Final consonants

Meet the letters

• 악

  ak

  stop the air with the back of the tongue — ㄲ ㅋ sound the same here

• 안

  an

  tongue at the front, air through the nose

• 앋

  at

  stop the air with the tip of the tongue — ㅅ ㅆ ㅈ ㅊ ㅌ ㅎ sound the same here

• 알

  al

  tongue tip up, like l

• 암

  am

  lips closed, air through the nose

• 압

  ap

  stop the air with the lips — ㅍ sound the same here

• 앙

  ang

  like ng in song

Listen and choose

Fix Hoya’s mistakes

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

• Sound ang Hoya wrote 안
  Check

  앙 ㄴ is n. At the bottom, ㅇ is no longer silent — it is ng: 앙.

• Sound al Hoya wrote 아르
  Check

  알 A final l doesn’t need a new syllable. Put ㄹ underneath: 알.

• Sound am Hoya wrote 마
  Check

  암 마 is m then a. For am, the ㅁ goes underneath: 암.