Consonants, part 1

Many consonants are drawn from the shape your mouth makes when you say them. Once you see the picture, they are hard to forget.

Here each consonant is shown with ㅏ, so ㄱ becomes 가 (ga). Tap a card to hear it.

Tap each letter to hear it

Read your first words

You already know every letter in these words. Try reading each one before you look at the romanization.

• 나무namu · tree 🔊
• 바다bada · sea 🔊
• 가수gasu · singer 🔊
• 나라nara · country 🔊
• 머리meori · head, hair 🔊
• 어머니eomeoni · mother 🔊
• 고기gogi · meat 🔊
• 두부dubu · tofu 🔊

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