3rd Edition George Trombley Reed Bullen Sunhee Bong Myunghee Ham 2014 All Rights Reserved, From Zero, LLC.

3rd Edition George Trombley Reed Bullen Sunhee Bong Myunghee Ham 2014 All Rights Reserved, From Zero, LLC.

Distributed worldwide by: From Zero LLC. 10624 S. Eastern Ave. #A769 Henderson, NV 89052. Contact us: kfz@learnfromzero.com Copyright 2014 From Zero, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Printed in USA / England / Australia ISBN-10: 0989654524 ISBN-13: 978-0-9896545-2-4 1st edition, May 2014 2nd edition, August 2014 (minor revisions & new cover art) 3rd edition, October 2014 (corrections and additions) KoreanFromZero.com

Korean From Zero! Book 1 Table of Contents Revision 3.1 Welcome!... 1 Introduction... 1 Welcome to KOREAN FROM ZERO! Korean characters Korean punctuation facts Before grammar About the authors WRITE IN THIS BOOK! Special Thanks! Special Thanks to reddit.com/r/korean reviewers! Hangul Writing Part 1... 5 Hangul Consonants and Vowels... 6 Hangul Points... 7 A-1. Using consonants and vowels to create simple hangul A-2. Writing order and orientation A-3. The different sounds of ㄱ, ㄹ A-4. The sound difference between ㅓ and ㅗ Hangul Writing Part 2... 13 Hangul Points... 13 B-1. Creating pure vowels with ㅇ B-2. Written versions versus font versions of hangul B-3. The different sounds of ㅅ B-4. The difference between ㅐ and ㅔ B-5. The difference between ㅜ and ㅡ Hangul Writing Part 3... 21 Hangul Points... 21 C-1. The difference between ㅒ and ㅖ C-2. Written and typed versions of ㅎ C-3. Hard and soft sounds with hangul Hangul Writing Part 4... 27 Hangul Points... 27 D-1. Double vowels D-2. 위 vs 외 sound differences D-3. The double vowels D-4. ㅟ and ㅢ sound differences

D-5. Double consonant sounds versus other sounds Hangul Writing Part 5... 33 Hangul Points... 33 E-1. Hangul with a final consonant E-2. Answers to common questions E-3. Double vowels E-4. The ng sound when ㅇ is the final consonant Typing Hangul on your Keyboard... 37 Hangul Typing Points... 37 F-1. Typing your first and second characters F-2. Shift characters F-3. Shortcuts and the spacebar (Windows) F-4. Hangul typing exercise Hangul sound change rules... 41 G-1. T-stops G-2. ㅅ followed by ㅎ G-3. S to SH sound with ㅅ G-4. L and R sound for ㄹ (리을) G-5. ㄹ(리을) and ㄴ (니은) combinations G-6. Silent 겹받침 (double consonant) G-7. Random CH sound when not expected G-8. The various sounds for 하다 G-9. Shift to hard sound after and before ㅎ Lesson 1: 20 Starter Phrases... 47 Communication... 48 Coming and Going... 48 Quick Answers... 49 Manners... 49 Additional Phrases... 50 Lesson 2: Korean Numbers... 51 Korean Number System 한국의 숫자... 52 2-1. Different Korean Number Systems 2-2. The singles 1-10 (Korean Number System) 2-3. The teens (Korean Numbers) 2-4. The tens (Korean Numbers) 2-5. Combining the tens and singles to make 11-99 (Korean Numbers) 2-6. 100 and above (Korean Numbers) Chinese Number System 한국의 숫자... 55 2-7. Differences between the Korean and Chinese numbers

2-8. The singles 1-10 (Chinese System) 2-9. The teens (Chinese Numbers) 2-10. The tens (Chinese Numbers) 2-11. Combining tens and singles for 11-99 (Chinese Numbers) 2-12. 100 and above (Chinese Numbers) Lesson 3: Self Introduction / Age... 59 First Meeting 첫인사... 60 Asking Names 이름 묻기... 61 Asking Age 나이 묻기... 62 3-1. Korean age VS International age Vocabulary Builder... 64 Group A: the body 몸 Lesson 4: Creating Simple Sentences... 65 Grammar 문법... 67 4-1. Creating simple sentences with 이다 4-2. Making questions with 이다 4-3. Remember that 이다 is neutral Workbook Area... 70 Vocabulary Builder... 72 Group B: foods 음식 Group C: countries 나라 Lesson 5: This, That, and Negatives... 73 Grammar 문법... 74 5-1. Nationalities in Korean 5-2. The topic marker 은 / 는 5-3. Sound changes for ㅅ 5-4. Sound blending 5-5. This, that, and that over there 5-6. Saying it isn t with 아닙니다 and 아니에요. Workbook Area... 81 Vocabulary Builder... 84 Group D: people 사람 Lesson 6: Introduction to descriptive verbs... 85 New Descriptive Verbs 새로운 형용사... 86 6-1. Descriptive verbs / Adjectives Grammar 문법... 87 6-2. Korean verb stems 6-3. Korean verb BASIC form 6-4. Creating verb BASIC form 6-5. Simple sentences using descriptive verbs

6-6. Using descriptive verbs with subjects 6-7. Korean consonants eat cookies 6-8. This, that, and that over there + NOUN 6-9. ~씨 (Mr., Mrs., Miss) Workbook Area... 97 Lesson 7: Pronouns and possession... 101 Word Usage 단어 사용법... 102 7-1. 차 (car) and 차 (tea) New Descriptive Verbs 새로운 형용사... 102 7-2. ㅂ (비읍) irregular verbs Grammar 문법... 104 7-3. Possession words and the particle 의 7-4. Short versions of my and your 7-5. The word you and pronoun usage 7-6. Using 것 to say thing 7-7. He and She pronouns Workbook Area... 113 Vocabulary Builder... 118 Group E: places 장소 Group F: animals 동물 Lesson 8: Having, not having, and locations... 119 New Descriptive Verbs 새로운 형용사... 120 8-1. 많다 (a lot, many) 8-2. 어렵다 (hard), 쉽다 (easy), and 맵다 (spicy) 8-3. 예쁘다 (pretty, beautiful), 착하다 (kind, nice) Verb Usage 동사 사용법... 122 8-4. 있다 (to exist, to have) 8-5. 없다 (to not exist, to not have) Grammar 문법... 123 8-6. Location marker 에 8-7. Using location words 8-8. 안 vs 속 8-9. 누구 vs 누가 Workbook Area... 131 Vocabulary Builder... 134 Group G: more places 더 많은 장소 Group H: food and drink 음식과 마실것 Lesson 9: Asking for things and counters... 135 New Descriptive Verbs 새로운 형용사... 136 9-1. Ways to say very in Korean 9-2. 빠르다 (fast), 르 irregular verb types

