Review Objectives
- Recall all 10 basic vowels from memory without prompts
- Name all 14 consonants and their sounds without looking
- Identify which of the 3 syllable block shapes applies to any given syllable
- Read 15 Korean words cold — no romanization hints beforehand
- Write 10 Korean words from their English meaning only
Can you name all 10 vowels?
Cover the cards and say each vowel's sound out loud before flipping. Mark any you hesitated on — those go back into your flashcard deck tonight.
👆 Click to reveal the romanization — say the sound first
All 14 Consonants — In Order
These appear in the standard Korean order you'll see in dictionaries and keyboards. Say the sound before you flip each one.
👆 Flip to check — say it first
Aspirated pairs — can you match them?
Each aspirated consonant has a base form. Without looking back at Lesson 3, name the base consonant for each one before flipping.
Read These 15 Words Cold
No romanization shown. Read each word aloud — break it into syllable blocks, identify the consonants and vowels, then sound it out. Click to reveal and check yourself.
👆 Read aloud first, then click to check
English → Korean — No Peeking
Cover the right column. Write the Korean word for each English meaning in your notebook first. Then click the hidden answer to check.
| English | Your answer | Click to reveal |
|---|---|---|
| tree | write it first → | 나무 |
| road | write it first → | 도로 |
| to sleep | write it first → | 자다 |
| to do | write it first → | 하다 |
| singer | write it first → | 가수 |
| song | write it first → | 노래 |
| hat | write it first → | 모자 |
| to buy | write it first → | 사다 |
| photo | write it first → | 사진 |
| Korea | write it first → | 한국 |
How did you do?
Be honest. Count how many reading cards and write-from-English answers you got correct on the first try — before peeking.
Your Week 1 Score
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King Sejong and the Gift of Hangul
Before Hangul was created in 1443, Korean was written using Chinese characters — a system so complex that literacy was essentially limited to the upper class. King Sejong deliberately designed Hangul to be learnable by ordinary people, reportedly so that farmers could read agricultural instructions and merchants could keep records. The original document introducing Hangul stated it could be learned in a single morning by a wise person, or in ten days by a foolish one. You've done it in four days. Sejong's birthday is now a national holiday in South Korea: 한글날 (Hangeul Day), celebrated every October 9th.
📚 Lesson 5 Homework
Before Lesson 6…
Write all 24 Hangul letters from memory — vowels first, then consonants in standard order. Don't look. Check afterwards and circle any mistakes.
Go back to any reading cards from Part 3 that you got wrong or hesitated on. Write those words 10 times each by hand, saying each syllable aloud as you write.
Run through your full flashcard deck — all vocabulary from Lessons 1–4. This is a consolidation day. Move any cards you're confident in to a separate "known" pile.
Lesson 6 preview: Look up the term "compound vowels in Korean" and read one short article about them. Compound vowels (복모음) are what Week 2 is all about — arriving fresh will help.
Optional but worthwhile: find one sign, poster, or product label in Korean — from a photo online or a Korean shop nearby — and try to read at least part of it using what you know.