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bam · TOPIK 1

night

🌙🌰 bam = one sound, two words: night (short a) and chestnut (long a)

Sound hook: BAM, the lights go out, so it is night. The same syllable also names the chestnut, a nut roasted and sold on winter nights. Traditionally night has a short vowel and chestnut a long one, though most speakers now say them alike.

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