파이팅? 화이팅?

파이팅[paiting] is used as a cheer or word of encouragement–like “Let’s go”, “Come on!”, “Do your best”–or but can also be used as “good luck”.

‘파이팅’ came from ‘fighting’ in English. Sometimes written ‘화이팅’, but this is wrong. ‘F’ and ‘P’ in English should be written as ‘ㅍ’ in Korean. 

For example,

Frying pans → 프라이팬

File → 파일

family → 패밀리 

Words from foreign countries.

몰랐던 외래어 단어들

Words from foreign countries.

There are some words that even Koreans think that they are Originally Korean words.

bread

 빵 

[ppang]

빵[ppang] comes from Portuguese ‘pao’.

빵은 한국어처럼 보이지만 포르투갈어 'pao'(발음은 '빠웅')에서 유래한 말이다.

  bag

가방

[ga-bang] 

가방[ga-bang] comes from Dutch ‘kabas’.

'가방'의 어원은 네덜란드어 'kabas’다. 일본에서 '가방(かばん)'이라 불렀는데 이것이 우리나라에 전해지게 된 것이다.

seesaw

시소

[si-so] 

시소[si-so] comes from English 'seesaw'.

시소는 많은 한국인이 한국어처럼 사용하지만 사실 영어의 ‘seesaw’에서 온 단어이다.

Rubber

고무

[go-mu]

고무[go-mu] comes from Dutch 'gom'.

일본이 네덜란드어 “gom”을 들여와 고무(ゴム)라고 쓰던 것이 우리나라에 전해진 것이다.

Korean consonants 2

Here are 4 Asphirated Consonants.

ㅋ	ㅌ	ㅍ	ㅊ
[kh]	[th]	[ph]	[ch]

These are pronounced by blowing air out of your mouth. You can practice by taking a tissue in front of your mouth and checking if the tissue is blowing

Check the pronunciation here.

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Korean consonants 1

How many Korean consonants are there?

▶There are 19 consonants. Here are 9 basic consonants. 

ㄱ	ㄴ	ㄷ	ㄹ	ㅁ	ㅂ	ㅅ	ㅈ	ㅎ
[g/k]	[n]	[d/t]	[l/r]	[m]	[b/p]	[s/ʃ]	[ʒ]	[h]

You can check the pronunciation here.

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What does oppa(오빠) mean?

오빠

[o-ppa]

Oppa(오빠) literally means "older brother of a female person", but is used in Korean culture by a female to a male, who is older than her by the boundary. (to close friend, romantic interest, boyfriend, etc.) 

What does 이모 (imo) mean in Korean?

이모        아줌마

  [i-mo]     [a-jum-ma]

이모 literally means “aunt from your mother's side.” While 아줌마 means middle aged lady / madam.” but 이모 is used in Korean culture to call friendliness even if they are not related. 이모 is used more than 아줌마 to call middle aged lady employees in restaurants and shops.

Korean rice cakes, ttoek or ttoeg

떡, ttoek/ttoeg

TTOEG(떡) is a class of Korean rice cakes made with steamed flour made of various grains, including glutinous or non-glutinous rice. There are various kinds of rice cakes and used a lot in cooking.

바람떡

[ba-lam-tteog]

Balamtteog(바람떡) is made with non- glutinous rice flour and filled with red bean paste. After filling the red beans, fold them in half and press them half-shaped to make the wind enter. baram(바람) means “wind”. 

절편

[jeol-pyeon]

Jeol-pyeon(절편) is made of non-glutinous rice flour. The rice flour steamed is pounded into a dough, divided into small pieces, and patterned.

망개떡

[mang-gaetteog]

Mang-gaetteog(망개떡) is steamed with red bean paste in the dough wrapped with mang-gae(망개) tree leaves. By steaming the rice cakes with leaves, the rice cakes do not stick to each other and have the unique aroma peculiar to the leaves of the tree.

인절미

[injeolmi]

Injeolmi(인절미) is made by steaming and pounding glutinous rice flour, which is shaped into small pieces and usually covered with steamed powdered dried beans or other ingredients.

Korean Vowels 2

How many diphthongs are there in Korean?

▶There are 9 diphthongs. This page introduces 11 relatively simple vowels.

(Diphthongs are a type of vowel sound where two single vowel sounds/monophthongs are combined within a single syllable.)

Here are 9 diphthong vowels.

ㅘ	ㅝ	ㅟ	ㅢ	ㅖ	ㅒ	ㅚ	ㅞ	ㅙ
[wa]	[wə]	[wi]	[ɨy]	[yɛ]	[ye]	[we]	[we]	[wɛ]

You can check the pronunciation here.

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Korean Vowels 1

How many vowels does Korean have? 

▶There are 21 vowels. This page introduces 12 relatively simple vowels.

Here are 6 basic vowels that are the most basic. (except these 6 basic vowels, all two are combined.)

ㅏ	ㅓ	ㅗ	ㅜ	ㅡ	ㅣ
[a]	[ə]	[o]	[u]	[ɨ]	[i]

You can check the pronunciation here.

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▶here are 5 further vowels.

ㅑ	ㅕ	ㅛ	ㅠ	ㅔ	ㅐ
[ya]	[yə]	[yo]	[yu]	[ɛ]	[e]

You can check the pronunciation here.

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What are Korean consonants and vowels?

How many letters are in the Korean alphabet?

Hangul consists of 19 consonants and 21 vowels.

 

1) The list of consonants is like the followings.

ㄱ	ㄴ	ㄷ	ㄹ	ㅁ	ㅂ	ㅅ	ㅇ	ㅈ	ㅎ
[g/k]	[n]	[d/t]	[l/r]	[m]	[b/p]	[s/ʃ]	[ø/ɲ]	[ʒ]	[h]
ㅋ		ㅌ			ㅍ			ㅊ
[kh]		[th]			[ph]			[ch]
ㄲ		ㄸ			ㅃ	ㅆ		ㅉ
[k’]		[t’]			[p’]	[s’]		[c’]

 

2) The list of vowels is like the followings.

ㅏ	ㅓ	ㅗ	ㅜ	ㅡ	ㅣ		ㅐ	ㅔ
[a]	[ə]	[o]	[u]	[ɨ]	[i]		[ɛ]	[e]
ㅑ	ㅕ	ㅛ	ㅠ	ㅢ			ㅒ	ㅖ
[ya]	[yə]	[yo]	[yu]	[ɨy]			[yɛ]	[ye]
ㅘ	ㅝ				ㅚ	ㅟ	ㅙ	ㅞ
[wa]	[wə]				[we]	[wi]	[wɛ]	[we]

 

3) Possible Syllable Structures in Korean are as the followings.

모음(vowel)	V	ㅏ → 아
자음(consonants)+모음(Vowel)	CV	ㄱ + ㅏ → 가
자음(c)+모음(v)+자음(c)	CVC	ㄱ + ㅏ + ㅇ → 강