9-3. 귀엽다 (cute) 9-4. 맛없다 (tasteless), 재미없다 (uninteresting) Grammar 문법... 140 9-5. Asking for something with 주세요 9-6. Saying and in lists 9-7. Korean Counters 9-8. How to say a certain number of something 9-9. Human Counters 9-10. Sounding more natural with 그럼 9-11. 100, 1000, and 10000 (Numbers Part II) 9-12. Using money counters 9-13. My school, my bank, my company Workbook Area... 154 Vocabulary Builder... 158 Group I: days of the week 요일 Lesson 10: Future, Past, and Present Tenses... 159 Grammar 문법... 160 10-1. Past tense 10-2. 가다 (to go), 오다 (to come) 10-3. BASIC future tense and present tense 10-4. Future tense (will do, going to do) 10-5. Future tense for ㅂ (비읍) irregular verbs 10-6. ㄹ/을 거예요 for probable future outcomes 10-7. A note about the time marker 에 10-8. The months 10-9. Every Monday, every January etc. 10-10. Past tense for 이다 and 아니다 Workbook Area... 172 Vocabulary Builder... 175 Group J: things around the house 집안에 있는 것 Group K: events 이벤트 Lesson 11: Dates and Time... 177 Word Usage 단어 사용법... 178 11-1. Other versions of this, last, and next year 11-2. 많이 (a lot, many) 11-3. Doing actions with someone and with words Verb Usage 동사 사용법... 181 11-4. 사다 (to buy) 11-5. 보다 (to see, to watch) 11-6. 먹다 (to eat) 11-7. 마시다 (to drink) Grammar 문법... 184

11-8. Telling time in Korean 11-9. Half past, a.m. / p.m. 11-10. Next Friday, Last Monday, Next January, This March 11-11. The event location marker 에서 (and from) 11-12. 이미, 벌써 (already) 11-13. How to say years and complete dates in Korean Workbook Area... 194 Vocabulary Builder... 198 Group L: times of the day 시간대 Group M: school words 학교의 단어 Lesson 12: Descriptive verbs part II... 199 Descriptive Verb Usage 형용사 사용법... 200 12-1. 시끄럽다 (to be loud) 12-2. 조용하다 (to be quiet) 12-3. 길다 (to be long), 짧다 (to be short) 12-4. 다르다 (different), 같다 (same), 비슷하다 (similar) 12-5. 필요하다 (to need), 필요없다 (to not need) 12-6. 가깝다 (to be close), 멀다 (to be far) Verb Usage 동사 사용법... 204 12-7. 하다 (to do) 12-8. 좋아하다 (to like), 싫어하다 (to dislike), 사랑하다 (to love) 12-9. 공부하다 (to study) Grammar 문법... 205 12-10. Directly modifying with descriptive verbs 12-11. Directly modifying with ㅂ irregular descriptive verbs 12-12. Special case direct modifiers 12-13. The inclusion marker 도 (also, too) 12-14. 것 (thing, stuff) Workbook Area... 214 Vocabulary Builder... 216 Group N: more foods 더 많은 음식 Lesson 13: Giving and Receiving... 217 Verb Usage 동사 사용법... 218 13-1. 받다 (to receive, to get) 13-2. 주다 (to give) 13-3. 전화하다 (to make a phone call) 13-4. 알다 (to know) 13-5. 모르다 (to not know) Grammar 문법... 221 13-6. The giving markers 한테, 에게 13-7. The receiving markers 한테서, 에게서 13-8. Trying to do something BASIC +보다

13-9. Command form using BASIC form 13-10. Quick rules for casual Korean Workbook Area... 229 Lesson 14: Negative tense... 233 New Action Verbs 새로운... 234 Verb Usage 동사 사용법... 234 14-1. Making negative verbs with 지 않다 14-2. 일하다 (to work), 쉬다 (to take a break, to rest) 14-3. 도착하다 (to arrive) 14-4. 출발하다 (to depart) Grammar 문법... 237 14-5. Shall I? Shall we? ~(으)ㄹ까 14-6. Let s ~자, ~(으)ㅂ시다 14-7. About something ~에 대해 14-8. Going to work Workbook Area... 246 Vocabulary Builder... 250 Group O: other body parts 더 많은 몸의 부분 Group P: famous cities 유명한 도시 Lesson 15: Can and Can t do... 251 New Action Verbs 새로운... 252 Verb Usage 동사 사용법... 253 15-1. 수영하다 (to swim) 15-2. 읽다 (to read) 15-3. 시작하다 (to start) 15-4. ㄷ irregulars, 묻다 (to ask), 듣다 (to listen, hear) 15-5. 걷다 (to walk) 15-6. 대답해다 (to answer) 15-7. 배우다 (to learn) 15-8. 질문하다 (to ask a question) Grammar 문법... 257 15-9. To and from (부터 / 까지) 15-10. Please do this 15-11. ㄹ/을 수(가) 있다, ㄹ/을 수(가) 없다 (Can do and can t do) 15-12. Doing things well 잘~ Workbook Area... 266 Vocabulary Builder... 270 Group Q: office words 사무실 단어 Lesson 16: Not being able to do... 271 Word Usage 단어 사용법... 272 16-1. 아직 (still, not yet)

16-2. 일찍 (early), 늦게 (late) 16-3. 처음 (first time, the beginning) 16-4. 다시 (again) Verb Usage 동사 사용법... 275 16-5. Ongoing present tense form ~고 있다 (~ing) 16-6. 타다 (to ride) 16-7. 내리다 (to get off) 16-8. 자다 (to sleep), 일어나다 (to wake up) 16-9. 말하다 (to speak, to tell, to talk) 16-10. 보내다 (to send) 16-11. 쓰다 (to write), 쓰다 (to use) Grammar 문법... 280 16-12. ~(으)로 by which means marker 16-13. ~들 Plurals in Korean 16-14. Unable to do form ~지 못하다 16-15. Contracted versions of 지 못하다 and 지 않다 16-16. Bonus ~고 있다 examples Workbook Area... 290 Vocabulary Builder... 293 Group R: sports 스포츠 Group S: colors 색깔 Lesson 17: Wanting and Colors... 295 Word Usage 단어 사용법... 296 17-1. 어느~ (which), 무슨~ (what), 어떤~ (what kind of) 17-2. 별로 (not so~ much, not that much) 17-3. 더 (more) Descriptive Verb Usage 형용사 사용법... 298 17-4. 중요하다 (to be important) 17-5. 아프다 (to be sick, to hurt) 17-6. 기쁘다 (happy), 슬프다 (sad) 17-7. 배고프다 (to be hungry), 배부르다 (to be full) Verb Usage 동사 사용법... 300 17-8. 연습하다 (to practice), 노래하다 (to sing) 17-9. 만나다 (to meet) 17-10. 놀다 (to play, hang out) Grammar 문법... 301 17-11. Korean color usage 17-12. Please don t do this ~지 마세요 17-13. Wanting to ~고 싶다 17-14. Sentence connector words Workbook Area... 309 Answer Key... 310

