Reading Korean words... easy-peasy !?

  You can READ some Korean  BUT you never tried.
(and you will  ... wait till you reach the end of the post!). 

Hankul s’escriu morfofonèmicament. Així  태 권 도  té set lletres coreanes

on  cada bloc ha de ser més o menys  de la mateixa mida. 

La primera horitzontal, la segona vertical i tercera vertical. Vegem-lo:

My favourite sport is ...

a 3-syllable,

 7-Korean letter one:

 태 권 도

I can convince some of you  English is a useful tool IF YOU DARE play the 3 games.

Korean is written into “blocks” that make up one syllable. 

Italian ---> MICHELANGELO /mikel.langel.lo/ 

미 켈 란 젤 로 

Spanish ---> MIGUEL ANGEL /migel anxel/

미 겔   앙 헬

GAME 1. Yes-you-can RIDDLE (1): 

If I tell you that Korean is an alphabetic LANGUAGE 

and  the word   바 나 나,  

corresponds to and sounds /banána/.

Can you answer these questions (the average score has been 3/4):

1) What is the symbol for the consonant ?

2) for the vowel ?

3) for the consonant ?

Canine epilogue: 

If you see a dog with a collar around its neck 

with this written inscription:  

바 바

        

4) What's the name of the dog?  answer: ............

CULTURAL NOTE:  

Korean is written into “blocks” that make up one syllable. One block always has exactly one syllable.

Being an Asian language, it looks Asian!

Syllables or characters could look Chinese or Japanese...

but do not get fooled!

It is an alphabetic language... Easy-peasy. 

For my Cultural Introduction (in Catalan),  click here. 

To learn about Korean language (in Catalan), click here. 

Ready for a sort-of-tetris Challenge?

Some time I said to someone that I could make up the equivalence of the Korean letters in my name. Today is the day. 

Tools:  google translator and the sound it provides!

GAME 2.   Renaissance RIDDLE (2): 

 In 6 minutes you can read MIQUEL ANGEL!

I gave you two spelled words with their approx. phonetic transcript:

Italiano ---> MICHELANGELO /mikel.langel.lo/ 

Spanish ---> MIGUEL ANGEL /migel anxel/

INPUT 1. Remember “blocks” that make up one syllable.

 One block always has exactly one syllable. 

Using the 9 guided questions in the Socrates way...

READING only the Italian word in two font types!:

Italiano ---> MICHELANGELO /mikel.langel.lo/ 

미  켈 란 젤  로 

                    미 켈 란 젤 로

a) can you discover the five syllables in Italian?

/mikel.langel.lo/ 

INPUT 2. Sometimes a syllable has two or three elements:

 

b) can you discover the two elements in syllable 1  (mi )  ?

 

                   미 

INPUT 3. Sometimes a syllable has  elements BELOW:

f) can you discover the two elements in syllable 5:  lo

                        로 

d) can you remember 

    the three Korean VOWELS so far in  mi ,  lo and lan?

                i =    .........

               o =   .........

               a =   .........

if  you got more than two correct answers ...

                          you are BRAVE!

Using only the Spanish word:

INPUT 4. Korean interpret as sound /ñ/

Spanish ---> MIGUEL ANGEL /migelañel/

미 겔   앙 헬

e) can you discover the FOUR syllables in it?

f) Watch the two elements BELOW in syllables 2 and 4 

can you discover  it they are vowels or consonants?

              겔    헬

g) can you discover the three elements in syllable 2:  gel

if  you got more than five correct answers ...

                          you are more than BRAVE!

NOW; using both words:

Italian ---> MICHELANGELO 

미 켈 란 젤 로 

Spanish ---> MIGUEL ANGEL 

미 겔   앙 헬

h) can you discover the three elements in syllable 3:  lan

                        란

i) can you remember 

    the two Korean CONSONANTS that are written  

    BELOW in syllables 3 and 2 ( lan and gel ) ?

                n =    .........

                l =   .........

Sorry, we said ONLY 9 questions.

if  you got more than seven correct answers ...

                          you are the Bestest!

Extra Bonus track:

j) is Catalan  ---> MIGUEL ANGEL   (  미 켈 란 젤 로 )

 pronounced as in Italian or in Spanish?

GAME 3. Can you DO this sports  RIDDLE (3): 

My favourite sport is 태 권 도.

My favourite sport is ...

a 3-syllable,

 7-Korean letter one:

 태 권 도

Yes, indeed : __ __ +  __ __ n + __ o

*  GUIDE TO  6   VOWELS:

Next are the basic vowels you will need to know. (Not the double 

Again, do whatever you can to memorize the English representations to help you learn them.

• ㅣ = i
• 
  
• ㅏ = a
• 
  
• ㅓ = eo (Romanized as “eo” -Barbarian the lingüists!)
•                   but it sounds closer to /eh/ in Spanish or  /uh/ in English)
• ㅡ = eu
• ㅜ = u
• ㅗ = o

Catalan  ---> MIGUEL ANGEL

미 켈 란 젤 로

===== =    KEY to Riddle (1):    ======

  바 나 나,   corresponds to and sounds /banána/.

Can you answer these questions (the average score has been 3/4):

1) What is the symbol for the consonant ?   ㅂ

                  2) for the vowel ?                        ㅏ

                          3) for the consonant ?         ㄴ

If you see a dog with a collar around its neck 

with this written inscription ...  바 바

        

4) What's the name of the dog?  ... NANA

===== =    KEY to Renaissance RIDDLE (2): 

is Catalan  ---> MIGUEL ANGEL   (  미 켈 란 젤 로 )

 pronounced like _italian 

===== =    KEY to sport RIDDLE (3): 

My favourite sport is a 3-syllable,  7-Korean letter one:

         태            권           도

       __ __   +    __ __ n  +     __ o

       T  ae    +   Kw o  n  +     D o