Bottom letters and linking

LessonThe bottom letter

박쌤 Remember the third letter at the bottom of a block? It's called 받침, batchim: “the support”.

박쌤 한 = ㅎ + ㅏ + ㄴ. The ㄴ at the bottom is the batchim.

박쌤 Many letters can go at the bottom, but they make only 7 sounds: k, n, t, l, m, p, ng.

박쌤 ㄱ ㅋ ㄲ → k. ㅂ ㅍ → p. And ㄷ ㅅ ㅈ ㅊ ㅌ ㅎ ㅆ → all t!

박쌤 At the bottom, ㅇ finally speaks: “ng”, like in “song”.

Examples 한국 hanguk Korea · 산 (san) — mountain · 옷 (ot) — clothes · 물 (mul) — water · 김치 (gimchi) — kimchi · 밥 (bap) — rice · 빵 (ppang) — bread · 꽃 (kkot) — flower

LessonLinking: 한국어 sounds like 한구거

박쌤 Here's why Korean sometimes sounds so fast.

박쌤 When a block ends with a batchim and the next block starts with the silent ㅇ, the batchim slides into the next block.

박쌤 한국어 →. 음악 (music) →. 옷이 →.

박쌤 맛있어요 (delicious) →. You'll say it a lot!

박쌤 And remember 하은이에요? It sounds like. Now you know why!

Guided readingThe bottom-letter menu

Read the menu at Grandma's 분식집!

밥 · 물 · 김치 · 김밥 · 라면 · 빵 · 떡볶이

한국어 → 한구거 · 음악 → 으막 · 맛있어요 → 마시써요

서준 : 맛있어요! It's delicious!

Sounds달, 탈 or 딸?

Moon, mask or daughter?

Word 달 dal moon / 탈 (tal) — mask / 딸 (ttal) — daughter

Astuce Soft.

Astuce With a puff of air.

Astuce Tight, no air.

CultureThe 분식집

The cheapest, tastiest food in Korea!

Word 분식 bunsik snack food: quick, cheap, eaten after school.

Examples 김밥 gimbap rice roll · 떡볶이 (tteokbokki) — spicy rice cakes · 라면 (ramyeon) — instant noodles · 순대 (sundae) — Korean sausage

SceneThe bunsik menu

Seo-jun reads the whole menu!

서준 김… 밥. 떡… 볶… 이. 라… 면! gim… bap. tteok… bok… i. ra… myeon! Gim… bap. Tteok… bok… ki. Ra… myeon!

할머니 우리 서준이, 다 읽었네! uri seojuni, da ilgeonne! My Seo-jun, you read it all!

서준 할머니, 떡볶이 주세요! halmeoni, tteokbokki juseyo! Grandma, tteokbokki please!

손님 저도 떡볶이 주세요. jeodo tteokbokki juseyo. Tteokbokki for me too, please.

할머니 어르신, 먼저 드세요. eoreusin, meonjeo deuseyo. Sir, please, you first.

할머니 서준아, 어른이 먼저야! seojuna, eoreuni meonjeoya! Seo-jun, elders come first!

SceneHangul graduation

Seo-jun can read everything now!

서준 순… 자… 네… 분… 식! 할머니 가게! sun… ja… ne… bun… sik! halmeoni gage! Sun… ja's… Snack… bar! Grandma's shop!

할머니 우리 서준이, 이제 다 읽네! uri seojuni, ije da ingne! My Seo-jun, now you can read everything!

서준 메뉴도 읽어요! 떡볶이 두 개 주세요! menyudo ilgeoyo! tteokbokki du gae juseyo! I can read the menu too! Two tteokbokki, please!

할머니 두 개? 하나는 누나 거지? du gae? hananeun nuna geoji? Two? One is for Nuna, right?

서준 아니요, 둘 다 제 거예요! aniyo, dul da je geoyeyo! No, both are mine!

QuizFinal Hangul quiz

Final Hangul quiz! You can read Korean now. 5 questions!