Lesson 1: ㄱ (Giyeok) (Part 1/2)

Hey:) Welcome !

Let's go straight into our first lesson.

Hangul(한글) is made with 24 characters. 10 vowels and 14 consonants.  

We are going to start with our first consonant Giyeok (ㄱ).


Now....how do you say Giyeok? Try to pronounce it first and listen to the video below.




Did you pronounce it correctly?

When it is written with G, It is very easy to make a mistake pronouncing similar to "JI" sound. But just imagine yourself saying "great."  


Now let's try it with the activity !

(I have set it so that it opens a new window !)

You want to have 100% on Giyeok(기역). I have recorded "other" for similar but wrong pronunciation.



How did you do? If you have any questions, feel free to ask :)

On our next lesson, we will learn how ㄱ should be pronounced  in Korean words !

See you soon~!

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