Korean Dipthongs: Complex Vowels

Question 1

ㅑ

Answer 1

ya

Question 2

ㅕ

Answer 2

yeo

Question 3

ㅠ

Answer 3

yu

Question 4

ㅛ

Answer 4

yo

Question 5

ㅐ & ㅔ

Answer 5

ㅐ = ae (a combination of ㅏ and ㅣ)

ㅔ = e (a combination of ㅓ and ㅣ)

Though these two vowels have different Romanizations, they sound identical to one another. They both sound like “eigh” in “weigh”
If we were to make syllables with these new letters, they would look like this:

배 = bae (sounds like bay)
베 = be  (also sounds like bay)

Question 6

ㅟ

Answer 6

ㅜ + ㅣ

ㅟ = wi

(example: 쥐)

Question 7

ㅝ

Answer 7

ㅜ + ㅓ

ㅝ = wo

(example: 원)

Question 8

ㅚ

Answer 8

ㅗ + ㅣ

ㅚ = oe

(sounds like “way”) (example: 외국 = waygook)

Question 9

ㅘ

Answer 9

ㅗ + ㅏ

ㅘ = wa

(example: 완)

Question 10

ㅢ

Answer 10

ㅡ + ㅣ

ㅢ = ui

(example: 의)

Question 11

ㅖ

Answer 11

ㅕ + ㅣ

ㅖ = ye (예)

Question 12

In addition to everything you have learned in these first three lessons, it is also possible for a syllable to have four letters: one vowel and three consonants. This additional consonant gets added as the third consonant in a syllable.

Answer 12

Examples of a 4th letter:
닭 = chicken
앉다 = to sit
읽다 = to read
없다 = to not have
긁다 = to scratch