Billy Go’s Beginner Korean Course | #3: Learning 한글 Part 1 The First Letters

In this lesson you’ll learn and practice several more consonants.
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[@Mr_Mmiya_Bhai]

BILLY : It's not ' maa ' it's ' maa ' Me : 😭😭😭😭😭

[@arose2393]

It's similar to how in English we learn the difference between P and B. So similar, especially if you are just learning English but not the same at all 😊 hope this helps!

[@JedAsodike]

I tried listening to ma and it deadass sounded lika ba

[@Mr_Mmiya_Bhai]

​​@@JedAsodikeyour comment reminds me of how far I've come . I have learnt 2000 new Korean words , started my Korean journey in may 2023 . Little steps a day ... A long journey made in a year . My goal is 3k words by dec 31 st if everything goes wel .

[@kaotaja_jess]

I like to imagine as if there was an H between consonant and vowel, like, "다" sounds kinda like "tha", "가" sounds like "kha"

[@myouniverse0613]

Oh helpful tip thanks

[@namratasingh956]

exactly me too....

[@IsolatePlz]

Kha'Zix

[@thesavageone8627]

Thank for your tip

[@maham2762]

Smart

[@klee7167]

Wow, the 'dog/log' example really made the sound a lot clearer to me, thank you so much! I'm looking forward to the rest of this course :)

[@Nat-cf6nm]

so u know kprean know or

[@klee7167]

@@Nat-cf6nm I can read it and translate simple stuff/basic conversation so far, but it truly is an ongoing process :)

[@Nat-cf6nm]

@@klee7167 so are you a intermideate ?

[@klee7167]

@@Nat-cf6nm not sure, I haven't had the chance to test what level I am yet, but I consider myself a beginner still

[@sheida5914]

Ur Beginner after two years 😭makes me wanna give up sometimes. Sounds difficult

[@questbusinessconsulting3119]

I love how you added tongue position. That helps so much. I just purchased your book so these videos help a lot. I just go along with where I'm at in the book. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge.

[@icingcake]

Linguistics level 👍

[@carelessbear800]

Tip! : ㅅ, For ㅅ, it is like the starting of the letter “snake” but not as strong as the starting letter “same”

[@emxani]

hi ! i’ve been learning for a long time now and some things that helped ME when learning how to REMEMBER the consonants! “ㅂ” looks like a bucket and it has that “b” or even a “p” sound! “ㅈ” almost looks like a pair of jeans! also sounds like a “j” or “t” sound! “ㄷ” looks like an open door, also has the “d” sound. ”ㄱ“ this one kind of looks like a gun in a way ahah, it as-well has the “g” sound! “ㅅ” looks like a ski ramp or hill and has the “s” sound. “ㅁ” looks like a mouth or an open mouth, it has the “m” sound. “ㄴ” this one is kind of funny, what does it remind you of? to me it looks like a nose haha. so think of it as maybe a nose or anything different! this has the “n” sound. “ㄹ” this one i couldnt think much of! i think of it as a snake even tho it’s pronounced in between “l” and “r”. let me know what helps you remember that one! “ㅎ” this one looks like a hat! and has the “h” sound. “ㅋ” this one looks like a key! this has the “k” sound. “ㅌ” this one looks like a sideways “table”! this has the “t” sound. “ㅊ” this one looks like a child haha. this has the “ch” sound! and lastly.. “ㅍ” this looks like pillars! this has the “p” sound. i hope this helped and if i forgot any let me know and i will help! thank you for taking your time to read this for help/tips! if you read this put a “🔥” because you are doing great !!

[@emmanuelreynoso4955]

🔥

[@S_S..0]

Perfect❤

[@emxani]

@@S_S..0 🫶🏻

[@ghostmemesksksk]

🔥🔥🔥

[@Case_Coco_143]

🔥

[@dyna.jcheveyo4151]

ok so I speak both english and arabic as my native mother tongues. Through all the videos I have seen from Koreans teaching how to pronounce these (hard korean letters that don't exist in english language) I realized that yes they do not exist in the english language BUT they do exist in the Arabic language! and are some of the letter that english speakers struggle to learn. That's on being bilingual !

[@mansitiwari953]

yup sis, and they exist exactly the same in HINDI as well.. perks of being asian i think so

[@Nana-bx8rm]

@@mansitiwari953 same with creole for me

[@sunflower_2013_7]

@@mansitiwari953 yup....all asian languages have similar sounds and grammar too

[@fawad_alli]

These sounds also exist in Pushto ( a language that's been spoken in the province, of KPK, Pakistan.)

