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Nogajun: /* 文字(音節ブロック) */ Corrected sentence

2021-07-06T13:14:58Z

文字(音節ブロック): Corrected sentence

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	==文字(~~音節ブロック~~)==		==文字(音節)==
	韓国語の文字は左から右に向かって書かれ、各音節をブロックのような形で書いて文字を作ります。ブロックの各部分は音を表します。「人」という単語は사람でローマ字表記では「saram」と書き、2つの音節(文字)で構成されます。文字「사」(sa)~~はㅅとㅏで音節ブロックを作り、次の「람」~~(ram)~~はㄹとㅏとㅁで音節を作ります。以下の図は、単語に含まれる韓国語の各音に近い音を示しています。また、韓国語では文字~~(音節)の周りにボックスは書きません。これは説明のためのものです。		韓国語の文字は左から右に向かって書かれ、各[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%9F%B3%E7%AF%80 音節]をブロックのような形で書いて文字を作ります。ブロックの各部分は音を表します。「人」という単語は사람でローマ字表記では「saram」と書き、2文字(音節)で構成されます。文字「사」(sa)はㅅとㅏで音節を作り、次の「람」(ram)はㄹとㅏとㅁで音節を作ります。以下の図は、単語に含まれる韓国語のそれぞれの音に近い音を示しています。また、韓国語では文字(音節)の周りにボックスは書きません。これは説明のためのものです。
	[[File:사람.png\|center]]		[[File:사람.png\|center]]

	韓国語の音節は、最初の子音(初声)、中間の母音(中声)、およびオプションの最後の子音(終声)~~のブロックで構成されます。音節ブロック~~(文字)は少なくとも1つの子音と1つの母音の'''2つの部分'''~~で構成されます。レッスンでは、ステップ2、3、4は子音と水平の母音を持つ文字と子音と1つの垂直の母音を持つ文字に焦点を当てます~~(以下、参照)。ステップ5では最終的な子音の概念を紹介し、ステップ6では濃音の文字を紹介します。		韓国語の音節は、最初の子音(初声)、中間の母音(中声)、およびオプションの最後の子音(終声)のブロックで構成されます。文字(音節)は少なくとも1つの子音と1つの母音の'''2つの部分'''で構成されます。レッスンのステップ2、3、4では、左右に子音と母音を書く文字と上下に子音と母音を書く文字に焦点を当てます(以下、参照)。ステップ5では最終的な子音の概念を紹介し、ステップ6では濃音の文字を紹介します。
	[[File:Syllable blocks1.png\|center]]		[[File:Syllable blocks1.png\|center]]

	また、母音だけ書く場合は、無声で何もないことを表す役割も持つ子音[[ㅇ]]を付けて書くことに注意してください。それはなぜでしょうか?陰と陽の概念で考えてみるとよいでしょう。母音ㅏを書きたい場合、子音の位置に無声であることを表すㅇを使い、아と書く必要があります。これを簡単に覚えるには、ㅇをゼロと考えると良いでしょう。以下はその他の例です。		また、母音だけ書く場合は、無声で何もないことを表す役割も持つ子音[[ㅇ]]を付けて書くことに注意してください。それはなぜでしょうか?陰と陽の概念で考えてみるとよいでしょう。母音ㅏを書きたい場合、子音の位置に無声であることを表すㅇを使い아と書く必要があります。これを簡単に覚えるには、ㅇをゼロと考えると良いでしょう。以下はその他の例です。
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Nogajun: Added the first, middle, and final voices used in Japan

