‘어’ is a short ‘o’ sound, difficult for many American English speakers, similar to the ‘u’ ‘cup’ or to the o in yogurt for British speakers. Note that ‘ㅏ,’ ‘ㅓ,’ and ‘ㅣ’ are written to the side of the initial consonant while ‘ㅗ,’ ‘ㅜ,’ and ‘ㅡ’ are written beneath the initial consonant. In the same way, you may just add an ㅇ to get the name of any other vowel. Their names are 아, 어, 오, 우, 으, and 이, respectively, where the letter ㅇ, or ieung, remains silent, acting as a place holder. We begin with the six basic vowels of Korean: ㅏ, ㅓ, ㅗ, ㅜ, ㅡ, and ㅣ. Annyeonghaseyo!īoth letters and syllable blocks are written from left to right and from top to bottom. The Korean word for ‘hello,’ 안녕하세요, is composed of 12 letters organized into five syllable blocks. Each block represents a single syllable and consists of two to four letters. Unlike English, written Korean is organized into syllable blocks. Of course, it's not perfect, but in general it matches spoken Korean better than English does. The Korean script, Hangeul, may seem intimidating, but don't worry it's actually a lot like the alphabet we use in English, a small set of characters representing the sounds of the language. If you are taking on a language because of a new job abroad, it will be easier to continue the process than with another language.Welcome to the Korean for English speakers course! Hangeul Motivation is another key part in determining the difficulty of a language. Someone who lives in Seoul may have an easier time learning Korean because of their environment, Blanco says, even though another language might technically be easier to learn. Motivation and the opportunities around you Every part of language learning isn't 100% easy or 100% hard. For someone used to writing with the Latin alphabet, a language that uses a different writing system could make grasping a new language more difficult, Blanco said. Maybe you’re great at speaking Spanish, but when it comes to writing or reading, those aspects are harder for you. There are easy and hard aspects of learning any language This includes hand gestures, body language, sounds, cultural norms and more. When learning a new language, we usually transfer what we know from our first language to our second, third, and so on, Blanco said.
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