EP 5-1. Learn Korean Alphabet 'ㅅ'

Hello everyone I'm your Korean teacher Hailey Welcome today's class Today we're going to learn three important Korean consonants S NG and J All right Let's start with ㅅ This sound is very similar to the sound "s" in English Like in the word sun or snake ㅅ To make this sound you will want to place your tongue lightly behind your upper teeth When you say it it's like releasing a burst of air Making a ㅆ sound Repeat after me ㅆ In the word "sagwa " Which means apple You can hear the " ss" at the beginning Sagwa Try saying it with me Notice the "ss" sound Let's try some more examples Repeat after me Love Girls' Generation a famous K-pop group Girls' Generatio The capital city of South Korea Seoul Seoul All right Let's do a quick quiz to check your understanding Ready Question number one Which Korean consonant sounds similar to the ㅆ sound in English Like in the words sun and snake Number one S Number two J Number three O Number four T Which one is the answer The answer is Number one ㅅ Nice job Now let's put everything we've learned into practice using some popular K-culture words I'll show you a word and you will try to identify the consonant we learned today First it's a popular Korean barbecue dish Which consonant can you hear Bulgogi One more time Bulgogi Right You can hear the ㅆ sound Sam ㅆ And the last syllable sal Also the ㅆ sound So when you check the first syllable it's s a ng Put them all together it's sam Repeat after me Sam And when you check the third syllable it is ㅅ ㅏ ㅓ Put them all together it's sal Your turn salGreat And let's read the word together Repeat after me Pork belly Great The next one is the capital city of South Korea It is Seoul Seoul Can you hear the ㅆ sound Right When you check the first syllable it's Seo ㅆ and ㅓ together Seo Repeat after me So what is the capital of South Korea Right Seoul Your turn Great And the next one is a traditional Korean alcohol drink It is soju Soju Can you hear the consonant that we learned Right The first syllable so has an s sound So It is s and o together So it is so And the second syllable is jo Can you hear the j sound Jo Correct So let's read the word together sojo Great Great job today everyone Keep practicing these consonants and you will sound like a pro in no time And I' ll see you in the next class Hello