Fifty helps for the beginner in the use of the Korean language

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by  Baird Annie L.

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HELPS
FIFTY
FOR THE BEGINNER
THE USE OF THE
IN
KOREAN LANGUAGE
ANNIE BAIRD
L. A.
FOURTH KDITION
Pfii'r : 1 Yrn.
PRINTED
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THE PUKUIN PRINTING CO LTD.
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" For thou art * * ' i^an lu .ipcpK'toio.. ....:.
speech, and of a hard language, niany
people deep oflip and heavy oftongue, whose word
Ihou canst not understand " 1*'zek 3:5,6.
" A people of a deeix:r sj)cccli than thou can t
perceive of a ridiculous tongue that thou canst not
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understand." Isa, 33 : 19, marginal reading.
FIFTY HELPS
FOR THE BEGINNER
IN THE USE OF THE
KOREAN LANGUAGE.
This litUc booklet is not intended fur the eye uf
those who have niadc considerable progress in tlK
study and use of Korean, but is designed simply to
lK:Ip IIh: beginner to a s{K*edy use ofcertain common
idioms. All lli.it it contains, with the cxcqition,
{x:rhaps, oftlK vocabulary ofreligious terms, and tlic
prayer and gos|x:l sentences, nwy be found much
more fully anti carefully expresscti in oIIkt works,
but we believe, in a fomi as accessible to
iKginiv.I>.
First of all, the slmlcnl .sliuuld learn iVuiu the
following tabic. u» recognize at sight the written
character, and thus ec^uip himselffor tlic use ofGale's
4 Fim' HELPS FOR THE nEGINNER
Korean-Mnglisli dictionary, and all other available
printed helps.
tabu: op KOREAN CHARACTHRS WIIH
THEIR EQUIVALENT ENOI ISH
SOUNDS.*
VOWELS.
^ ^
^
^] iori, ^r ii, u oru, cu, 6oro, -^ oo
or 06, 5 Ti or almost silent, *^ J. ^] .1 . i . , $^
something like wa with but slight sound of w, •) a.
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The character in connection with each of these
vowels is omitted whenever the vowel is preceded by
a consonant.
1. **|=i in nuichine,as ^'l, pi (rain,) y '^f". kqUa,
(to mend).
=i in pin, as ^, chip, (house), y^f, kipta,
(to be deep).
2. *}*=:iii in father, as "Ji* !<»*» (h^it).
^=0
3. =u iinnptuurbr,,aass ^*y,,p(uptO,p)(,frcieunsdt)o;m.^-S-. mu..
(to be far). Ik)tli sounds are found in
llH^r-S., kun nu kao, (to cross
over).
4. ^=French eu, as JX keu, (tlwt).
* Takeofroin anarticle by
UatiOQofKoreanSoandt," In 7^* Kcn^n Kefoiiiet^ f : .'•
,,
JN iHi-. ki,kK \r,F.. 5
.=o innolc, as -^ soin, ^cotton), -^ •|, tung-
na, (a neighborhood).
=6 in for, as^-^, tong san, (a garden).
6. -p=oo in moon, as "^j/noon, (a door).
=oo in wool as "S", p'ool, (grass).
7. * =;i in father, as ^, mal, (a horse).
=a almost silent, as in closed, unaccented
syllableslikethesecond syllabicof^y§
saram, (person).
^=a
8. in hat, as 7fl, ka, (a dog).
9. ^1 =:a in fate, as ^|l}",cliaga, (he or sheor I).
=e
in met, as 7r"!Jl4l. kiigesso, (I will go),
10 $J\ =This character has no exact equivalent in
English sounds. It is somewhat like wa
with butslight sound ofw, as $| chwa,
,
(fault or sin).
^1 =a in hat, as ^, ch'ak, (a book).
DIPHTHONGS. ^\
.K. wn-.iwiungs tlicrc is but one.
^=
i.;. French eui. SonKthing like i preceded
by a very slight sound of w, as -^ "^
eui wun, (a physician).
9S a vowel has no representation exce|>t that
:d under Nos. 10, and 12; and )' lias no
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place wliatever as a vouch As coasotiants tliey are
com|K)UiKlcd with other letters as follows :
VOWELS COMPOUNDED WITH Y.
^
3. ^prrrfi as in father prcccdal by y, as yangf,
1
(a sheep),
t.j. **^r—u in tub preceded by \, i^ ^, I'Nn'Uj,
(a bottle).
— 11 in purr preceded by y, as ^"q"'^!'
^— nn un hada, (to e.«M:apc, avoid),
15. •) in n<ite with y prefixed, as -^,
(abuse).
-o in for with y prefixed, as in first syllable
ofA3.^"*'tC-}', by.) rhok lurln. (to h.-
sharp, |x>inted).
Tf^ "^
16. yf<"> in nuK)n with y prefixe<l. 1^
^l", yiKj sik hada, (to be leaned).
r-iTT) in wool, with y prefixed, as "-§"^1
hy«T>n^ nyun, (famine year).
17. ^1 .1 in (ate-, with y prefixed, i ^I'S'' > '
zoon, (sixty)
- r in met with y jn h\( <1, .r ^|, ' '
\ oMi'OONnKD WiTll W.
18. -^-.t in fallier with w prefixed, i '^ ^.
sil ^,\^ii, (fnn'tK