More Basic letters (Part 2: Practice)

Question 1

ㅇ

Answer 1

At the beginning: silent

At the end: -ng

Question 2

ㄲ

Answer 2

kk

It sounds very similar to the original ‘ㄱ’ but it is more forced at the beginning of the pronunciation.

Question 3

ㅋ

Answer 3

k

This sounds very similar to the original ‘ㄱ’.

Question 4

ㅃ

Answer 4

bb

It sounds very similar to the original ‘ㅂ’ but it is more forced at the beginning of the pronunciation.

Question 5

ㅍ

Answer 5

p

It is closer to a ‘p’ in English, but, even in English, B and P are VERY similar (say box and pox and try distinguishing the two)

Question 6

ㅉ

Answer 6

jj

It is two ㅈ’s placed side by side. It sounds very similar to the original ‘ㅈ’ but it is more forced at the beginning of the pronunciation.

Question 7

ㅊ

Answer 7

ch

This sounds very similar to the original ‘ㅈ’ but is Romanized as ‘ch.’ It is closer to a ‘ch’ in English, but, even in English, J and CH are VERY similar (say char and jar and try distinguishing the two)

Question 8

ㄸ

Answer 8

dd

It is two ㄷ’s placed side by side. It sounds very similar to the original ‘ㄷ’ but it is more forced at the beginning of the pronunciation.

Question 9

ㅌ

Answer 9

t

This sounds very similar to the original ‘ㄷ’ but is Romanized as ‘t’ It is closer to a ‘t’ in English, but, even in English, T and D are VERY similar (say task and dask and try distinguishing the two)

Question 10

ㅆ

Answer 10

ss

It is two ㅅ’s placed side by side. It sounds very similar to the original ‘ㅅ’ but it is more forced at the beginning of the pronunciation.