The pronunciation of 끝
끝 is pronounced like geut right?
But why do sometimes i hear people say 끈? If i were to put it in a sentence "끝나 후 뭐해?" Do i pronounce it as geut or gen(끈) ?? I'm confused..

Thankyou

Question

The pronunciation of 끝
끝 is pronounced like geut right?
But why do sometimes i hear people say 끈? If i were to put it in a sentence "끝나 후 뭐해?" Do i pronounce it as geut or gen(끈) ?? I'm confused..

Thankyou

Answer

Grammatically speaking, it is called the rule of the consonant assimilation(자음동화).
The rule is
받침ㄱ, ㄷ, ㅂ + 초성 ㄴ, ㅁ → 받침ㅇ, ㄴ, ㅁ + 초성 ㄴ, ㅁ 
ex)
어두육미 → 어두융미, 맏누이 → 만누이, 법망 → 범망, 고객님 → 고갱님

끝 is pronounced as 끋
끝+나다 is pronounced as 끈나다

But, you don't need to memorize this rule.
It is just a result of smooth pronunciation.
If you pronounce 끋나다 quickly, it must sounds like 끈나다.

Answer

끈...This is call assimilation rule. It is the natural way of speaking.

There are other rules, and they are similar. 
http://www.indiana.edu/~korean/K101/Pron_rules.html

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