2021-07-06T02:01:17Z

Added the first, middle, and final voices used in Japan

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	==文字(音節ブロック)==		==文字(音節ブロック)==
	韓国語の文字は左から右に向かって書かれ、各音節をブロックのような形で書いて文字を作ります。ブロックの各部分は音を表します。「人」という単語は사람で、ローマ字表記では「saram」と書き、2つの音節(文字)で構成されます。文字「사」(sa)はㅅとㅏで音節ブロックを作り、次の「람」(ram)はㄹとㅏとㅁで音節を作ります。以下の図は、単語に含まれる韓国語の各音に近い音を示しています。また、韓国語では文字(音節)の周りにボックスは書きません。これは説明のためのものです。		韓国語の文字は左から右に向かって書かれ、各音節をブロックのような形で書いて文字を作ります。ブロックの各部分は音を表します。「人」という単語は사람でローマ字表記では「saram」と書き、2つの音節(文字)で構成されます。文字「사」(sa)はㅅとㅏで音節ブロックを作り、次の「람」(ram)はㄹとㅏとㅁで音節を作ります。以下の図は、単語に含まれる韓国語の各音に近い音を示しています。また、韓国語では文字(音節)の周りにボックスは書きません。これは説明のためのものです。
	[[File:사람.png\|center]]		[[File:사람.png\|center]]

	~~韓国語の音節は、最初の子音、中間の母音、およびオプションの最後の子音のブロックで構成されます。音節ブロック~~(文字)は少なくとも1つの子音と1つの母音の'''2つの部分'''で構成されます。レッスンでは、ステップ2、3、4は子音と水平の母音を持つ文字と子音と1つの垂直の母音を持つ文字に焦点を当てます(以下、参照)。ステップ5では最終的な子音の概念を紹介し、ステップ6では濃音の文字を紹介します。		韓国語の音節は、最初の子音(初声)、中間の母音(中声)、およびオプションの最後の子音(終声)のブロックで構成されます。音節ブロック(文字)は少なくとも1つの子音と1つの母音の'''2つの部分'''で構成されます。レッスンでは、ステップ2、3、4は子音と水平の母音を持つ文字と子音と1つの垂直の母音を持つ文字に焦点を当てます(以下、参照)。ステップ5では最終的な子音の概念を紹介し、ステップ6では濃音の文字を紹介します。
	[[File:Syllable blocks1.png\|center]]		[[File:Syllable blocks1.png\|center]]

Nogajun: fix next link

2021-07-02T12:45:35Z

fix next link

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Nogajun: Re-translated by a Japanese native speaker

2021-07-02T12:44:42Z

Re-translated by a Japanese native speaker

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DigitalSoju at 01:46, 4 October 2010

2010-10-04T01:46:44Z

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	Also note if you want to write only a vowel, it must be written with the consonant [[ㅇ]], which acts as a silent placeholder for the consonant position. Why? Think of the ying and the yang concept. If one wants to write the vowel ㅏ, they would have to write it as 아 with ㅇ being a silent placeholder for the consonant position. An easy way to remember this is to think of the ㅇ as a zero. More examples below:		Also note if you want to write only a vowel, it must be written with the consonant [[ㅇ]], which acts as a silent placeholder for the consonant position. Why? Think of the ying and the yang concept. If one wants to write the vowel ㅏ, they would have to write it as 아 with ㅇ being a silent placeholder for the consonant position. An easy way to remember this is to think of the ㅇ as a zero. More examples below:
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	! Original vowel		! Original vowel
	! Written by itself		! Written by itself

Xaghce: /* Why Learn the Korean Alphabet? */

2010-08-19T08:19:16Z

Why Learn the Korean Alphabet?

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	==~~Why Learn the Korean Alphabet?~~==		==なぜ韓国の文字を覚える？==
	Some people feel that learning Romanized Korean is sufficient and do not realize how much it holds them back from becoming better at Korean. Below are some simple reasons why Korean Romanization is bad.		カタカナで韓国語を勉強するのが十分だと思ている人もいますが、韓国語を上達するにはそれはどれほど足止めいなるのかをわからないのです。下にカタカナで韓国語を表すの弱点を説明します。


			*'''日本語の発音は韓国語の発音とは異なる''' ハングルで日本語を覚えようとしたらおかしいでしょう？特に韓国語にない「ざ、ず、ぜ、ぞ」や「つ」や「ふ」などの発音は韓国語では表すこともできないですね。同じように、カタカナで韓国語を表そうとしたら日本語にない発音は表せないです。このため、日本語を覚えようとすると、日本語の文字を覚えた方がいいです。韓国語を覚えようとしたらハングルを覚えないと行けないのです。

