In Korean words, vowels never go the first. But we have "o" which is a consonant has no sound when it goes first of words.
Thus, these "ㅏ" and "아" are the same in sound. But you should use the consonant "o" in writing.
Here, I am putting the letter "o" because I'd like to let you know the right place of vowels, which means the vowels go differently when those are combined with consonants.
You can find it out in the box below.
|
basic
|
similar sound
(in American English) |
with /y/
|
combination method
|
similar sound
(in American English) |
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1
|
아
|
father
|
2
|
야
|
ㅏ+- =ㅑ
|
yard
|
|
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3
|
어
|
honest
|
4
|
여
|
ㅓ+- =ㅕ
|
yawn
|
|
|
5
|
오
|
go
|
6
|
요
|
ㅗ+- =ㅛ
|
yogurt
|
|
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7
|
우
|
who
|
8
|
유
|
ㅜ+- =ㅠ
|
you
|
|
|
9
|
으
|
taken
|
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10
|
이
|
teeth
|
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|
combination
|
combination method
|
with /y/
|
combination method
|
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|
11
|
애
|
ㅏ+ㅣ=ㅐ
|
at
|
12
|
얘
|
ㅐ+- =ㅒ
|
yak
|
|
13
|
에
|
ㅓ+ㅣ=ㅔ
|
end
|
14
|
예
|
ㅔ+- =ㅖ
|
yes
|
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15
|
와
|
ㅗ+ㅏ=ㅘ
|
watch
|
16
|
왜
|
ㅗ+ㅐ =ㅙ
|
wag
|
|
17
|
워
|
ㅜ+ㅓ=ㅝ
|
water
|
18
|
웨
|
ㅜ+ㅔ =ㅞ
|
wedding
|
|
19
|
외
|
ㅗ+ㅣ=ㅚ
|
weight
|
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|
20
|
위
|
ㅜ+ㅣ=ㅟ
|
we
|
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21
|
의
|
ㅡ+ㅣ=ㅢ
|
gooey
|
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check out the mouth shapes of basic vowels.
These information is from other MANNAM blog.
Visit http://amazingmannam.blogspot.kr/search/label/korean%20class to look for more information.
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