Korean Studies Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library Tutorial on How to Use The Korean Romanization and Word Division (Basic Guide) Hana Kim Korea Studies Librarian hn.kim@utoronto.ca Created in March 2012 Slide 1
Basic Korean Romanization The Korean Romanization and Word Division Guide (Basic Guide) has tables illustrating romanization methods. This tutorial will help you to understand how to romanize Korean words in a step-by-step fashion. Slide 2
Example 1: 감 Using the McCune- Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanize accordingly ㄱ - initial element ㄱ Slide 3
Example 1: 감 Using the McCune- Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanize accordingly 가 - initial letter ㄱ - vowel ㅏ Slide 4
Example 1: 감 Using the McCune- Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanize accordingly 감 - initial element ㄱ - vowel ㅏ - final element ㅁ Slide 5
Example 1: 감 Using the McCune- Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanize accordingly k - ㄱ with k Slide 6
Example 1: 감 Using the McCune- Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanize accordingly ka - ㄱ with k - ㅏ with a Slide 7
Example 1: 감 Using the McCune- Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanize accordingly kam - ㄱ with k - ㅏ with a - ㅁ with m Slide 8
Example 1: 감 감 kam Thus, the word 감 is romanized as kam. Slide 9
Example 2: 민중 When a Korean word consists of two syllables combined: eg. 민중 ( 民衆 ) ㅁ - initial element ㅁ Slide 10
Example 2: 민중 When a Korean word consists of two syllables combined: eg. 민중 ( 民衆 ) 미 - initial element ㅁ - vowel ㅣ Slide 11
Example 2: 민중 When a Korean word consists of two syllables combined: eg. 민중 ( 民衆 ) 민ㅈ - initial element ㅁ - vowel ㅣ - medial elements ㄴ, ㅈ Slide 12
Example 2: 민중 When a Korean word consists of two syllables combined: eg. 민중 ( 民衆 ) 민주 - initial element ㅁ - vowel ㅣ - medial elements ㄴ, ㅈ - vowel ㅜ Slide 13
Example 2: 민중 When a Korean word consists of two syllables combined: eg. 민중 ( 民衆 ) 민중 - initial element ㅁ - vowel ㅣ - medial elements ㄴ, ㅈ - vowel ㅜ - final element ㅇ Thus, 민중. Slide 14
Example 2: 민중 Using the McCune- Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanize accordingly m - ㅁ with m Slide 15
Example 2: 민중 Using the McCune- Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanize accordingly mi - ㅁ with m - ㅣ with i Slide 16
Example 2: 민중 Using the McCune- Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanize accordingly minj - ㅁ with m - ㅣ with i - ㄴㅈ with nj Slide 17
Example 2: 민중 Using the McCune- Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanize accordingly minju - ㅁ with m - ㅣ with i - ㄴㅈ with nj - ㅜ with u Slide 18
Example 2: 민중 Using the McCune- Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanize accordingly minjung - ㅁ with m - ㅣ with i - ㄴㅈ with nj - ㅜ with u - ㅇ with ng Slide 19
Example 2: 민중 민중 minjung Thus, the word 민중 is romanized as minjung. Slide 20
Medial Elements Medial elements are the two elements that occur when the final element from the first syllable is followed by the initial element of the second syllable. In the previous example of 민중, ㄴ is followed by ㅈ. Therefore, the medial elements are ㄴ and ㅈ. Slide 21
How to Read Medial Elements in the Consonant Table Slide 22
Example 3: 거짓말 A Korean word consists of three single syllables combined: eg. 거짓말 ㄱ - initial element ㄱ Slide 23
Example 3: 거짓말 A Korean word consists of three single syllables combined: eg. 거짓말 거 - initial element ㄱ - vowel ㅓ Slide 24
Example 3: 거짓말 A Korean word consists of three single syllables combined: eg. 거짓말 거ㅈ - initial element ㄱ - vowel ㅓ - medial element ㅈ Slide 25
Example 3: 거짓말 A Korean word consists of three single syllables combined: eg. 거짓말 거지 - initial element ㄱ - vowel ㅓ - medial element ㅈ - vowel ㅣ Slide 26
Example 3: 거짓말 A Korean word consists of three single syllables combined: eg. 거짓말 거짓ㅁ - initial element ㄱ - vowel ㅓ - medial element ㅈ - vowel ㅣ - medial elements ㅅㅁ Slide 27
Example 3: 거짓말 A Korean word consists of three single syllables combined: eg. 거짓말 거짓마 - initial element ㄱ - vowel ㅓ - medial element ㅈ - vowel ㅣ - medial elements ㅅㅁ - vowel ㅏ Slide 28
