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There really won't be much trouble in pronouncing romanized Korean consonant well except for some tensed ones which requires a relatively strong muscular effort in the vocal organs. Examples are: kk(ㄲ) tt (ㄸ),pp(ㅃ),ss(ㅆ), & jj(ㅉ).

 

Name Hangul Pronunciation at the... Start of a word Start of a syllable End of a word 기역 (giyok)  ㄱ k (kite) g (ghost) k (walk) 쌍기역 (ssang giyok) ㄲ g (gone) <- same <- same 니은 (nieun) ㄴ n (now) <- same <- same 디귿 (digeut) ㄷ t (talk) d (mind) t (hot) 쌍디귿 (ssang digeut) ㄸ d (dog) <- same <- same 리을 (rieul) ㄹ r (run) <- same l (real) 미음 (mieum) ㅁ m (mop) <- same m (hum) 비읍 (bieup) ㅂ p (pool) b (bay) p (lap) 쌍비읍 (ssang bieup) ㅃ b (bird) <- same <- same 시옷 (siot) ㅅ s (show) <- same t (hot) 쌍시옷 (ssang siot) ㅆ s (sun) <- same t (hot) 이응 (ieung) ㅇ silent <- same ng (ring) 지읒 (jieut)  ㅈ ch (chop) j (jar) t (hot) 쌍지읒 (ssang j