How to Read Korean in 20 Minutes
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ค. 2019
- Edit on Jul. 31: At 2:43, the 20 seconds of black screen is actually supposed to be video footage of me pronouncing the letter, but I guess it corrupted. It kept on going corrupt during editing, and I thought I fixed it, and I was sure I did, but I guess I didn't watch the final video hard enough.
Hey guys! I made a Korean tutorial teaching you how to read Korean. It is very easy compared to English, to be honest, and I made sure to make this tutorial incredibly detailed with step-by-step processes. You will be able to follow along with the video as you're watching.
This is for people who want to learn Korean, most of whom are probably K-pop fans wishing to learn how to read Korean. If you are one of them, you came to the right video. This video is detailed, not too long, and only delivers the learning content. It actually makes you understand the language and gives you tips on how to memorize Korean faster and easier.
Anyways, I hope you guys found this helpful. If you did, then leave a like. If you want to say anything, leave a comment in the comment section below, and subscribe to my channel. Thanks for watching! Bye.
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4 years later, I finally made the sequel HOW TO WRITE KOREAN: th-cam.com/video/FqSxX1Gcqi8/w-d-xo.html . Go watch go go go
thanks
YAY
I'm taking lessons from a friend for Korean next week but this will definitely help me understand him a little more because I speak English and he only speaks Korean and Spanish😅
thx:) you've helped me alot
4 years later I can ㅋㅋㅋㅋ 🤣
I'm super late here but.. honestly I've watched a LOT of videos trying to teach this and yours is by far the best of them! Finally my brain isn't panicking with the reading anymore. Thank you so much!! :)
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Same :D
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I recently got into kpop and was quite proud of "teaching myself" to read hangul by staring at an alphabet chart for half an hour, but reading along to lyrics/subtitles/etc really confused me with the top vs bottom consonants. This was super clear and I have a MUCH better understanding now, none of the other videos i've seen have spelled out the names of the characters (which is such an easy way to understand how they work??? why doesn't anyone else explain that lmao) thank you so much!!
bro how much time did it take you to be able to read hangul
@@-seoulair u can learn it in an hour if u try hard enough
Omg welcome baby kpop fan, which groups do you stan ?
Hey you baby kpop stan 😆 is your first group Ateez?
@@yeol_its_me mine is bts and my bias is V 💜💜
I literally learned more in this short 23 minute video than I have with 6 weeks of Duolingo and reading beginners books. My mind is literally blown 🤯. I’ll be saving this and coming back to it often. Thank you sooo much for this!
really? i found it SO fast!
don't just read the books as you read them also write down what you learn. and don't just copy from the book but read and put in your own words that will make it easier for you to remember and learn. Also make lessons for yourself and put everything you struggle with more then the rest in one group and study and relearn them till you the full hang of it. I do know if it will help you but it might
@@GolemOfMagicthanks for the tips. That’s what I’ve been doing, but my memory is trash so it takes me some time. Making pretty good progress though and this video helped a ton 👍🏻
@@jaysanti87 im glad to hear that i also have a bad memory so it has taken me time to learn some as well. I try to do as much open exposed learning that i can and then do study lessons usually in the morning and at night and i tend to remember more easily. If you can met somebody who speaks(or someone else learning as well) talking to each other in the language you are learning could be very helpful as well. Im sorry if i am saying too much or what not or if i sound rude in any way i just am trying to be helpful.. But i am glad you have improved and still working on it.
@@GolemOfMagic oh, no worries. I can tell your intention is to be helpful and I appreciate it. Thank you 😊.
This is wonderful! You have an exceptional talent in teaching clearly and making it easy. Thank you:)
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@@atharvajadhav9471 🚵
this was easy to you, you must be sped or autistic or something
@@Mernanaji6 ?Wdym
A lot of people have told me in the comments that apparently this is one of the very few videos that explain bottom consonants. I’m really surprised that other videos don’t, because bottom consonants are extremely common in Korean and you absolutely need to know them to read Korean.