Example 3: 거짓말 A Korean word consists of three single syllables combined: eg. 거짓말 거짓말 - initial element ㄱ - vowel ㅓ - medial element ㅈ - vowel ㅣ - medial elements ㅅㅁ - vowel ㅏ - final element ㄹ Slide 29
Example 3: 거짓말 Using the McCune- Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanize accordingly k - ㄱ with k Slide 30
Example 3: 거짓말 Using the McCune- Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanize accordingly kŏ - ㄱ with k - ㅓ with ŏ Slide 31
Example 3: 거짓말 Using the McCune- Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanize accordingly kŏj - ㄱ with k - ㅓ with ŏ - ㅈ with j Slide 32
Example 3: 거짓말 Using the McCune- Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanize accordingly kŏji - ㄱ with k - ㅓ with ŏ - ㅈ with j - ㅣ with I Slide 33
Example 3: 거짓말 Using the McCune- Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanize accordingly kŏjinm - ㄱ with k - ㅓ with ŏ - ㅈ with j - ㅣ with I - ㄴㅁ with nm Slide 34
Example 3: 거짓말 Using the McCune- Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanize accordingly kŏjinma - ㄱ with k - ㅓ with ŏ - ㅈ with j - ㅣ with I - ㄴㅁ with nm - ㅏ with a Slide 35
Example 3: 거짓말 Using the McCune- Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanize accordingly kŏjinmal - ㄱ with k - ㅓ with ŏ - ㅈ with j - ㅣ with I - ㄴㅁ with nm - ㅏ with a - ㄹ with l Slide 36
Example 3: 거짓말 거짓말 kŏjinmal Thus, the word 거짓말 is romanized as kŏjinmal. Slide 37
Example 4: 외국어 A Korean word consists of three syllables including syllables beginning with vowels: eg. 외국어 ㅇ - initial element ㅇ Slide 38
Example 4: 외국어 A Korean word consists of three syllables including syllables beginning with vowels: eg. 외국어 외 - initial element ㅇ - vowel ㅚ Slide 39
Example 4: 외국어 A Korean word consists of three syllables including syllables beginning with vowels: eg. 외국어 외ㄱ - initial element ㅇ - vowel ㅚ - medial element ㄱ Slide 40
Example 4: 외국어 A Korean word consists of three syllables including syllables beginning with vowels: eg. 외국어 외구 - initial element ㅇ - vowel ㅚ - medial element ㄱ - vowel ㅜ Slide 41
Example 4: 외국어 A Korean word consists of three syllables including syllables beginning with vowels: eg. 외국어 외국ㅇ - initial element ㅇ - vowel ㅚ - medial element ㄱ - vowel ㅜ - medial elements ㄱㅇ Slide 42
Example 4: 외국어 A Korean word consists of three syllables including syllables beginning with vowels: eg. 외국어 외국어 - initial element ㅇ - vowel ㅚ - medial element ㄱ - vowel ㅜ - medial elements ㄱㅇ - vowel ㅓ Slide 43
Example 4: 외국어 Using the McCune- Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanize accordingly oe - ㅇ with nothing - ㅚ with oe Slide 44
Example 4: 외국어 Using the McCune- Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanize accordingly oeg - ㅇ with nothing - ㅚ with oe - ㄱ with g Slide 45
Example 4: 외국어 Using the McCune- Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanize accordingly oegu - ㅇ with nothing - ㅚ with oe - ㄱ with g - ㅜ with u Slide 46
Example 4: 외국어 Using the McCune- Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanize accordingly oegug - ㅇ with nothing - ㅚ with oe - ㄱ with g - ㅜ with u - ㄱㅇ with g nothing Slide 47
Example 4: 외국어 Using the McCune- Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanize accordingly oegugŏ - ㅇ with nothing - ㅚ with oe - ㄱ with g - ㅜ with u - ㄱㅇ with g nothing - ㅓ with ŏ Slide 48
Example 4: 외국어 외국어 oegugŏ Thus, the word 외국어 is romanized as oegugŏ. Slide 49
Practice Exercises (1) 문학 현대화 바가지 정리 Answers shown on the next slide. 국민 Slide 50
Practice Exercises (1) - Answers 문학 현대화 바가지 정리 국민 munhak hyŏndaehwa pagaji chŏngni kungmin Slide 51
Practice Exercises (2) 신라 철학 잇몸 쉼표 깍뚜기 Answers shown on the next slide. Slide 52
Practice Exercises (2) - Answers 신라 철학 잇몸 쉼표 깍뚜기 Silla ch ŏrhak inmom shwimp yo kkakttugi Slide 53
Practice Exercises (3) 입문론 언어 도교 총론 도움말 Answers shown on the next slide. Slide 54
Practice Exercises (3) - Answers 입문론 언어 도교 총론 도움말 immunnon ŏnŏ Togyo ch ongnon toummal Slide 55
Practice Exercises (4) 탁류 평준화 난중일기 약물 그늘 Answers shown on the next slide. Slide 56
Practice Exercises (4) - Answers 탁류 평준화 난중일기 약물 그늘 t angnyu p yŏngjunhwa Nanjung ilgi yangmul kŭnŭl Slide 57