C9 Korean Language 101 for dummies by Dark Ashelin

Continent of the Ninth Korean Guide

by Dark Ashelin

Ok, since people have trouble reading Korean on games and translating them into English (a good example would be RO2 maps with the areas in Korean translated roughly into English) and other (various) reasons. I'll start off with Korean keyboard layout.

How to enable Korean typing settings

1. Go to your Control Panel

2. Open the Regional and Language Options

3. Open the second tab Languages

4. Make sure "Install files for East Asian languages" is ticked

5. Click Details... You will get this window:

6. Click the Add..button. You will get this window:

7. Choose Korean Input System (IME 2002)

8. Press OK and close your Control Panel

9. Now to change between your English and Korean keyboard settings, you need to press Alt+Shift. However, you have an alt+shift on the left and on the right side of your keyboard (one under your tab button, and one under your enter button). To successfully be able to type Korean, try switching between both of them ingame (while having the chatbox selected) until you see a little Korean symbol instead of an A at the chat window.

Korean Typing Layout

q - ㅂ

Shift + q - ㅃ

w - ㅈ

Shift + w - ㅉ

e - ㄷ

Shift + e - ㄸ

r - ㄱ

Shift + r - ㄲ

t - ㅅ

Shift + t - ㅆ

y - ㅛ

u - ㅕ

i - ㅑ

o - ㅐ

Shift + o - ㅒ

p - ㅔ

Shift + p - ㅖ

a - ㅁ

s - ㄴ

d - ㅇ

f - ㄹ

g - ㅎ

h - ㅗ

j - ㅓ

k - ㅏ

l - ㅣ(No, I didn't make a mistake)

z - ㅋ

x - ㅌ

c - ㅊ

v - ㅍ

b - ㅠ

n - ㅜ

m - ㅡ

How to Type & Structure Korean Letters and Characters

Korean letters also have vowels and consonants. The consonants in Korean (keyboard layout i meant) are q, q, shift + q, w, shift + w, e, shift + e, r, shift + r, t, shift + t, a, s, d, f, g, z, x, c and v (the rest are vowels). Consonants always go first and vowels come after consonants. To give you a basic idea of how to make a Korean character, the way you structure the consonants and vowels would be sort of like a sandwich or a half-sandwich (consonant-vowel-consonant = sandwich and consonant-vowel = half-sandwich; these are the only ways of combining letters to create a Korean character). Some examples of Korean "sandwich" characters: 법, 젖, 간, 김, and 겐. Some examples of Korean "half-sandwich" characters: 미, 나, 갸, 래, 재, 내, and 해. Once exception is 의 (one consonant, two vowels).

Korean Letter Sounds

ㅂ - A 'b' as in bee, bus, and beam


ㅈ - A 'j' sound as in jeep, Jim, and jam


ㄷ - A 'd' sound as in dill, dildo, and dark


ㄱ - A 'g' sound as in gossip, gargle, and green


ㅅ - A 's' sound as in skip, screech, and scar


ㅃ - More emphasis, almost makes a 'p' sound (as in popcorn), but stays within the limits of the 'b' sound. A 'b~p' sound hybrid?


ㅉ - More emphasis, almost makes a 'ch' sound (as in chicken), but stays within the limits of the 'j' sound. A 'j~ch' sound hybrid?


ㄸ - More emphasis. I.e. pronounce 'duck' (this is ㄷ) then make it sound it like 'dduk' (this is ㄸ). Speed up the pronounciation basically.


ㄲ - More emphasis, almost makes a 'k' sound (as in kite), but stays within the limits of the 'g' sound. A 'g~k' sound hybrid?


ㅆ - More emphasis, almost makes a 't' sound (as in tea). A good example of the ㅆ sound would be 'tsete fly'


ㅛ - 'Yo' sound as in yo-yo


ㅕ - 'Yuh' sound as in yummy


ㅑ - 'Yaw' sound as in yawn


ㅐ - 'Ae' sound as in chemical


ㅔ - Same as ㅐ


ㅒ - 'Yae' sound as in yes


ㅖ - Same as ㅒ


ㅁ - 'M' sound as in monkey


ㄴ - 'N' sound as in no


ㅇ - Silent, but makes an 'ng' sound when at the end of a sandwich. I.e. 야 - just makes the 'yah' sound, 양 makes a 'yang' sound.


ㄹ - 'L' sound as in lion


ㅎ - 'H' sound as in hoe


ㅗ - 'Oh' sound as in no


ㅓ - 'Uh' sound as in much


ㅏ - 'Ah' sound as in 'Aight


ㅣ - 'Ee' sound as in meek


ㅋ - 'K' sound as in kill


ㅌ - 'T' sound as in tea


ㅊ - 'Ch' sound as in chicken


ㅍ - 'P' sound as in party


ㅠ - 'Yoo' sound as in you


ㅜ - 'Oo' sound as in moon


ㅡ - 'U' sound as in book

Test Yourself if You Understand Fully

Type these out in Korean!
1. 안녕 (Good-bye & Hello)
2. 제발 (Please)
3. 진짜? (Really?)


Answers


1. dkssud
2. wpqkf
3. wlsWk?


Make the sounds of these Korean characters!
1. 퍾유
2. 넹면
3. 라면


Answers


1. **** you
2. Naeng-myun
3. La-myun (ramen in English)

Some handy translations:

English: how to type it: Korean outcome
Hello / Goodbye: dkssud: 안녕
Please: wpqkf: 제발
Really?: wlsWk: 진짜?
I don't speak good Hangul: whgdms gksrmf qhtgody: 좋은 한글 못해요
Sorry: whlthdgkqslek: 죄송합니다
I don't understand: sks dlgorkdksehody: 난 이해가 안 돼요
You: ekdtls: 당신
Me: skfmf: 나를
I: sk: 나
We: dnfl: 우리
Let's do stage: rkwk tmxpdlwl djqtdj: 가자 스테이지 없어
Nice: gnffbdgks: 훌륭한
Good: whgek: 좋다
Thanks: rkatkgkqslek: 감사합니다
Yes: dP 예
No: dkslek 아니다

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