Billy Go’s Beginner Korean Course | #2: Intro to 한글

Welcome back! This lesson will introduce the Korean alphabet known as Hangul (한글). I’ll also talk about some of the downsides to using Romanization, and stroke order. Then you’ll learn our first few letters, and make your first syllables.
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[@user-gy4ch8km1c]

Hi, I'm a native Korean. I watched this video because of my penpals who wanna know to read and write Hangul. I think Billy pronounces these letters better than me lol.

[@hjhelmiar3925]

Ya.

[@jcxkzhgco3050]

How could a non-native speak better lol

[@monikaz8739]

@@jcxkzhgco3050 Well, it's possible, even though I think this was an exaggeration. I'm a native Czech speaker and sometimes I can't pronounce our Ř properly (it's very common). Most non-natives can't either but some speak completely without a foreign accent and you could say that they pronounce it more clearly than I do.

[@Trollfacevidz]

@@jcxkzhgco3050 I m also a native bengali speaker , but I always made a mistake in pronouncing গ (go) ড় Rro ঢ় rrrro It's difficult , that's y those who can speak Bengali nicely and expressed it more beautifully to the foreigners . They can stole the heart of foreigners. Coz bengali considered the sweetest language

[@local9]

Its cool, I'm english and english is still a horrible language to learn even for me, and then in turn, makes all other languages harder to learn.

[@nait4560]

when he said "it's not 'na' it's more like 'na'" i nearly passed out,,, this shit is difficult man ;-;

[@tuko5079]

Same! I heard (and understood) the same "na" all the times he pronounced it!!!

[@vibewithellie]

Same, it is so confusing!

[@rosedawg7895]

😂😂😂

[@queenofasiandrama3641]

Well i was confused at first but then i remembered that in hindi some of the pronunciation are same and my first language is hindi.

[@koalakoa]

My Korean teacher once told me the difference is the tongue placement as well as "where the sound is originating from" Much like in singing there is a different placement for your tongue. In the west, we use a lot of our throat to speak and not our chest. Try to get out of speaking from the throat or head voice. In the case of (니은, nieun) I believe it is top of the mouth and not behind your teeth at least that's how I remember it. So it sounds like 'na' and not 'nah'.

[@annamariereverie2920]

I watched all the ads, so you could get full ad revenue as a thank you for the free course. ☺

[@cherylschaeffer7832]

Romanization is the fastest way to NOT learn Korean.

[@lewessays]

Yup, the fastest way NOT to learn any language with a different script. Every time people use romanization for my native language(Amharic)....I laugh. It just never works.

[@cherylschaeffer7832]

@@lewessays I was waiting for someone to misread what I said and think I'm advocating for romanization. Lol. Thank you for mentioning your language. I never heard of it so I looked it up. Learned something new!

[@lewessays]

@@cherylschaeffer7832 Haha....Yeah, it isn't a well known language. it has only 25 million speakers :D

[@michaengisreal4413]

Yes it’s very clear why even tho I’m just starting I can clearly see why it doesn’t represent the sounds properly

[@ADeeSHUPA]

@@cherylschaeffer7832 uP

[@alex-iv4gt]

i love how this is all free it’s really helping already and this is the first lesson, thank you billy

[@wenjingfang9670]

I know that 가 나 다 are simply the first three syllables of the Korean alphabet. I also know that Canada is 캐나다 in Korean. But my Japanese side is used to カナダ (kanada) meaning Canada. Therefore I keep hearing 가 나 다 as Canada lol

[@rakhmatillorakhmonaliev3159]

koreans dont say Canada this speak cenada

[@MiuMiu_Wony]

I am late but so true

[@nappanop320]

I had no intention of even learning Korean until I saw how high quality this course is - keep it up 😁

[@svnnyysvga]

Billy: Avoid romanization Me: *eyeballs the various kpop fanfics on tumblr/wattpad*

[@amazingrainbow7125]

lol true

[@def_binnie3751]

THIS IS ME

[@joannwilson4849]

Me when I watch kpop lyric videos on YT to learn how to attempt to sing along to the songs. 🤭

[@brighter_thanyour_future400]

Haha same

[@SelfDrivingBagel]

i am so lucky i have a vague semblance of impulse control here

[@sproutpuppy8216]

I’ve been using this series to try to learn Korean (for the seventh time lol). I just rewatched this episode with my 7 year old sister, who finds Billy very fun to watch and follow along with! She even took her own notes!