			*'''カタカナで韓国語を書くのは誤解されやすい'''
			**プレーズブックなどのカタカナ化韓国語を使おうとしたら、発音は大はずれになります。例えば、「ハングル」という言葉もそのままカタカナのように発音したら通じない可能性が高いです。最後の「グル」の所は「글」の発音を表そうとしているけど、この発音は日本語にも、英語にもないです。カタカナを見て、「グル」は「구루」か「그르」か「글」などのどっちかを表しているのを判断できない為、　韓国語を話して会話したいと思ったら、文字を覚えて、「한글」として発音するしかないのです。
			**ローマ字で表すことも正しくできません。実は、韓国語をローマ字表記法はいくつかあります。。ただし、表記法によって、同じ言葉でも違う表示になります。例をいうと、オリンピック・フィギュアスケート選手「キム・ヨナ」「Kim Yuna」（김연아）は普通の表記法を使っていなくて、もっと英語の発音と似ているスペルを選びました。前の表記法通りに書いていると思われたら、「yu」は「ㅕ」ではなく「ㅠ」を表すので「ユナ」の発音になります。

	*'''English sounds and Korean sounds are not the same.''' Would it make sense to try to learn English using the Korean alphabet? Especially when there are no F, V, and Z sounds in Korean? Obviously Korean does not contain all the sounds of English, and in the same sense, English does not contain all the sounds of Korean. Therefore the English alphabet cannot accurately represent the sounds of Korean. If one wants to learn English, one should learn the English alphabet and its sounds. In the same sense, if one wants to learn Korean, one should learn the Korean alphabet and its sounds.
	*'''Korean Romanization is misleading and ambiguous.'''
	**If one has no experience with Korean at all and uses a book with travel phrases with Romanized Korean, the pronunciation will be totally off. For example, how would you pronounce the Romanized word 'neon' ? Like 'ni-yon' or closer to 'nun'? The pronunciation is closer to 'nun' but how would you know that when it is spelled like the English word 'neon?'
	**There are various Romanization systems and sometimes it is hard to know which system one is using. For example, the gold medal Olympic skater "Kim Yuna" (김연아) is not romanized in the traditional way, but is instead spelled closer to its English pronunciation. If it were assumed it was from the Revised Romanization System, it would sound like Yoona, not Yuna since yu represents ㅠ not ㅕ.
	**There is no such sounds as Woo and Yi and it is impossible to write in Korean, yet sometimes the sound ㅜ gets spelled as Woo and 이 gets spelled as Yi.

	For more reasons, see: [[Romanization#Problems]].		For more reasons, see: [[Romanization#Problems]].

	==Brief History==		==Brief History==
	''See full article at [[Wikipedia:Origin_of_Hangul\|The Origin of Hangeul]]''		''See full article at [[Wikipedia:Origin_of_Hangul\|The Origin of Hangeul]]''

