게임

geim · TOPIK 1

game

🎮 게임 = ge-im, the English word game borrowed straight into Korean

A loanword from English. Korean has no single-syllable 'ay' glide, so game is split into two blocks: 게 (ge) + 임 (im). Say ge-im quickly and it collapses back into game.

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