*P.S: I understand the video might go a bit fast for those who don't know Korean at all. If you think the video goes too fast, go to Settings and slow the speed down. I recorded this video in my regular talking speed because any slower would've been too slow for my liking. Thanks.*
Thought I'd add a fun fact here: This video only had 400 views as of March 2022. So thanks everyone for watching!
P.S: After 4 years, I finally made a video about Korean numbers. Watch here! th-cam.com/video/tgF821n2ZlQ/w-d-xo.html
Duolingo Korean Speedrun:
th-cam.com/video/Bx7FLV3927E/w-d-xo.html
Korean Age Explained: th-cam.com/video/8ArG-dX-rn0/w-d-xo.html
Yeah, it's very helpful : )
Hey. Can you please make a separate video for Batchim please?
Yeah, others seem to focus on just the top consonant pronunciations using English mnemonics like the ones at 21:33 to make sound associations. I'll admit that those mnemonics did help me remember the sounds quickly, but I was kind of left confused about why bottom consonants were often pronounced differently. Now I know I've basically been missing half the story. I think your video is a bit detailed for absolute beginners, but for me, having learned pretty much the entire Korean alphabet except bottom consonants before watching, I think it was a good step--one that filled the gaps--in my learning progression, and, in the long run, the comprehensiveness of it is probably best.
This is very accurate, I attempted to learn to read hangul during covid for fun, and every video I watched seemed to gloss over the W vowels, double consonants, and double bottom consents, and vowel assimilation. I think your video was great for a refresher as I was already familiar being able to read and write with no issues, but looking back at when I was first learning recognizing characters and sounds, it may be a bit too fast for beginners, as it doesn't quite allow time for the info to sink in. But its great as a refresher or crash course for sure.
I can only agree. After watching several similar videos and trying to learn from a book, I finally got some insightful really helpful explanations here... Thank you very much!
BY THE WAY, in Japanese there is a circle voicing mark, so there are actually some circles in Japanese, but they will almost always be on the top right of the character
Yes, in Japanese we also use ○ to indicate a correct mark like how English uses a tick, and a 。for a full stop. All this aside I think the scripts look all very different. Japanese, Chinese, Thai, Korean look completely different even though I only speak Japanese and English I don’t think it hard to tell them apart.
@@Joe-yr9oy agreed, I don’t understand how people confuse Korean with Chinese, they absolutely look different (except for the fonts)
Voicing mark. Is like a degrees sign almost °°°°°°°
@@Joe-yr9oy And also a circle that makes "p" out of "h".
@@eee_eee Yeah, personally the Arabic languages are much harder for foreigners to tell the difference in writing
As a Korean, I feel proud that others are learning Korean.
I have been learning Korean for nearly a year and still struggled to understand and learn hangul but after watching this video I can confidently say I was able to read a few subtitles from a kdrama for the first time
thank you
It really surprises me that more apps don’t go in depth about top and bottom sounds, both eggbun and duolingo use them but they don’t give you proper context about why the sound has changed suddenly 😭
I was reading Korean wrong this whole time because duolingo didn't tell me any of this 😩
Duolingo is good to practice but not really to learn a language profoundly
At 2:43, the 20 seconds of black screen is actually supposed to be video footage of me pronouncing the letter, but I guess it corrupted. It kept on going corrupt during editing, and I thought I fixed it, and I was sure I did, but I guess I didn't watch the final video hard enough.
18:12 - This 육월 example is wrong LOL. I found out it's actually spelled 유월 (yoowol), just like how it would sound like.
I’m Japanese so the rieul and double consonant pronouciations were quite easy!
was attempting to learn korean by myself cause I just got into kpop and have finally come across those videos without english subtitles, and while I was writing things out for practice the top/bottom consonant things and this video helped me out a TON!! It's so much easier to understand, so thanks for that!
