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Hardcore Korean

A character in Korean can be a combination of more than two parts.
	Let's take a look at the following sentence:

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	<tbody>
		<tr data-item="426798"></tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

 There are a couple of new characters here, let's take a look.

<ul>
 <li>
 릭 consists of ㄹ(r/l), ㅣ(i), and ㄱ(k/g) and provides a rik sound. 
 에릭 = Erik, and the 이 marks 에릭 as the subject of the sentence.
 </li>
 <li>
 뭐 consists of ㅁ(m), ㅜ(u), and ㅓ(eo) and provides a mwo sound. 
 뭐 = what
 </li>
 <li>
 해 consists of ㅎ(h) and ㅐ(ae) and provides a hae sound. 
 하다 = to do, and conjugates into 해요
 </li>
</ul>

 A character can even be composed of four parts. See the following sentence:

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	<tbody>
		<tr data-item="426799"></tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

 Here we have a new verb, 읽다, which means to read.
 The character 읽 consists of four parts.

<ul>
 <li>ㅇ, marking that there is no initial consonant (the word starts with a vowel)</li>
 <li>ㅣ(the i sound)</li>
 <li>ㄹ(the r/l sound)</li>
 <li>ㄱ(the k/g sound)</li>
</ul>

 All these symbols may be a bit much at the moment, but if you just stick with with us a little while longer, it will feel natural soon.
 That's a promise!


 In the next lesson we'll learn how to type these Korean characters, but for now let's get started learning to read some new words!

Lesson 3

adjective

adverb

conjunction

counter

determiner

interrogative adverb

interrogative determiner

noun

numeral

particle

postposition

pronoun

proper noun

sentence

sentence ending

verb

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Reporting a traffic accident

Hiking with friends

Volunteering at a community event

Resolving a failed parcel delivery

Going to a live concert

Choosing a coworking space

Question	Answer
에릭	Erik erik
뭐	what mwo
하다	to do hada
에릭이 뭐 해요?	What is Erik doing? erigi mwo haeyo?
읽다	to read ilgda
에릭이 읽어요	Erik is reading. erigi ilgeoyo

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