바꾸다

bakkuda · TOPIK 1

to change, exchange

🔄 bakku-da sounds like back-you-da: hand it back, get another = exchange

The stem 바꾸- (bakku) sounds like English back. To exchange something you give it back and take a different one. Add the dictionary ending -다 and you have bakkuda: to change, swap, exchange.

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