Reading/Typing for Dummies

[Richieee]

This guide will show you how to READING AND TYPING Korean.

Pronunciation:
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj235/ZomgMesarz/vowelsandconsonants.jpg

The main point here is to combine one consonant and one vowel to make a sound.
So "ga" would be 가 (ㄱ+ㅏ)

The Korean language does not have the consonant V and Z.
- Zakum would be pronounced "Jakoom" → 자쿰
- Evil would be pronounced "Eebeul" → 이블

The Korean consonant "ㄹ" is a mixed sound somewhere between R and L. They are sometimes interchangeable.

The Korean language may sometimes have consonants under the consonant and vowel.
This is how we would end a word with a consonant.
Example: The Korean phrase for "I love you." is 사랑해, which is pronounced SaRangHae
As you can see, there is a consonant under 라 here ↑. That is "ng" in Rang.

Consonants are on the left side of the keyboard, and Vowels are on the right.
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj235/ZomgMesarz/Hangul_Keyboard.gif

Like reading, typing is accomplished by pressing one consonant and one vowel.

Examples:
가 → rk
나 → sk
다 → ek
and so on.

[ZacP]

nice guide

but u might wanna put how to type in korean, like what you do on your keyboard to type

[Sinnuendo]

You got vowels and consonants mixed up on your chart. 8r

Other than that nice guide.

[Imitazion]

This should be edited correctly, then stickied. I'd love you for that. 8r

[CAP'NSTEVE]

http://i43.tinypic.com/ka1dlv.jpg
Fix'd
Deal with the lower quality.

[xMastemah]

It's like half-and-half when typing, actually.
About half the time, the word is 3 characters (typically 2 consonants and 1 vowel) or the combination of 1 vowel and 1 consonant. Rarely, you will have 4, but with 3 consonants.

(E.g. 민 for 3 or 확 for 4).

Note that the character ㅎ can sometimes look a little different, but anything similar to it is probably the same key. 블 <- the bottom character is ㄹ. For beginners seeing this for the first time is often pretty confusing.

The last thing I can think of is, individual words are read from left-to-right, and sentences are read right-to-left. Yep.