#korean structure

Hey anon! It must’ve because I didn’t receive an ask related to this! Tumblr continuously eats the asks that people send to me…sometimes I will get 30 ask notifications in a day and only see ten or even one. So, if people are sending asks to me and they aren’t being answered: 1) I’ve deleted them because they’re personal or unrelated to my blog, 2) I’ve answered them already, or 3) (which is the most likely) Tumblr ate it… 

To my followers, remember to use the search bar on the top of my blog to see if I’ve already answered your question, also check my FAQ, linked for your convenience :)

As for your question, Anon! This kind of took me a while to write, so bear with me! This will be a long post, so I will insert a “read more” button:

In Korean, as you know, we have syllable blocks. I won’t get into a pronunciation guide at this moment but think of this as Part 1 to a two-part series of syllable structure in terms of Hangul (한글). Go to Batchim (받침) for more on the lower part of syllables.

The syllable structure is actually a pretty basic need-to-know when

it comes to understanding written Korean and Hangul (한글). Please reference the above

Hangul (한글) link if you are unfamiliar with the Korean alphabet.

For the most basic form, let’s start with something easy. Korean syllables ONLY start with CONSONANTS and follow always

with VOWELS. Here is an example:

EXCEPTIONS: Of course you have 이응 (“ㅇ”)

which can be classified silent if it is before a vowel in a syllabic structure.

It is STILL a consonant even though it’s null. The same could be said for

히읗 (“ㅎ”) when if follows after a consonant in the next syllable (remember: this is about structure and how the syllables are written)

Here is another example of basic syllable structure:

Sometimes syllable structures can get a little tricky when they have more than two characters. But remember this:

Syllables start with a CONSONANT in position 1 (ONE), followed by a VOWEL in position 2 (TWO). It can end there in position 2, but a syllable structure will always have a CONSONANT in positions 3 (THREE) and 4 (FOUR). 

먹 from 먹다 - to eat

목 - neck / throat

To finish these are the last syllabic structure you need to know for Korean:

왕 - king

As you can see, any dipthong can count as two vowels! You can see it as one or two, but know that a dipthong can take the spot of two places.

싫 from 싫다 - to dislike / hate

I really hope that this helped, anon! Sorry for prematurely posting it! Happy Learning :) (and stay tuned for part two on sound change!)

Time to change the style of the way i try to explain things really. 

Instead of giving you English translation of sentences of what they  mean in Korean, I want to make sure you understand it yourselves.

Instead of translating I will show you when to use it. These can be meaning in the past tense but I think it is much easier to use it in the future tense, There other ways to use If in the past tense

다 보면 = If you keep, continue. V

톰은 이렇게 한국말을 열심히 공부하다 보면 미래에는 한국인처럼 유창히 얘기할수 있을것 같아요. In speech ‘을’ can be taken out

I think if tom continues study Korean hard like this, In the future he will be able to talk Korean fluently like native Korean person.

In this case

Speaker: If tom does continues something, In the future he can do this.