Verb Reference Guide... 324 Glossary E-K... 328 Glossary K-E... 338 Map of South Korea... 346 Hangul Character Name Chart... 347 Korean Keyboard Layout... 348 Korean Keyboard Layout... 350 Other From Zero! Books... 352

From the Authors Thank you for using Korean From Zero! to learn Korean! We love teaching Korean and spend a lot of time crafting the lessons and examples in each lesson to make the learning stick. We are fanatical about making the best books for students who don t have access to a teacher. In order to do this, we NEED your help! If you love, hate, or are confused about any concept in this book please email as at book@koreanfromzero.com with your feedback so we can improve future versions. You can get the free PDF version of this book and FULL AUDIO at KoreanFromZero.com. You can help! Please visit any of the major book seller websites and post a review of Korean From Zero! We have plans to release more KFZ! books, and your book reviews help make this possible! Thank you and enjoy your Korean journey, The entire KFZ! team

Korean From Zero! Welcome! 1 Korean From Zero! Welcome! How this book works Introduction Welcome to KOREAN FROM ZERO! LEARNING KOREAN can be intimidating at first, but don't worry! Our method is designed to guide you step-by-step through the basics of Korean grammar. You will be surprised how much easier a language is if you learn the basics. This book is dedicated to hammering the basics into your head. Whether you're learning Korean for business, travel, or to make new friends, we've created these lessons to make sure you feel confident in your ability to SPEAK, READ, and WRITE what you've learned. Korean characters WHAT ARE THESE CIRCLES, LINES, AND SQUARES? The Korean language uses a set of symbols called hangul (한글, pronounced hangool), to spell all words in the Korean language. In the past, hanja, Chinese characters, were heavily used in Korea, but in modern Korea you can get by without ever learning very much - if any - hanja. In the first book, we will give you a crash course in hangul. It is said that hangul can be learned in a day but takes years to master. Throughout the lessons we will reinforce what is taught in the hangul lessons and teach you exceptions to the rules, such as specific sound changes, as needed. NOTE: Hangul is sometimes spelled hangeul because it matches the official Korean Romanization. However, since it s more commonly spelled hangul we will also spell it this way. Korean punctuation facts HERE ARE SOME QUICK FACTS about Korean writing to help you get started. UPPERCASE/LOWERCASE In English, we learn to write both A and a, but in Korean there are no upper and lower cases. In other words, 아 is always 아 no matter where you find it in a sentence. SENTENCE ENDING PUNCTUATION Written Korean uses question marks, exclamation points, commas, and periods just like English. You will see their usage throughout the book.

2 KoreanFromZero.com Before grammar This book is split into three sections. The first part, lessons A-G are dedicated to hangul characters. After that a few lessons are dedicated to teaching numbers, key phrases, and how to introduce yourself. It s VERY important that you don t stress over the phrases and numbers lessons. Those sections are just for easy access to some things you will need before you know how to make your own sentences. The real power comes in knowing how the patterns work. Patterns will set your mind free of mindlessly memorizing phrases. The best thing you can do, for your Korean, is learn how to read Korean well. This is not a choice. You MUST learn hangul. Once you know how to read, you will learn many key Korean grammar concepts that will set you firmly on the path to fluency. About the authors George Trombley Author George Trombley is a professional Japanese interpreter and author of the Japanese From Zero! book series. For over 20+ years he has interpreted at corporations such as Microsoft, IBM, NTT DoCoMo, Lucent Technologies, Varian Medical and in countries throughout North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. For Korean From Zero! book 1, George has teamed up his co-authors to create a book that is accessible for beginners, yet deep enough to help students of Korean at any level. Reed Bullen Author Reed Bullen, fluent in Korean, initially learned Korean through an intense immersion prior to his 2 year Mormon mission in the Korean countryside. During his mission he met thousands of Koreans and honed his skills teaching English as a free service of his church. After completing his mission, Reed continued mastering Korean. Reed befriended George at the bi-weekly Korean language meetup in Las Vegas. Reed is currently working as a teacher at a private school in Korea. Myunghee Ham Myunghee Ham attended college at Myongji university and has a degree in Korean literature and is also fluent in Japanese. She has been teaching Korean to foreigners for over 8 years, and currently works as a Korean teacher at Seoul Korean language academy. Sunhee Bong Native Korean Sunhee Bong grew up just south of Seoul in the city of Cheonan. Sunhee spent hundreds of hours working together with George and Reed to create natural Korean sentences and conversations. As a native Korean speaker, her contributions to the sometimes intense debate on Korean grammar have been invaluable to the book.

Korean From Zero! Welcome! 3 WRITE IN THIS BOOK! This book is your tool to learning in a way that will stick! Learning Korean is hard work so we want your knowledge to last forever. Korean From Zero! is designed to be an interactive workbook where you can take personal notes, add new words or phrases of your own, and develop your writing skills from hopeless/crazy/illegible (we all start that way!) to expertlevel. Every time you write in this book, you're making your connection to Korean a little bit stronger - we guarantee it! 화이팅! (hwaiting!) *Koreans say this to mean, persevere. It comes from the English word fighting. George Trombley Reed Bullen Sunhee Bong Special Thanks! Writing a book, especially a text book, is a daunting task. Without dedicated book reviewers and people to bounce questions off of, it would be even more difficult! We would like to thank all the people that have made this book possible! 김 인종 (Injong Kim) 임 이랑 (Leerang Lim) 김 석진 (SeokJin Kim) 박 혜지 (Hyeji Bella Park) Frank Lin Jesse Goodburne Justin McGowan Tina Chen Kathleen Nash Adan Zurita Pardo Mitchell Waybright Yukari Takenaka

4 KoreanFromZero.com Special Thanks to reddit.com/r/korean reviewers! Before Korean From Zero! was released we asked the active members of the reddit.com Korean learning subreddit to help us do a final proofread of the pre-release candidate of the book. They did not let us down! Thank you so much! (listed in alphabetical order) Top Reviewers cmfoo Miguel Angel Castiblanco Nofap9001 Patrick Joseph Donnelly Prapon Homvech shes-fresh-to-death Wilma Bainbridge Other Reviewers beamingontheinside BOLDtv booyah2 Brad Willard cheesewrangler Chris Morlang crozbrobro daijobu FloydMontel Fragatta hardmodethardus Josh Foote Kendall Willets kitchenmaniac111 losingthefight loungefi Melvin8 Michael J. Rasicci piruli3 Ponytron200 Rachel Best Tatyana Mohr tooshorthair vicereversa

Korean From Zero! Lesson A Hangul Writing Part 1 5 Basics A Level 1 Hangul Writing Part 1 Korean building blocks A Why Learn Hangul? Hangul is the main writing system of Korea. It s famous for being easy to learn and in many linguistic circles is considered genius. Prior to its invention in the 15th century, Korean used the same Chinese characters as China and Japan. Japanese and Chinese children spend a significant part of the school years devoted to learning the often complicated Chinese characters, but hangul can be learned in a few days for an average adult. If you aren t convinced yet as to how cool hangul is, here are the top five reasons you should learn hangul: 1. It s easy. WAY easier than you imagine! Some people say you can learn it in just two hours. 2. It s cool. Seriously none of your friends can write it! Unless your friends are all studying Korean or ARE Korean you will be the coolest person around when you say, and show them, that you can read and write Korean! 3. Your accent improves. You have spent much of your life reading Roman letters (ABC) in a certain way. If you learn Korean with those letters you will often still read them the same way and not have a great Korean accent. If you learn hangul, you won t have to fight your English speaking habits!

