Try it · 01
In 무, where does the vowel ㅜ go?
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See this question in the courseIntroducing Korean · A course for beginners
Learn to read Hangul.
Every block is one syllable.
Learn the Hangul letters and how they stack into square blocks. Then move on to polite sentences, everyday words and a nine-line story.
Free course · Taught from English · Zaban account required
5 short sections23 pages to explore1 first story
Course outline
From Hangul blocks to a nine-line story
The course starts with how letters fit into blocks and teaches the letters themselves, then shows how to read any block and how sounds shift between blocks. From there it moves to polite sentences and 23 everyday words, and ends with a short story you read in Korean.
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Alphabet cards
An alphabet made in 1443
so anyone could learn to read.
The course teaches Hangul on 33 letter cards. Some shapes show how the sound is made: ㅁ is a square like a closed mouth, and ㄴ is your tongue touching behind your top teeth. Each new letter comes with a word that uses it.
ㅏaa, as in father
Word cards
엄마 means mom.
You say it eomma.
A word card shows each block with its sound above it and the letters it is built from below it. Many cards add a reason to remember the word: eomma is close to mama, and 버스 is the English word bus.
Cards are added to your collection as you reach them in the course. You can go back and practise them at any time.
Practice questions
Try two questions from the course
These two questions come straight from the course pages. Choose an answer and you will see if it is right.
Try it · 02
Where does the verb go?
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Begin with one page
Your first Korean story starts here.
No Korean needed to begin.
Just a little curiosity, and a Zaban account.
Free course · Your place is kept as you go