Started Learning Korean | 我學韓文的第一步

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When I was in junior high, I always wanted to learn Korean. And finally, last week, I bought a book and started learning Korean.

This is the book:

莎郎嘿喲！韓語 I Love Korean!

I like this book. Basically, every Korean sentence is accompanied by a Romanized transcript and the same sentence with Chinese characters. And most importantly, a CD is provided.

Thanks to that CD, I found more than ten mistakes in the pronunciation guide section. Here, I am going to list some of them:

Vowels:

1. ㅓ can be [ɔ] and [ʌ], rather than just [ɔ].
2. Similarly, ㅕ can be [jɔ] and [jʌ], rather than just [jɔ].
3. ㅡ sounds more like [ɨ]. Definitely not [ʌ]!
4. I know that nowadays most people pronounce ㅚ as [we], however, the speaker recorded pronounces it as [ø].
5. ㅢ sounds [ɨi] to me. Definitely not [ui]!

Consonants:

1. When ㅅ is followed by [j] or [i], it becomes [ɕ] (like x/ㄒ in Mandarin), rather than [ʃ].
2. ㅈ can be [tɕ] and [dʑ], rather than [tʃ] and [dʒ]!
3. ㅊ should be [tɕ^h]. Not [tʃ^h]!
4. ㅃ, ㅉ, ㄸ, ㄲ, and ㅆ represent consonants produced with more tense, rather than making them voiced.

But, anyway, it is a good book, for beginners like me. Perhaps I will take a Korean Beginner course at university, since I found Korean language quite fun and enjoyable.

其實從國中開始就想要學韓文了，但直到上週，買了一本書後，才算真正地開始起來。

這本書蠻不錯的：

莎郎嘿喲！韓語 I Love Korean!

我喜歡它的一點是，每句韓文，都會附上羅馬字母的表音，以及加上了漢字的原文。而且，很重要的一點是，還附上了一張 CD。

因為那張 CD，我在「發音簡介」那一部份裡，找出超過十個錯處……這裡先列一些出來好了……

母音：

1. ㅓ 的發音應該是 [ɔ] 或是 [ʌ]，而不單單是 [ɔ]；
2. 同樣地，ㅕ 應該是 [jɔ] 或是 [jʌ]，而不單單是 [jɔ]；
3. ㅡ 聽起來比較像是 [ɨ]；絕對不會是 [ʌ]！
4. 我知道現在大部份的人都會將 ㅚ 發成 [we]，可是錄音裡的人是將 ㅚ 發成 [ø] 的。
5. ㅢ 聽起來比較像是 [ɨi] 喔！怎麼會是 [ui] 呢？

子音：

1. 當 ㅅ 在 [j] 或是 [i] 前的時候，發音會變成 [ɕ] (就像國語裡的 x/ㄒ)，而不是 [ʃ]；
2. ㅈ 的發音是 [tɕ] 以及 [dʑ]，而不是 [tʃ] 以及 [dʒ]！
3. ㅊ 應該是 [tɕ^h]，而不是 [tʃ^h]！
4. ㅃ、ㅉ、ㄸ、ㄲ、ㅆ 是表示發音時比較強列、比較緊，而不是單單把清音變成濁音啊！

不過不管如何，這本書還是蠻不錯的，只是有點很入門就是了。現在想說，接下來的那個學期，是不是應該在大學上一上韓文課呢？呵呵，其實韓文並沒有想像中令人討厭嘛。

When I was in junior high, I always wanted to learn Korean. And finally, last week, I bought a book and started learning Korean.

This is the book:

莎郎嘿喲！韓語 I Love Korean!

I like this book. Basically, every Korean sentence is accompanied by a Romanized transcript and the same sentence with Chinese characters. And most importantly, a CD is provided.

Thanks to that CD, I found more than ten mistakes in the pronunciation guide section. Here, I am going to list some of them:

Vowels:

1. ㅓ can be [ɔ] and [ʌ], rather than just [ɔ].
2. Similarly, ㅕ can be [jɔ] and [jʌ], rather than just [jɔ].
3. ㅡ sounds more like [ɨ]. Definitely not [ʌ]!
4. I know that nowadays most people pronounce ㅚ as [we], however, the speaker recorded pronounces it as [ø].
5. ㅢ sounds [ɨi] to me. Definitely not [ui]!

Consonants:

1. When ㅅ is followed by [j] or [i], it becomes [ɕ] (like x/ㄒ in Mandarin), rather than [ʃ].
2. ㅈ can be [tɕ] and [dʑ], rather than [tʃ] and [dʒ]!
3. ㅊ should be [tɕ^h]. Not [tʃ^h]!
4. ㅃ, ㅉ, ㄸ, ㄲ, and ㅆ represent consonants produced with more tense, rather than making them voiced.

But, anyway, it is a good book, for beginners like me. Perhaps I will take a Korean Beginner course at university, since I found Korean language quite fun and enjoyable.