6 KoreanFromZero.com 4. Korean Romanization can be a bit confusing. It s just easier to learn hangul. With combinations like SEO and SAE and SEU it s pretty easy to screw up the Romanization of Korean. Hangul fixes this problem. Besides imagine if a Korean person decided to learn English only using hangul characters! 5. There is no choice! Because hangul is so easy, It s rare that a book teaching Korean teaches using Roman letters. Even this book teaches 100% in hangul after the hangul lesson section. A Hangul Consonants and Vowels Hangul characters are built using consonant and vowel parts. Using these individual parts over 12,000 characters can be constructed. Don t worry about memorizing the chart on this page, it is mainly to be used as a reference. The next few lessons will gradually teach you how to read and write hangul. You will be pleasantly surprised as to how easily you learn it. In the Korean From Zero! series, hangul is taught using the most common input interface in the modern world, the keyboard. In the last writing lesson you will learn the basics of typing in Korean. NOTE: It s helpful if you know what each of the symbols are called in Korean. Check the Hangul Character Name Chart in the back of this book. Consonants: single key on keyboard ㄱ ㄴ ㄷ ㄹ ㅁ ㅂ ㅅ ㅇ ㅈ ㅊ ㅋ ㅌ ㅍ ㅎ G N D R/L M B S null/ng J CH K T P H Consonants: double key on keyboard (shift + consonant) ㅃ ㅉ ㄸ ㄲ ㅆ PP JJ DD KK SS Vowels: single key on keyboard ㅏ ㅑ ㅓ ㅕ ㅗ ㅛ ㅜ ㅠ ㅡ ㅣ ㅐ ㅔ a ya eo yeo o yo u yu eu i ae e Vowels: double key on keyboard (shift OR vowel + vowel) ㅒ ㅖ ㅘ ㅙ ㅚ ㅝ ㅞ ㅟ ㅢ yae ye wa wae woe wo we wi ui

Korean From Zero! Lesson A Hangul Writing Part 1 7 A New Hangul In this lesson we will focus on the first five consonants and five vowels only to get used to creating the characters. Writing with the correct stroke order will make your writing neater. as in father as in awe as in boat as in zoo as in men A Hangul Points A-1. Using consonants and vowels to create simple hangul When creating a hangul character you will always start with a consonant, and then follow it with a vowel. Let s look at some simple consonant + vowel combinations:

8 KoreanFromZero.com A-2. Writing order and orientation There are standing (vertical) and laying (horizontal) vowels. Standing vowels always stand to the right of the consonant. Laying vowels always lay below the consonant. C = consonant V = vowel left / right combinations ga 가 E ge AE개 E na AE나 E ne AE내 E da AE다 E de AE대 E ra AE라 E re AE래 E ma AE마 E me AE매 E top / bottom combinations go AE고 E gu AE구 E no AE노 E nu AE누 E do AE도 E du AE두 E ro AE로 E ru AE루 E mo AE모 E mu AE무 E A-3. The different sounds of ㄱ, ㄹ ㄱ can be pronounced like a G or a K. Typically at the beginning of a sentence or word you will hear ㄱ like a K, and if it is in the middle of a word it s closer to a G. ㄹ can be pronounced like an R or an L. Typically at the beginning of a sentence you will hear ㄹ like a R and in the middle more like L. As you learn Korean you will find that, depending on the word, the sound of ㄱ and ㄹ will shift. In many cases you just have to learn how that particular word is pronounced.

Korean From Zero! Lesson A Hangul Writing Part 1 9 A-4. The sound difference between ㅓ and ㅗ The sound for ㅓ doesn t really exist in English so it might be hard to master. It is certainly one of the sounds that Korean people will ALWAYS correct you on. One technique to getting closer to the right sound is this trick: 1. Shape your mouth as if you are going to say AH 2. Now say the sound OH. It should feel as if the sound is coming from the back of your throat. A Writing Practice With the first five consonants and vowels it s possible to create 25 different hangul characters. To practice correct stroke order, first trace the light gray characters, then write each character six times. We will practice with 11 of the possible 25 characters. ga 가 가 na 나 나 no 노 노 da 다 다 do 도 도 reo 러 러 ru 루 루 mae 매 매

10 KoreanFromZero.com mo 모 모 meo 머 머 ma 마 마 A Words You Can Write Using just the hangul from this lesson, we can already write many Korean words. 개 dog 다 everything, all 가구 furniture 나라 country 노래 song 누구 who 도마 cutting board 개 다 가 구 나 라 노 래 누 구 도 마

Korean From Zero! Lesson A Hangul Writing Part 1 11 모래 sand 매너 manners 모두 everyone 모 래 매 너 모 두 누나 누 나 older sister (when said by males) 고구마 고 구 마 sweet potato A Hangul Matching Connect the dots between each hangul and the correct Romanization. You can check your answers in the Answer Key at the back of the book. 매 reo 다 do 도 gu 루 ma 마 mae 내 ru 러 da 고 go 구 nae

12 KoreanFromZero.com A Hangul Practice Boxes Use these boxes for extra writing practice.

Korean From Zero! Lesson B Hangul Writing Part 2 13 Basics B Level 1 Hangul Writing Part 2 Korean building blocks B New Hangul In this lesson we learn five more consonants and five more vowels. as in cook as in week as in men as in yoyo as in you B Hangul Points B-1. Creating pure vowels with ㅇ In this lesson we introduce the hangul character ㅇ. In order to say a pure vowel, meaning a vowel all by itself, you must use ㅇ in the consonant spot. Here are some examples: 아 (a) 이 (i) 오 (o) 애 (ae) You MUST start a pure vowel hangul with ㅇ. In other words, you can never have a vowel by itself. When ㅇ is the first character then it is silent and makes no sound. Notice how the

14 KoreanFromZero.com orientation of the ㅇ changes depending on the vowel it s used with. The shape of the ㅇ doesn t have to change, but many Korean fonts change the shape for balance reasons. The first 2 examples are both side-by-side because the vowel is vertical. If the vowel is horizontal, so is the consonant, like these 2 examples. Here are some example words using the hangul you have already learned. See if you can read them. Example words 아이 child 우유 milk 이유 reason 오다 to come 요리 cooking 어디 where 아기 baby 이 teeth

