Do they say the "ss" when it's like '했었' ? I don't hear the double 's' when I see the two s's underneath (ie. 있). I hear more of a 't' ? :\ This has to do with pronounciation. I think it's because they are natives or have mastered the language, that they say it like that.. I don't really know. Lol, sorry if I'm wrong! __

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Do they say the "ss" when it's like '했었' ?
I don't hear the double 's' when I see the two s's underneath (ie. 있).  I hear more of a 't' ? :\
This has to do with pronounciation.  I think it's because they are natives or have mastered the language, that they say it like that.. I don't really know.  Lol, sorry if I'm wrong! >__<

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했었 = "hae-seot" You pronounce "ㅆ" the first time because it's placed in the "ㅇ"s space.

It's pronounced as "t" when the "ss" is the ending consonant. This video helped me a lot when learning those pronunciations: http://www.viki.com/channels/3159-let-s-learn-korean-in-english/videos/34438-chapter5-reading

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ㅆ, pronounce as d/t if the next letter is a consonant.

있다 - itda
있어 - isso

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It's because there are only 7 sounds as a patchim(받침) which are /ㄱ/,/ㄴ/,/ㄷ/,/ㄹ/,/ㅁ/,/ㅂ/, /ㅇ/.
When  ㅅ, ㅆ, ㅈ, ㅊ, ㅌ are used as a patchim, they all are pronounced as /ㄷ/.

For example,
웃다 = to laugh - /욷따/ (ut-tta)
있다 = there is/are - /읻따/(it-tta)
빚다 = to shape - /빋따/(bit-tta)
꽃 = flowers - /꼳/(kkot)
뱉다 = to spit - /밷따/(baet-tta)
했다 = the past form of "하다" - /핻따/(haet-tta)

In case of "했었", 
it will be pronounced as "핻섣(haet-seot) or 해섣(hae-seot)" like Legz said above.
The patchim ㅆ as in "했" sounds like /ㄷ/ and one of /ㅅ/ sound affects following sounds and if the following sounds are vowels, it pronounces /s/ otherwise it makes the following consonant into a fortis consonant like "/따/" as in "했다"

"했+었" 
= "핻+ㅅ+얻" 
= "핻+섣" or "해+섣"(When we speak fast, the /ㄷ/ sound as in "핻" disappears.)

"갔다" - /갇따/
"갔었다" - /갇섣따/

^_______^

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Yunna is right - there would never be a "했었" by itself. If it's 했었다 it's pronounced hesseot-da, if it's 했었어 then it's pronounced hesseosseo

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