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Korean · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "게임" in Korean?
ge-im. A borrowing that becomes two full syllables, with the pure ㅔ of 'bet' and then a bare ㅣ closed by a lip-shut m.
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Two blocks of matching length, which is exactly what the English source word resists: 'game' is one syllable with a strong diphthong, and the Korean version splits that diphthong into two separate vowels.
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Hear it in a sentence
아이들은 이 게임을 좋아해요.
Aideureun i geimeul joahaeyo.
The children love this game.
Listen: 아이들은 이 게임을 좋아해요.
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아이들은 이 게임을 좋아해요 attaches 을, so the ㅁ moves forward and the noun becomes ge-i-meul. Then 좋아해요 deletes its ㅎ between vowels, running as jo-a-hae-yo.
Where English speakers slip
Saying it as one syllable, 'gaym', collapses two Korean beats into an English diphthong, when there are two vowels here and both are pronounced separately. The other error is a full English g at the front, when the plain ㄱ should be quiet enough that the word starts softly.