[@KoreanJream]

Wow you must have prepared for this series for a long time, coordinating the sequences and materials!

[@elizabethgoehring6260]

I have dreamed of learning Korean for over 10 years (since college). I have 3 tiny kiddos and only have time to learn after 9 PM when they're asleep, BUT Billy -- I am SO grateful for these high-quality, well-explained lessons. I am an avid note-taker and am following along closely. I am so excited to finally learn how to correctly form the letters and appreciate your warning about romanization. I want to make labels around the house to learn Korean nouns and I was almost thinking about putting the romanization underneath -- now I know not to do this for my own benefit!

[@blisshwa]

i used duolingo for a bit but it was actually so hard but you explain things so nicely thank u sm im going to try to watch all 100 videos

[@Couldnt_Carebear]

It feels like I'm inside a real classroom learning with an actual teacher (a fun one!) Im so excited to start learning Korean. It's a part of my journey to learning as many languages as I possibly can. Your teaching style is very simple and easy for me to understand, you explain it so well! Im so happy you put your effort into making this series I really need it :).

[@brimarzz]

alright billy here i go to starting my Korean journey 😼

[@shutdahellup69420]

Romanization pisses me off so much for some reason lol

[@kissmetae8970]

Ikr, it's so annoying to see words written with romanization...

[@itaccount2727]

I found it useful for about a week, just until I got the hang of reading hangul, but it was a relief to drop it as an 'intermediate step' in my note-taking.

[@rhea-vdb]

I'm learning Korean via Duolingo, and after watching a youtube live from you by pure chance, decided I'm going to do this 100 courses starting this week :) French native speaker here. But I also do speak arabic so might help with pronunciation heheheh

[@dutchessdreamer4543]

I’m learning Korean using Duolingo too. I’m also learning using the apps Drops and Cake. Good luck! I am American but I know some French from high school. If you want some help, you can contact me.

[@blisshwa]

@@dutchessdreamer4543 i tried duolingo until unit 4 or 5 i think but i read a LOT of bad reviews about it also it felt like they were just throwing words at me and expecting me to know all of them

[@darkx6869]

It’s better to use KZbin since it’s completely free, duolingo teaches you some words but they don’t help. Trust me you will not be using “I am an apple” in Korean.

[@blisshwa]

@@darkx6869 LMFAO THANK U im taking a break from learning korean but ill start again soon

[@Foody_moody1]

​@@dutchessdreamer4543hi sir, plz share your experience of learning Korean in comparison to apps ; Duolingo, Cake, Drops. Also, this channel. I'm a newbie here and I have a job interview in Korean after 2 months. It will really helpful to me ☺️

[@shreyaa5305]

가 खा 나 ना 다 था I'm an Indian and Hangul sounds a lil similar to Hindi which is my mother tongue. I hope I can use that as a merit. Your videos are really great tho. Thank you. :)

[@abhyudayaraj575]

yeahhh i used this!

[@rodolfomaurillo7416]

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[@Jungkookie-570]

Yeah like We had to eat food

[@JadhavKasturi]

Finally someone with whom I relate ,as we are Indians it is not difficult for us to pronounce it

[@mysterious.567]

I also think same 😂

[@riyakhandelwal7723]

I am from india and i can say we have an advantage because hindi also has similar words because for me it sounds like खा, ना, था

[@myselfme767]

I'm studying Japanese and I can always see when someone haven't learned the stroke order, it's super easy to spot, so the first thing I did was to search for Korean stroke order.

