Compound vowels

Meet the letters

• 애

  ae

  like e in bed with the mouth a little more open — close to a in cat

• 에

  e

  like e in bed with the mouth a little more closed

• 얘

  yae

  ㅐ with a y in front

• 예

  ye

  ㅔ with a y in front

• 와

  wa

  ㅗ + ㅏ, said fast

• 워

  wo

  ㅜ + ㅓ, said fast

• 왜

  wae

  ㅗ + ㅐ, said fast

• 웨

  we

  ㅜ + ㅔ, said fast

• 외

  oe

  sounds like ㅞ today

• 위

  wi

  ㅜ + ㅣ, said fast

• 의

  ui

  ㅡ + ㅣ, said fast

Listen and choose

Fix Hoya’s mistakes

Hoya wrote these. Each one has one mistake. Work out the right answer, then check.

• Sound wa Hoya wrote 워
  Check

  와 ㅜ pairs with ㅓ, not ㅏ. For wa, use ㅗ + ㅏ: 와.

• Sound wi Hoya wrote 의
  Check

  위 ㅢ is ㅡ + ㅣ, ui. For wi, start from ㅜ: 위.

• Sound ae Hoya wrote 아이
  Check

  애 Two vowels in one block make one sound. ㅏ + ㅣ is written ㅐ, in one syllable: 애.