한KOREAN3001Hangul foundations

Hangul foundations · Lesson 7

Build syllables with ㅡ and ㅣ

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Lesson information & display

Planning guide: about 20 min · Progress by understanding and practice, not by the clock.

Completion records the activities you finished. It is not a pronunciation score or a Korean proficiency certificate.

Unit contents
Basic vowels and syllable blocks
05Distinguish the directions of ㅏ · ㅓ · ㅗ · ㅜ06Listen and find ㅑ · ㅕ · ㅛ · ㅠ07Build syllables with ㅡ and ㅣ08Read new words with the basic vowels
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Learn the key points

ㅇConsonant
Above
ㅡVowel
Below
으Syllable
ㅇConsonant
Left
ㅣVowel
Right
이Syllable
ㄴConsonant
Above
ㅡVowel
Below
느Syllable
ㄴConsonant
Left
ㅣVowel
Right
니Syllable

느 and 니 use the same ㄴ. In 느, ㅡ goes below; in 니, ㅣ goes on the right. Listen for the difference between the sounds too.

Vowel groupConsonant and vowel positionsVowels learned so far
Vertical vowelsConsonant on the left · vowel on the rightㅏ · ㅑ · ㅓ · ㅕ · ㅣ
Horizontal vowelsConsonant above · vowel belowㅗ · ㅛ · ㅜ · ㅠ · ㅡ

How to make the sound

Try each sound briefly. These are starting cues, not an automatic pronunciation judgement.

으 · 이

For 으, keep lips unrounded with the back of your tongue high. For 이, raise the front of the tongue. Try moving from 우 toward 으 by unrounding the lips.