[@10937in]

arabic does have all the korean letters wdym

[@ThiagoAlmeida-O-Jovem]

I'm not native to english language so i thought it would be hard to learn from a english based course, but is surprisingly not hard. Thank you for making it free.

[@rei-rei2256]

I already watched and finished your Hangul lessons and know all the letters I'm just watching again for a review

[@Dramawatchereurope]

I first watched your video because I want to learn Korean, but I didn't understand it, so I learn the alphabet with Duolingo and now I understand your explanation. 감사합니다

[@michalevangelena2056]

Thank you so much Billy for your thoughtfulness of doing this course free of charge, and giving a change for people like us to learn this language, hope you’ll have a blessed life. Thank you sir.

[@tinpenguin13]

I'm watching this series as a review, and it's amazing to HEAR how far I've come in my studies. A year ago I couldn't hear the difference between 마 and "ma" at all, and now it's clear as day!

[@GoBillyKorean]

Great to hear! :D

[@turntodusk]

What’s the difference?

[@Zzz-wj8nb]

i dunno if it helps anyone but i like to think that in korean the focus of each syllable is on the vowels rather than the consonants, so you annunciate the consonants less and focus on the vowels. in korean the vowels are the main sound, with consonants in between; in comparison to english where it’s more consonant heavy with vowels in between~

[@unniunni1506]

I started a month ago and now iam revising it fortunately now I can read hangul😊thq Billy

[@rishita1103]

This dude is a legend well since I'm an Indian these sounds are really similar to Hindi so its pretty easy for me tho and thank you so much dude for teaching us this well

[@yashaswiniyashaswini-zl5te]

Fr I am also finding the language easy and fun to learn!!

[@crayonfou]

this guy is awesome!!! In Seul now doing some handwork but listening and looking so I am learning a lot. Thanks for your generosity

[@Orcahoon]

Wow this helps a lot more! I’ve watched videos but never understood nor processed Hangul in my brain! Thanks this helps I will ask my dad to get me your books for my birthday! Thanks so much! This helps

[@rishabyadav698]

So are you a bts fan thats how you were motavatided to learn korean

[@rishabyadav698]

???

[@Orcahoon]

@@rishabyadav698 I am not learning Korean because of Kpop. Not all Kpop stans do that. I have been wanting to learn Korean way before I even knew what Kpop was. Please don’t assume.

[@maham2762]

How is your journey bruv. ? Worth it ?

[@Orcahoon]

@@maham2762 oh yes it is really worth it. I’ve come pretty far with the language and I’m currently in the process of learning Italian because I plan to go to Italy next year to study at a international science and arts school, and there has been so much going on since I started learning korean but it was definitely worth it. I’ve made some Korean friends, improved my pronunciation, and I can even write and read in Korean. Thank you for asking actually I forgot about this video and what I commented since it had been about a year. :)

[@iroco0494]

Many of the sounds are similar to how we pronounce them in Spanish. I’m half Spanish-half English, and I end up using Spanish most of the time (with tad of English) to try and find the best pronunciation. 😄 Thank u Billy for these lessons! I really love the Korean language and would lo to be a bit fluent one day 💜🙂

[@alejandrocespedes1544]

I'm from a Spanish speaking background too, your comment made this sound so much less scary lol. Thank you!

[@amberobaid6836]

Hangul is very similar to hindi letter And as I'm Indian It's really easy for me to learn now 💜💜💜

[@user-yuejhsik781]

Ya

[@852pratikzinzala6]

I am also indian

[@angel-fc6mx]

Ya

[@kritikarajput6076]

Yes , I agree with this. I already know many sounds

[@user-ij6wl6de3r]

Same

[@TheMikky1995]

I cant hear the doferences in pronaunciation at all 😭😭 hopefully trough time...

[@GoBillyKorean]

Yes, it just takes time. You can also re-watch the video a few more times.

[@user-zr7xm5ud9o]

Extremely normal for western people

[@michaelshort2388]

im having the same issue. I think I will be rewatching these videos a lot. lol

[@tuko5079]

@@michaelshort2388 Yeah... exactly!

