# Korean/RWP/Lesson 4

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Welcome back! This is the 4th lesson of "Learn to read, write and pronounce Korean". This lesson covers the rest of the basic Korean letters.

## The vowel ㅜ (u)

* ㅜ (u) stroke order
* Sound sample of ㅜ (u) (help·info)
The first new letter is the vowel ㅜ (u):
| Letter (jamo): | ㅜ |
| Pronunciation: | |
The vowel ㅜ is pronounced like the oo in boot. Similar in appearance to ㅗ (o) and 一 (eu), the vowel ㅜ (u) is wider than it is tall, so it is written below the consonant rather than next to it.
| Letter (jamo): | ㄷ | => | 두 |
| Letter (jamo): | ㅜ | => | 두 |
| Romanization: | d u | | du |

### Exercise

The following Korean words contain ㅜ (u). Guess what the words mean. Click "Show" to check your answers, as usual.
English: (Du-ba-i) Dubai
English: (Sa-u-di-a-ra-bi-a) Saudi Arabia
English: (Bul-ga-ri-a) Bulgaria
English: (Ru-ma-ni-a) Romania
English: (On-du-ra-seu) Honduras
English: (Bu-san) Busan
English: (Su-ri-nam) Suriname
You can check your answers by clicking at "Show" above, as usual.

### Exercise: writing practice

Try to write the following words:
Burundi -> Bu-run-di -> 부룬디
Uganda -> U-gan-da -> 우간다
Brunei -> Beu-ru-na-i -> 브루나이
Sudan -> Su-dan -> 수단
Ulsan -> Ul-san -> 울산

## The vowel ㅓ (eo)

* ㅓ (eo) stroke order
* Sound sample of ㅓ (eo) (help·info)
The next of the vowels to learn is ㅓ (eo):
| Letter (jamo): | ㅓ |
| Romanization: | eo |
| Pronunciation: | |
The vowel ㅓ is pronounced like the u in plus (IPA: [ ʌ ]) and transcribed as eo (think "surgeon"). Similar in appearance to ㅏ (a), the vowel ㅓ (eo) is taller than it is wide, so it is written next to the consonant.

### Exercise

Try to translate these Korean words:
English: Deo-beul-lin -> Dublin
English: Reon-deon -> London
English: Seo-ul -> Seoul
English: Sam-seong -> Samsung
English: Reo-si-a -> Russia
Try translating the following words into Korean:
버스
보일러
달러
엄마
서비스
바이러스
오리건

## The vowel ㅔ (e)

* ㅔ (e) stroke order
* Sound sample of ㅔ (e) (help·info)
The next vowel to learn is the digraph ㅔ (e):
| Letter (jamo): | ㅔ |
| Pronunciation: | |
The appearance the vowel ㅔ shows that it was originally a diphthong of ㅓ (eo) and ㅣ (i). Today, it is pronounced like the e in the Australian pronunciation of word bed and transcribed as e.

### Exercise

Try to translate these Korean words:
English: Ba-re-in -> Bahrain
English: La-i-be-ri-a -> Liberia
English: ge-im -> game
English: Me-in -> Maine
English: Mal-le-i-si-a -> Malaysia
English: Se-ne-gal -> Senegal
English: Bang-geul-la-de-si -> Bangladesh
English: Ba-be-i-do-seu -> Barbados
English: Bel-gi-e -> Belgium
English: Be-nin -> Benin
English: El-sal-ba-do-reu -> El Salvador
English: Geu-re-na-da -> Grenada
English: Del-li -> Delhi

## The vowel ㅐ (ae)

* ㅐ (ae) stroke order
* Sound sample of ㅐ (ae) (help·info)
The last vowel for this lesson is the digraph ㅐ (ae):
| Letter (jamo): | ㅐ |
| Pronunciation: | |
The appearance the vowel ㅐ shows that it was originally a diphthong of ㅏ (a) and ㅣ (i). Today, it is pronounced like the e in the American pronunciation of the English word bed and transcribed as ae.

