Lesson 10 · Review Week 2 — Cami Learns Korean

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Audio is active. Tap 🔊 on any word to hear it spoken in Korean. Use this while reviewing — it reinforces the gap between written form and what you actually hear.

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Review Objectives

Recall all 9 compound vowels from Lessons 6 and 7 without prompts
Name the 7 받침 sound groups and which consonants belong to each
Apply the three pronunciation rules — Linking, Nasalisation, Tensing
Read 15 Korean words cold — producing the spoken (not written) pronunciation
Match 8 words to their correct pronunciation rule

🔵Lesson 6Compound Vowels 1 — 애 에 외 위 의

🟢Lesson 7Compound Vowels 2 — 와 워 왜 웨

🟠Lesson 8받침 — 7 Final Consonant Sounds

🔷Lesson 9Pronunciation Rules — Linking, Nasal, Tense

Part 1 · Compound Vowel Recall

All 9 compound vowels — say them first

Cover the cards. Say each vowel's sound aloud before flipping. Mark any hesitations — those need more drill time tonight.

👆 Say the sound first · flip to check · 🔊 hear it

애ae

에e

외oe/we

위wi

의ui/i

와wa

워wo

왜wae

웨we

Hear them all: 애 에 외 위 의 와 워 왜 웨

Formation check — what two vowels combine to make each one?

👆 Think of the parents — then flip

애아+이

에어+이

외오+이

위우+이

의으+이

와오+아

워우+어

왜오+애

웨우+에

🔍 Most common stumbles 외/왜/웨 — all sound like "weh" in spoken Korean. The distinction is only in spelling. And 의 has three different sounds depending on position. If either of those felt uncertain, note them down.

Part 2 · 받침 Sound Groups

All 7 받침 sounds — name the group members

Each card shows a 받침 sound. Before tapping, try to name the consonants that produce that sound at the bottom of a syllable block.

👆 Name the consonants — tap to check · 🔊 hear an example

받침 sound -k which consonants?

Back-throat stopㄱ · ㄲ · ㅋ

받침 sound -n which consonants?

Tongue-tip nasalㄴ only

받침 sound -t which consonants?

Tongue-tip stopㄷ · ㅅ · ㅆ · ㅈ · ㅊ · ㅌ · ㅎ

받침 sound -l which consonants?

Lateral — tongue sideㄹ only

받침 sound -m which consonants?

Lip nasalㅁ only

받침 sound -p which consonants?

Lip stopㅂ · ㅍ

받침 sound -ng which consonants?

Back-throat nasalㅇ only (when final)

Part 3 · Cold Reading Challenge

Read these 15 words — produce the spoken form

Read each word as a Korean speaker would actually say it. Apply linking, nasalisation, or tensing where needed. Reveal to check both the spoken form and the meaning.

👆 Say it aloud first · apply rules · tap to reveal · 🔊 hear it

개

tap after reading aloud

gaedogㄱ + 애 · compound vowel

사과

tap after reading aloud

sa-gwaappleㅅ+아 · ㄱ+와 · compound vowel 와

위

tap after reading aloud

wiabove / stomachㅇ + 위 · compound vowel

화장실

tap after reading aloud

hwa-jang-silbathroom화 = ㅎ + 와 · no rule triggered

있어요

tap after reading aloud

i-sseo-yothere is / I haveRule 1 · Linking — ㅅ links forward + tenses

먹어요

tap after reading aloud

meo-geo-yoeat / eatingRule 1 · Linking — ㄱ from 먹 slides into 어요

국물

tap after reading aloud

gung-mulbroth / soup stockRule 2 · Nasalisation — ㄱ(-k) + ㅁ → ㅇ(-ng)

