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Hey welcome back. Let's do something exciting. Let's start on a new type of building block. So far we have been writing letters pretty much the same order as in English and you might have wondered why I fuss so much about drawing charts. But now we will do something new.



<img src="https://elonstorage.blob.core.windows.net/file/1020607.jpg" alt="syllable block 23" />
Let's look at the vowel o:
ㅗ When it stands at the beginning of a syllable and there for gets the 'O' it looks like a little tree. All the rules that I told you about filling in box 1 and box 2 (see Lesson 1) are still valid, even if the boxes are now aligned differently.

<img src="https://elonstorage.blob.core.windows.net/file/1020608.jpg" alt="syllable block 24" />
오 = o 
Btw o is the sino-korean word for five.
 The u (pronounced 'oe' in shoe looks almost the same but it is upside down. ㅜ So when together with O, they don't touch. 

<img src="https://elonstorage.blob.core.windows.net/file/1020609.jpg" alt="syllable block 25" />
우 = u (oe)
 Why do we suddenly need a different building block? It is the vowels which determine the format. All the vowels we have seen in Lesson 1 and 2 ( a, i, e (ay), ae, aw) always go to the right. O and u (oo) always go beneath. 

<img src="https://elonstorage.blob.core.windows.net/file/1020610.jpg" alt="syllable block 26" />
 How do we read this now? Up left- down left- up right - down right. (just follow your numbers and read one block after the other from left to right.
 That gives us here Block 1 slot 1: no consonant, slot 2: o; Block 2 slot 1: m, slot 2: u = nomu = tree
Let's give it another try.



<img src="https://elonstorage.blob.core.windows.net/file/1020614.jpg" alt="syllable block 27" />
Block 1 : 라 = ra - Block 2: 디 = di Block 3: 오 = o 
라디오 = Radio
Not to difficult, is it? Let's try some more words.

<img src="https://elonstorage.blob.core.windows.net/file/1020615.jpg" alt="syllable block 28" />
Block 1: 우 = u - Block 2: 비 = bi
우비 = ubi = raincoat

<img src="https://elonstorage.blob.core.windows.net/file/1020616.jpg" alt="syllable block 29" />
Block 1: 오 = o - Block 2: 다 = da
오다 = oda = to come

<img src="https://elonstorage.blob.core.windows.net/file/1020617.jpg" alt="syllable block 30" />
mu = radish (a vegetable)

<img src="https://elonstorage.blob.core.windows.net/file/1020618.jpg" alt="syllable block 31" />
도 = do = also


<img src="https://elonstorage.blob.core.windows.net/file/1020629.jpg" alt="syllable block 32" />
Block 1: 노 = no - Block 2: 래 = rae
 노래 = no-rae = song


<img src="https://elonstorage.blob.core.windows.net/file/1020631.jpg" alt="syllable block 33" />
 Block 1: 부 = pu - Block 2: 부 = bu (remember b at syllable start = p, but in the middle of a word = b)
 부부 = pu-bu = married couple


<img src="https://elonstorage.blob.core.windows.net/file/1020632.jpg" alt="syllable block 34" />
Block 1: 비 = pi - Block 2: 누 = nu 
비누 = pi-nu = soap (remember i is prounounced like English ee I didn't feel like writing pee-noe)
Let's do one last:

<img src="https://elonstorage.blob.core.windows.net/file/1020634.jpg" alt="syllable block 35" />
Block 1:보 = po - Block 2:다 = da (we read it da and not 'ta', because we know it is the middle of our word, but otherwise this block by itself would read 'ta'.) 
 보다 = po-da = to see
 See you in the next lesson.
 tto pwa-yo (See you)

Reading 3: ㅗ, ㅜ

adjective

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

number

particle

phrase

pronoun

reading exercise

sentence

verb

Reading 1: ㄴ, ㅏ, ㅣ, ㅂ

Reading 2: ㄷ, ㄹ, ㅐ, ㅁ, ㅓ, ㅔ

Reading 4: ㄱ, ㅑ, ㅕ, ㅒ, ㅖ, ㅛ, ㅠ, conjugating verbs and using the particle 에

Question	Answer
Which character is romanized as o?	ㅗ
five	오o
to come	오다oda
to look at, to behold	보다boda
song	노래norae
radio	라디오radio
Which character is romanized as u?	ㅜ
radish	무mu
tree; wood (material)	나무namu
raincoat	우비ubi
married couple	부부bubu
soap	비누binu

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