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From: SkyPhydeaux
Lesson I: The non-aspirated (not said with a puff of air) consonants.
The arrows indicate the direction of the brush, the numbers indicate which
stroke.
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Enlarged | Pronounciation | mini- |
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d888888888888888888888888b | Between a 'Gah' | |
Y88888888888888888888888888 | and a 'Kah' | |
d8888P | | |
-1--------, d8888P | The back of the | |
/ d8888P | tongue lightly | -, |
/ _d888P` | touches the back | |
L` _d8888P | of the roof of the | |
_d88888P | mouth. | |
___d88888P | | |
d8888888P | | |
Y8888P` | | |
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__ | Very similar to | |
d88b | the 'n' sound | |
8888 | | |
8888 | | The tip of the | |
8888 1 | tongue touches | |_ |
8888 | | the front part of | |
8888 | | the roof of the | |
8888 `-----> | mouth. | |
8888 | | |
8888_____________________ | | |
Y888888888888888888888888b | | |
Y88888888888888888888888P | | |
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-1-----> | | |
____________________ | Between the 'Dah' | |
d88888888888888888888b | and 'Tah' sounds | |
888888888888888888888P | | |
8888 | The tip of the | |
8888 | | tongue lightly | [ |
8888 2 | touches the back | |
8888 | | of the top front | |
8888 | | teeth. | |
8888 `----> | | |
8888_________________ | | |
888888888888888888888b | | |
Y88888888888888888888P | | |
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--1-------------------, | | |
____________________ | | | |
d88888888888888888888b | | Between an 'L' | |
Y888888888888888888888 V | and an 'R' | |
8888 | | `] |
8888 | The tip of the | [_ |
-2-----------> 8888 | tongue touches | |
_________________8888 | just behind the | |
d888888888888888888888 | ridge in the | OR |
888888888888888888888P | front of the roof | |
8888 . | of the mouth. | Z |
8888 3 | Say 'Elll', and | |
8888 '---> | bring the tip of | |
8888_________________ | the tongue back- | |
888888888888888888888b | wards a little | |
Y88888888888888888888P | | |
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-2-----------------, | | |
_____________________ | | Very close to | |
| d888888888888888888888b | | the 'M' sound | |
1 88888888888888888888888 | | | |
| 8888 8888 | | The lips are | |
| 8888 8888 | | brought together, | |
| 8888 8888 V | just like saying | [] |
| 8888 8888 | 'Ma'. | |
V 8888 8888 | | |
8888 8888 | | |
8888 8888 | | |
8888_______________8888 | | |
88888888888888888888888 | | |
Y888888888888888888888P | | |
-3--------> | | |
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d88b d88b | | |
8888 8888 | | Between a 'B' | |
| 8888 8888 3 | and a 'P' | |
1 8888 8888 | | | |
| 8888 -2---> 8888 | | The lips are | |
| 8888_________8888 | | brought together, | |
V 88888888888888888 | | just like saying | |d |
88888888888888888 V | 'Ma', then brought | |
8888 8888 | apart with barely |(it's a|
8888 8888 | enough air to make |stretch|
8888 8888 | a sound. (like |I know)|
8888_________8888 | 'Ball', instead of | |
88888888888888888 | 'Paul') | |
Y888888888888888P | | |
-4-------> | | |
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| Very close to | |
__ | an 'S' | |
d88b | | |
/ 8888 \ | Said much like an | |
_1 d8888 2 | 'S' in english, | |
L' _d88888b \ | tip of the tongue | /\ |
_d88888888b -' | near the top front | |
_cd88888888888b__ | ridge of the mouth | |
cd8888888P Y888888bo_ | with a bit of air | |
d88888P Y8888888b | to make a sound. | |
Y88P Y888P | | |
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It's also interesting to note, that the Korean alphabet (Hangul) was formed to
simulate (albeit roughly) the characteristics of the mouth. When you say 'Gah',
the tongue acts similar to what the character shows if you picture a person's
face looking to the left (use those imaginations I -KNOW- you have... I tried
ASCII-fying that, but failed miserably).
888 888
888 888
888 888
88888b. 8888b. 88888b. .d88b. 888 888888
888 "88b "88b888 "88bd88P"88b888 888888
888 888.d888888888 888888 888888 888888
888 888888 888888 888Y88b 888Y88b 888888
888 888"Y888888888 888 "Y88888 "Y88888888
888
Y8b d88P
"Y88P"
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| '_ \ / _` | '_ \ / _` | | | | |
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|_| |_|\__,_|_| |_|\__, |\__,_|_|
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88 88
88 88
88 88
88,dPPYba, ,adPPYYba, 8b,dPPYba, ,adPPYb,d8 88 88 88
88P' "8a "" `Y8 88P' `"8a a8" `Y88 88 88 88
88 88 ,adPPPPP88 88 88 8b 88 88 88 88
88 88 88, ,88 88 88 "8a, ,d88 "8a, ,a88 88
88 88 `"8bbdP"Y8 88 88 `"YbbdP"Y8 `"YbbdP'Y8 88
aa, ,88
"Y8bbdP"
ASCII Character Codes:
h = ASCII 104
a = ASCII 97
n = ASCII 110
g = ASCII 103
u = ASCII 117
l = ASCII 108
Capitalised:
H = ASCII 72
A = ASCII 65
N = ASCII 78
G = ASCII 71
U = ASCII 85
L = ASCII 76