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4 – Syllable Structure LESSON 4
Progress

5 – Easy Introductions

6 – Asking Simple Questions

7 – Topic Markers
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Structure

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Korean letters are combined.
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Up until now, you’ve seen

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various combinations of Korean
consonants and vowels
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them and you know the
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meanings, but you may still be
curious about how they are
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formed. How are these
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Are there any rules? Or did
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someone just choose them at
random?
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You may have heard that
Korean is one of the most
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 scientific languages in
existence. This is because it is
logically constructed and can

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be used to mimic a variety of
sounds and pronunciations
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from different languages to a
high degree of accuracy. How,
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you might ask? I know we must
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let’s get to it!
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80/20 Vocabulary M1 Week 2 – QUI… Let’s start off with the

construction of a syllable in
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Korean. In English, we count
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Korean, it is the same. However,
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vowel sounds are nicely
grouped together in Korean in
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clusters of 2 to 4 characters.
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first.
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Syllables must always start with

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a consonant, and then have a

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vowel following it. Let’s do a
quick recap of the consonants
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 PLEASE NOTE
Some of these words may
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be new to you. You don't
need to know the meanings
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of them all yet. We're
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mostly using them for
demonstration purposes so
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you can see the syllable
structure. We've also added
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That way when you see
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to become more familiar!
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ㅂㅈㄷㄱㅅㅁㄴㅇㄹ
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Base vowels:
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ㅗㅓㅜㅏㅛㅕㅠㅑㅡ
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2-Character Syllables
When we have 2-character
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syllables, the syllables will be
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 bottom.
For example:

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ㄱ+ㅏ=가
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ㅂ+ㅕ=벼
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Top-to-bottom:
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ㄱ+ㅗ=고
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ㅂ+ㅠ=뷰
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ㄴ+ㅡ=느
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How do we know which ones

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are left-to-right and top-to-
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vowels.
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Since we have 10 vowels, 5 will

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be left-to-right and 5 will be
top-to-bottom.
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ㅡㅣ
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 Out of these vowels, some will
be left-to-right:

Left-to-right: ㅓ ㅏ ㅕ ㅑ ㅣ
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And some will be top-to-
bottom:
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Top-to-bottom: ㅗ ㅜ ㅛ ㅠ
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ㅡ
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You’ll notice that all of the
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are written left-to-right, and
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the vowels that have a
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to-bottom.
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That makes it simple!

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For example:
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1. The vowel ㅓ has a vertical

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line as a base. That means
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letters left-to-right, such as
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2. The vowel ㅜ has a horizontal
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line as a base. That means

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we're going to write the
letters top-to-bottom, such
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 Let’s get a bit of practice. Can
you write the following
syllables in the correct order?

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Test Yourself!
Instructions: On a scrap sheet
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correct order of these Korean
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characters. Click the boxes
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1. ㅊ + ㅏ =
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2. ㄷ + ㅡ =
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3. ㅇ + ㅑ =
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4. ㅈ + ㅣ =

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6. ㅂ + ㅓ =

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8. ㅌ + ㅜ =
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 9. ㅁ + ㅕ =

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10. ㄹ + ㅠ =
5 – Easy Introductions If you think back to when you
first learned to read 한글, then
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you may remember that there

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are some vowels that can be
combined and written together
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For example:
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ㅡ+ㅣ=의
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(“ㅇ” is the placeholder!)

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The rule for writing the vowel

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rules above for left-to-right and
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top-to-bottom. Let’s break it
down into two steps:

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For example:
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ㅎ+ㅡ+ㅣ
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1. ㅎ + ㅡ = 흐
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2. 흐 + ㅣ = 희
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It’s not critical that you don't

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combinations
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 Just know that they exist and
that you’ll get used to them the
more you see them. As we focus

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on the fundamentals that are
logically easier to follow, the
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rest will fall into place.

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Now that we’ve conquered 2-
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for 3-character and 4-character
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syllables!
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The good news is that if you

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understand the concepts of 2-
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character syllables will be a
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cinch!

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3- and 4-character syllables are
the same as 2-character
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syllables, except that you are

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going to put more characters
below in the 받침 position.
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C ⟶ consonant
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V ⟶ vowel
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It will look something like this:

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 3-Character Syllables

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4-Character Syllables
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Got it? Now would be a great
time to take a look at some
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Module 1 Week 6 10 Lessons | 1 Quiz 3-character left-to-right:

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1. (ㄴ + ㅕ) + ㄴ = 녀
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 1. (ㅂ + ㅜ) + ㄴ = 부
+ㄴ

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4-character left-to-right:
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1. (ㅅ + ㅏ) + ㄹ + ㅁ
=사+ㄹ+ㅁ
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2. 사 + ㄹ + ㅁ = 삶
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4-character top-to-bottom:

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1. (ㅇ + ㅗ) + ㄹ + ㅁ
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Note: Both of the bottom

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two characters may not
always be used in
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only one is pronounced. For
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example, 삶 is written as 삶
and pronounced as [삼].
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There are special
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 pronunciation rules in Korean
which will be covered later in
the program.

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Now that we’ve seen how it’s

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done, let’s tie everything
together with a few practice
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exercises. Each syllable will be
separated by parentheses.
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Bonus points if you can write
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from memory or by looking it
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up in the dictionary. Take a look
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resource for doing so!
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 Test Yourself!
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Instructions: On a scrap sheet
of paper write down the
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correct order of these Korean
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below for the answers. We've
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also added the English
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reference, but you don't need
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to know all of them yet. Some
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may be new. They will all be
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introduced throughout the

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course at some point. Mainly,
focus on the syllable structure
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1. (ㅁ+ㅏ+ㄴ+ㅎ) +(ㄷ+ㅏ)

=
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2. (ㅈ+ㅗ+ㅎ) + (ㄷ +ㅏ) =
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3. (ㅅ+ㅐ+ㅇ) + (ㄱ+ㅏ
+ㄱ) =
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 4. (ㅅ+ㅣ) + (ㄱ+ㅏ+ㄴ) =

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5. (ㅅ+ㅐ+ㅇ) + (ㅅ+ㅓ
+ㄴ) =
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+ㄹ) =
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7. (ㅂ+ㅏ+ㄹ+ㄱ) + (ㄷ
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8. (ㅈ+ㅓ+ㅇ) + (ㅁ +ㅏ
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+ㄹ) =

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9. (ㄴ+ㅓ+ㄹ+ㅂ) + (ㄷ
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+ㅏ) =

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10. (ㅅ+ㅣ+ㄹ+ㅎ) + (ㄷ
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+ㅏ) =

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As you get more practice with

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characters, the order will start
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to become second nature.

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Don’t worry if you don’t have
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comeback and doNotes
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 refresher anytime you need it.

Plus, as you start reading more

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and more Korean everywhere
you go, you’ll start to see how
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things fit together without
memorizing the rules. This will
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become almost second nature!
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In other words, this is good

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information to know, but you’ll
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as this becomes natural for you
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over time.
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Nicely done, you’re making

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great progress!

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