Learning The First Korean Course on Coursera Week 1

Nama : Ilham Santoso Putra

Class : 3SA06

NPM : 10620102

Learning The First Korean Course on Coursera Week 1

    I learned Korean from scratch when I enrolled in Yonsei University's The First Korean course on Coursera. The instructor informed us about Hangeul, the Korean script. A syllable in Hangeul is made up of consonants and vowels. In the 15th century, King Sejong the Great founded Hangeul. At the time, there were 28 letters in this collection, which was given the moniker Hun Min Jeong, which translates as a virtuous voice to teach people. However, Hangeul today only comprises 24 fundamental letters, including 10 vowels and 14 consonants.

1.1. 10 Basic Vowel

    A, Eo, O, U, Eu, Ya, Yeo, Yo, Yu, and Yi are the ten fundamental vowels of the Korean script, which I first learnt about. A, Eo, O, U, Eu, and I are the first-derived letters. Ya, Yeo, Yo, Yu, and Yi are the second-derived letters. The second-derived letters, known as dipthongs in English, are formed by combining the I sound with the first-derived letters. For instance, the word Ya is created by combining the I sound and the A sound, while the word Yeo is created by combining the I sound and the Eo sound, just as Yo and Yu.

 

After watched the video, I took then I took 1.1 quiz and got a perfect score.

1.2 14 Basic Consonants

    The second session covered the concepts behind the invention of Hangeul's 14 fundamental consonants as well as how to combine the consonants with the ten vowels to form letters. Although there are 17 fundamental consonants that make up the consonants in reality, the three alphabets are no longer in use.

    The basic consonant symbols are represented by the five alphabets in the red rectangle. The contours of the lips create each of those letters. Tree, fire, dirt, metal, and water are their five elements. In other words, each symbol corresponds to a particular vocalization of the sound. The consonant sounds and their placement in the mouth were compared to the five main principles of Eastern philosophy.

    The velar sound ㄱ is produced when the windpipe is blocked by a tongue-like structure. when the actual section of the tongue makes contact with the velum, the soft palate. A tongue contacting the gums of the upper teeth produces the alveolar ㄴ sound. The form of the lips opening after they have pressed is the labial sound mieum. There is a link between the dental sound and teeth. The epiglottis is the gap between the vocal cords, and the glottal sound, which has the form of a throat, is the last consonant sound and is the same sound ng in singing, according to King.

After learning the material I took 1.2 quiz and got a perfect score. 

1.3 Other consonants and vowels

    This section I learn about how to recognize basic, aspirated, and tension sounds as well as how to read dipthongs in Hangeul.

Samples of the sounds Ka, Kha, and K'a to help you identify between them.

    I learned the new vowels which are Ae, E, We, Wi, Yae, Ye, Wa, Wae, Wo, We, Eui. Ae is almost pronounced the same like E, Yae is almost pronounced the same like Ye, and Wae is almost pronounced the same like We.

Final steps in this part is I took 1.3 quiz and got a perfect score.

1.4 Syllabels and Final Consonants

    In Hangul, syllables are composed of consonants and vowels and have four distinct forms. The first form has vowels. Vowels alone cannot create syllables. Therefore, vowels like "a" or "an" are used as the first consonant, followed by the voiceless cycle.

    Finally, I ordered the words that are pronounced as "Kang," which are made up of a consonant, a vowel, and a consonant. The letter G is a consonant, so we place the letter A next to it. Because there is another consonant in the word, we place the last consonant, which is pronounced as NG, below G and A. This word is therefore pronounced "Kang."

Last, I took the 1.4 quiz in the last part of the lessons.