Introduction

 Introduced by King Sejong the Great

 60% sino Chinese words
 5% loanwords
 77 mil native speakers

#Syntax

SUBJECT + OBJECT + VERB

Sentence ends with a verb/adverb
Jane rice eats.
 Bob and Jane at school Korean study is right.
 Bob and Jane Korean study at school is right.

According to context, subject can be omitted like

any other language…

 Are you going home? = Going home?

 Met the friend? = Did you meet the friend?
 Honorifics
Do not speak to your elders like you would to your
friend or a junior.
So, either this or that-
 Use honorifics
 Use different speech level

#Hangeul
 Simple logical elegant lol gloat yourself
 Left to right
 1. A consonant + 2. A vowel + 3. An optional
consonant
 Top to bottom
 24 – 14 c 10 v

In Chinese philosophy, u and r= yang and vice versa
Vowels:

Second derived letters

These are the basics… These show how the characters are
produced by collision of sounds…
Like this-

nieun

siot
giyeok
mieum

ieung
The 14 basic consonants
 #Other stuff
 Simple, aspirated, or tension sounds
 Read diphthongs in Hangeul

Simple

Aspirated sound

tension

#syllable(hangeul)
 Reading various letters by position

=
double consonant of unit ahead(after it (r sound))
 When T, j, ch, d, ss, s at last = double consonant od d
 B,p r all p
 Ng has no initial sound but ng at final
 H=

Introduction/Greeting
 Anneyoung Haseyo ! Jeoneun Saba-eayo cassue
theres no final consonant otherwise would be eiyo
 Anneyoung hada= to be at peace
 Eayo- ending question statement
 = are you in peace?
 Anneyoung haseyo, jei ireumeun Saba eiyo
 = hello, my name is saba.
 Ireum =name, ireuda= to call
 Anneyoung= informal hi
 Formal= anneyoung hasibnikka?
 Jeo = 1
 Neun= topic marker
 Ireumi meu-eo yei-yo = name what? = what is your
name?
 gada+ imperative ending iseiyo= gaseyo= imperative
form of go
 Anneyounghi gaseiyo= please go in peace (indicating
a safe trwat back or a farewell statement)
 Geisida= stay + iseiyo = geisiyo
 Anneyoung hi geiseyo= please stay in peace (said by
the person leaving to the person staying in)
 Gomabsibnida= thank you
 Gamsahabnida= same but in Chinese characters
 Man na seo ban ga ieyo= nice to meet you
 Justin ssi, eonu nara saram ieyo?= justin, which
countryman are you?/ what is your nationality?
 Jeonun, migug saram ieyo.= I am amaaerica
 Saram= people
 Eonu= asking indicating a person