햄버거

haembeogeo · TOPIK 1

hamburger

햄버거 — hamburger

🍔 haem-beo-geo = ham-bur-ger, the English word in Korean sounds

A direct loanword from English hamburger. Korean splits it into three syllable blocks: 햄 (haem = ham), 버 (beo = bur), 거 (geo = ger). Say it aloud and the English word is right there, just with softer vowels and no final r.

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