좀

jom · TOPIK 1

a little

🤏 좀 is 조금 squeezed short: a little word for a little

좀 is the contracted form of 조금 (jogeum, a little). Koreans slip it into requests to shrink the ask, so it works like please: 물 좀 주세요 = give me a little water, please. Sound hook: just a jom, like just a crumb.

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