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How do you say "sea horse" in Korean?
해마
haema
In Korean, "sea horse" is 해마.
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Pronunciation
Say hay-mah, with the first syllable sounding like 'hay' and the second like 'mah', both short and clear.
Writing and usage
Only three syllable blocks: 해마. The hae means sea, and ma or mal can refer to a horse, making this a clean compound.
Example sentence
해마는 작은 해양 생물이다.
Sea horses are small marine animals.
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How to remember 해마
Sea plus horse gives you haemma, so just picture a tiny horse living underwater and the name sticks.
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Questions about 해마
How do you say "sea horse" in Korean?
In Korean, "sea horse" is 해마. It is a noun.
How is 해마 written in Korean?
Only three syllable blocks: 해마. The hae means sea, and ma or mal can refer to a horse, making this a clean compound.
How is 해마 used in a sentence?
Use 해마 as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: 해마는 작은 해양 생물이다. (Sea horses are small marine animals.).
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"Sea horse" in other languages
- Japanese タツノオトシゴ (tatsunootoshigo)
- Chinese 海马 (hǎi mǎ)
- Spanish el caballito de mar
- Spanish (Latin America) el caballito de mar
- French l'hippocampe
- German das Seepferdchen
- Italian il cavalluccio marino
- Russian морской конёк (morskoj konëk)
- Greek ιππόκαμπος (o ipokambos)
- Arabic حصان البحر (husaan ilbahr)
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