Korean From Zero! Lesson B Hangul Writing Part 2 15 B-2. Written versions versus font versions of hangul When you first learn hangul you might be confused as to how some characters change when written versus when typed. Let s look at how ㅈ and ㅊ change when written. B-3. The different sounds of ㅅ ㅅ normally sounds like an S sound, however when combined with certain hangul it will sound like an SH sound. We cover this rule in Lesson G in more depth. NOTE: When ㅛ (yo) and ㅠ (yu) are combined the y is discarded in the Romanization. said as S 사 (sa) 서 (seo) 소 (so) 새 (sae) 세 (se) 수 (su) 스 (seu) said as SH 시 (shi) 쇼 (sho) 슈 (shu) 셔 (sheo) 샤 (sha) ㅕ and ㅑ vowels are introduced in the next lesson. B-4. The difference between ㅐ and ㅔ In modern Korea, there is no sound difference between ㅐ and ㅔ. Some words will use one or the other based on the roots of the word. You simply just need to learn how to spell some words in Korean, just like in English.

16 KoreanFromZero.com B-5. The difference between ㅜ and ㅡ To the untrained ear these will both sound the same. But the mouth makes a different shape for ㅜ and ㅡ. ㅜ is said with the lips pushed out like you re trying to kiss someone and saying oo as in moon. ㅡ is said by pulling the lips back almost as far as you can and saying the same oo sound. B Writing Practice With just the new consonants and vowels it s possible to create another 25 different hangul characters. To practice correct stroke order, first trace the light gray characters, then write each character six times. beu 브 bi 브 비 비 se 세 세 ji 지 지

Korean From Zero! Lesson B Hangul Writing Part 2 17 byo 뵤 뵤 yo 요 요 a 아 아 shi 시 시 shu 슈 슈 chae 채 채 jeo 저 저 B Words You Can Write Using just the hangul from this lesson, we can already write many Korean words. 비 rain 시 poem 차 car 비 시 차

18 KoreanFromZero.com 버스 bus 세대 generation 아기 child 주스 juice 버 스 세 대 아 기 주 스 자유 freedom, liberty 자 유 개미 ant 베개 pillow 개 미 베 개 다시 다 시 again, one more time 부츠 boots 고기 meat 부 츠 고 기

Korean From Zero! Lesson B Hangul Writing Part 2 19 B Hangul Matching Connect the dots between each hangul and the correct Romanization. 시 jeo 슈 shi 오 che 체 ja 브 se 요 shu 자 beu 저 o 세 yo

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Korean From Zero! Lesson C Hangul Writing Part 3 21 Basics C Level 1 Hangul Writing Part 3 Korean building blocks C New Hangul In this lesson we learn four more consonants and five more vowels. as in yarn as in awe as in yen as in yen as in wash C Hangul Points C-1. The difference between ㅒ and ㅖ ㅒ and ㅖ are both pronounced like the ye in yen. In modern Korean there is no change in sound. You will see both symbols used in Korean words. Consider them just different ways of spelling. Just like in English you will have to learn the correct spelling.

22 KoreanFromZero.com C-2. Written and typed versions of ㅎ ㅎ (H), will look very different depending on the font and when written. Look at how it can change. C-3. Hard and soft sounds with hangul If you are like me, you may be a bit frustrated with how ㅂ, ㄷ, ㅈ, and ㄱ seem to shift sounds in Korean. Koreans also have a hard time explaining the exact timing of the shift of these sounds. ㅂ is a B sound, but there are cases where it also sounds like a P. ㄷ is D, but in some cases it will be T. ㅈ is J but sometimes it s CH. And finally, ㄱ is G, but in some cases it will sound like K. You will find that in the beginning of a word ㅂ, ㄷ, ㅈ, and ㄱ will tend to be the stronger sounds like P, T, CH, and K. But they will be softer in the middle and end of words. ㅍ (P), ㅌ (T),ㅊ (CH),ㅋ (K) on the other hand are ALWAYS the hard sounds. C Writing Practice To practice, first trace the light gray characters, then write each character six times. ko 코 코 teu 트 트

Korean From Zero! Lesson C Hangul Writing Part 3 23 pa 파 파 ha 하 하 sha 샤 샤 gyeo 겨 겨 wa 와 와 gye 계 계 teo 터 터 gwa 과 과 ryeo 려 려 C Words You Can Write Using just the hangul from this lesson, we can already write many Korean words. 코 nose 화 anger 코 화

24 KoreanFromZero.com 타다 to ride 피 blood 세계 the world 파티 party 피자 pizza 노트 notebook 얘기 story, talk 그녀 her, she 야채 vegetables 커피 coffee 히터 heater 타 다 피 세 계 파 티 피 자 노 트 얘 기 그 녀 야 채 커 피 히 터

Korean From Zero! Lesson C Hangul Writing Part 3 25 C Hangul Matching Connect the dots between each hangul and the correct Romanization. 히 teu 파 pa 와 hi 커 yae 트 gye 얘 keo 랴 rya 계 hwa 화 wa

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Korean From Zero! Lesson D Hangul Writing Part 4 27 Basics D Level 1 Hangul Writing Part 4 Korean building blocks D New Hangul In this lesson we learn the final five consonants and six more vowels. as in wet as in wet as in wet as in woah as in weed as in French oui D Hangul Points D-1. Double vowels Double vowels are made by writing, or typing two of the vowels you have already learned together. They are written and input from the left vowel to right. Just like the single vowels when they are used alone they still require the null character. 왜 외 워 의

28 KoreanFromZero.com D-2. 위 vs 외 sound differences These two double vowel types are commonly used in Korean. Despite looking similar in style, 외 is pronounced like the English word WAY and 위 is pronounced like the English word WE. Perhaps this guy below will help you remember which is which. D-3. The double vowels ㅙ,ㅚ, and ㅞ, despite having different parts, all sound like the WE in wet. When said slowly by your Korean friends they might sound out the first part of the double vowel, but in spoken Korean you might not hear the sound difference. D-4. ㅟ and ㅢ sound differences ㅟ and ㅢ might be tricky to pronounce since they are so close in sound. The sound change of these characters is similar to the sound change for ㅜ and ㅡ. For each sound, start with the oo part of moon, then transition into the ee (like clean). The only difference is the shape of your mouth when you say the oo part. D-5. Double consonant sounds versus other sounds ㅂ (b / p), ㅈ (j / ch), ㄷ (d / t), ㄱ (g / k) have a hard and soft sound. The double consonants ㅃ,ㅉ,ㄸ,ㄲ, and ㅆ are sounded out with more energy than single consonants. You push air into your mouth that is held back, you PAUSE slightly to let the pressure build. Then you release to make the sound. Try not to spit on anyone.

