Korean course
Learn Korean from Hangul to your first sentences
Hangul is systematic enough to learn in small, meaningful steps. Build the letters into readable blocks, learn what changes at the bottom of a syllable, and then use those skills in words and sentences.
Learn the system before memorizing words
Hangul combines consonants and vowels inside square-looking syllable blocks. Vertical vowels sit beside an opening consonant; horizontal vowels sit below it. A final consonant can close the block at the bottom.
The course teaches those decisions separately so a beginner understands why a block has its shape instead of treating each syllable as a new picture.
What comes after the alphabet
Once blocks are readable, the road adds common words, useful phrases, verb-final sentences, counters, and both Korean number systems. Connected-pronunciation lessons explain why fluent speech does not always sound letter by letter.
- Basic and compound vowels
- Plain, aspirated, and tense consonants
- Syllable blocks and batchim
- Native and Sino-Korean numbers
- Particles and verb-final word order
Reference
A sample from the Korean course
These prompts come from the same reviewed material used by the course path.
ㄱ is the normal, low-puff sound in the ㄱ–ㅋ–ㄲ family. It can sound closer to English k or g depending on where it appears, so do not lock it to just one English letter.
ㄴ is an n sound made with the tongue at the ridge behind the upper teeth.
ㄷ is the normal, low-puff sound in the ㄷ–ㅌ–ㄸ family. It can sound closer to English t or d depending on where it appears.
Between vowels, tap your tongue once quickly for ㄹ. At the end of a syllable, keep the tongue touching for an l-like finish. Both sounds come from the same Korean letter.
ㅁ is an m sound made with both lips. Its square shape represents the mouth.
ㅂ is the normal, low-puff sound in the ㅂ–ㅍ–ㅃ family. It can sound closer to English p or b depending on where it appears.
ㅅ is s-like, but before ㅣ and y-vowels it shifts toward sh. At a syllable end it closes as t.
At the start of a syllable, ㅇ is silent and simply holds the vowel's place. At the end, it has the ng sound in sing. Look at its position to know which sound to use.
ㅈ is the normal, low-puff sound in the ㅈ–ㅊ–ㅉ family. It may sound closer to English j or ch depending on where it appears.
ㅊ is the strong-puff sound in the ㅈ–ㅊ–ㅉ family. Release it with a clear burst of air.
ㅋ is the strong-puff sound in the ㄱ–ㅋ–ㄲ family. Release it with a clear burst of air.
ㅌ is the strong-puff sound in the ㄷ–ㅌ–ㄸ family. Release it with a clear burst of air.
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