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Korean (in Korean) is "Han-gul". The Korean language (in Korean) is called "Han-guk-au" or "Han-guk-mal".






⚫ <h2>Alphabet</h2>
Note. Strictly speaking, "Hangeul(or Hangul)" means Korean scripts. When speaking about Korean language, you shoud to refer it as "Han-guk-eo" or "Han-guk-mahl".






The Korean alphabet is called "Han-gul".
Korean originated with the Silla, who conquered the land we now know as Korea.






⚫ The Korean alphabet consists of 24 letters -- 14 consonants and 10 vowels that are written in groups of 2 to 5 characters. It is not a pictographic script like Chinese. The shape of the individual Han-gul characters were designed to model the physical morphology of the tongue, palate and teeth.
⚫ <h2>Alphabet</h2>






⚫ King Se-Jong of Korea created the Korean script with the help of his advisors. It initially was not well received by the educated populace, who already used chinese characters to write Korean. When Japan invaded Korea and banned Korean publications, many Koreans recognized that the Korean script created a stronger cultural language identity and adopted it.
⚫ The Korean alphabet consists of 24 letters -- 14 consonants and 10 vowels. While the language looks pictographic to westerners it is actually phonetic. The "square" characters consist of syllables made from the individual letters. The design of individual Han-gul characters model the physical morphology of the tongue, palate and teeth.




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Korean grammar is actually completely different from Chinese grammar; it is much closer to Japanese. The basic form of a Korean sentence is N-S-V. So if in English we would say, I'm going to the store to buy some food, in korean it would be in the form: food buy-in order to store-to I go. Korean grammar is similar to Japanese. The basic form of a Korean sentence is Subject-Object-Verb. So whereas in English we would say, "I'm going to the store to buy some food", in Korean it would be something like: I food in-order-to-buy to-store am-going.






Korean does not conjugate verbs using agreement like french or spanish. As in Spanish, many of the pronouns are frequently not used, so a typical exchange might be: In Korean, "unecessary" words can be left out of a sentence as long as the meaning is clear from the context. So a typical exchange might be:


::1: go store? ::1: store are-going?


::2: go. ::2: yes.






which in english would translate to: which in English would translate to:


::1: are you going to the store? ::1: are you going to the store?


::2: yes, I am. ::2: yes.





⚫ However, verb conjugations depend upon the esteem of whom you are talking to. When talking to or about friends, you would use one conjugate ending, to your parents, another, and to nobility/honored persons, another.


⚫ Korean does not conjugate verbs using agreement with the subject as is typical for european languages. Instead, verb conjugations depend upon the verb tense and on the relation between the people speaking. When talking to or about friends, you would use one conjugate ending, to your parents, another, and to nobility/honored persons, another.




⚫ King Se-Jong of Korea created the Korean script with the help of his advisors. It initially was not well received by the populace, which used mainly chinese characters in a Korean format. When Japan invaded Korea and banned Korean publications, many Koreans recognized that the Korean script created a stronger cultural language identity and adopted it.




Revision as of 18:09, 9 December 2001

The Korean language (in Korean) is called "Han-guk-au" or "Han-guk-mal".


Alphabet


The Korean alphabet is called "Han-gul".


The Korean alphabet consists of 24 letters -- 14 consonants and 10 vowels that are written in groups of 2 to 5 characters. It is not a pictographic script like Chinese. The shape of the individual Han-gul characters were designed to model the physical morphology of the tongue, palate and teeth.


King Se-Jong of Korea created the Korean script with the help of his advisors. It initially was not well received by the educated populace, who already used chinese characters to write Korean. When Japan invaded Korea and banned Korean publications, many Koreans recognized that the Korean script created a stronger cultural language identity and adopted it.


Grammar


Korean grammar is similar to Japanese. The basic form of a Korean sentence is Subject-Object-Verb. So whereas in English we would say, "I'm going to the store to buy some food", in Korean it would be something like: I food in-order-to-buy to-store am-going.


In Korean, "unecessary" words can be left out of a sentence as long as the meaning is clear from the context. So a typical exchange might be:

1: store are-going?
2: yes.


which in English would translate to:

1: are you going to the store?
2: yes.


Korean does not conjugate verbs using agreement with the subject as is typical for european languages. Instead, verb conjugations depend upon the verb tense and on the relation between the people speaking. When talking to or about friends, you would use one conjugate ending, to your parents, another, and to nobility/honored persons, another.



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