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Learning to read Korean

PostPosted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 9:26 pm
by Sheenar
Hey guys,
I've been trying to learn how to read (mostly trying to learn how to speak) Korean for a while.
Today I received a Korean to English dictionary that one of the students left here when she went back to Korea and was told I could keep it. I was thumbing through it and I wish I could read Korean. I can read the English definitions of the words, but not the Korean lettering/symbols.

I know people around here probably have more experience with Japanese, but I'm wondering if anyone can teach me the basics of how to read Korean? I really have a strong desire to learn and I am willing to practice.

PostPosted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 11:06 am
by ClosetOtaku
The Korean alphabet is actually one of the easiest to learn of all the alphabets; it is nowhere near as complicated as hiragana/katakana/kanji. Words sound as they are spelled.

I was able to teach myself hangul (the alphabet) within a matter of weeks; my college-age son learned it in five days. There are a few websites that will walk you through -- I suggest trying this one:

http://www.langintro.com/kintro/first.htm

If you have any questions, please ask!

PostPosted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 11:51 am
by Mr. SmartyPants
My friend was showing me Japanese... HOOOOOOLY CRAP it's annoying.

Korean is fairly easy compared to Japanese. I can help you out a bit. =)

PostPosted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 4:32 pm
by Sheenar
Thank you, you guys...I'll try that website and see if I can make sense of it.
It might be a bit before I can get to it though ..my American Sign Language class is starting to get crazy -so I need to practice that first so I don't get too far behind (my professor is deaf and sometimes he signs too quickly or I just plain have no idea what he's saying).