I need your patience 😂❤
I can already read 한글 pretty well but sometimes you need to make sure you’re really doing it right
Same same
Just needs a little practice!
good one xD
Nice one lmao
Very clever..
I've been really wanting to learn this language but I've never been good at concentration and memorization so i was scared to even begin, but the way you put everything made it really easy to start memorizing and using in daily activities, thank you so much!
Wanna learn with me, virtually of course, I need someone to practice with😅😅
@@Me-cs1uv I wish I had seen your comment 8 months ago haha. How far have you come in learning Korean?
@@Me-cs1uv great idea 💡
如果你喜欢韩国语必须学习！
Thank you for the help! I’m going to South Korea on my birthday.
out of all the lessons ive ever seen, none of them have ever taught about the bottom sounds!! especially how the actual names of the letters literally spell it out for you on how to use them at the top and bottom. I also havent seen lessons on pronouncing when there are two letters at the bottom !! thank u!!
I recommend, if you’re a beginner, go to this channel to learn: GoBilly
He explains everything! Hangul, how to read, etc!
I'm an absolute beginner in learning Hangul but this video was really helpful! Thank you for expressing everything so clearly and methodically!
Me who's fluent in russian, romanian, spanish, italian and latin watching this 3 years later waiting to crash my brain to lear another language:👁👄👁
relatable LMAOO but its never to bad learning more languages 🤭
I've been trying to learn hangeul and I haven't really paid attention to the characters' names but I realized through this video that they actually give you a clue in terms of pronunciation. Not even one of the tutorials I have watched before mentioned that. I really thought that's just how you call them. thanks so much!
This is two years old and super underwatched for probably the best Hangul breakdown I’ve seen. I keep restarting my Korean learning and I legitimately don’t think I’ve ever gotten bottom consonants in one of these. I think it just doesn’t come up in any of the other “be able read Korean in 30 minutes” videos and gets reserved as a “you’ll learn about those when you get to advanced vocabulary” types of things
English isn’t my first language and I’m trying to learn Korean now with some classes. Your video help me with my English and Korean at the same time and I’m very grateful cause it’s seems a lot easier now than I thought. Thanks you ❤️
same
This actually helped me a lot, all I need is to understand what I'm reading 🤣🤣
This is honestly the best ultimate basic guide to learn Korean.
now i know how to read korean
*i just dunno what it means*
Okay but why is this gem hidden? ???????
IKR !!💜
우리 아빠는 한국인이고 나는 그와 다시 소통하는 방법을 알아내려고 노력하고 있어. 이건 정말 도움이 됐어! 인기 This is so helpful!!!
I am Korean and was born in Korea and is living in Korea and I say this is a pretty exceptional video in understanding and pronouncing Korean characters.
I don’t normally advocate Duolingo for anything except maybe expanding basic vocabulary repetition practice, but I found it has a separate area in learning Korean where you can learn the alphabet in small batches. It does combine both romanized and normal Hangul for matching practice, plus writing practice with indicated stroke order. Definitely not something to do on its own, but its free and works for me for phone on the go alphabet refreshers as a learning supplement.
Thank you! I was always confused on the 2 consonant at the top and the bottom 😭
I was trying to learn Korean on duolingo and kept getting confused with the consonants having different sounds (top/bottom) so I knew I had to do more research through youtube for a good explanation and I stumbled upon youre video. Now I finally get it, tysm!
Oh wow! This is simultaneously the most helpful, intensive, thorough, and dense explanation I've come across! I got almost 8 minutes in and need to take a break to process! I've tried a few times to learn Korean before (just as a side project) and I thought the different way you pronounced the consonants was just kind of random or dependent on the word! I didn't realize the top/bottom consonant rule!!! That's so good to know! (And I'm relieved to look through the comments and see I wasn't the only one who didn't learn that until this video!)