[@Foolishmumbling]

I’m so glad I stumbled across your videos! Been teaching myself Korean via various books and other online videos, but I highly enjoy your teaching style already. Thank you for providing this extremely valuable resource!!

[@adeolaolatunji4751]

Thank you Billy. Just started my journey learning the Korean language and came across your videos. Thanks for taking time to let others learn something new.

[@aleipzight]

hey sir, hope u r doing well. so I'm a teenager who is passionate about Korean industry and culture. Learning Korean has always been a dream of mine, but unfortunately, my parents are too strict about providing me with a proper Korean language course. However, I'm determined to learn on my own.I've made several attempts to learn Korean in the past, but I often struggled to continue due to various reasons. Now that I've just completed high school and have some free time, I've decided to restart my journey. I've even bought a beautiful diary to take notes and stay organized. I'm starting my Korean learning journey from this channel, hoping to make significant progress. My ultimate goal is to continue my studies in Korea after high school, so knowing the basics is essential for me. Thank you for providing such valuable content, and I'm looking forward to the learning experience ahead

[@KitLingLau2009]

Thank you so much to film these videos!

[@althebrokeone7383]

To me the "Ta" sounds like a "Pa." Just like you did with "la/ra" aound. It would've been perfect if you could add the tongue positions of these sounds and compare them with the tongue and lip positions of the english sounds. You could make a separate small series and I believe it would only take maybe 2 or 3 at the most to get all the difficult sounds.

[@schase0013]

I really hope this happens, I'm struggling with this one. I hear "Pa" when I go normal speed but "Ta" at .5 speed.

[@hawai567]

No, it doesn't lmao

[@Nixie172]

Yeah I've just started to learn like this evening and im trying to close my eyes just to focus on the sounds and it sounds like it switches to me ^^'

[@mayraescamilla9293]

oh, my God, I thought I was the only one, especially when he said that he’s not ta. Lol sounds to me pa

[@gvon6358]

By living in Korea, I've learned that the faster you pronounce the word, the less distinguishable it becomes between the 2 sounds. So I've mentally taught my self that the sound is a combination of the 2 letters.

[@SylverlineChigaemezu]

You make it look simple Mr Billy. I learn faster when I'm face to face with a teacher and your vids actually looks like I'm in a classroom with a real life teacher❤. Thank you so much🌹🌹

[@pacnwgrl]

One thing that would be helpful to know is tongue placement when saying the consonants. I am hearing impaired, and my specific hearing loss is related to high frequencies. In the speaking world, that means it is challenging to hear the differences between consonants… words like ate, ache and ape sound the same to me. I read lips, which is very helpful! And with that, some consonants like d and t not only sound similar, but appear similar when reading lips. But when I pay attention to what my tongue actually does when saying those letters, there is a notable difference: t’s depend more on the tip of the tongue on the roof of the mouth; d’s depend more on the end of the tongue being a bit flatter where it touches the roof of the mouth. Adding info about what is happening with your mouth with the sounds that are a tiny bit different (and very important to correct pronunciation) than what one may say in English would be helpful to everyone probably. An idea for future lessons!

[@pacnwgrl]

Oops! I jumped right in with what would be helpful, and didn’t even say thank you beforehand 🫣 Thank you for all the time and investment you put into these, AND for making them free!! 🙏🏼

[@GoBillyKorean]

Good suggestion! Perhaps I can make something for that in the future :)

[@reneevogt3380]

I have tried other beginner videos in the past and yours is definitely my favorite! You do so well at explaining all of the important structures and words, that it makes since right at the beginning. I also don't feel overwhelmed when doing your videos. Thanks Billy

[@luyandokalenga5761]

I actually came here for the syllable blocks, cause I somehow managed to learn stroke order and reading 한글 but not syllable blocks so thank you a bunch Billy.

