SIMON & SCHUSTER S PIMSLEUR KOREAN I reading booklet
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acknowledgments korean Voices English-Speaking Instructor........ Ray Brown Korean-Speaking Instructor...... Stephen Kang Female Korean Speaker............ Laura Kim Male Korean Speaker........... Sungmin Park Korean Course Writer Jaemin Roh Pimsleur Writers / Editors Christopher J. Gainty Joan Schoellner Executive Editor Beverly D. Heinle Reviewer Laura Kim Producer & Director Sarah H. McInnis Recording Engineers Peter S. Turpin Kelly Saux Simon & Schuster Studios, Concord, MA iii
table of contents Reading Lessons Introduction............................. 1 The Korean Alphabet................... 1 The Korean Syllable.................... 5 Lesson One............................. 10 Lesson Two............................. 11 Lesson Three............................ 12 Lesson Four............................. 13 Lesson Five............................. 14 Lesson Six.............................. 15 Lesson Seven............................ 16 Lesson Eight............................ 17 Lesson Nine............................ 18 Lesson Ten............................. 19 Lesson Eleven........................... 20 Lesson Twelve........................... 21 Lesson Thirteen.......................... 22 Lesson Fourteen......................... 23 Lesson Fifteen........................... 24 Lesson Sixteen.......................... 25 Lesson Seventeen........................ 26 Lesson Eighteen......................... 27 iv
Introduction Korean is the official language of both North and South Korea. It s also spoken widely in neighboring Yanbian, China. Worldwide, Korean is spoken by some 78 million people. Korean has several dialects, of which two are standard: Seoul, spoken in South Korea, and P'yongyang, spoken in North Korea. In addition, there are approximately seven regional dialects. All dialects, except that spoken on the Jeju Island, are mutually intelligible. This course teaches the Seoul dialect of South Korea. The Korean Alphabet The Korean script, called Hangul, was invented in 1443 under the reign of King Sejong. Until then, Chinese characters were used by the upper classes, and Idu letters, a kind of Chinese-based Korean character system, by the populace. The system created by King Sejong and his scholars is still in use today. The Korean alphabet is phonetic. It consists of ten vowels, eleven vowel combinations, fourteen consonants, and five double consonants. As in English, the letters of the Hangul alphabet represent individual sounds. Letters that have similar sounds also have similar shapes, making them easier to learn.
The Korean Alphabet (continued) A chart of the Korean alphabet follows. This is given for your information only you will not need to refer to the chart to do the Readings, as all the instruction is contained on the CD. V OWELS Vowel Romanization Sound ㅏ a a as in father ㅑ ya ya as in yacht ㅓ eo o as in song ㅕ yeo yo sound between young and yawn ㅗ o o as in home ㅛ yo yo as in yoke ㅜ u u as in tune ㅠ yu yu as in you ㅡ eu u as in put ㅣ i i as in ski 2
The Korean Alphabet (continued) V OWEL C OMBINATIONS Vowel Romanization Sound ㅐ ae between the a in sat and the e in set ㅒ yae ye as in yeah ㅔ e e as in set ㅖ ye ye as in yes ㅘ wa wa as in wander ㅙ wae we as in wet ㅚ oe wa as in wait ㅝ weo wo as in won ㅞ we sounds like way ㅟ wi sounds like we ㅢ ui combination of oo in moon, but shorter, followed by ee in bee, but shorter 3
The Korean Alphabet (continued) C ONSONANTS Consonant Romanization Sound ㄱ k between a k and a hard g ㄴ n n ㄷ t between t and a d ㄹ r, l between an l and an r sound ㅁ m m ㅂ p, b between a p and a b ㅅ s, sh s; before an ee sounds more like sh ㅇ silent, ng silent at beginning of syllable; at end of syllable sounds like the ng in sing ㅈ ch, j between a j and a ch ㅊ ch ch with extra air ㅋ k k with extra air ㅌ t t with extra air ㅍ p p with extra air ㅎ h h as in hat 4
