Self introduction

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Now you can write and read in Korean. Let's learn some simple sentences that you can use to talk about yourself. Read each sentence out loud by yourself before clicking on it to hear the correct pronunciation. When reading phrases, also pay attention to the word order in the sentence. Remember, the better you learn the word order in Korean sentences, the faster you will be able to start speaking Korean.

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Hello!

제 이름은 포입니다.

My name is Po. (제 - my, 이름 - name)

저는 판다입니다.

I am a panda. (저 - I, 판다 - panda)

저는 중국에서 왔습니다.

I came from China. (중국 - China, ~에서 - from, 오다 - to come)

저는 스무 살입니다.

I am 20 years old. (살 - years old)

농담입니다.

It's a joke. (농담 - joke)

저도 제 나이를 잘 모릅니다.

I don't know my age either. (~도 - also, 나이 - age, 잘 - well, 모르다 - don't know)

제 아버지는 미스터 핑입니다.

My father is Mister Ping. (아버지 - father)

그는 거위입니다.

He's a goose. (거위 - goose)

제 아버지는 요리를 아주 잘 합니다.

My father makes food very well. (요리 - dish, 아주 - very, 하다 - to do)

제 아버지는 식당의 주인입니다.

My father is the owner of a restaurant. (식당 - restaurant, 주인 - owner)

저는 쿵푸를 좋아합니다.

I like kung fu. (좋아하다 - to like)

제 쿵푸 선생님의 이름은 마스터 쉬푸입니다.

My kung fu teacher's name is Master Shifu. (선생님 - teacher)

저는 슬플 때 밥을 많이 먹습니다.

I eat a lot of food when I'm sad. (슬프다 - to be sad, 밥 - food, 많이 - a lot, 먹다 - to eat)

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Vowels: a, e, i, o, u

Consonants: b, c, d, f, g, h, j

Syllable: Bra-zil (2 syllables), Ar-gen-ti-na (4), In-di-a (3), Viet-nam (2), thin-king (2), beau-ti-ful (3), good (1)

Batchim: is a final consonant in a syllable. → Bra-zil (batchim: 'l'), Ar-gen-ti-na (batchims: 'r' and 'n'), In-di-a ('n'), Viet-nam ('t', 'm')

Romanization: is a conversion of text (not pronunciation ! ) from different writing system (Korean, Arabic, Russian, etc.) to the Roman (Latin) alphabet.

IPA: is an alphabetic system of phonetic (pronunciation) notation.

Noun: road, user, sister, table, sky

Pronoun: I, my, we, you, they, her

Verb: to go, to study, to think, to feel

Adjective: cold, kind, hungry, curious, expensive

Adverb: quickly, nicely, never, exactly, urgently

Preposition: from, to, on, in, with, till

Conjuction: and, because, if, but, while

Declarative sentence: I learn Korean.

Interrogative sentence: Do you learn Korean?

Imperative sentence: You must learn Korean!

Exclamative sentence: Wow, you learn Korean!

Verb / Adj. stem in Korean: part of a verb or adj. which is left after removing the last syllable -다 ( e.g. 가다 → 가, 예쁘다 → 예쁘, 듣다 → 듣 ).