Learn how to read (Case 3):

|C|→|V|

↓ = |CV|

|C| | C |

Is same as

|C| +|V|

+ = |CV|

|C| | C |

Examples=

ㅂ(C) →ㅏ(V)

↓ = 밥

ㅂ(V)

밥 means rice. Since the main dish of korean meal is rice (they have lots of side dishes to add flavour), they use the word 밥 as a shortcut to say meal. We can say 밥 주세요= give me food(rice).

ㄱ(C)→ㅏ(V)

↓ = 강

ㅇ(C)

강 means river. In this word, the ㅇ is coming after the vowel so ㅇ sound would be ng.

Quick recap:

When ㅇ comes before a vowel, it is silent.

There is a river passing through the capital city of South Korea. Its name is "Han River". In korean its called 한강.

We can say 한강 가다 = _____?

Remember what I said in the "formal/informal" chapter?

I'll tell you what koreans call the informal korean language and formal korean language.

Informal korean language = 반말

Formal korean language = 존댓말

Now there is a common word there, right?

말 = something you speak/words/remark/utterance