Korean From Zero! Lesson D Hangul Writing Part 4 29 D Writing Practice To practice, first trace the light gray characters, then write each character six times. sshi 씨 씨 we 웨 웨 ddo 또 또 ggeu 끄 끄 ui 의 의 jja 짜 짜 dwae 돼 돼 gwi 귀 귀 noe 뇌 뇌 wo 워 워 ppa 빠 빠

30 KoreanFromZero.com D Words You Can Write Using just the hangul from this lesson, we can already write many Korean words. 귀 ear 또 again, once 귀 또 씨 씨 family, clan (Mr., Mrs. etc) 뒤 back, rear 뇌 brain 뭐 what? huh? 짜다 salty 외부 the outside 빼기 subtraction 꼬리 tail 뒤 뇌 뭐 짜 다 외 부 빼 기 꼬 리

Korean From Zero! Lesson D Hangul Writing Part 4 31 의미 meaning 의 미 위치 position, location 위 치 궤도 orbit 돼지 pig 궤 도 돼 지 지뢰 지 뢰 land mine (explosive) 쓰레기 garbage, trash 쓰 레 기 D Hangul Matching Connect the dots between each hangul and the correct Romanization. 돼 sshi 짜 wi 빠 mwo 씨 dwae 꼬 dwi 위 ppa 뭐 jja 뒤 gwi 귀 kko

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Korean From Zero! Lesson E Hangul Writing Part 5 33 Basics E Level 1 Hangul Writing Part 5 Korean building blocks There will be no new hangul vowels or consonants taught in this lesson, because you have learned all of them! This lesson introduces the most important concept when learning hangul. Understanding the ideas taught in this lesson will allow you to conjugate verbs, adjectives and create even basic sentence structure. E Hangul Points E-1. Hangul with a final consonant So far all of the hangul characters in prior lessons have ended with a vowel and only had two parts. Now we will add consonants to the bottom of the character. These final consonants are called 받침 (batchim). 1 This shows the first consonant with a horizontal vowel and final consonant. 2 This shows the first consonant and a vertical vowel and final consonant. 3 This shows the first consonant with a vertical vowel and double final consonant. 4 This shows the first consonant with a horizontal vowel and double final consonant.

34 KoreanFromZero.com Now let s look at some actual complete hangul that have final consonants. The following hangul characters are all built using the same initial consonant and vowel combination. The final consonant, 받침 (batchim), is the only thing that is different. The black portion is the 받침 (batchim). A consonant at the bottom of a character is called batchim Here are some words that contain hangul containing final consonant. Example Words 한국 (Korea) 책 (book) 눈 (eye, snow) 손 (hand) 지갑 (wallet) 택시 (taxi) 감자 (potato) 발 (foot) 남자 (man) 친구 (friend) 사람 (person) 돈 (money) E-2. Answers to common questions 1. A vowel is never called batchim. There is no batchim if the character ends with a vowel. 2. ㅃㅉㄸㄲㅆ can be in the final position as a final consonant, but they aren t considered

Korean From Zero! Lesson E Hangul Writing Part 5 35 double final consonants. Example Words (with 겹받침, double batchim) 많다 (to be many) 닭갈비 (chicken ribs) 넓다 (to be wide) 읽다 (to read) Example Words (with ㅃ,ㅉ,ㄸ,ㄲ,ㅆ) 바쁘다 (to be busy) 짜다 (to be salty) 닦다 (to wipe) 가깝다 (to be close) 떡 (rice cakes) 있다 (to have) E-3. Double vowels Some words have double vowels. Example Words (with double vowels) 사과 (apple) 의미 (meaning) 귀 (ear) 위치 (position) E-4. The ng sound when ㅇ is the final consonant When ㅇ is used as the final consonant, then it is no longer silent and instead makes an ng sound.

36 KoreanFromZero.com The following words will contain a standalone vowel and / or a sound with ㅇ as the batchim. Example Words 안녕 (goodbye) 이야기 (a story) 우산 (umbrella) 방 (room) 농담 (a joke) 동물 (animal) 아이 (child) 이유 (reason) 등 (etc) 요가 (yoga) 오염 (pollution) 공항 (airport) Ready for more fun? Here are words that have 2 ㅇ in some of their characters. The first ㅇ allows the vowel to stand alone without a consontant, and the second ㅇ is the ng sound as the batchim. Example Words 응급 (emergency) 영국 (United Kingdom) 양말 (socks) 용 (dragon) 고양이 (cat) 엉덩이 (buttocks) 옹알이 (babbling) 앵두 (cherry)

Korean From Zero! Lesson G Hangul sound change rules 37 Basics F Level 1 Typing Hangul on your Keyboard Korean building blocks In your life, you will probably type Korean a lot more than you will write it. Of course, when you are learning Korean, you will write it a lot, but when you are talking to your friends using chat programs on your phone or computer, you will be typing. In order to type Korean on your computer you will need to first make sure you have installed the proper programs. You can go here for a tutorial on how to install Korean on your device. http://www.koreanfromzero.com/install-korean (it s 100% free) You can also purchase stickers for just a few dollars to place hangul on your own keyboard. Search Amazon.com or your favorite online store to see what is available. F Hangul Typing Points F-1. Typing your first and second characters The Korean keyboard is designed to make it easy to type Korean. All the consonants (black) are on the left, and all the vowels (white) on are the right. In order to make one character, we need at least two keystrokes. Even the most basic and the most complicated Korean character will start with a consonant (black key) followed by a vowel (white key). You can cut out the keyboard in the back of the book for easy reference.

38 KoreanFromZero.com As you type, the character will build on the screen. It might be confusing at first, but just keep typing. You do not have to finish a character. The keyboard input software knows when to end your character as long as you have correctly typed it. In Korean mode you will type each character part by tapping each character. You have to keep typing so the input system knows how to complete the first character. Until your character is complete the underline will show the current status. As you are typing, sometimes the 3rd key stroke gets added to the bottom of the first character, EVEN though you want this to be the 1st stroke of the 2nd character. DO NOT PANIC! Once you type the next vowel the 2nd character will be created. This is because NO Korean character can have a CVCV combination. Once the software sees CVCV it knows to make two characters. If it doesn t type what you want it to YOU have made a mistake. You can always use backspace to erase just the last input. F-2. Shift characters The double consonants require the shift key to be pressed first. Or, in the case of double vowels, two vowels in a row will be required to complete the vowel. Double Key Examples shift + ㄷ = ㄸ shift + ㅈ = ㅉ ㅗ + ㅏ = ㅘ ㅜ + ㅓ = ㅝ Example Word 또 (again, once more) 짜다 (salty) 화요일 (Tuesday) 월요일 (Monday) F-3. Shortcuts and the spacebar (Windows) On a Windows PC, you can cycle installed language input methods by pressing ALT key and ~ (top left key) at the same time. When in Korean mode you can toggle to English input by hitting the RIGHT ALT key. The left one does NOT toggle. When you hit the space bar, the character you are working on will immediately complete and a space will be added.

