Korean Lesson 01: The Language Bar
Well, there are plenty of guides on how to read Hangul, but very few integrate how to type in it. So, here goes my attempt to explain how!
First off, unless you can already type it, you've got to set the right language settings on your keyboard.
1. Navigate: Start Menu -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Switch to Classic View -> Regional and Language Options.
2. Click the "Languages" tab and then Click "Details."
3. Click "Add."
4. Choose "Korean" in the drop-down box. Then press "OK."
5. Click the "Language Bar" button. Checkmark both options.
6. The language bar will appear in the top middle of your screen. I find that cumbersome, so, if you want, you can right-click your taskbar to put it there instead, next to your system tray.
7. You should see something like this: (ignore my systray stuff)
8. Click the EN and switch to KO when you want to type in Korean.
9. You also have to click the big capital A to switch to Hangul.
10. You can also toggle it with some hotkey shortcuts.
Easy enough, right?
If you don't have support for Korean language, you'll have to somehow get it off a windows installation CD. I can't help you there =<
Now to the Hangul. First I'll teach the home row. You know, the asdf row.
When you type 'a' you'll get ㅁ. This character looks like a square (sometimes rectangular) box. This is actually the 'm' sound. The word Mabinogi starts with it, have you noticed?
마비노기
Type it lots now.
ㅁㅁㅁㅁㅁㅁ
What? I like the box... haha.
Oh! By the way, all Korean words are cut up into syllable chunks. These chunks always fit in the size of a square. Let me try to illustrate that.
Let's look at ... uh... the word for "moon"
문
This actually consists of three separate characters.
ㅁ and ㅜ and ㄴ
(when written that way it almost looks like OTL hahaha)
But when typed together, they fit together so that they would fit in a box. You'll always see two or three characters together to make one box-syllable.
Uh, you know what a syllable is, right? It's how you cut up a word into chunks to say it.
Like, ma-bi-no-gi gets cut up into four different sounds. Can you see 4 separate box-syllables in the hangul version?
마비노기
마
비
노
기
Yes? No? Maybe? Well, not all words are easily broken up like that, unfortunately. But I hope you get the idea!
I'll teach more letters next time.
First off, unless you can already type it, you've got to set the right language settings on your keyboard.
1. Navigate: Start Menu -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Switch to Classic View -> Regional and Language Options.
2. Click the "Languages" tab and then Click "Details."
3. Click "Add."
4. Choose "Korean" in the drop-down box. Then press "OK."
5. Click the "Language Bar" button. Checkmark both options.
6. The language bar will appear in the top middle of your screen. I find that cumbersome, so, if you want, you can right-click your taskbar to put it there instead, next to your system tray.
7. You should see something like this: (ignore my systray stuff)
8. Click the EN and switch to KO when you want to type in Korean.
9. You also have to click the big capital A to switch to Hangul.
10. You can also toggle it with some hotkey shortcuts.
Easy enough, right?
If you don't have support for Korean language, you'll have to somehow get it off a windows installation CD. I can't help you there =<
Now to the Hangul. First I'll teach the home row. You know, the asdf row.
When you type 'a' you'll get ㅁ. This character looks like a square (sometimes rectangular) box. This is actually the 'm' sound. The word Mabinogi starts with it, have you noticed?
마비노기
Type it lots now.
ㅁㅁㅁㅁㅁㅁ
What? I like the box... haha.
Oh! By the way, all Korean words are cut up into syllable chunks. These chunks always fit in the size of a square. Let me try to illustrate that.
Let's look at ... uh... the word for "moon"
문
This actually consists of three separate characters.
ㅁ and ㅜ and ㄴ
(when written that way it almost looks like OTL hahaha)
But when typed together, they fit together so that they would fit in a box. You'll always see two or three characters together to make one box-syllable.
Uh, you know what a syllable is, right? It's how you cut up a word into chunks to say it.
Like, ma-bi-no-gi gets cut up into four different sounds. Can you see 4 separate box-syllables in the hangul version?
마비노기
마
비
노
기
Yes? No? Maybe? Well, not all words are easily broken up like that, unfortunately. But I hope you get the idea!
I'll teach more letters next time.
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