A Tale of Two Cities — Page 7

Vocabulary

너는

neoneun — You (subject marker attached, informal)

순종적인

sunjongjeok-in — Obedient, submissive, compliant in nature

엄마를

eommareul — Mother (object marker attached, informal)

두고

dugo — Leaving behind, having, placing somewhere

있어

isseo — There is, existing (informal present tense)

그래

geurae — Yes, right, okay (informal agreement)

내

nae — My, mine (informal first-person possessive)

아들

adeul — Son, male child of a parent

독실한

doksilhan — Devout, deeply religious and sincere

아이야

aiya — Child (vocative, calling out to a child)

가서

gaseo — Going and then (sequential action connector)

몸을

momeul — Body (object marker attached)

엎드리고

eopdeuri-go — Prostrating, lying face down and then

자기

jagi — Oneself, one's own (reflexive pronoun)

외동아이의

oedong-ai-ui — Of an only child, sole offspring possessive

입에서

ibeso — From the mouth (location particle attached)

빵과

ppang-gwa — Bread and (connective particle attached)

버터가

beoteoga — Butter (subject marker attached)

빼앗기길

ppaeatkigil — To be taken away, stolen from someone

기도하고

gidohago — Praying and then (sequential connector)

있잖아

itjana — You know, as you know (conversational filler)

도련님은

doryeonnim-eun — Young master (topic marker attached, respectful)

셔츠

syeocheu — Shirt, a garment worn on the upper body

차림이었는데

charim-i-eonnneunde — Was dressed in, wearing a certain outfit

이것을

igeoseul — This thing (object marker attached)

매우

maeu — Very, extremely, quite (degree adverb)

불쾌하게

bulkwaehage — In a displeasing, unpleasant, offensive manner

여기며

yeogimyeo — Considering, regarding as, thinking of something

어머니에게

eomeonieege — To mother (indirect object particle attached)

돌아서서

dorasoseo — Turning around and then facing someone

자신의

jasinin-ui — One's own (possessive reflexive pronoun)

먹을

meogeul — To eat, food to be eaten (modifier form)

것을

geoseul — Thing, that which (object marker attached)

기도로

gidoro — By means of prayer (instrumental particle)

날려버리는

nallyeobeorineun — Blowing away, wasting carelessly and completely

것에

geose — To the act of, regarding the thing (particle)

강하게

ganghage — Strongly, powerfully, in a forceful manner

반대했다

bandaehaetta — Opposed, objected to something (past tense)

그리고

geurigo — And, and then (conjunction connecting sentences)

당신은

dangsin-eun — You (formal/literary, topic marker attached)

어떻게

eotteoke — How, in what way (question adverb)

생각하오

saengakao — Do you think, what do you think (archaic formal)

이

i — This (demonstrative adjective before a noun)

거만한

geomanhan — Arrogant, haughty, conceited in behavior

씨가

ssiga — Mr./Ms. (honorific suffix, subject marker attached)

무의식적인

muuisikcheok-in — Unconscious, unaware, not done deliberately

모순을

mosun-eul — Contradiction, inconsistency (object marker attached)

드러내며

deureonaemyeo — Revealing, exposing while doing something else

말했다

malhaetta — Said, spoke, told (past tense verb)

당신의

dangsin-ui — Your (formal/literary possessive)

기도가

gidoga — Prayer (subject marker attached)

얼마나

eolmana — How much, to what extent (degree question)

가치가

gachiga — Value, worth (subject marker attached)

있다고

itdago — That there is (indirect quotation ending)

기도에

gidoe — On prayer, for prayer (locative particle)

매긴

maegin — Assigned, set, priced (modifier past form)

값을

gapseul — Price, value (object marker attached)

말해봐

malhaebwa — Try saying, tell me (informal imperative)

그것들은

geugeotdeureun — Those things, they (topic marker, plural)

그저

geujeo — Just, simply, merely (limiting adverb)

마음에서

maeumseo — From the heart, from the mind

나오는

naoneun — Coming out of, emerging from (present modifier)

것이에요

geosieyo — It is a thing, that is what it is (polite)

그

geu — That, the (demonstrative adjective)

