversation about greetings we can see how to use
topic marker and Now we will study you will be
introduced to Topic Marker in detail and after this unit you will be able to
introduce yourself in Korean Langauge.

learn
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When we introduce ourselves, we generally start with Name, nationality and Hello and Good bye
occupation. In this section you will be learning about Various Nationalities &
occupation in Korean.
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Dear Learners, learning new language starts with learning greatings daily life
expressions. To start conversation after the greetings we have to learn basic
speech endings which are needed to do at Conversation places like Shops.
resaturants, hospitals, public spaces in almost in and everyday life.

informal polite ending for example if we want to say ‘‘See you tomorrow’’ we use
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Glimpses of Korea: Korean Cultural Centre India, New Delhi

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bag
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Fill in the blank with appropriate verb or adjective based on the given
conversation.
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(post office)
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(Pooja : No, The bag is not on the desk. It is on the chair.)

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