[@cindyfortuin1743]

So relieved that im not alone or particularly backward. Knowing Afrikaans helps a bit... I think😂

[@lydiagibbie6980]

Thank you so much for making these they are great and I am really enjoying them ❤️

[@pathstowater]

The motivation behind that it's free and you answer email question ?! ... The user friendly detail ... The clarity from the detailed instruction ... that makes exacting results ... I'm up to this latest explanation (of my newly begun Korean study) of how to correctly write Korean fast and be confident to sound truly Korean with the leul consonant by softly saying dog then sounding like 'log' ... .It's awesome ... I'm grateful ... I'm hopeful and excited to be 'good to go' ... God Bless you Sir Billy ...

[@clarkkhentalcos3548]

Thank you very much for the lessons,I've learned a lot of lessons thank you♥️♥️

[@beingumarkamboh]

This is amazing.. you teaching method is soo amazing.. learning this language just because of your way of method.. Love you'

[@osonhodeleon]

Another great lesson.

[@KitLingLau2009]

Thank you so much for these lessons!

[@tcideh4929]

More tongue positions please it helps sooo much.

[@skyofthelivingdead]

하 하 하 It sounded like a very monotone laugh when you repeated it 😂

[@gvon6358]

하하하하하하하 is actually how to write hahahaha in Hangul

[@sharplesmancini1284]

Just finished first lesson - thanks!

[@wadaqorentia3920]

Thank you for the lessons belly 😍

[@Spookyn.]

Thanks for the free classes, i love you

[@user-ij6wl6de3r]

These pronunciations are quite easy for me as I'm an Indian 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳❤. And thx sir for such good course. I was roaming in whole internet to learn korean and i find u and i am grateful for that. Thx for such amazing video or I should say such sugoi video. WTF sugoi means amazing in Japanese 😊😊

[@lorenamarin216]

This helped me so much like I can’t explain my gratitude thank you thank so much

[@haydee84]

Great video! Thank you so much.

[@your_joy-pp9ow]

Love this channel~ very helpful especially to all beginner/s like me 😍🤙🏻🤙🏻

[@elftower907]

Awesome teacher.

[@leeyounggun4218]

Come on man, "it's not ma, it's ma"

[@bornbleu]

LMAOO

[@Maliktevin1643]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@priyangaj358]

Hangul is very very much similar to tamil so its really easy for me to catch up. Thank you so much for your effort Mr.Billy because of you its even more easier for me.

[@lukegonzalez8772]

It really helpful to learned basic korean/hangul THANK YOU!

[@joseph__morton]

Notice how it isn't... Me noticing it is...🤣🤣

[@MysticRayne]

It also helped a great deal when you explain how you place your tongue to pronounce the sound. Like in the example dog/log.

[@thepogue]

Great job teaching!

[@misshaninahmed5106]

Many thanks 🙏🏻

[@waihninlwin3245]

this is epic I already knlw hangul and i 'm relarning it cause its so good to knpw more about it and also useful

[@fabiolamachuca]

Hey, look at that, I actually did learn something new! I never thought there was an order to draw the letter, but I tried and it is indeed easier to draw them, and they look better!

[@Zephyrus88]

Learning how to pronounce ㄹ has helped so much!!!!!

[@user-xr4zi7gg5s]

Thankyou sir for teaching ❤ you are awesome 😎

[@ryujinsgotdimples5638]

I find it harder to pronounce the ㄱ and ㄷ rather than ㄹ because the other two sound a lot closer to g/k and d/t but ㄹ has a distinct sound

[@Palak_Sehgal_31]

If you are Indian and know hindi then some sounds are easy to pronounce beacuse it's similar like Bieup is similar to "भ" and Digeut is similar to "ध" and all strong consonents excatly sounds like Hindi alphabets

[@rahulnarula9960]

You are ryt brother..

[@zmileyy]

I have such a hard time with pronunciation 😂 but will definitely watch every video several times so I can get it right sooner or later.

[@GoBillyKorean]

Don't stress *too* much about pronunciation, especially in the beginning. Nobody starts off pronouncing it perfectly. It just takes a lot of time and exposure and practice, so as long as you're at least conscious of how you sound you'll eventually get good at it :-)

[@zmileyy]

@@GoBillyKorean I will def try not to stress about it. But this helps me a lot so thank you for all your videos!

[@deathlessmile]

Really great teacher! Wish you could teach other languages as well!!!

[@talkbangtan]

wow I got a bit tripped because I had learned the alternative way to write ㅎ. Really appreciating going back through the basics because I also didn't learn proper stroke order.

