Chapter 2: Introduction To Hangeul

Question 1

What is a digraph?

Answer 1

A pair of characters used to make one sound

Question 2

How many basic letters and digraphs does Hangeul have?

Answer 2

24

Question 3

자음

Answer 3

Consonants

Question 4

쌍자음

Answer 4

Tense consonants

Question 5

How many 자음 (consonants) are there in Hangeul?

Answer 5

14

Question 6

How many 쌍자음 (tense consonants) are there in Hangeul?

Answer 6

5

Question 7

모음

Answer 7

Vowels

Question 8

What is a monophthong?

Answer 8

A pure vowel sound with no tongue movement

Question 9

What is a diphthong?

Answer 9

Two vowels produced by one sound

Question 10

단모음

Answer 10

Monophthongs

Question 11

이중모음

Answer 11

Diphthongs

Question 12

How many 단모음 (monophthongs) are there in Hangeul?

Answer 12

8

Question 13

How many 이중모음 (diphthongs) are there in Hangeul?

Answer 13

13

Question 14

How many vowels are there in total in Hangeul?

Answer 14

21

Question 15

Which two kinds of letters must a syllable block always contain at minimum?

Answer 15

1 consonant and 1 vowel

Question 16

What do you do when a vowel needs to be written on its own?

Answer 16

Add the consonant ㅇ in front of or on top of the vowel

Question 17

True or False: When reading a vowel, such as 아, the ㅇ makes no sound

Answer 17

True

Question 18

True or False: Vowels can never be written by themselves aka without the ㅇ in front or on top

Answer 18

True

Question 19

True or False: Hangeul is generally more phonetically consistent than English

Answer 19

True