Xaghce: /* Introduction */

2010-08-19T06:20:40Z

Introduction

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	==Introduction==		==Introduction==
	[[File:Recorded by.jpg\|right\|thumb\|250px\|link=http://www.talktomeinkorean.com\|Hyunwoo and Mikyung - Steps 2, 3<br>Seokjin and Kyoung-eun: Steps 4, 5, 6<br>http://www.talktomeinkorean.com ]]		[[File:Recorded by.jpg\|right\|thumb\|250px\|link=http://www.talktomeinkorean.com\|Hyunwoo and Mikyung - Steps 2, 3<br>Seokjin and Kyoung-eun: Steps 4, 5, 6<br>http://www.talktomeinkorean.com ]]
	'''ようこそ。''' 日本語の「ひらがな／かたかな」みたいに、「ハングル」は韓国語の特徴の文字を表す言葉です。２４文字しかないので、（ローマ字より少ない！）基礎は１時間ぐらいに覚えることは出来ます。韓国語を正しく発音をするにはハングル (한글)を覚える必要があります。日本語より韓国語は発音が多く、カタカナ、またははローマ字で表すのはうまく出来ません。もっと詳しい説明ほしい方は [[romanization/ja\|romanization]] を参考してください。ここでは６ステップでハングルを覚えるためにレッスンを用意しています。このレッスンは「Korean Wiki Project」と [http://www.talktomeinkorean.com TalktomeinKorean.com]　の共同プロジェクトです。 We have been looking for the right voices to represent the Hangeul sounds and they volunteered time from their busy schedule to move this project forward. We are very thankful for their effort and support.		'''ようこそ。''' 日本語の「ひらがな／かたかな」みたいに、「ハングル」は韓国語の特徴の文字を表す言葉です。２４文字しかないので、（ローマ字より少ない！）基礎は１時間ぐらいに覚えることは出来ます。韓国語を正しく発音をするにはハングル (한글)を覚える必要があります。日本語より韓国語は発音が多く、カタカナ、またははローマ字で表すのはうまく出来ません。もっと詳しい説明ほしい方は [[romanization/ja\|romanization]] を参考してください。ここでは６ステップでハングルを覚えるためにレッスンを用意しています。このレッスンは「Korean Wiki Project」と [http://www.talktomeinkorean.com TalktomeinKorean.com]　の共同プロジェクトです。ハングルの音声録音するためにふさわしい声を探していた時に、彼らこのプロジェクトを進化するためにボランティアーとして手伝っていただきました。彼らの努力とサポートに、私たちは非常に感謝しています。

	''~~A seventh step will also be created in the future to help you with advanced pronunciation.~~''		''上級発音の役に立つステップ７は近いうちに仕上げる予定です。''
	{{-}}		{{-}}

	==Why Learn the Korean Alphabet?==		==Why Learn the Korean Alphabet?==
	Some people feel that learning Romanized Korean is sufficient and do not realize how much it holds them back from becoming better at Korean. Below are some simple reasons why Korean Romanization is bad.		Some people feel that learning Romanized Korean is sufficient and do not realize how much it holds them back from becoming better at Korean. Below are some simple reasons why Korean Romanization is bad.

Xaghce at 12:13, 17 August 2010

2010-08-17T12:13:09Z

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	==Introduction==		==Introduction==
	[[File:Recorded by.jpg\|right\|thumb\|250px\|link=http://www.talktomeinkorean.com\|Hyunwoo and Mikyung - Steps 2, 3<br>Seokjin and Kyoung-eun: Steps 4, 5, 6<br>http://www.talktomeinkorean.com ]]		[[File:Recorded by.jpg\|right\|thumb\|250px\|link=http://www.talktomeinkorean.com\|Hyunwoo and Mikyung - Steps 2, 3<br>Seokjin and Kyoung-eun: Steps 4, 5, 6<br>http://www.talktomeinkorean.com ]]
	'''~~Welcome.~~''' ~~Unlike Japanese and Chinese, the basics of the Korean script can be learned in a matter of hours. The only way to accurately pronounce Korean words is to use the Korean script, Hangeul~~ (한글)~~. English and Korean do not have perfectly matching sounds, so using~~ [[romanization]] is mostly a bad idea. On the following pages we have laid out a six-step lesson plan and have employed various methods to help others learn the Korean script quickly and effectively. This is a joint project between the Korean Wiki ~~Project and~~ [http://www.talktomeinkorean.com TalktomeinKorean.com]. We have been looking for the right voices to represent the Hangeul sounds and they volunteered time from their busy schedule to move this project forward. We are very thankful for their effort and support.		'''ようこそ。''' 日本語の「ひらがな／かたかな」みたいに、「ハングル」は韓国語の特徴の文字を表す言葉です。２４文字しかないので、（ローマ字より少ない！）基礎は１時間ぐらいに覚えることは出来ます。韓国語を正しく発音をするにはハングル (한글)を覚える必要があります。日本語より韓国語は発音が多く、カタカナ、またははローマ字で表すのはうまく出来ません。もっと詳しい説明ほしい方は [[romanization/ja\|romanization]] を参考してください。ここでは６ステップでハングルを覚えるためにレッスンを用意しています。このレッスンは「Korean Wiki Project」と [http://www.talktomeinkorean.com TalktomeinKorean.com]　の共同プロジェクトです。 We have been looking for the right voices to represent the Hangeul sounds and they volunteered time from their busy schedule to move this project forward. We are very thankful for their effort and support.