[@nishas6110]

Wonderful thank you

[@ofwaspirant9306]

WOW, THANK YOU VERY MUCH

[@lilyyyy6542]

You are the best Billy ily ❤❤

[@rishabyadav698]

Thats true

[@crazypurplepanda9244]

Lesson 3: recognizing, reading and writing ✅

[@ruhiazra]

I an so in love with bts even i am learning this language for them

[@souravkumar7283]

Amazing person

[@supechube_k]

so my sister just started learning korean(i taught her some words and phrases before but that was it) and even though you said we shouldn't use romanization she knew if she wrote the letters down without any kind of romanization she'd mix them up, so she created this really weird system where she writes a bunch of sounds and blends them together into one sound, lemme show you what i mean: 가-kgᴿah(i still have no idea why the "ᴿ" makes the sound softer) 자-chjˢᴿah 나-nᴰah 까-kgah 하-hᴿah 라-dlah and because I'm her 선배님 she made me review her pronunciation and it actually works for some reason! so anyway your course has been super helpful to her, and I'm jealous because 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒅𝒂𝒚... (insert old person rant here about how this course didn't exist and how we had to memorize so many types of syllable blocks bcz billy overcomplicated them)

[@sksk-bd7yv]

Thank you for giving me a chance to learn a new language! I agree totally about how romanization is bad. One of the languages I grew up with have a couple of extra letters added to the "english latin" alphabet. Those letters are crucial to pronounciation. Whenever I see them translated to "english-latin-script" they never come out right. Sometimes this replacement of letters make the whole word, and sentence, incomprehensible. And thank you for the dog/log - that helped!

[@selflove5812]

The pronunciation is kind of similar to Tamil and its easy to learn for me, btw while practising my whole fam was staring at me loll.Thank u for the lectures billy

[@plsc230]

Thank you so much...

[@fffuuuiiis199]

OK, the first one, it's like a K but not a K, it's like a G but not a G, get it? second one, it's like an N but not an N. moving on, this 3rd one is like a T but not really, it's close to a D, but neither. OK, the 4th one, neither an L or an N, but in between, but you have to put your tongue like saying a D, but don't say a D, say an L sound instead, Got it? Me: Uhmm...OK...should I continue? and I thought I could pick up some basic Korean since I watch way too much K-drama. Just kidding! I just came across your series. You're doing a good job, one of the best youtube videos teaching Korean. Keep up the good work. Mandarin, Cantonese, Thai, French, German, Japanese, I can do OK. I'm going to try Korean next.

[@anishanandi4953]

The fact that my mothertongue is bengali and I know hindi quite well makes this lesson a tad bit easier hehe

[@shreyabhattacharjee1779]

Hangul becomes more easy to learn to those who know Hindi language. The pronunciation matches so many times .

[@Mr_Mmiya_Bhai]

Is it ? I'm an Indian and been learning Korean for 2 months now !!

[@Cheese92082]

Nahhh

[@JJ-cs2ko]

thank you!

[@guanabana.314]

라 do be sounding like law 😭😭🤚

[@akiloru]

And there is me, repeadly saying 라 at 1am my room 😭 I'm French, and the pronounciation is so hard, omg

[@ghadasaid2966]

French letters are also difficult to pronounce lol😂😭 I'm Arabic btw❤

[@akiloru]

@@ghadasaid2966 They are when you're not native, that's for sure 🤣 I like to think of it as more raw and rude in a way lmao I've heard some Arab dialogue, must be a hell of a language too 😳 just the fact that you write letter from right to left is very confusing for me 😭💕

[@ghadasaid2966]

@@akiloruYeah,we are special bro 😂🤸🏽 What makes me proud of my language is that it is the language of the Holy Quran You can consider that the value of any language after Arabic is just a remnant which we have fun with😎

[@ReelBasileno]

3rd Video of my Korean Language Class.

[@user-zr7xm5ud9o]

Thx for learn korean

[@Ducko1241]

I had so much trouble with ㄹ

[@jaye4685]

Wow interesting ❤

[@its_Chilsie]

when you realize its quite easy to understand the pronunciation as a Nepalese or Indian!