AE치 E AE한 AE국 AE사 AE람 E AE안 AE녕 AE하 AE세 AE요 E Korean From Zero! Lesson G Hangul sound change rules 39 F-4. Hangul typing exercise If you don t have stickers or a Korean keyboard, you can print a copy of the keyboard from the back of this book. Now you should practice typing Korean. Here are some practice words along with the actual keys pressed to make them display. As you type each key, watch how the characters build on the screen. The letters on top of each example are what you ACTUALLY type on your keyboard when you are in Korean mode. rla cl 김 E Kimchee gks rnr tk fka Korean person dks sud gk tp dy Good Afternoon / Hello

AE이 AE것 AE은 EA AE오 AE늘 AE은 EA AE짜 AE요 E AE추 AE워 AE요 E AE괜 AE찮 AE아 AE요 E 40 KoreanFromZero.com dl rjt dms shift+wk dy This is salty. dh smf dms cn dnj dy Today is cold. rhos cksg dk dy It s okay.

Korean From Zero! Lesson G Hangul sound change rules 41 Basics G Level 1 83BHangul sound change rules Korean building blocks When certain hangul are combined, their sounds can change in unexpected ways. In the beginning, knowing these sound changes might not be as beneficial. However, you will eventually learn some words with spellings that might confuse you as to their pronunciation. You should look at this section from time to time to see if there are any new words you have learned that have a unique sound change. We are only listing some of the common changes. G-1. T-stops When certain characters are used as a 받침 they are converted to T sound. The T Stop characters are ㅅ,ㅈ, ㅊ, ㅎ. ㄷ and ㅌ are also T sounds but since they are normally T sounding they are left out of the examples. Example with T-stops 1. 이것 (pronounced 이걷) this one 2. 늦게 (pronounced 늗게) late 3. 몇 개 (pronounced 멷개) how many? 4. 좋다 (pronounced 조타) to be good (see section G-9) When any T stop consonant is followed by ㅇ(이응) then the T stop is cancelled.

42 KoreanFromZero.com G-2. ㅅ followed by ㅎ When ㅅ is followed by a ㅎ in the next hangul character the sound moves into the ㅎ position and is pronounced as ㅌ. G-3. S to SH sound with ㅅ When ㅅ is combined with ㅣ, ㅕ,ㅑ, ㅛ, ㅠ the S changes to an SH sound. The sound REMAINS as S when combined with ㅏ,ㅓ,ㅜ, ㅗ, ㅡ, ㅐ, ㅔ. Example of S and SH sound for ㅅ 1. 소시지 sausage 2. 셔츠 shirt 3. 쇼핑 shopping 4. 샴푸 shampoo 5. 슈퍼마켓 super market 6. 사서 librarian

Korean From Zero! Lesson G Hangul sound change rules 43 G-4. L and R sound for ㄹ (리을) When there are two ㄹ back to back the sound is always L. When ㄹ is at the end of a word it s always an L sound. When ㄹ is at the beginning of a word it s an R sound. G-5. ㄹ(리을) and ㄴ (니은) combinations When a ㄹ is followed by a ㄴ OR the ㄴ is followed by ㄹ the combined sound changes to a double L sound.

44 KoreanFromZero.com G-6. Silent 겹받침 (double consonant) As discussed in a prior lesson, sometimes one of the double consonants in a double consonant is silent. The double consonants you might see are ㄺ, ㄻ, ㄿ, ㅀ, and ㅄ. G-7. Random CH sound when not expected When ㄷ is followed by ㅎ the resulting sound is CH. Similarly when ㅌ is followed by 이 the ㅌ changes to a CH sound. Example CH sounds 1. 끝이 (pronounced 끄치) tip, end 2. 같이 (pronounced 가치) together 3. 닫히다 (pronounced 다치다) to shut G-8. The various sounds for 하다 After lesson 6 you will learn about 하다 verbs, and this sound change will be important then. 하다 tends to blend into the hangul character before it. 1. Soft 하다 After you begin learning the 하다 verbs you might feel that it s RARE to hear 하다 actually as HADA. It often sounds like 아다 instead of 하다, or the H sound is weak. Examples 1. 공부하다 (sounds like 공부아다) to study 2. 말하다 (sounds like 마라다) to tell, to talk 3. 단순하다 (pronounced 단수나다) to be simple

Korean From Zero! Lesson G Hangul sound change rules 45 2. Harder sound before 하다 When consonants like ㄱ, ㅂ are followed by 하다 they blend into a harder sound. See section G-9 also. Examples 1. 대답하다 (sounds like 대다파다) to reply, to answer 2. 착하다 (sounds like 차카다) to be kind SUMMARY: Learning VS actual speaking is different. When you are learning Korean, and you have a friend or teacher helping you they might actually say 하다 as HADA because they are saying it slow. The 하다 sound change is actually common with other words that start with ㅎ. Examples 1. 천천히 (sounds like 천천이) slowly 2. 안녕하세요 (sounds like 안녕아세요) hello G-9. Shift to hard sound after and before ㅎ When ㄱ,ㄷ,ㅂ, or ㅈ are before or after ㅎ their sound shifts to their harder sound counterparts ㅋ,ㅌ,ㅍ, and ㅊ.

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Korean From Zero! Lesson 1 20 Starter Phrases 47 Lesson 1: 20 Starter Phrases 1 Before This Lesson 1. Make sure you know, or have an understanding of, how to read hangul. From this point on there will be no Roman letters. Lesson Goals 1. Learn some of the basic phrases that you will need right away when speaking Korean. From The Teachers 1. Don t worry too much about the grammar behind any of the phrases. As you learn more, the grammar in these phrases will start to make sense. Right now your goal should be to memorize and use these phrases. 2. If you can t read the hangul just go back to the hangul charts and lessons to refresh your memory.

48 KoreanFromZero.com As a language teacher, I am never happy when students focus on phrases instead of grammar. It s like the saying, Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. Memorizing phrases is nowhere near as effective as learning how to build your OWN sentences. These phrases will help you communicate when your Korean still sucks. 1 Communication These phrases are handy when you begin using the Korean you have learned. 1. 천천히 말해 주세요. Please speak slowly. 2. 다시 한 번 말해 주세요. Please say it again once more. 3. 영어로 뭐예요? What is it in English? 4. 한국어로 뭐예요? What is it in Korean? 5. 한국어 잘 못 해요. I can t understand Korean well. 못 해요 is pronounced like 모 태요. There is no S sound. 1 Coming and Going 6. 안녕하세요. Hello, Good morning, Good afternoon, Good evening 7. 잘 지냈어요? How have you been? 8. 오래간만이에요! Long time no see! 9. 안녕히 가세요. Goodbye (said by the person staying)