학교

tap after reading aloud

hak-kkyoschoolRule 3 · Tensing — ㄱ받침 + ㄱ → ㄲ

식당

tap after reading aloud

sik-ttangrestaurantRule 3 · Tensing — ㄱ받침 + ㄷ → ㄸ

한국어

tap after reading aloud

han-gu-geoKorean languageRule 1 · Linking — ㄱ from 국 links into 어

음악

tap after reading aloud

eu-makmusicRule 1 · Linking — ㅁ from 음 slides into 악

tap after reading aloud

jo-a-yoit's good / I like itRule 1 · Linking — ㅎ받침 weakens and links silently

왜

tap after reading aloud

waewhyㅇ + 왜 · compound vowel 왜

뭐

tap after reading aloud

mwowhat (spoken)ㅁ + 워 · compound vowel 워

작다

tap after reading aloud

jak-ttato be smallRule 3 · Tensing — ㄱ받침 + ㄷ → ㄸ

Part 4 · Rule Match

Which rule? Written → Spoken

Each card shows a written word. Before tapping, identify which of the three rules is at work — Linking (연음), Nasalisation (비음화), or Tensing (경음화).

👆 Name the rule — tap to confirm · 🔊 hear it

입문

→ which rule?

임문 (im-mun)Rule 2 · Nasalisation — ㅂ(-p) before ㅁ → ㅁ(-m)introduction / entry level

읽어요

→ which rule?

일거요 (il-geo-yo)Rule 1 · Linking — ㄱ from double 받침 ㄺ links forwardI read / reading

닫는

→ which rule?

단는 (dan-neun)Rule 2 · Nasalisation — ㄷ(-t) before ㄴ → ㄴ(-n)closing (adjective)

이름이

→ which rule?

이르미 (i-reu-mi)Rule 1 · Linking — ㅁ from 름 links into 이name (with subject particle)

작은

→ which rule?

자근 (ja-geun)Rule 1 · Linking — ㄱ from 작 links into 은small (adjective form)

옷감

→ which rule?

옫깜 (ot-kkam)Rule 3 · Tensing — ㅅ(-t) 받침 + ㄱ → ㄲfabric / cloth

국내

→ which rule?

궁내 (gung-nae)Rule 2 · Nasalisation — ㄱ(-k) before ㄴ → ㅇ(-ng)domestic / within the country

밥상

→ which rule?

밥쌍 (bap-ssang)Rule 3 · Tensing — ㅂ(-p) 받침 + ㅅ → ㅆdining table / meal table

Part 5 · Self-Assessment

How did Week 2 land?

Count your cold reading hits from Part 3 — words where you produced the correct spoken form before revealing. Be honest about the rule match section too.

Your Week 2 Score

—out of 23

Tap your result to see your Week 3 recommendation.

💡 Pronunciation rules take time to become automatic If the rules section felt hard, that's completely normal at this stage. Linking, nasalisation, and tensing become instinctive through listening exposure — not through drilling rule tables. The priority right now is recognition: knowing why something sounds different. The automaticity follows.

🌏 Cultural Note

두 주 완료 — Two Weeks Complete

두 (du) means "two" and 주 (ju) means "week" — 두 주 is two weeks. You've just completed Week 2 of a 28-week journey. In two weeks you've gone from zero to being able to read and sound out virtually any Korean word — knowing all 24 letters, all 21 vowels, 받침 structure, and the three core pronunciation rules that explain how written Korean becomes spoken Korean. Most learners reaching this point start to feel a genuine shift: Korean text stops looking like noise and starts looking like something readable. If that's starting to happen for you, it's real — and it's going to keep accelerating from here.

📚 Lesson 10 Homework

Before Lesson 11 — Week 3 Begins

Write all 21 vowels from memory — 10 basic, 11 compound — with their romanization. This is your last pure Hangul drill. From Lesson 11, the focus shifts to vocabulary and real sentences.

Say these ten words aloud with correct spoken pronunciation — no peeking at the rules: 있어요 먹어요 학교 식당 국물 좋아요 한국어 음악 읽어요 입문.

Do a full deck review — all vocabulary from Lessons 1–9. You have around 30–35 words in your deck at this point. Clear out anything fully known; flag anything still shaky.

Week 3 preview: Lesson 11 is Greetings and Farewells — your first proper vocabulary lesson with 15 new words. You'll finally start building phrases and understanding real Korean conversation. The script foundation work is done.

Celebrate a little. Two full weeks of foundation work is genuinely hard and most people who start Korean don't get this far. You now read Hangul. That's not nothing — that's the thing.