KOREAN ALPHABET: Hangul

Hangul (한글 Hangeul)or Chosongul is the native alphabet of the Korean language, as distinguished from the logographic Sino-Korean hanja system. It was created in the mid-15th century, and is now the official script of both North Korea and South Korea, being co-official in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture of China. Hangul has also been adopted by some as a replacement writing system for the Austronesian Cia-Cia language.
Hangul is a phonemic alphabet organized into syllabic blocks. Each block consists of at least two of the 24 Hangul letters (jamo), with at least one each of the 14 consonants and 10 vowels. These syllabic blocks can be written horizontally from left to right as well as vertically from top to bottom in columns from right to left. Originally, the alphabet had several additional letters .

The modern name Hangul (한글) was coined by Ju Sigyeong in 1912. Han (한) meant "great" in archaic Korean, while geul (글) is the native Korean word for "script". Han could also be understood as the Sino-Korean word 韓 "Korean", so that the name can be read "Korean script" as well as "great script". 한글 is pronounced [hanɡɯl] and has been romanized in the following ways:
>>Hangeul or han-geul in the Revised Romanization of Korean, which the South Korean government uses in all English publications and encourages for all purposes.
>>Han'gŭl in the McCune-Reischauer system. When used as an English word, it is often rendered without the diacritics: hangul, often capitalized as Hangul. This is how it appears in many English dictionaries.
>>Hankul in Yale Romanization, a system recommended for technical linguistic studies.
North Koreans prefer to call it Chosŏn'gŭl (조선글), for reasons related to the different names of Korea.
The original name was Hunminjeongeum (훈민정음; 訓民正音; see history). Due to objections to the names Hangeul, Chosŏn'gŭl, and urigeul (우리글) (see below) by the Korean minority in Manchuria, the otherwise uncommon short form jeongeum may be used as a neutral name in some international contexts.
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Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangul
http://www.lifeinkorea.com/language/korean.cfm

Reading Hangul

this may be the most difficult part in learning Korean language. I myself isn't an expert when it comes to this part. you know, koreans have this certain way of writing their alphabets. you'll know that as we go on. so i'll try to teach you with what i know as of now.
FIGHTING!!

okay...so let's try to read these..
TIP: usually the korean syllabes are read clockwise, up to down, left to right...try:D :
(don't be a cheater..don't look at the answer key...you can check out the alphabet chart^^)

1.빌딩 a house, hall, skyscraper or the like
2.안도라 tiny country between France and Spain
3.인도 big country in Asia, former British colony
4.라디오 extremely popular before there was television
5.비디오 now being replaced by DVD

ANSWER KEY:
1.빌(bil) + 딩(ding)= 빌딩 (building)
2.안(An)+ 도(do) + 라(ra)= Andora
3.인(in) + 도(do)= Indo (India)
4.라(la) + 디(di) + 오(o)= ladio/radio (koreans have difficulty in saying the letter "r"..
5.비(bi) + 디(di) + 오(o)= bidio/video

can you try it on your own now?
okay..i'll give you an assignment....hahah..just comment on this...
and i'll be the one to check your answers..this will be easy..

1.텔엪온--->this rings..invented by Alexander Grahambell
2.비윹잎울--->also means pretty
3.움불엘라-->protects you from getting wet by the rain or getting burnt by the rays of the sun
4.독-->this animal barks
5.셆온--->you can use this in sending messages
6.콜에아--->a country near China
7.필잎인--->this country's president is Benigno Simeon Aquino
8.밀롤--->you can see your reflection when you look at this hing
9.왙엘---->a liquid you drink everyday
10.만일아--->capital city of the Philippines

enjoy!!


SOURCE:
http://www.learnlangs.com/RWP/Korean/Korean%20-%20Lesson%203.htm

Hangul: Basic Phrases...

USually, when one tries to learn a new language, he or she starts to learn with the alphabet. But we're not going to apply that here. What would you do if you know how to read the Korean text but don't understand it? it's no use. So we'll start with basic Korean phrases.

FAMILY MEMBERS...(in Korean)

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)

---if you have questions...i'll be here to answer them^^

Introduction

Actually, Hangul or Korean language isn't that hard to learn.It doesn't have many characters and strokes unlike the Japanese and Chinese calligraphy.here are some of the things i prepared for you...hope you enjoy!!

PS..
btw..listening to Korean songs and watching Korean movies can help you learn their language, too^^