I tought myself 헌굴 in 10 minutes and I found it quite easy to read Korean!
that is so cute 한글 💟☺☺
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ㅋㅋㅋㅋ@@kstiecooper
한글
It's been 3 days since I'm learning Korean by yt vids
And it was my first word too😁
✨한글✨
This keeps me motivated😁
this was the first video that ever mentioned that some consonants have different sounds for top and bottom
you explained bottom consonants so well and fairly quickly compared to some videos i've seen, you're a great teacher!
My husband and I are about to start learning Korean so this is super helpful. He is 1/4 Korean and lived there until he was 5 but when his family moved to the states, he lost most of his Korean language. He knows a few words now but not many. I’ve wanted to learn Korean since I first met his mom and I would love to teach our kids so they can surprise Grandma with it. ❤
so cute!
I came here from the Duolingo video (which was recommended) just because I really like how Korean sounds, specially when you're spelling it. I've never really felt like learning Korean, even tho I've had a kpop phase a few years ago, but that video might have changed that! And it also made me want to go watch a few more kdramas loll
Thanks for differentiating between the top and bottom pronunciation
This is this first time I've seen top and bottom consonant sounds explained so clearly and easily. Thank you!
Omg. This is the first time I’ve heard the shift in pronunciation explained as a top and bottom differentiator and while that may not seem huge, it clicks so much easier for me. Thank you!
Thank you sm?! This just made learning korean so much easier! I think I’ll actually get the hang of this so quick, because while I was watching the video, I was understanding so fast and started answering that words before you said them. Including the pronunciation. This is the best video ever. Again, thank you!
Me spending 3 hours taking notes to write Korean ( This is the most helpful video I have watched trying to learn Korean so thanks a lot )
this is literally the best video out of all 20 I have seen. thanks, man!
Omg I can't tell you how mind blowing this video has been for me! I've been studying korean/hangeul for sometime now and decided recently that for my learning style, I needed to be able to read hangeul well in order to learn more vocabulary. I was honestly struggling but this video has cleared up so many things for me. Your Awesome. 😊 Stay motivated my friend. 화이팅 감사합니다!
I absolutely loved this video. I just decided to learn Korean to broaden my general worldview and this gave me a fantastic place to start
Bro, I'm a few years late but this video totally melted my brain! I started learning Korean a year ago, not very consistently but still, and it's the first time that I really understood what consonants sound when at the top and at the bottom of the syllables... I feel so dumb, but now I know.
Thanks Bro!
this helped so much dude, i didn't even know that there were dual pronunciations for the consonants until i watched this
Not me changing my keyboard to Korean lmao
this video explained more than some korean courses in just 20 min, thanks man
and it made things a lot easier and not scary...hope there's a video where you explain sound change rules because others also made that complicated..
omg yes please keep making how to's for Korean I learned so much and you simplify it really well
Honestly, this was such a good, comprehensive video. It's explained thoroughly in detail with visuals too, I'd definitely recommend it for a complete beginner and a learner who wants to brush up on their basics! 💯
this gotta be the most detailed and specific well explained korean video i’ve ever watched this helped me so much
I've been learning hangul for some time now because there were some consonants that I just couldn't understand but with this video is the best I've seen. Thanks so much!!
This video was so good at explaining how to read the words and sound them out I never truly knew the consonants has names and by now knowing their names this made it so much easier!! No truly cause saying the names literally tells you how to sound out/say the consonant.
Thank you so much! Now I’m gonna practice writing some words out and trying to say them right
This is one of the best videos to understand Hangul so far! It was so easy to understand and your methodology is spot on. I started to learn Korean a few weeks ago and you clarified most of the questions I had with top & bottom sounds. Thanks for this amazing video!
I just wanted to comment because I watched this video of yours 4 years ago and I REALLY did learn to read Korean in just a few minutes. I was always interested in the language so I decided to watch your video for fun and to this day I enjoy reading Korean. All thanks to you!!
Using the name of the consonant to remember the beginning and ending sounds is a great hack! I’m sure it was designed that way, but I’ve never seen it explained till now!
