Speak Korean Language
Free site for learning Korean
Welcome to www.speakkorean.net! This website is designed to help people learn to speak the Korean language for free. Before anything else, you need to install the Korean fonts in order to read Korean characters. If your computer has Microsoft 2000 or XP, you do not need to download any software. Just go to the "control panel" "date, time, language and regional options" "add other languages." Under "languages" there are two sections. Look at the lower section, "supplemental language support." Click the box for "install files for East Asian Languages" And then you will be prompt to insert a disk (usually your version of Windows Operating System) Once the files are all installed, you need to restart your computer and you can now read Korean fonts/characters. If your computer has a lower version of Windows System, then you need to go to the Microsoft Website www.microsoft.com and search for the "Korean Global IME" and download the file.
Now if you want to Input Korean fonts, you need to have an English/Korean keyboard. Then go to the "languages" option again and look at the upper section under "languages, titled "text services and input languages". Click on "details"and add "Korean". You have finished successfully if you can see a language bar "EN"on the bottom of your computer. Click on "EN", then it will give you an enlarged language bar. Click the bar. You will see "Korean" and click "Korean". Now you can use Microsoft Word, Explorer and Outlook and much more in Korean.
Now if you want to Input Korean fonts, you need to have an English/Korean keyboard. Then go to the "languages" option again and look at the upper section under "languages, titled "text services and input languages". Click on "details"and add "Korean". You have finished successfully if you can see a language bar "EN"on the bottom of your computer. Click on "EN", then it will give you an enlarged language bar. Click the bar. You will see "Korean" and click "Korean". Now you can use Microsoft Word, Explorer and Outlook and much more in Korean.
The Korean Alphabet System
CONSONANTS
| ㄱ | ㄴ | ㄷ | ㄹ | ㅁ | ㅂ | ㅅ | ㅇ | ㅈ | ㅊ |
| g,k | n | d,t | r,l | m | b,p | s | ng | j | ch |
| ㅋ | ㅌ | ㅍ | ㅎ | ㄲ | ㄸ | ㅃ | ㅆ | ㅉ |
| k | t | p | h | kk | tt | pp | ss | jj |
VOWELS
| ㅏ | ㅑ | ㅓ | ㅕ | ㅗ | ㅛ | ㅜ | ㅠ | ㅡ | ㅣ |
| a | ya | eo | yeo | o | yo | u | yu | eu | i |
| ㅐ | ㅒ | ㅔ | ㅖ | ㅘ | ㅙ | ㅚ | ㅝ | ㅞ | ㅟ | ㅢ |
| ae | yae | e | ye | wa | wae | oe | wo | we | wi | u |
Use Of Consonants and Vowels
Vowels in the Korean languages may be attached to the left, right or beneath each other in order to form a word, the following are examples of their use.
| 가 = ka | 갸 = kya | 바 = pa |
| 뵤 = pyo | 즈 = chu | 머 = meo |
| 너 = neo | 디 = ti | 요 = yo |
| 드 = tu | 거 = keo | 기 = ki |
| 버 = peo | 지 = chi | 조 = cho |
| 무 = mo | 이 = i | 고 = ko |
| 오 = o | 두 = too | 겨 = kyeo |
| 고 = ko | 부 = pu | 저 = cheo |
| 마 = ma | 나 = na | 야 = ya |
| 댜 = tya | 도 = to | 그 = ku |
When constructing a word, you must add a mixture of consonants and vowels, beginning with the consonant at the beginning of the word. In some cases, there is no need to use a consonant at the beginning in which case ㅇ (null character) is used.
| ㅇ + ㅏ | 아 | a |
| ㅎ + ㅏ + ㄴ | 한 | han |
| ㅁ + ㅏ + ㄹ | 말 | mal |
| ㄹ + ㅡ + ㅁ | 름 | rum |
| ㄱ + ㅏ +ㅁ | 감 | kam |
| ㄲ + ㅜ +ㅇ | 꿍 | kkoong |
| ㅇ + ㅗ + ㅅ | 옷 | ot |
| ㅇ + ㅓ + ㅄ | 없 | eop |
| ㄲ + ㅗ +ㅊ | 꽃 | kkot |
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