### Exercise

Try to translate these Korean words:
English: Ma-i-ae-mi = Miami
English: Dael-leo-seu = Dallas
English: Saen-di-e-i-go = San Diego
English: Dae-gu = Daegu
English: daen-seo = dancer
English: raeb = rap
English: Ael-la-bae-ma = Alabama
English: Me-ril-laen-deu = Maryland
English: Ne-ba-da = Nevada
English: Ro-deu-a-il-laen-deu = Rhode Island

## The consonant ㅎ (hieut)

* ㅎ (hieut) stroke order
* Sound sample of ㅎ (hieut) (help·info)
The next consonant for this lesson is ㅎ (hieut):
| Letter (jamo): | ㅎ |
| Pronunciation: | |

### Exercise

Try to translate these Korean words:
English: (Ba-ha-ma) Bahamas
English: (Heong-ga-ri) Hungary
English: (Do-ha) Doha
English: (Ha-no-i) Hanoi
English: (Ha-ra-re) Harare
English: (Ho-nol-lul-lu) Honolulu
English: (Sang-ha-i) Shanghai
English: (haem-beo-geo) Hamburger
English: (O-ha-i-o) Ohio

## The consonant ㅈ (jieut)

* ㅈ (jieut) stroke order
* Sound sample of ㅈ (jieut) (help·info)
The last consonant for this lesson is ㅈ (jieut), it is pronounced as a j or a ch:
| Letter (jamo): | ㅈ |
| Pronunciation: | |

### Exercise

Try to translate these Korean words:
English: (Na-i-ji-ri-a) Nigeria
English: (A-bu-ja) Abuja
English: (Jam-bi-a) Zambia
English: (Nan-jing) Nanjing
English: (Ba-ja) Bazaar
English: (i-mi-ji) = image
English: (Mi-ju-ri) = Missouri
English: (Al-je-ri) = Algeria
English: (Bel-li-jeu) = Belize
English: (Beu-ra-jil) = Brazil
English: (Ni-je-reu) = Niger
English: (ba-jel) = Badger
English: (Be-i-jing) = Beijing
English: (Beu-ra-jil-li-a) = Brasilia
English: (Je-ne-ba) = Geneva
English: (Lo-seu-aen-jel-le-seu) = Los Angeles
English: (Dae-jeon) = Taejon
English: (Ja-geu-re-beu) = Zagreb
English: (en-jin) = Engine
English: (jae-jeu) = Jazz
English: (me-si-ji) = Message
English: (o-raen-ji-ju-seu) = Orange Juice
English: (so-ju) = Soju
English: (Jo-ji-a) = Georgia
English: (Ru-i-ji-ae-na) = Louisiana
English: (Beo-ji-ni-a) = Virginia

## End of lesson 4

If you learned the letters in this lesson, you are ready to go on to lesson 5, where you will learn some simple variations of the letters you already learned.
Consonants learned so far: :
| Basic 예사소리 | Letter (jamo) | ㄱ | ㄴ | ㄷ | ㄹ | ㅁ | ㅂ | ㅅ | ㅇ | ㅈ | ㅎ |
| Basic 예사소리 | Romanization Pronunciation | g or k or | n | d or t or | r or l or | m | b or p or | s | - or ng silent or | j or ch or | h |
Vowels learned so far: :
| Letter (jamo) | ㅏ | ㅓ | ㅗ | ㅜ | ㅡ | ㅣ |
| Romanization Pronunciation | a | eo | o | u [u] | eu | i |
| Letter (jamo) | ㅐ | ㅔ | | | |
| Romanization Pronunciation | ae | e | | | |
* Learn Korean (Introduction)
* Read, write, pronounce Korean:
* Course —
* Lesson 1 •
* Lesson 2 •
* Lesson 3 •
* Lesson 4 •
* Lesson 5 •
* Lesson 6 •
* Summary
* Orthography •
* Essential Pronunciation Rules •
* Advanced Pronunciation Rules
* Grammar •
* Conversation