Consonants: Korean Learning Methods

ㄱ - this like the "g" sound in "gun". Notice the shape of  "ㄱ" kinda looks like a gun. 

ㄴ - basically the "n" sound. Notice the shape of  "ㄴ" kinda looks like a nose. 

ㄷ - a soft "d" sound

ㄹ - imagine you were trying to say "ra" but you began with the "l" sound, creating "lra"

ㅁ - essentially an "m" sound

ㅂ - sometimes sounds like "b", other times like "p". You'll get the hang of it. 

ㅅ - makes an "s" sound. Kinda. The sound is very bright. 

ㅈ - a "j" sound

ㅎ - the "h" sound. If places after another consonant, it takes the sound of that consonant sometimes.

ㅃ - sounds like a "p". 

ㄸ - a regular "d", almost "t".

ㅆ - the regular "s" sound

ㅉ - a stronger "j" sound.

ㄲ - a stronger "g" sound. 

ㅍ - A stronger "p" sound. Think of the way your lips pop when you pronounce the second "p" in "apple.

ㅊ- A "ch" sound. Like in matCHA tea. "Cha" means tea in Korean, by the way. 

ㅌ- a "t" sound. 

ㅋ- the "k" sound. 

ㅇ- silent consonant. Takes on the sound of consonants before it. 

I would write the romanization for the hangul (hangul is the Korean name for the letters that make up the language), but I've forgotten them because reading the romanization often led me to mispronouncing the syllables. Reading and listening along helps the pronunciation come more naturally. 

Try adding the "a" sound to all of these consonants! For example, 자 would be "cha"! What would "가" sound like?

Good luck!

------Vocabulary---------------

가다 - to go 

사다 - to buy

타다 - to ride

마다 - every

차 - tea, car (shortened version)

다 - all, every

차 다 사다 -  to buy all the tea 

차 마다 사다 - to buy every car