이상의

isangui — More than, beyond that level (possessive)

가치는

gachineun — Value, worth (topic marker attached)

없어요

eopsoyo — There isn't, doesn't have (polite informal)

없다고

eopdago — That there isn't (indirect quotation form)

되풀이했다

doepurihaetta — Repeated, said again (past tense verb)

그렇다면

geureotamyeon — If that is so, in that case then

별로

byeollo — Not much, not particularly (with negative)

없군

eopgun — There isn't much (informal realization ending)

어찌

eojji — How, in any case, anyway (literary adverb)

됐든

dwaetdeun — Whatever happens, regardless of the outcome

나는

naneun — I, me (subject/topic marker, informal)

기도의

gidoui — Of prayer, prayer's (possessive particle)

대상이

daesangi — Object, target, subject of something (subject marker)

되지

dwaeji — Become, be (negative connector form)

않겠어

anketsseo — Will not, intend not to (informal negative future)

말해두겠는데

malhaedugennneunde — Let me tell you in advance, I'll say it now

그럴

geureol — Such, doing so (modifier form of 그러다)

여유가

yeoyuga — Leisure, room, spare time (subject marker)

없어

eopseo — Don't have, there isn't (informal negative)

몰래

mollae — Secretly, stealthily, without others knowing

하는

haneun — Doing (present tense modifier form)

짓

jit — Deed, act (often negative connotation)

때문에

ttaemune — Because of, due to (causal particle phrase)

불운해지지

burunjaeji — Becoming unlucky, falling into misfortune

않을

aneul — Will not (negative future modifier form)

거야

geoya — It will be, going to (informal future assertion)

만약

manyak — If, supposing that (conditional conjunction)

당신이

dangsin-i — You (formal, subject marker attached)

꼭

kkok — Necessarily, surely, without fail (adverb)

엎드려야

eopdeeuryeoya — Must prostrate, have to lie face down

한다면

handamyeon — If you do, if one does (conditional form)

남편과

nampyeongwa — Husband and (connective particle attached)

아이를

aireul — Child (object marker attached)

위해

wihae — For the sake of, for the benefit of

엎드리지

eopdeuri-ji — Prostrate (negative or connective ending form)

그들에게

geudeurege — To them (indirect object particle attached)

반하는

banhaneun — Going against, contrary to (modifier form)

방향으로

banghyangeuro — In the direction of (instrumental particle)

하지

haji — Don't do, do not (informal negative imperative)

내가

naega — I (subject marker attached, informal)

부자연스러운

bujayeonseureoun — Unnatural, awkward, forced in manner

아내

anae — Wife, one's own spouse (female)

말고

malgo — Instead of, other than (exclusive particle)

다른

dareun — Other, different, another (adjective modifier)

아내를

anaereul — Wife (object marker attached)

두었더라면

dueotdeoramyeon — If I had kept, had taken (counterfactual conditional)

가엾은

gaeyeok-eun — Pitiful, poor, deserving of sympathy

아이가

aiga — Child (subject marker attached)

어머니

eomeoni — Mother (formal, respectful term)

어머니를

eomeonireul — Mother (object marker attached, respectful)

지난주에

jinanjue — Last week (time particle attached)

방해받고

banghaebatgo — Being obstructed, interfered with and then

훼방

hwaebang — Obstruction, sabotage, deliberate interference

맞고

matgo — Being hit, receiving (and then connector)

종교적으로

jonggyo-jeogeuro — Religiously, in a religious manner

농락당해

nongrakdanghae — Being manipulated, toyed with, deceived

최악의

choeak-ui — Of the worst, worst possible (possessive)

불운에

burune — Into misfortune, in bad luck (locative)

빠지는

ppajineun — Falling into, sinking into (present modifier)

대신

daesin — Instead, in place of (substitution noun)

돈을

doneul — Money (object marker attached)

좀

jom — A little, some, please (softening adverb)

벌었을

beoreosseul — Would have earned (counterfactual past modifier)

텐데

tende — Would have, I suppose (regret or conjecture)

제

je — My (humble first-person possessive)

기

gi — Nominalizer suffix turning verb to noun form