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Originally Posted by k5r2anchoe

Korean Letter Sounds

ㅂ - A 'b' as in bee, bus, and beam

ㅈ - A 'j' sound as in jeep, Jim, and jam

ㄷ - A 'd' sound as in dill, dildo, and dark

ㄱ - A 'g' sound as in gossip, gargle, and green

ㅅ - A 's' sound as in skip, screech, and scar

ㅃ - More emphasis, almost makes a 'p' sound (as in popcorn), but stays within the limits of the 'b' sound. A 'b~p' sound hybrid?

ㅉ - More emphasis, almost makes a 'ch' sound (as in chicken), but stays within the limits of the 'j' sound. A 'j~ch' sound hybrid?

ㄸ - More emphasis. I.e. pronounce 'duck' (this is ㄷ) then make it sound it like 'dduk' (this is ㄸ). Speed up the pronounciation basically.

ㄲ - More emphasis, almost makes a 'k' sound (as in kite), but stays within the limits of the 'g' sound. A 'g~k' sound hybrid?

ㅆ - More emphasis, almost makes a 't' sound (as in tea). A good example of the ㅆ sound would be 'tsete fly'

Originally Posted by Thunderlike

Kinda misleading tbh. Don't try to learn korean from romanisation :P my advice. Korean romanization puts the volews in a sonar(term) state i.e. P becomes B, Ch becomes J, K becomes G and so on for ease of use, tho it's horridly incorrect.For anyone that's intrested:

ㅂ- soft/normal P, ㅃ- hard P, ㅍ- Ph sound (try to say Plain, but put a slight H between P and L)
ㅈ- soft/normal Ch, ㅉ- hard Ch, ㅊ- Ch-h sound(try to say Child, but put a slight H between H and I)
For ㄷ & ㄱ the same applies.
ㅅ-sh sound(shout, shit, shut up etc.), ㅆ- emphasized Sh( hard Sh)

ㅂ is pronounced P in the start of a word or between soundless letters(p,k,t,s etc) and B when between sonar elements( A,I,O,E,N,L,R,M etc). Same goes for ㅈ, ㄷ and ㄱ .

Bored with korean grammar yet? xD