[@sushilranjansinha3415]

Tomorrow is my english language test and here I am learning korean... lol :D

[@PameiLu]

I thought he was charlie puth

[@Hybelabels.comjeonjunkook]

Samee 😂

[@LoluEternalCouple]

Sort of look alike

[@sophiabrown9970]

yoo if this man confuses me ONE MORE TIME 😭 sorry billy I’m slow

[@snozking]

ive learned to say all of these differently so now i guess i need to re learn all this X_X

[@user-rk1dv5lj2d]

Billy, you are a great teacher! May I ask for some tips on how do I learn to increase the speed of my reading in Korean?

[@GoBillyKorean]

Your reading speed will get faster as your general Korean knowledge gets better, as long as you're also reading while learning. But just reading alone won't make your reading faster. You can also try reading things out loud, which helps not only with reading comprehension but with speaking ability.

[@Bonapartinha]

It's not LA is actually LA My mind - Gosh this is gonna be difficult

[@GoBillyKorean]

It just takes a lot of time and practice to get used to it. In the beginning, your ears will probably not allow you to hear the differences very well yet. I recommend watching some Korean shows to get your ears adjusted to some of these sounds.

[@NanaHoneyB]

I can tell my writing is going to be messy lmfaooo🤣

[@RizzyXD.]

If my parents walked in on me trying to differentiate the difference of “Sa“ and ”사“ they’d think I’d gone mad 😭

[@livelove1844]

#3 done ✅

[@wzwzwz]

ㄹ also sometimes sounds similar to Spanish R right?

[@SleeplessinOC]

I think so too

[@Thomas-dq9yo]

If it's at the start of a syllable in the middle of the word, it's similar to a single R in Spanish

[@markiyabr8477]

I thought that at first but pls don’t get them mixed they are actually different in pronunciation!😊

[@lilyyyy6542]

🙂🙂🙂

[@lilyyyy6542]

Dont torture me plss🙂🙂 because I really want to learn spanish

[@Rica-ks1ns]

오히려 영어듣기 공부가 된다 ㅎㅎㅎㅎㅎㅎㅎㅎㅎ

[@easayr5270]

I am thinking that you might have degree in linguistics. These phonetical graphics are scientific images. Great work, thank you for the effort!

[@warrenslittleworld1387]

It's official I'm completely tone Def. Every time you is it's not la or ma that's exactly what I hear.... Even when I just try to listen to the sound only....

[@GoBillyKorean]

That's normal and happens to almost everyone. It just takes time to adjust your ears to the sounds. Don't stress about it yet :-)

[@oiocha5706]

Can't comprehend the pronunciation even though you explained it very clearly

[@schase0013]

I've been working on memorizing a little bit every night. Tonight I worked on the syllables 라, 마, 바 and 사, but My pronunciation sounds like I'm saying "Llama pasta" 🤣😭

[@FarooqAlsaegh]

I'm in korea for almost one year and my Korean so bad I didn't even able to learn the basics cuz I keep forgetting what I learned

[@v.vcreation9219]

Well feel happy to know Hindi because some of these words have exact sound as in hindi like this is( ㄹ ) ड.

[@arnuahmed2555]

I'm from Bangladesh And all the sound are similar Bangladesh language latter So I practice easily 💝

[@ghadasaid2966]

I'm happy that I'm not the only one here😭

[@Purple_sparkles]

I'm not saying Pa I'm saying pa oh my gooood

[@multifandom881]

I remember it like Lah, mah, bha, jha, sah and hah...there is some kinda h sound exist in every letter 👀😁

[@def_binnie3751]

the 마 is not just ma but if you think of the m as similar to b then it could help (but not ba lol) just a kind of in between m and b idk if this makes sense to other people lmao

[@Shii681]

I have to Come And read.. Lya. Mya pya sya chya hya😂😂😂 uuu have tried am new biginner

[@krusmarusma2]

wow, this is a little bit difficult that the lesson 2 ... it's ok. i will practice a lot

[@monicaadriano6030]

Is it just me or the shape of the consonant changes when pair with a vowel.

[@TheJanstyler]

I just learned that I have pronounced the letter D and L wrong my entire life. For the letter L sound my tongue position has always been the exact same the example for the Korean "L" sound. And for the letter D my tongue has always been just SLIGHTLY between the teeth. Wtf? 😂 Edit: Just gotta add, the sounds of the "D position Log" and the korean "La" are completely different. The Log is almost a rolled R.

[@thepangremlin6707]

To me some of these sounds are kind of like “lazy” versions of the ones often used in English. I don’t know if I’m pronouncing them correctly if I think of this, but it’s the closest I can get at this point