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Korean Lesson 3: The 5 Double Consonants

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Korean Lesson 3: The 5 Double Consonants

Professor Oh teaches double consonants in the Korean alphabet. We pair them up with the AH vowel and learn how to pronounce them.

Consonant twinsies! Good news: there are only five double consonants to memorize.

double consonants

Some of the characters shown above are actually words.

BAH BBAH means "busy."

BAH BBAH means "busy."

SSAH means "cheap."

SSAH means "cheap."

JJAH means "salty." It can also mean "stingy."

JJAH means "salty." It can also mean "stingy."

To download the following worksheet, right click on your mouse. Then press "Save Image as..." and save to your intended location. Have fun practicing your Korean skills!

lesson 3 worksheet


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Korean Lesson 2: Write the Alphabet

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Korean Lesson 2: Write the Alphabet

Learn how to write the Korean alphabet with Professor Oh:

As explained in the video, there are some fun ways to remember the Korean alphabet. Take the B consonant for example. It looks like a bunny:

Bah.jpg
bah bunny.jpg

The H consonant looks like a person wearing a hat.

ha
haha

The vowels AH, UH, OH and OOH are rotations of the same shape (in red).

The vowels AH, UH, OH and OOH are rotations of the same shape (in red).

The vowels YA, YUH, YO and YOU (in blue) are rotations of the same shared shape as well.

The vowels YA, YUH, YO and YOU (in blue) are rotations of the same shared shape as well.

The last two vowels EU and E (in yellow) are also rotations of the same shape. Look closely and you'll notice that there are only three main shapes in creating Korean vowels!

The last two vowels EU and E (in yellow) are also rotations of the same shape. Look closely and you'll notice that there are only three main shapes in creating Korean vowels!


To download the following worksheets, right click on your mouse. Then press "Save Image as..." and save to your intended location. Have fun practicing your writing skills!

korean lesson 2 worksheet page 1
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