[@phyophyo-pb8dl]

Thank you Billy! I finally found the channel that suit me to learn Korean Language. Your teaching style is remarkable. I am not boring anymore.

[@jbgirlbakerstreet]

I love your lessons. Thank you so much for making this language course.

[@Domini86]

I started my Korean lessons and wow, this alphabet is actually very simple to learn

[@magdamarques7088]

I´m a newbie from Brazil. Thanks so much for your generosity in offering this course for free!

[@minahil7279]

I have been trying to learn Korean since the last year but I still had so much confusions regarding the basics of Korean. But you explained it so well thank you so much. No doubt, you've put you years of effort in this 10 minutes video. I really appreciate you hardworking. I've kinda became a fan of yours. Once again, (Thank you sooooo much). Keep it up. Love you

[@user-zl5cv6vw2m]

I completely agree with the romanization advice. I also completely avoided romanization when I was learning Japanese.

[@milosthings]

romaji is actually meant to be used as a character set! :D

[@sunshine_of_csy]

Lots of love from a newbie Learner like me,Mr.Billie...

[@alexfierro2108]

anyone here listen "Ca-na-da" when he pronounced the syllables?

[@randolphriauka6055]

When I was teaching in Korea a few students came up to me after class and kept saying 가 나 다. I thought they were saying Canada where I'm from, which made sense to me at the time. The Korean teachers told me that were trying to teach me Korea. Very cool.

[@harlowhenhoeffer8295]

Ikr!

[@commentator2407]

starting today: 18 november, 2023 learn korean by new year lets go

[@user-yt7uq9sc4t]

How's the progress so far

[@LiA-cr6jl]

you made my journey of learning korean better mr billy! thank you so much for this course

[@user-bb4jg4kv8c]

I am currently in Riyadh. I will be going back to the Philippines next year. I started learning this language because my next destination is Korea. 🙏🙏🙏 Thank you so much for this videos Sir Billy. God bless you more 💙

[@wiki7764]

Thanks so much. It's so much easy and fun to learn Hangul as a beginer teaching by you. I must say I care about the voice and tone of the teachers. If I don't like teachers' voice, I can't really listen and learn. And thank you for explaining many facts, sharing information about Hangul. I am so glad.

[@aveeasley9811]

Billy…..thank you so much for your wonderful videos. I just found your Chanel this afternoon, and am so glad I did.

[@ShuaXander2407]

I swear i have so much trouble with focusing and learning especially because they make it so hard, you on the other hand make it so easy you explain it in a fun(?) Way that also is helpful and doesnt make you lose like half your braincells in the progress tysm

[@NorwinTheGreat]

I'm still trying not to prefer to romanization because it is confusing when preferring to it. By the way, thank you a lot for making such efforts to help others that want to learn hangul like me.

[@peyavalihamunyela7313]

This is amazing, looking forward to start speaking fluent Korean lol 🥰 Thanks Mr Billy

[@jacquesmorris28]

Me, an intermediate learner who's watching this *Nostalgic

[@semiusedbra5734]

Could I ask how long it took you to come this far?

[@jacquesmorris28]

@@semiusedbra5734 I'd say about a year or so. I am almost in my 2nd year of learning this April

[@subashree7800]

@@jacquesmorris28 wow nice. I think this is my 10th month for me, but I’m still a beginner

[@rinduamarilah8957]

Hi, I'm Indonesian. How lucky I found your videos, I can learn not only Korean but also English Speaking well...Thank a bunch Billy...

[@selinar.4187]

Billy in the first lesson: don't skip lessons.!! me at lesson 2..hangul..oh I know this..should I skip. well, he said I may learn something new.. let's just have a quick review.... billy: so "gul" means letter.... me: ....well that's new.. ok. good, now I will never skip...

[@julesmejia1592]

Very practical. Easy to understand! Thanks !