I’ve been learning Korean quite low-key on and off for four years now, and I never knew that the name of the consonants start and end in the consonant. So cool that it’s made that way, and it makes them easier to remember too
Yoo! You made it super easy for real!🌟
THANKS FOR THE VIDEO❤
This was brilliant! The cadence and detail is amazing!!!! Great Job
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE VIDEO! i started to learn korean through duolingo and i got confused a LOT. THIS REALLY HELPS
I remember watching this video like two weeks ago and since then it has blown up! my blessings to people learning Korean, study hard 😊
Thanks so much for taking the time to make this video! I've tried learning Korean on YT a couple times, and get discouraged, but with this video, I finally have some understanding! Unfortunately, for me, the music in the background competes with what I'm trying to hear and understand though. Still, super appreciative!!
This is so much info in such a short time it's so cool. He wasted no time. And gave such great explanations
This is a GREAT tutorial video on how to understand the Korean alphabet and word structure. Thank you very much! 👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Do you have other Korean tutorial videos like this?
Just found this out today(2yrs late) … but this is exactly what I was looking for, after learning korean consonants and vowels I needed more insight on pronunciation and word structure… I’m glad I found this😭
You are the first Ive heard to mention sounds "on top" or "on bottom" and that just made so many things easier omg. I also see the connection woth the names and their sounds as well, many thanks!
This video was incredibly detailed and I appreciate it, it helped me understand the vowel/consonant rules much more easily
I never comment on any TH-cam videos but your video is so well explained that I really want the algorithm and the people who get to this video to know that this is super high-quality content and that I did learn from all you said. Thank you
for the more "l" like ㄹ, it helps to almost roll it the way one would roll their r's, except with the tongue touching the roof of the mouth. it creates the more r-like sound (and it could be how it's actually pronounced in Korean. It also makes the vowels sound better, because pronouncing the l's that way alters the vowel).
Omg typing them out like that and clearly explaining positioning sounds finally made it click in place for me, I wish anyone else had done that. I only found out by accident that there were pronunciation changes at all, Duolingo doesn't make that clear TT You're a lifesaver!
This is such an amazing and helpful video! Thank you so much for making understanding so easy. Most of the time it´s just "Learn Hangul and kind of figure out on your own how to write letters and words". I always felt stupid for not being able to figure it out, so it feels really nice to finally have a good explanation on how reading letters works. So thank you again :D
Thank you so much!😭
I wanted to learn Korean for so long now.you have a new subscriber bro.🤩
my only goal understanding hangul is to brag I watched K-dramas without sub🤣
jokes aside, great content and easily understandable
I love the speed in which you were going through this. I've been self teaching at least the alphabet but I never knew how to properly read it when it was all put together. I didn't know when for example to express the g or k sound for the first consonants but I knew how to recognize it. Thank you
I have been struggling with Korean pronunciation for a while. But no one has explained the top and bottom sound quite like you have. It's been a journey. Thanks for the clear explanation.
I know I'm 2 years late to the vid but it was super helpful and informative. Thanks for making such a detailed and well explained video.
this was so helpful in terms of top/bottom consonants and although I'm not fond of romanisation of the consonants since they tend to vary a lot between sources, the audio in this video definitely helped me distinguish which consonants are aspirated and voiced. for example if we use ㄷ, ㄸ is a voiced ㄷ, while ㅌ is aspirated I believe. very helpful as it's easy for English speakers like me to confuse these
Thank you this has actually helped me !your videos are less confusing than all the other videos i have watched!
