Let us first begin with 14 Basic Vowels.

1.? This is the first vowel of the Korean Alphabet. It sound as “a”
, same as an “a” in father.

2.? This is the second vowel of the Korean Alphabet. It sounds as “u”, similar to “u” in “cut”. The aspiration of “u” in this syllable is similar to ?, but a little slower and long. A closer word in English which sounds similar to ? is “awe”.

3.? The third vowel of Korean Alphabet is pronounced as “o” in “order”.

4.? The fourth vowel of Korean Alphabet is pronounced as “u”, same as “u” in “ungaro”

5.?This is one of the most native and hard to difficult vowel of the Korean alphabet. Try to recollect the sound of double “oo” in good, with litter more elongation and suppressed sound. Also the “le château” the “le” is same sound as ?

6.? This sound is found in almost every language of the world and of course with little bit of variation. In Korean the l sound is “ea” sound in “easy”. Sometimes little suppressed and sometimes highly remarkable in aspiration. We will learn more of this once we start off with drilling exercises.

7.? Most common sound which can reproduce the sound of this vowel is “a” as in “add”

8.? The “e” in editor is pronounced as ? in Korean.

9.? is similar to "yard".

10.? can be a tricky for foreigners to pronounce this vowel. The sound can be copied as u is pronounced in “just” or “e” in Eliot.

11.? is as “yeah” or “yam”.

12.? is similar to " yes".

13.? is similar to " Yoda".

14.? is similar to "you".

15.Now the 7 Compound Vowels

16.? This is the combination of vowels ? and ?. And gives the combination of these vowels with a punch of sound “v”. The final sound is same as “wow” or “what”.

17.? This is the combination of vowels ? and ?. This sounds same as “"Koeln".

18.? is similar to "wagon".

19.?is similar to sound choi or ui.

20.?This is the combination of the vowels ? and ?, this produces the sound same as “won”.

21.?is the combination of the vowels “?and ?”. It sounds as “wea” is ‘Weather”.

22.? is similar to “we” or “oui”.