Kindergarten
Lesson 6: My First Words
가, 나, 다, 라, 마, 바, 사, 아, 자, 차, 카, 타, 파, 하
Putting Letters Together
You've learned all the basic letters! Now it's time for the fun part: putting them together to make words.
Remember how a consonant and a vowel combine to make a syllable block? Let's practice reading these basic blocks. Hover over each card to see how to pronounce it!
Consonant + Vowel = Syllable
Real Korean Words
Now let's read some real words! These are made of the blocks you just learned.
ha-neul
Sky
하 (ㅎ+ㅏ) + 늘 (ㄴ+ㅡ+ㄹ)
ba-da
Sea / Ocean
바 (ㅂ+ㅏ) + 다 (ㄷ+ㅏ)
na-mu
Tree
나 (ㄴ+ㅏ) + 무 (ㅁ+ㅜ)
sa-rang
Love
사 (ㅅ+ㅏ) + 랑 (ㄹ+ㅏ+ㅇ)
Sound It Out!
Try reading these words by yourself. Say each syllable block out loud!
"ga-gu"
Furniture
"eo-meo-ni"
Mother
"a-beo-ji"
Father
"do-seo-gwan"
Library
You're Reading Korean! 🎉
If you can read these words, you can read almost anything in Korean! Korean writing is phonetic — once you know how each letter sounds, you can sound out any word, even if you don't know what it means yet.
In Grade 1, you'll learn more about how syllable blocks work and the special rules for the final consonant (받침).