[@bekalynn700]

I’m working with a teacher to undo what romanization screwed up in my head. Thankfully I figured out early on that romanization was really messing me up and didn’t sound right and I was able to find someone who could teach me properly.

[@cindyfortuin1743]

I spent three days of hard study using an app that uses romanization. I then came across a native speaker and realised the sounds I was learning was incorrect. Really messed me up. But I am going to give Billy my next 100 days and get his book and take it from there. I dont think i have a natural affinity to language but I am going to give it my all.

[@rodolfomaurillo7416]

Coppedwn

[@rodolfomaurillo7416]

Betoin

[@user-ip6ff9on9x]

This help me a lot on learning Korean language and HAN-GUL, Thank you so much!!

[@Ilovemydog2023]

Thank you so much Billy this is really helping and I've always wanted to learn Korean so thank you very much😁

[@jonahstreams7301]

I know I've got a clown face, but I'm genuinely becoming an English teacher, a language teacher so to speak, I've to say this curriculum and the way you present these videos is really good from a didactics perspective. Well done!

[@atoastyghost290]

nice

[@atoastyghost290]

hope ur future is as bright as ur flawless clown skin

[@zievchn8893]

my first 2-3 weeks of "learning" korean, it was just me reading romanticized versions of korean words lmfao,,, my best friend smacked me behind the head when she found out ekdbdmfnf she rlly went like "btch are u trying to learn 한글 or hangul?"

[@bibliomania6858]

Good to know that it has been years when you started this series but still getting lots of THANKS in comment section haha ....Btw thanks man we really appreciate your hard work .

[@insaneic1667]

Something that really helped me with these syllables its thinking numb mouth, its like a relaxed t and d but sound similar to when you're mouth has a numbing agent in it. That usually helps me

[@mona-rich6350]

Hey, I just want to say thanks for sharing. I've been trying to learn Korean for a while. I can write in Hangul, but everything else is a challenge. You make it seem so easy😊

[@icanik787]

I am an INDIAN 🇮🇳and i can say that Learning korean for Us has an advantage because Our language HINDI aslo has similar words and pronounciation But it totally depends upon you ,how much effort and time you give to Learn Korean (Koi zarurat nehi Korean seekhne ki) - 6th Jan,2024

[@rose-wy5tq]

Yeah it sounded like kha nah tha ..

[@icanik787]

@@bhartidevi6456 🥺🥺🤣🤣 It's Okay, Read my name LoL

[@arnavsaikia7758]

@@rose-wy5tq yeah kind of like ख, न, थ but with more of a stretch at the end

[@parkjeongbin9574]

@@bhartidevi6456 eew

[@left84]

Kha nah tha it sounds like I had to eat bt I'm learning korean because I'm a k pop lover lol 😂

[@lorenamarin216]

Thank you so much this is so helpful more then anything else I’ve tried up to now

[@ilovespamspamisgreat6442]

YESSS thankssss! This is great!

[@Karategirl5947]

I already can tell my pronunciation is going to to be the worst part

[@amenm2503]

For a person who started learning korean week ago, i only hear:” I don’t say TA, i say TA”. I can’t tell difference 😢😂

[@Dump.Account]

I’m not skipping any ad for u Billy ☺️

[@mireillevictor8611]

Thank you sir for making it free for everyone

[@danasalipsip8742]

I'm a newbie!! And this is very helpful!! Thanks so much! :)

[@annemariebelcher6931]

I bought your book. I really appreciated that you included some history.

[@GoBillyKorean]

Awesome! Thank you, and good luck~!

[@koreanhjedu]

다른언어에서 한국어를 보니 너무 신기하네요.. 감사합니다. 잘보고갑니다.

[@byjking]

I swear for god that in the last part of 가 나 다 my mind was like "Canada??"

[@yesilikedrpepper]

Thank you for explaining why stroke order is important. When I see different fonts of Korean on signs (or, god forbid, handwritten notes 😂) the stroke order really helps my beginner brain separate the letters.

