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V OWELS
Symbol Sound
Memo
ㅏ 'a' in 'far' ㅐ 'a' in 'pack' ㅑ 'ya' in 'Maya' ㅒ 'yea' in 'yeah' ㅓ (1) 'u' in 'duck' ㅔ 'e' in 'peck' ㅕ (1) 'you' in 'young' ㅖ 'ye' in 'yes ㅗ (1) 'o' in 'boy' ㅘ 'wa' in 'wander' ㅙ 'wa' in 'wack' ㅚ 'wa' in 'wack' You'd think this would be the French "eu". It might have been in the old days, but it is practically
the same as ㅙ.
ㅛ (1) 'yo' in 'yo-yo' Actually, it's only the first part of 'yo', the short version.
ㅜ (1) 'oo' in 'boot' Actually, shorter. But it's different from 'oo' in 'foot'.
ㅝ 'wo' in 'won' ㅞ 'wea' in 'weapon' Supposedly "heavier" sound than ㅙ, but sometimes they are hard to tell apart.
ㅟ 'we' in 'we' It could have been the French 'u' longer time ago, but now it's pronounced as 'we' (that is, the
shape of the lips changes).
ㅠ (1) 'you' in 'you' Also, not that long.
ㅡ (1) This is a bit tricky. This symbol is also used for those cosonants that appear by themselves in
'c' in 'cream' without English (e.g., 't' in 'part'). Hangul cannot have just the consonants, so this vowel usually is added
the 'k' sound.
in those cases (트 in 파트).
ㅢ ㅡ and ㅣ in quick
succession. This is also two sounds, that is, the shape of the lips changes.
ㅣ (1) 'ee' in 'see' But shorter.
(1)
(1)
Think of it as the half vowel 'y' plus ㅑ (that is, the shape of the lips do not change).
Supposedly "heavier" sound than ㅐ, but these days they sometimes are not distinguished.
Supposedly "heavier" sound than ㅒ, but practically they are hard to tell apart.
(1) The 10 basic vowels. In the original set, it included ㆍ (아래아 ARaeA).
Resources: http://sori.org/hangul/jamo.hyml#Index
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