Korean From Zero! Lesson 1 20 Starter Phrases 49 10. 안녕히 계세요. Goodbye (said by the person leaving) 11. 안녕. Goodbye / Hello (used with friends only) 1 Quick Answers These are some quick answers you can give when questions are asked to you in Korean. 12. 네. Yes. 13. 아니요. No. 14. 아마도. (아마 can also be used as part of a sentence.) Maybe. 15. 괜찮아요. It s okay. / I m okay. 16. 안돼요. No! (strong) / I can t! 1 Manners 17. 감사합니다. Thank you. 18. 고맙습니다. Thank you. 19. 고마워. Thanks. (used only with friends) 20. 천만에요. You re welcome. (not very commonly used)

50 KoreanFromZero.com 1 Additional Phrases Use this area to write in other phrases you have learned outside of this book. Put the Korean phrase first. K: E: K: E: K: E: K: E: K: E: K: E: K: E: K: E: K: E: K: E: K: E: K: E:

Korean From Zero! Lesson 2 Korean Numbers 51 Lesson 2: Korean Numbers Before This Lesson 1. Review hangul. 2. Practice writing or typing the phrases you learned in the last lesson. Lesson Goals 1. Learn the two types of Korean counting systems. From The Teachers 1. It will take some effort to learn the two counting systems. Don t worry too much if you are slow to memorize them. The first 10 numbers of both systems are most important. 2 Lesson Highlights 2-7. Differences between the Korean and Chinese number systems 2-12. 100 and above These systems are repeated in several lessons throughout the book so eventually you will memorize them.

52 KoreanFromZero.com 2 Korean Number System 한국의 숫자 2-1. Different Korean Number Systems Korean has two number systems. They are the Korean numbers and Chinese numbers. Each one has its specific uses that you will learn as we progress through the lessons. The two systems are typically never mixed, with the exception of telling time. You must know both systems to survive in Korea. Both systems will be taught in this lesson and reinforced in following lessons. 2-2. The singles 1-10 (Korean Number System) The Korean numbers only go up to 99. Let s look at 1-10. the singles (1-10) Number Korean Number Sounds Like 1 하나 2 둘 3 셋 섿 4 넷 넫 5 다섯 다섣 6 여섯 여섣 7 일곱 8 여덟 여덜 9 아홉 10 열 Some typical things that use the Korean numbers are: age, time (hours), and a variety of counters. We will learn these in later lessons. For now just learn how to count 1-10.

Korean From Zero! Lesson 2 Korean Numbers 53 2-3. The teens (Korean Numbers) The teens (11-19) are very easy. Just add 열 (10) in front of the single numbers 1-9. the teens (11-19) Number Korean Number Sounds Like 11 열하나 12 열둘 13 열셋 열섿 14 열넷 열넫 15 열다섯 열다섣 16 열여섯 열여섣 17 열일곱 18 열여덟 열여덜 19 열아홉 2-4. The tens (Korean Numbers) The Korean number system has unique words for the 10 s. Number the tens (20-90) Korean Number 20 스물 30 서른 40 마흔 50 쉰 60 예순 70 일흔 80 여든 90 아흔

54 KoreanFromZero.com 2-5. Combining the tens and singles to make 11-99 (Korean Numbers) Now you know every word required to count from 1-99 with the Korean numbers. You can make all the other numbers simply by stringing them together. For example if you want to make 22 you just say 20 then 2. Examples 22 is 스물 (20) + 둘 (2) = 스물둘 45 is 마흔 (40) + 다섯 (5) = 마흔다섯 76 is 일흔 (70) + 여섯 (6) = 일흔여섯 99 is 아흔 (99) + 아홉 (9) = 아흔아홉 tens + singles 21-29 Number Korean Number 21 스물하나 22 스물둘 23 스물셋 24 스물넷 25 스물다섯 26 스물여섯 27 스물일곱 28 스물여덟 29 스물아홉 2-6. 100 and above (Korean Numbers) The Korean counting system stops at 99. Above 99 you must jump to the Chinese system also called Sino-Korean numbers. All numbers 100 and above will be taught in section 9-11. Before you get there, let the first 99 absorb!

Korean From Zero! Lesson 2 Korean Numbers 55 2 Chinese Number System 한국의 숫자 2-7. Differences between the Korean and Chinese numbers The Chinese number system is completely unique from the Korean system. The Korean system stops at 99, but with the Chinese system, numbers from 1 to 1,000,000,000 and beyond can be made. Depending on the usage, one number system will be used over the other. We will discuss when each system is used as we learn counters and other Korean concepts in this book and other books in the series. It s important to note that even though it s called the Chinese system, these numbers are considered part of the Korean language and not part of Chinese. In other texts you may see the Chinese numbers referred to as Sino-Korean. Sino just means Chinese. We feel that calling them Chinese is more comfortable. 2-8. The singles 1-10 (Chinese System) Let s look at the first 10 numbers in the Chinese counting system. Number the singles 1-9 Chinese Number 1 일 2 이 3 삼 4 사 5 오 6 육 7 칠 8 팔 9 구 10 십

56 KoreanFromZero.com 2-9. The teens (Chinese Numbers) The teens (11-19) are just as easy as the Korean system. Just add 십 (10) in front of the single numbers 1-9. the teens 11-19 Number Korean Number Sounds Like 11 십일 시빌 12 십이 시비 13 십삼 십쌈 14 십사 십싸 15 십오 시보 16 십육 심뉵 17 십칠 18 십팔 십팔 19 십구 십꾸 The 십 sound in this chart should sound like an abruptly ending B sound. It isn t as hard as a P. The 십 changes to the M sound 심. NOTE! The word 씨팔 in Korean is the same as the F word in English. So don t put too much emphasis on the first ㅅ sound! 2-10. The tens (Chinese Numbers) The Chinese number system doesn t have unique words for the 10 s. Instead you simply say 2 in front of 10 to say 20. The pattern is very easy! Examples 20 is 이 (2) + 십 (10) = 이십 40 is 사 (4) + 십 (10) = 사십 the tens (20-90) Number Chinese Number Number Chinese Number 20 이십 60 육십 30 삼십 70 칠십 40 사십 80 팔십 50 오십 90 구십

Korean From Zero! Lesson 2 Korean Numbers 57 2-11. Combining tens and singles for 11-99 (Chinese Numbers) In order to make 11-99 you can just string the numbers together to create them. Examples 25 is 이 (2) + 십 (10) + 오 (5) = 이십오 (25) 38 is 삼 (3) + 십 (10) + 팔 (8) = 삼십팔 (38) 59 is 오 (5) + 십 (10) + 구 (9) = 오십구 (59) 82 is 팔 (8) + 십 (10) + 이 (2) = 팔십이 (82) tens + singles (21-29) Number Chinese Number 21 이십일 22 이십이 23 이십삼 24 이십사 25 이십오 26 이십육 27 이십칠 28 이십팔 29 이십구 2-12. 100 and above (Chinese Numbers) It s not hard to do numbers above 100, but you shouldn t overwhelm yourself this early! We will teach higher numbers in section 9-11. Right now you should focus on 1-99 in both number systems.