KoreanLanguageTOPIK

Korean TOPIK I Starter— MintDeck

300 cards in three sections. First, 50 Hangul-reading cards that build character recognition from consonants and vowels through 받침 finals — not vocabulary, just reading. Then 150 high-frequency TOPIK I words across ten themes, each with Revised Romanization, English meaning, and a short example. Finally, 100 grammar-pattern cards covering particles, present and past tense, negation, and the sentence patterns you need to speak. Notes teach the genuinely tricky parts: 은/는 topic vs 이/가 subject, native vs Sino-Korean numbers, 아/어 vowel harmony, and counter usage.

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Topics covered

Hangul Reading

Consonants, vowels, syllable blocks, and 받침 final consonants

50 cards

Core Vocabulary

Greetings, family, numbers, food, places, time, verbs, adjectives, colors

150 cards

Basic Grammar Patterns

Particles, present/past tense, negation, and essential sentence patterns

100 cards

Card format

Front

Hangul character, word, or grammar pattern

e.g. 안녕하세요 or ㄱ

Back

Revised Romanization + English meaning + example

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#1Front

ㄱ

#1Back

g/k consonant — basic

Note: Shaped like a bent pipe / the tongue touching the soft palate. Sounds like 'g' between vowels, closer to 'k' at the start of a word.

#2Front

ㄴ

#2Back

n consonant — basic

Note: Mnemonic: the shape shows the tongue tip pressing the ridge behind the upper teeth, exactly where English 'n' is made.

#3Front

ㄷ

#3Back

d/t consonant — basic

Note: ㄴ with a roof added. Like 'd' between vowels, 't' word-initially. Same place of articulation as ㄴ.

#4Front

ㄹ

#4Back

r/l consonant — basic

Note: Flap 'r' between vowels (like Spanish 'pero'), but 'l' at the end of a syllable or when doubled (ㄹㄹ).

#5Front

ㅁ

#5Back

m consonant — basic

Note: A closed square = closed lips. ㅂ and ㅍ are built on this same lip shape.

#6Front

ㅂ

#6Back

b/p consonant — basic

Note: ㅁ with two upward strokes. 'b' between vowels, 'p' at the start of a word.

#7Front

ㅅ

#7Back

s consonant — basic

Note: Like a tent. Before ㅣ or 'y' vowels it softens toward 'sh' (시 = 'shi').

#8Front

ㅇ

#8Back

silent / ng consonant — basic

Note: Silent placeholder as an initial (it just carries the vowel); pronounced 'ng' only as a 받침 final, e.g. 강 = 'gang'.

#9Front

ㅈ

#9Back

j/ch consonant — basic

Note: ㅅ with a top stroke. Like 'j' in 'jam' between vowels.

#10Front

ㅎ

#10Back

h consonant — basic

Note: A 'hat' over ㅇ. Soft 'h'; often very weak or nearly silent between vowels.

#11Front

ㅏ

#11Back

a vowel — basic

Note: Vertical line with a stroke to the right. Open 'ah' as in 'father'.

#12Front

ㅓ

#12Back

eo vowel — basic

Note: Stroke points left. An open 'uh' as in 'sun' — NOT 'ee-oh'. RR spells it 'eo'.

#13Front

ㅗ

#13Back

o vowel — basic

Note: Horizontal line, stroke on top. Rounded 'oh'. Top/bottom strokes = 'bright/yang' vowels.

#14Front

ㅜ

#14Back

u vowel — basic

Note: Horizontal line, stroke below. Rounded 'oo' as in 'moon'.

#15Front

ㅡ

#15Back

eu vowel — basic

Note: A flat horizontal line. Say 'oo' but with lips unrounded and spread — the 'uh' in 'good' without rounding.

#16Front

ㅣ

#16Back

i vowel — basic

Note: A single vertical line. 'ee' as in 'see'.

#17Front

ㅑ

#17Back

ya vowel — iotized

Note: ㅏ with a double stroke = add a 'y' glide: 'ya'. The extra stroke always signals a 'y' sound.

#18Front

ㅕ

#18Back

yeo vowel — iotized

Note: ㅓ with a double stroke: 'yuh' (yeo). Heard in 여자 (yeoja, woman).

#19Front

ㅛ

#19Back

yo vowel — iotized

Note: ㅗ with two strokes: 'yo' as in 'yoga'.

#20Front

ㅠ

#20Back

yu vowel — iotized

Note: ㅜ with two strokes: 'yu' as in 'you'.

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Who is this deck for?

· Absolute beginners who want to learn to read Hangul first
· Learners preparing for the TOPIK I (Level 1–2) examination
· K-drama and K-pop fans ready to move from romanization to real Korean
· Anyone supplementing a textbook (Seoul, Yonsei, Ewha) who wants the grammar rules explained

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