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Reading our first words
Four lessons of vowels and consonants and you've been staring at 안녕하세요 like it's a crime scene. Today it becomes a sentence you can just... read.
Crack the caseThe idea — Reading our first words
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You just read 안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo) — hello — sounding out each block instead of guessing from the romanization underneath.
The romanization is still there under every word from now on, but you'll notice you stopped needing it before you even finished this sentence.
Questions about Reading our first words
How do you say hello in Korean?
Hello in Korean is 안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo), read by sounding out each syllable block.
Do I need romanization to read Hangul?
No — the lesson shows that once you sound out the blocks, you stop needing the romanization underneath the word.
What does 안녕하세요 mean?
It means 'hello' in Korean.
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