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peosenteu · TOPIK 2

percent

💯 peo-sen-teu = English percent, respelled in Korean sounds

A loanword from English. Korean has no f or final-nt cluster, so per-cent becomes peo-sen-teu, with a filler eu vowel added after the t. Say percent slowly with three beats and you already have the word.

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