my korean name pronounciation
I was adopted into a caucasian family, which might explain why I don't even know how to pronounce my Korean name, 박가원.

Most standard romanizations say that 가 is pronounced as "ka" in english. I have had people tell me it's more like "ga." Which is correct?

Question

my korean name pronounciation
I was adopted into a caucasian family, which might explain why I don't even know how to pronounce my Korean name, 박가원. 

Most standard romanizations say that 가 is pronounced as "ka" in english.  I have had people tell me it's more like "ga."  Which is correct?

Answer

I am not Korean, but I am learning Korean as well, and 가 is kind of in the middle of the k and g sound. It's just something that you'll have to practice. I've found from listening to Korean people speak that depending on the person it can sound more like a k or a g, but always a little in between.
Hope this helps! ^^

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my foreign friends told me it sounds 'gha' when I pronounced 가. Korean have a difference alphabat '카' with 'ka' pronounce.

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