	''A seventh step will also be created in the future to help you with advanced pronunciation.''		''A seventh step will also be created in the future to help you with advanced pronunciation.''

DigitalSoju at 11:06, 16 August 2010

2010-08-16T11:06:55Z

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DigitalSoju: Needs Japanese translation

2010-08-16T09:13:05Z

Needs Japanese translation

New page

{{HangeulTop/ja}}

==Introduction==
[[File:Recorded by.jpg|right|thumb|250px|link=http://www.talktomeinkorean.com|Hyunwoo and Mikyung - Steps 2, 3<br>Seokjin and Kyoung-eun: Steps 4, 5, 6<br>http://www.talktomeinkorean.com ]]
'''Welcome.''' Unlike Japanese and Chinese, the basics of the Korean script can be learned in a matter of hours. The only way to accurately pronounce Korean words is to use the Korean script, Hangeul (한글). English and Korean do not have perfectly matching sounds, so using [[romanization]] is mostly a bad idea. On the following pages we have laid out a six-step lesson plan and have employed various methods to help others learn the Korean script quickly and effectively. This is a joint project between the Korean Wiki Project and [http://www.talktomeinkorean.com TalktomeinKorean.com]. We have been looking for the right voices to represent the Hangeul sounds and they volunteered time from their busy schedule to move this project forward. We are very thankful for their effort and support.

''A seventh step will also be created in the future to help you with advanced pronunciation.''
{{-}}
==Why Learn the Korean Alphabet?==
Some people feel that learning Romanized Korean is sufficient and do not realize how much it holds them back from becoming better at Korean. Below are some simple reasons why Korean Romanization is bad.

*'''English sounds and Korean sounds are not the same.''' Would it make sense to try to learn English using the Korean alphabet? Especially when there are no F, V, and Z sounds in Korean? Obviously Korean does not contain all the sounds of English, and in the same sense, English does not contain all the sounds of Korean. Therefore the English alphabet cannot accurately represent the sounds of Korean. If one wants to learn English, one should learn the English alphabet and its sounds. In the same sense, if one wants to learn Korean, one should learn the Korean alphabet and its sounds.
*'''Korean Romanization is misleading and ambiguous.'''
**If one has no experience with Korean at all and uses a book with travel phrases with Romanized Korean, the pronunciation will be totally off. For example, how would you pronounce the Romanized word 'neon' ? Like 'ni-yon' or closer to 'nun'? The pronunciation is closer to 'nun' but how would you know that when it is spelled like the English word 'neon?'
**There are various Romanization systems and sometimes it is hard to know which system one is using. For example, the gold medal Olympic skater "Kim Yuna" (김연아) is not romanized in the traditional way, but is instead spelled closer to its English pronunciation. If it were assumed it was from the Revised Romanization System, it would sound like Yoona, not Yuna since yu represents ㅠ not ㅕ.
**There is no such sounds as Woo and Yi and it is impossible to write in Korean, yet sometimes the sound ㅜ gets spelled as Woo and 이 gets spelled as Yi.

For more reasons, see: [[Romanization#Problems]].
==Brief History==
''See full article at [[Wikipedia:Origin_of_Hangul|The Origin of Hangeul]]''
[[File:King Sejong.JPG|thumb|right|200px|King Sejong]]
[[Image:Hunmin jeong-eum.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A page from the Hunmin Jeong-eum Eonha]]
Hangeul was introduced under Sejong the Great and finished around 1444. Up until and even after that time, Chinese characters were used as the written language, limiting reading and writing to the royal and government elite. King Sejong wanted Korea to have its own script that could be easily learned by anyone -- even commoners. After its creation, Hangeul was said to be easy enough to learn that a wise man could finish it in the morning and a fool could finish it by night. For this reason there was opposition to Hangeul for a time by Korean aristocrats, believing only those of social superiority should have this special privilege.