Honestly this has helped so much. I've been trying to learn Korean for a while now but haven't managed to grasp much because I didn't understand the placement of vowels and consonants and how to pronounce them amongst other things and it was a real struggle for me to learn when I couldn't grasp the hangul. This video made everything so much easier and once I have these things memorized then I will be able to learn Korean a lot easier. Thank you so much for this video it was done amazingly💜
Please make more of such videos so that we could learn Korean efficiently
Huh, seems like I'm not the only one to get recommended to your videos in the last few days! I taught myself how to read 한글 probably 8 or 9 years ago by using a flash game, but only recently sat down to actually start learning the Korean language seriously. I've been using TTMIK and Duolingo in conjunction, and I think it's going well, though I am definitely still a beginner. Having learned to read 한글 the way I did, I have been a little unsure if I had the details of how it worked exactly right, and this helped me clear a few things up. Specifically, I can better hear the differences between some of the doubled consonants, and, as embarrassing as it is to say, I didn't know *for sure* how the bottom consonants exactly worked. I just kind of got a feel for how they sounded and should be pronounced by listening to the language a lot while reading along to things like subtitles and lyrics. Having that little bit more confidence that I'm reading correctly will be wonderful going forward.
So yeah, just wanted to drop a thanks for this detailed breakdown!
the tip for learning the consonant sounds with the top and bottom was so helpful
You have the best explanation i have heard on the Korean and you have know idea how thankful I am , really.
Bro you made korean so much easier than I thought it could ever be 💜
Love this !! I was struggling with Duolingo because it taught me the words but not really how to read it and this video really helped
SAME! I sort of just played everything by ear and spammed the audio button for pronounciations
on duolingo u can learn what hes teaching lmfao(its free). u just dont know how to use duolingo.
@@cupidzlvr nah duolingo is going after my family now after I skipped Korean lesson
@@chhkknggts they took my tv.
If you learn the alphabet first, it's not really that bad
The best video on the topic! Thank you so much! What a great teaching skill you have.
THANK YOU SO MUCH! I get so confused when I watch other videos explaining how to learn Korean, but this? This is a very clear! Again, thank you so so so much.
This video is amazing! I do feel like I can really read Korean/Hangul now! I tried to learn via Duelingo, but I was struggling with pronunciation. Now I feel that I know how to read it and pronunciation, Dueling will help with the vocabulary. I really appreciate your video and learning more from you!
I’m so glad I found your channel and this video(very helpful)!! It’s really helpful with my reading in Korean and I didn’t know there were names for the consentants 😮 though I have a horrible memory so I have trouble remembering each sound they make 😭I guess just practice 🤷♀️
Thank you. It was not too long. Fast, but not too long. I learned a few new things. I've been learning Korean for less than a week and I enjoyed this.
This is the best language tutorial video i've ever watched!
Thank you so much! It literally took an hour and now I can type and read simple Korean words with my keyboard!
정말 좋은 영상이네요. 👍👍 설명도 좋고 한국어를 공부하는 사람들에게 많은 도움이 될 것 같아요 ❤❤
I had no idea there can be different pronunciations depending on the placment before; this was very helpful, thank you!!
You just summarized 10 videos I watched 💕 thankss
hi! i'm new in learning korean. currently I'm still searching videos on how beginner can learn the language and fortunately I found your video. thankyou for your clear explanation. your video really helps me to distinguish each letter and how to pronounce them properly. not many videos tell us specifically like how you did. hopefully to see more videos of learning Korean language from you. :)
True 💜❤
3:25 - THIS
I have watched soooo many videos where koreans explained the sound of it. Like if its at the beginning it sounds like L and at the end like r but honestly, when someone pronounced words i have always heard a mix of both and always thought my hearing was just bad af😂 also that he explained bottom consonants was soooo helpful bc i always wondered how to pronounce it right omg i need to share this video to every korean learner i know
😂😂😂😂
So that was fast! 😂 It served as a review for me. I liked how you gave the names of the letters. I had discovered them after a teacher was trying to spell out words for me to write. I loved the pattern that all the names start and end with the character they are naming. King Soejung and his scholars were pretty genius!😮 😊
Omg thank u for creating this. I even downloaded a bunch of apps to learn reading and writing, but the process was way too slow . This was really helpful 👍👍