Korean Alphabet: Vowel Knowhow

Question 1

What is the Korean word for ‘vowel’?

Answer 1

모음 (moeum)

Question 2

How many basic vowels are there in the Korean language?

Answer 2

There are 10 basic vowels.

Question 3

True or False: The Korean vowel system is similar to the English vowel system.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Fill in the blank: The vowel ‘ㅏ’ is pronounced as _____ in English.

Answer 4

a as in ‘father’

Question 5

What is the Romanization of the Korean vowel ‘ㅓ’?

Answer 5

eo

Question 6

Which Korean vowel is pronounced like ‘i’ in ‘machine’?

Answer 6

ㅣ (i)

Question 7

What is the diphthong formed by combining ‘ㅗ’ and ‘ㅏ’?

Answer 7

ㅘ (wa)

Question 8

What is the sound of the vowel ‘ㅜ’?

Answer 8

u as in ‘food’

Question 9

How is the vowel ‘ㅡ’ pronounced?

Answer 9

A sound similar to ‘oo’ in ‘good’, but without lip rounding.

Question 10

What is the Korean vowel that represents the sound ‘ae’?

Answer 10

ㅐ (ae)

Question 11

True or False: ‘ㅟ’ is a combination of ‘ㅜ’ and ‘ㅣ’.

Answer 11

True

Question 12

Which vowel is represented by ‘ㅔ’?

Answer 12

e as in ‘bet’

Question 13

What is the combination of ‘ㅏ’ and ‘ㅣ’ called?

Answer 13

ㅐ (ae)

Question 14

How many compound vowels are there in the Korean language?

Answer 14

There are 11 compound vowels.

Question 15

Fill in the blank: The vowel ‘ㅑ’ is pronounced as _____ in English.

Answer 15

ya as in ‘yarn’

Question 16

What is the Korean vowel that has no direct equivalent in English?

Answer 16

ㅡ (eu)

Question 17

What vowel corresponds to the sound ‘yo’?

Answer 17

ㅛ (yo)

Question 18

True or False: ‘ㅘ’ is a compound vowel.

Answer 18

True

Question 19

Which vowel is used to create the sound ‘wae’?

Answer 19

ㅙ (wae)

Question 20

What is the sound of the vowel ‘ㅔ’?

Answer 20

Similar to ‘e’ in ‘bet’

Question 21

What is the Romanized form of the vowel ‘ㅒ’?

Answer 21

yae

Question 22

True or False: Korean vowels can be combined to form new sounds.

Answer 22

True

Question 23

What is the vowel ‘ㅑ’ used for?

Answer 23

It represents the sound ‘ya’.

Question 24

Which vowel is pronounced like ‘oe’ in ‘foe’?

Answer 24

ㅚ (oe)

Question 25

Fill in the blank: The vowel 'ㅘ' is a combination of _____ and _____.

Answer 25

ㅗ (o) and ㅏ (a)

Question 26

What vowel represents the sound 'yu'?

Answer 26

ㅠ (yu)

Question 27

How is the vowel 'ㅟ' pronounced?

Answer 27

'wi' as in 'we'

Question 28

What is the Korean vowel for 'ae' in 'air'?

Answer 28

ㅐ (ae)

Question 29

Which vowel is represented by 'ㅗ'?

Answer 29

'o' as in 'go'

Question 30

True or False: Compound vowels are formed by combining two basic vowels.

Answer 30

True

Question 31

What is the sound of the vowel 'ㅜ'?

Answer 31

'u' as in 'blue'

Question 32

How many vowel sounds does the letter 'ㅣ' represent?

Answer 32

One sound, 'i'.

Question 33

What is the diphthong formed by combining 'ㅓ' and 'ㅣ'?

Answer 33

ㅔ (e)

Question 34

What vowel is represented by 'ㅟ'?

Answer 34

'wi' as in 'we'

Question 35

Fill in the blank: The vowel 'ㅒ' is pronounced like _____ in English.

Answer 35

'yae' similar to 'yay'

Question 36

Which vowel is pronounced like 'u' in 'put'?

Answer 36

ㅡ (eu)

Question 37

What is the Korean vowel for the sound 'yo'?

Answer 37

ㅛ (yo)

Question 38

True or False: The vowel 'ㅙ' is a compound vowel.

Answer 38

True

Question 39

What is the vowel 'ㅓ' used for?

Answer 39

It represents the sound 'eo'.

Question 40

Which vowel corresponds to the sound 'ae' in 'day'?

Answer 40

ㅐ (ae)

Question 41

What is the sound of the vowel 'ㅖ'?

Answer 41

'ye' as in 'yes'

Question 42

Fill in the blank: The vowel 'ㅙ' is a combination of _____ and _____.

Answer 42

ㅗ (o) and ㅐ (ae)

Question 43

What is the Romanized form of the vowel 'ㅓ'?

Answer 43

eo

Question 44

What is the sound of the vowel 'ㅑ'?

Answer 44

'ya' as in 'yarn'

Question 45

How many variations of the vowel 'ㅐ' exist?

Answer 45

There are two: ㅐ and ㅒ.

Question 46

True or False: The vowel 'ㅜ' is a basic vowel.

Answer 46

True