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4. Common mistakes

❌ Mistake 1 — Putting a horizontal vowel on the right

✖ ㄱㅗ   →  ㅗ written to the right of ㄱ
✔ 고     →  ㅗ written below ㄱ (go)

Horizontal vowels never go to the right of a consonant. Look at the vowel shape first. If it is a flat line, put it under the consonant.

❌ Mistake 2 — Reading blocks in the wrong order

✖ 가 → "ah-g"
✔ 가 → "ga", consonant first, then vowel

Inside a block, the consonant is always read before the vowel. The consonant is on the left or on top. Read left to right, then top to bottom.

❌ Mistake 3 — Forgetting the silent ㅇ

✖ ㅏ나  /  ㅗ리
✔ 아나  /  오리

A vowel cannot stand alone inside a word. Write ㅇ first to make a full block. 오리 means duck.

❌ Mistake 4 — Reading ㅇ as "ng" at the start

✖ 이 → "ng-i"
✔ 이 → "i", the ㅇ is silent

At the start of a block, ㅇ has no sound. It is only a placeholder. The sound "ng" appears only in the next lesson, when ㅇ is a final consonant.

❌ Mistake 5 — Adding or dropping a syllable

✖ 피아노 → "pi-no"
✖ 하마   → "ha-ma-a"
✔ 피아노 → pi-a-no, three blocks
✔ 하마   → ha-ma, two blocks

One block is always one syllable. Count the blocks before you read. The number of blocks equals the number of syllables.