Vowels in the korean languages may be attached to the left or under other consonant character in order to form a word. Here are same examples!.

가 = ka 거 = keo 겨 = kyeo
갸 = kya 기 = ki 고 = ko

바 = pa 버 = peo 부 = pu
뵤 = pyo 지 = chi 저 = cheo
즈 = chu 조 = cho 마 = ma
머 = meo 무 = mu 나 = na
너 = neo 이 = i 야 = ya
디 = di 고 = ko 댜 = dya
요 = yo 오 = o 도 = do
드 = du 두 = du 그 = keu

When constructing a syllable, a mixture of consonants and vowels must be added. Begin with a consonant and add up the vowel!
In some cases, there is no need to use a consonant at the beginning. Thus, ㅇ(null character) is used.

ㅇ + ㅏ = 아 a
ㄹ + ㅡ + ㅁ = 름 reum
ㄱ + ㅏ + ㅁ = 감 kam
ㄲ + ㅜ + ㅇ = 꿍 kkung
ㅇ + ㅗ + ㅅ = 옷 ot (the pronounciation of is almost t as the consonant
ㅇ + ㅓ + ㅂㅅ = 없 eop
ㄲ + ㅗ + ㅊ = 꽃 kkot
ㅎ + ㅏ + ㄴ = 한 han
ㄱ + ㅡ + ㄱ = 극 geuk

If a syllable has a consonant, vowel, and consonant, the final consonant, called patching and goes to the bottom of that syllable.
ㅁ + ㅏ + ㄴ = 만
m + a + n = man

Examples credit to: learn-korean.net/

This thread has stop for a while due to my travelling and busy schedule. Good news I've found a source for us to at least learn one Korean word a day!

Source: koreanwords@twitter!

For today 뭔가 - something

뭔가 먹고 싶어요.
meonga meokgo sipeopyo
-something-eat-want-

I want to eat something.

i'll have to re-read from the start again...about half a year ago i started on learning the consonants and writing...then i just stopped and had now forgotten what i've learned for a couple of weeks...so sad..

why is it that the korean language seems so short or very brief? like in the sample above, you only wrote 3 words and yet if translated it could mean:
I want to eat something. or
I want something to eat.

it doesn't really have ownership? so can Meonga meokgo sepeopyo also mean: He or She wants something to eat???

???? i'm confused....

I also drop this language once a while.

and yea mommy. it's a little bit confusing. I'm not good at explaining.. but will try

They don't have like ownership... but as far as my understanding, if no reference for the sentence, it will stand for the person itself. if it's refering to a third person, the sentence will have 그 (geu, which means he)

and the sentence structure is not like English... confusing! Haha but fun, I must say.

Specific sentence for the above would be
저는 뭔가 먹고 싶어요.
jeoneun meonga meokgo sipeoyo

If I want to say, He wants to eat something, the sentence would be
그는 뭔가 먹고 싶어요.
geuneun meonga meokgo sipeoyo

Note; I'm not sure with the grammar. 는 (neun) is only particle.

Let me give another example,
그는 초콜릿 캔디를 좋아해요
geuneun chokolit gaendireur johahaeyo
-he-chocolate-candy-like

Means
He likes chocolate candy.

I learned Hangul today:

“This” = 이거 [i-geo] or 이것 [i-geot]
“What is this?” = 이거 뭐예요? [i-geo mwo-ye-yo?]

~i already forgot the past lessons..T^T

Hehehe.. I feel more fun when studying with friends. Self study is very hard T___T

Today's word
잡지 (japji) magazine.

이 잡지 재미있어 보이는데요.
i japji jaemiisseo boineundeyo
this-magazine-interesting-look

This magazine looks interesting.

Note, in this case I myself not sure why i-geo just left with i. The particles complexity really make my mind confused!

@pj0t
If im not mistaken..hehe
in korean, "this" used as a pronoun is different when used as a modifier
"this" or i-geo is broken down into i (this) + geo(one/thing)= this one/thing
Thus, i~ (this) is used as a modifier..
Hence, in your sample sentence i~ (this) is a modifier...

~sorry i don't know how to explain well

and btw, i~ can also be used when the object is near you...hehe

aah.. thanks for the explaination, betsy.

“What is this?” = 이거 뭐예요? [i-geo mwo-ye-yo?]

Sentence A
이거 잡지 예요
i geo japji ye yo
This is magazine

Sentence B
잡지 예요
japji ye yo
It's a magazine

Question,
Is it ok if we say
이 잡지 예요
?

But from my observation, I think most conversation will say 이거 i-geo, right?

yea,I'm confused too..hehe

i~geo is used as a pronoun
이거 책이에요. [i-geo chaek-i-e-yo] = This is a book.
이거 카메라예요. [i-geo ka-me-ra-ye-yo] = This is a camera.

but when the modifier "this" which is i~ is used or when the object is near you, no need to place 예요ye yo (based on the lesson that I've listened)
example:
a.) 이 사람 = this person
b.) 이 잡지 = this magazine

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