스키

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ski, skiing

스키 — ski, skiing

🎿 seu-ki = English ski with an extra vowel slipped in

A loanword from English ski. Korean cannot start a syllable with the cluster sk, so the filler vowel eu is inserted: s-ki becomes seu-ki. Say ski slowly in two beats and you already have the Korean word.

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