no korean speakers around?
the word ㄱ is pronunced as k or g. i check books and
also online but the answer varies. this is not the only
alphabet that is ambiguous. ㄷ and ㅂ too.
aha. i can help if this is on pronunciation.
ㄱ,ㄷ,ㅂ is always
pronounced as like the Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin "g", "d", "b" when it
occurs in the first letter of a word or after a
preceding ㄱ,ㄷ,ㅂ from the preceding
syllable. These sounds are called the "unaspirated
unvoiced consonants" which are difficult for English or European
speakers, thus many instructional books approximate them to the
English letters "g, d, b" because English or European speakers feel
they sound like their own "g, d, b".
example: 가 will sound like Mandarin "尬", 다
will sound like Mandarin "大", 바 will sound like Mandarin "爸"
ㄱ,ㄷ,ㅂ changes to become
like English "g", "d", "b" when it occurs after a preceding vowel
from the preceding syllable or after a preceding
ㅁ, ㄴ, ㅇ from the
preceding syllable. These sounds are called the
"unaspirated voiced consonants".
example: 가 will sound like English
"gar", 다 will sound like English "dar", 바 will sound like English
"bar"