[@Blackboard1234]

As a Korean, I am very grateful to see a foreigner spreading Hangeul like this

[@newtannies.]

you explain in a form that i feel like I'm at a classroom learning korean lol, thanks sm for this class, I've wanted to learn korean since 2020, but just know I'm trying

[@SamiraBoudjelal-yj5qu]

Have you noticed some progress?

[@samakhan859]

Thank you for this video ❤️

[@marthv._]

So i finished my second lesson and thank you very much .. i will start the lesson 3 after 5 days bc i have exams .. and thanks❤️

[@ace_syo]

I learned Hangul already but I wanna do some practice before I go further than that :) Thanks, Billy💜😁

[@Confusednemo1506]

The sounds are pretty similar to Hindi sounds, which is my mother tongue and it's easier to make notes using Hindi rather than Roman alphabets. I hope I'll learn faster if my brain allows.

[@lavender7001]

Doing the same 😂

[@swarnimarawat7546]

Me too 😂😂

[@mansi2414]

Mee too 😂😂

[@lexica510]

Thank you so much for this!

[@akankshasurbhat3641]

now i got even more confidence to learn from billy thx for your comment

[@ananyasinha9603]

Knowing Hindi really makes it easier to pronounce these.

[@shadon1301]

Romanisation for me was like the 'ueue' in 'queue'. It doesn't even matter to me whether it existed or not. I'm enjoying learning korean 🥺❤✌🏻

[@AprilroseAldeaCute]

Thank u so much your channel has step by step

[@kristamontesa220]

i love this free seriee! i hope you have clips zoomed in on your mouth so we know how the tongue and mouth shape goes

[@twinkling-d3m]

omg billy,, you're so cute n energetic person!!

[@jking4973]

This man is a godsend 🙌🏻

[@Rmsidanaud]

Your korean is amazing!!!

[@user-rt7mb1rt9d]

+ ㄴ&ㄷ sound different from the english n&d because they are interdental (like th)

[@suah1157]

자막없이 영어로 한국어 강의를 들으니 늘 native 영어공부를 하고 있는 저에게도 도움이 되고 좋네요~~ 설명 참 잘 하시네요 건승하세요! ^^

[@c_hanni_luvzz]

me who was learning Korean my whole life using romanization: ARE YOU KIDDING ME??!!

[@mansitiwari953]

hangul system is just like hindi alphabets, even the pronounciations..so if u r an indian, you will find it way easier to pronounce if you take notes with hindi alphabets as a reference for pronounciation...it helped me a lottt..

[@the-wb5wo]

Nobody: My subtitles at 1:35: *"written as dona moon toe clip or dog rip moon"* HAHAHAHAH 😂😂

[@mx.stoneheart]

감사합니다!

[@bernadettblummer108]

I never get the idea of a syllable being one mouth movement. That sounds suspiciously more like a letter. Great series, though. Thank you Billy

[@GoBillyKorean]

The individual "letters" are ㄱ, ㄷ, ㄴ, etc. They aren't any mouth movements, because they're just letters without any sort of vowel sound. Just like "D" is just a letter. It only becomes a mouth movement when you say "dee" to pronounce it.

[@gunjanmittal6380]

Amazing video thanks❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉

[@ayeshaharoon402]

thank you billy so much

[@ChantelStays]

Im really grateful. I can do this....

[@mina_ben]

thank you so much easy to learn.thanks from Morocco

[@snozking]

this type of stuff looks like a netflix production, its so good!

[@angelofmusic6257]

Thanks for the video.

[@Spookyn.]

Dude I'm loving these classes, I took a notebook just for this, I'm already writing down important information (without the romanization) Anyways 1 more sub, i hope to finish this course and learn this amazing language, love u Billy

[@justinwhaley1288]

This was very engaging😊

[@lilyyyy6542]

Omggg thanks a lottt may god bless youu ❤❤❤❤

[@moonnguyen9959]

Thank you Billy