The Korean Alphabet (continued) D OUBLE C ONSONANTS Consonant Romanization Sound ㄲ kk tense k / g ㄸ tt tense t / d ㅃ pp tense p / b ㅆ ss sharp s ㅉ jj tense j / ch The Korean Syllable The basic unit of written Korean is the syllable. All Korean words can be viewed as blocks of syllables. Each syllable block is like a square of a fixed size. There are two basic syllable blocks: consonantvowel, and consonant-vowel-consonant. The way letters are arranged in a syllable block depends upon the vowel in the syllable. Vowels can be seen as being horizonal, vertical, or a combination of both. Korean syllable blocks follow four basic rules. Understanding these rules makes it easier to recognize letters in a syllable, and thereby to read Korean. Here are the rules: 5
The Korean Syllable (continued) Consonant - Vowel Syllables Rule 1: There are nine vertical vowels that stand upright. They are: ㅏㅑㅓㅕㅣㅐㅒㅔㅖ A vertical vowel is written to the right of the consonant. consonant vowel Example: ㄴ (n) + ㅏ (a) = 나 (na) Rule 2: There are five horizontal vowels. They are: ㅗㅛㅜㅠㅡ Horizontal vowels are written below the consonant. Consonant Vowel Example: ㅎ (h) + ㅗ (o) = 호 6
The Korean Syllable (continued) Rule 3: There are seven combination vowels that have characteristics of both the horizontal and vertical vowels. They are: ㅚㅟㅘㅝㅙㅞㅢ With these vowels, the initial consonant is written in the upper left-hand corner of the imaginary block. The vowel then appears both to the right and below. Consonant Vowel Example: ㅇ (silent) + ㅘ (wa) = 와 Consonant Vowel Consonant Syllables Rule 4: With three-character syllables, the arrangement of the initial consonant and vowel is the same as just shown. The final consonant is simply placed below or on the bottom. See the illustrations on the next page: 7
(a) Vertical vowels: korean The Korean Alphabet (continued) Consonant Vowel Final Consonant Example: ㅎ (h) + ㅏ (a) + ㄴ (n) = 한 (b) Horizontal vowels: Consonant Vowel Final Consonant Example: ㅅ (s) + ㅗ (o) + ㄴ (n) = 손 (son) (c) Combination vowels: Consonant Vowel Final Consonant Example: ㅇ (silent) + ㅚ (oe) + ㄴ (n) = 왼 (wen) 8
The Korean Syllable (continued) At first, decoding these blocks will take some practice. Therefore, we recommend that you take the Reading Lessons at your own pace, repeating each until you feel comfortable proceeding to the next. With a little effort, however, you will be pleasantly surprised at how quickly you are reading Korean -- and at how much fun it can be! 9
Lesson One 1 1 1 ㅎㅏ하ㄴ나한낳난ㅣ니히히 / 하힌닌 10
Lesson Two 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 20. 하하나닌가긴나가하긴학닉다디다나하다자자다진디기잔힌다닌자한각 11
Lesson Three 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 하간작디단지라린하릭할잘바합집하바리비사사자산비락반삽 12
Lesson Four 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 라디달박사삽ㅐ개갤핸마삼하지만ㅗ호돈해라하고몬고배 13
Lesson Five 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 20. 감사래모삼해ㅜ두구부소주추촘좀치두ㅓ거먹저기사추버점전할만칠미국 14
Lesson Six 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 20. 한국다너첩맥주므모르스저는는좀커커 / 거콤크추조금ㅏㅑ냐캬지햐추컈냐 15
Lesson Seven 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 20. 누구갸처드릴아ㅏ아홉일곱오늘ㅛ쵸쵸 / 챠해요알아요탈태대티죠천천는요아니요 16
Lesson Eight 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 20. 아직은요터지커서크댜ㅔ네게요하세요강충분종로정말겡갱나중에깨캐꼬테습니까? 17
Lesson Nine 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 20. 좋습니까선생님주세요호텔레스토랑조금요제아내제ㅖ예계예요저기예요페팔발포폐필기아니예요커피 18
Lesson Ten 1 1 1 1 1 에서언제? 쇼핑얼마예요? 까지때대또딸ㅕ열여기다녀남편명동안녕하세요? 19
Lesson Eleven 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 또랑끼륵파토아니면저녁딸이세명ㅚ괴꾀괴수왼우유퓨전절규따라되고만육 20
Lesson Twelve 1 1 1 1 1 어려육천뙤ㅘ와요화전좌우과요먹ㅝ워요고마워춰요놔요가까워워싱톤 21
Lesson Thirteen 1 1 1 1 1 꽈리화가궈서저와빠아빠뽀빠이바빠서빨리ㅞ웨이터웨이브하이웨이브로드웨이바뻐두병 22
Lesson Fourteen 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 20. 누구와요? 오빠고마워타웨워싱톤드시하실점심시청못여섯있어요모르겠어요. 날씨가짜오른쪽짜장면둥쩌우여쭈다화장실 23
Lesson Fifteen 1 1 1 1 1 와요쭈꾸미쪼끔봅시다비싸궤짝ㅢ의나의의부ㅙ왜적괜히상쾌한으니까요자의 24
Lesson Sixteen 1 1 1 1 1 왜요? 듸람쪽지식지왜쌀ㅟ바위위기윙윙해요ㅒ걔냬섄뜻댸 25
Lesson Seventeen 1 일곱만칠삼천원아홉시에요십리터오십킬로맥주네병육천원이예요딸이한명아이들이세명있어요십사불있어요팔천원주세요 26
Lesson Eighteen 1 안녕하세요? 날씨가좋습니다. 네, 그렇습니다. 점심드셨어요? 네, 감사합니다. 뭘하시겠어요? 모르겠어요. 선생님은요? 저는소주를사겠어요. 그럼나중에. 안녕히가세요. 안녕히계세요. 27
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