Welcome! I am Teacher Nova. Before you even start learning Hangul, there’s one simple tool you need on your phone: a Korean Keyboard. This is the very first step — even before the 4 Golden Rules — because you’ll want to practice typing every single letter you learn over the next 7 days. Installing it … Read More →
Welcome to Day 2 of the Korean Alphabet Master series! Yesterday you learned the vertical vowels — today, you will learn the 5 Basic Horizontal Vowels in Korean: ㅡ, ㅗ, ㅛ, ㅜ, ㅠ. These horizontal vowels are called “horizontal” because the vowel is written lying flat, right below the consonant. Once you finish these 5 … Read More →
Welcome to Day 5 of the Korean Alphabet Master series! Today, you will learn the 5 Double Consonants (Ssang-jaeum, 쌍자음): ㄲ, ㄸ, ㅃ, ㅆ, ㅉ. Good news for Filipino learners — these Double Consonants are actually very close to sounds you already know from Tagalog! Once you connect these sounds to your own language, you’ll … Read More →
Welcome to Day 6 of the Korean Alphabet Master series! You’ve mastered all 19 consonants — now let’s return to vowels and learn the first 4 Double Vowels: ㅐ, ㅒ, ㅔ, ㅖ. These are called “double” vowels because each one is a combination of two basic vowels merged into a single sound. Here’s good news: … Read More →
Welcome to the FINAL day of the Korean Alphabet Master series! Today, you will finish with the last 7 Complex Double Vowels: ㅘ, ㅝ, ㅙ, ㅚ, ㅞ, ㅟ, ㅢ. These are called “complex” because most of them combine a horizontal vowel (ㅗ or ㅜ) with another vowel to create a gliding “w” sound. Once you … Read More →
Welcome back! I am Teacher Nova. Up until now, you’ve learned how to combine a consonant and a vowel into a syllable block. Today, we focus on the Final Consonant, which we call “Batchim” (받침) in Korean. To truly read Korean words like a pro, you must know how to “close” the sound of a … Read More →
Welcome back! I am Teacher Nova. You’ve already learned how Batchim works with simple words like 산, 강, and 문. But here’s a surprising fact: Korean has 27 possible Batchim spellings — yet when you actually speak, they only ever make 7 Representative Sounds. Today, we’ll unlock this secret so that reading becomes much easier … Read More →