![]() ![]() When typing, it’s very helpful to have a good understanding of how Korean character combinations work. ![]() The basic rule is that a consonant is followed by a vowel, and that vowel can then be followed by either a consonant or vowel. Written Korean consists of characters that are combined in a certain manner, leading to syllables that are sounded out by connecting the sounds of those characters. *the stickers were all-purpose white labels 1/1" x 3/4", so they fit perfectly over the keys without me having to cut themĪlso, there's this site, which sold hangul stickerkeys for like. Because, being in America, I guess it makes sense that you'd need to learn how to read Hangul first because how else are you going to read korean? Rarely do korean websites publish romanized characters. Maybe I'm going about this the wrong way? Regardless, I'll try to memorize the hangul characters (still haven't memorized the complete alphabet/characters). ![]() Shouldn't it be the same when you learn another language? Question! I can sort of romanize hangul characters as I'm learning, but isn't it kind of a setback that I don't know korean to begin with? I mean children are first taught to speak before writing. I'm sure I'll take them off sooner or later. But the actual hangul characters on the keys are much easier than looking at a chart on the side or something. I've already memorized the english keyboard(due to repetition) so it's fine covering up the letters. Because I'd confuse the english letters with the romanized hangul (like, if I wanted ㅋ, I'd look for the K key, and not the Z key like it's assigned to). Though, I mainly, I did get the stickers (white labels, and wrote the characters myself) to cover up the english lettering. I've been typing since I was, maybe 10, or 11 (I'm eighteen now), and sometimes I'll blank out and forget a letter and have to glance at the keyboard (not very good with the numbers still, never had much use to use the top number rows).īut, I think I can thank repetition for typing so efficiently, and I'm sure it'll soon be the same with typing with the hangul IME. You can take them off when you're better. But even learning the english keyboard, the keys were there in case you got lost, which I support putting hangul stickers (or a chart close). And, I'm sure the memorization would be a lot faster without the visual keys. I'm just learning Hangul now (for a few days). Haha, I just bought, like, white labels at the store last night, and manually labeled my keyboard myself. It won't be helpful to all, but for anyone who was in my position, it's gold. I can now look at an English language keyboard and right the Korean characters on top without even looking at a reference, I can't even do that on a blank English keyboard! Maybe I shouldn't have admitted that. Weird, right? It must have something to do with how our brains form familiar pathways. ![]() If you have a decent understanding of the layout (vowels on the right, consonants on the left, etc.) then try typing on a computer that only has the English layout but has the Korean IME input enabled! Nothing has improved my typing speed better than this. My tip is for anyone looking to increase their typing speed and accuracy. Sure it took longer to copy and paste but it was a confidence issue, clearly, and I was not confident typing in Korean. When I first started learning Korean, typing was pretty much as fun as rugburn - I would even try to copy and paste from other sources instead of just typing it myself. As foolish as this sounds - it has really helped me out a lot! So, when I would type, I was pretty much guessing at first - hoping I would get the right letter. But, I didn't have any physical map of the Korean keyboard layout. Thankfully, Vista makes it seriously easy to install a new input language. Recently, my computer was out of commission so I had to use my roommate's laptop (no Hangul on keyboard). I am used to typing on a standard English-language keyboard with little transparent Hangul stickers affixed to the keys (less than 5 bucks on ebay). I have come across a little tip that I thought I would share. ![]()
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