Hello and welcome. Today, we're going to talk about the Korean alphabet, Hangul. Hangul is the official writing system of Korea, and is composed of 24 letters. It was created in the 15th century by King Sejong the Great, and is designed to be easy to learn and use. The Korean alphabet is based on the principle of combining consonants and vowels to form syllables. Let's start with the consonants. The first consonant is ㄱ (giyuk). It's pronounced like a "g" sound in English, as in "go" or "get". The second consonant is ㄴ (nieun). It's pronounced like an "n" sound in English, as in "no" or "now". The third consonant is ㄷ (digeut). It's pronounced like a "d" sound in English, as in "do" or "day". The fourth consonant is ㄹ (rieul). It's pronounced like an "r" sound in English, but with the tongue touching the roof of the mouth, as in "red" or ...