Ever since Hangeul was first introduced, it has gone through many phases of refinement. Korean went through a large reformation during the Japanese colonization in the early 1900's, removing many of the [[Archaic and obsolete letters|now-archaic letters]] and changing several rules.

Hangeul is considered easy to learn by many people because most of the similar shaped letters have a similar sound as well, making it easy to see the relationship and making it easy to memorize.
{{-}}

==Basics==

===Consonants===
There are 14 basic consonants in Korean and five double consonants which are formed from the basic consonants ㄱ, ㄷ, ㅂ, ㅅ, and ㅈ respectively.

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| Double consonants
|[[File:Double consonants.png]]

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===Vowels===
There are eight basic vowel sounds along with 13 other complex vowel sounds. These complex vowels are called diphthongs, which are combinations of no more than two vowels. Whereas multiple vowels are normally voiced in separate syllables, each vowel composing a diphthong is voiced together within one syllable. As you can also see just from looking, most diphthongs are combinations of two basic vowels.

All basic vowels are created by three types of strokes. The first stroke symbolizes Heaven and is a dot (•), though in modern Korean this dot is just a simple, short stroke. The next type of stroke symbolizes earth and is a horizontal line (ㅡ). The final stroke symbolizes man (ㅣ). These symbols are combined to create the Korean vowels, for example | plus • makes ㅏ.
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|Basic vowels
|[[File:Basic vowels.png]]
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|Complex vowels
|[[File:Complex vowels.png]]
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==Syllable Blocks==
Korean words are written from left to right and words are formed by writing each syllable in a block-like shape. Each letter inside the block forms a sound. The word for 'person' is 사람, romanized as 'saram,' and consists of two syllables. The letters ㅅ + ㅏ make the syllable block of 사 ('sa'), while ㄹ + ㅏ + ㅁ make the next syllable 람 ('ram'). The picture below will show you a sound approximation of each of the Korean sounds contained in the word. Also note that written Korean doesn't actually draw boxes around the syllables, this is just for illustrative purposes.
[[File:사람.png|center]]

Korean syllables are organized into blocks of letters that have a beginning consonant, a middle vowel, and an optional final consonant. A syllable block is composed of '''a minimum of two letters''', consisting of at least one consonant and one vowel. In our lesson plan, Steps 2, 3 and 4 will focus on just words with a consonant and one horizontal vowel, and words with a consonant and one vertical vowel (see below). Step 5 will introduce the final consonant concept and step 6 will show syllables that can consist of double vowels.
[[File:Syllable blocks1.png|center]]

Also note if you want to write only a vowel, it must be written with the consonant [[ㅇ]], which acts as a silent placeholder for the consonant position. Why? Think of the ying and the yang concept. If one wants to write the vowel ㅏ, they would have to write it as 아 with ㅇ being a silent placeholder for the consonant position. An easy way to remember this is to think of the ㅇ as a zero. More examples below:
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! Original vowel
! Written by itself
|-
| ㅏ
| 아
|-
| ㅐ
| 애
|-
| ㅓ
| 어
|-
| ㅔ
| 에
|-
| ㅗ
| 오
|-
| ㅜ
| 우
|-
| ㅡ
| 으
|-
| ㅣ
| 이
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==Writing==
As already mentioned, Korean words are written from left-to-right and top-to-bottom in block-like forms. In the next few sections you will learn how to write each letter and its appropriate stroke order. While stroke order may not seem important at first, it is important when writing Korean naturally and helps others to be able to read your handwriting. The shapes and size of the letters can be stretched or compressed to fill in the block space and to make it evenly sized with other all other syllables. In the example below, you can see how the size and shape of the letter ㄱ changes to fill in this imaginary block (highlighted in sky blue).
[[File:Sentence block example.png|center]]

Now we are going to start learning some letters, which are called [[jamo]]. Please note that, in order to view these lessons in their entirety, you must have [http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ Adobe Flash Player] installed. This will allow you to play all included audio files on the following pages. Don't worry, you more than likely have it installed on your computer already.

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