Aesop's Fables; a new translation — Page 1

Vocabulary

우화

uhwa — Fable; short moral story often featuring animals

새로운

saeroun — New, fresh, novel

번역

beonyeok — Translation; converting text between languages

서문

seomun — Preface, foreword to a book

포함

poham — Inclusion; containing or comprising something

삽화

saphwa — Illustration; picture inserted within a text

인류

illyu — Humanity, humankind, all human beings

역사에서

yeoksaeseo — In history; within the scope of history

드물지

deumulji — Not rare; uncommon (used in negative constructions)

않은

aneun — Not; negative modifier for preceding adjective

하나의

hanaui — One, a single; indefinite article equivalent

경구를

gyeonggureul — Aphorism, maxim (object marker attached)

구현한다.

guhyeonhanda. — Embodies, realizes, or manifests something concretely

그의

geuui — His, of him; possessive pronoun

명성은

myeongseongеun — Fame, reputation (topic marker attached)

그가

geuga — He, him (subject marker attached)

그것을

geugеoseul — It, that thing (object marker attached)

결코

gyeolko — Never, by no means; used with negatives

누릴

nuril — To enjoy, relish (future/modifier form)

자격이

jagyeogi — Qualification, eligibility (subject marker attached)

없었기

eopseotgi — Did not have; past tense nominalized negative

때문에

ttaemune — Because of, due to; causal connector

오히려

ohiryeo — Rather, on the contrary, instead

더욱

deouk — Even more, all the more, further

마땅한

mattanghan — Deserved, appropriate, fitting, proper

것이다.

geosida. — It is the case; sentence-final nominal ending

모든

modeun — All, every; universal determiner

우화를

uhwareul — Fables (object marker attached)

특징짓는

teukjingjinneun — Characterizing, defining (present modifier form)

상식의

sangsigui — Of common sense; possessive form

견고한

gyeonggohan — Solid, firm, robust, sturdy

토대와

todaewa — Foundation, basis (and/with connector attached)

비범한

bibeomhan — Extraordinary, exceptional, outstanding

감각을

gamgageul — Sense, sensibility (object marker attached)

향한

hyanghan — Directed toward, facing; modifier form of 향하다

날카로운

nalkaroun — Sharp, keen, acute (of insight or blade)

통찰은

tongchareun — Insight, perception (topic marker attached)

아닌

anin — Not, that which is not; negative modifier

전체에

jeonchee — To/in the whole, entirety (locative attached)

속하는

sokhaneun — Belonging to; present modifier of 속하다

인류의

illyuui — Of humanity; possessive form of humankind

가장

gajang — Most, the most; superlative adverb

이른

ireun — Early, earliest; modifier form of 이르다

진정한

jinjonghan — True, genuine, authentic

것은

geoseun — The thing that; nominalizer with topic marker

무엇이든

mueosideun — Whatever, anything at all

보편적이며

bopyeonjeogiмyeo — Is universal and; connector form of 보편적이다

보편적인

bopyeonjeoginin — Universal, common to all

익명이다.

ingmyeonida. — Is anonymous; state of having no known author

그러한

geureohan — Such, that kind of; demonstrative modifier

경우에는

gyeongueoneun — In such a case; conditional topic phrase

언제나

eonjena — Always, at all times

먼저

meonjeo — First, beforehand, prior to others

그것들을

geugеotdeureul — Those things (plural object marker attached)

수집하는

sujiphaneun — Collecting; present modifier of 수집하다

수고를

sugoreul — Effort, trouble, pains (object marker attached)

하고

hago — And does; connector form linking actions

나중에는

najungeneun — Later on, afterward (topic marker attached)

창조한

changjohana — Created, invented; past modifier of 창조하다

명성을

myeongseongеul — Fame, reputation (object marker attached)

얻는

eonneun — Gaining, obtaining; present modifier of 얻다

중심적인

jungsimjeogin — Central, pivotal; modifier form

인물이

inmuri — Person, figure, character (subject marker attached)

존재한다.

jonjaehan da. — Exists; declarative form of 존재하다

그는

geuneun — He (topic marker attached); third person masculine

얻었으며

eodeoseuмyeo — Obtained and; past tense connector form of 얻다

전반적으로

jeonbanjeogeuro — Overall, generally, on the whole

볼

bol — To see, look at (future/modifier form of 보다)

때

ttae — Time, moment, when; temporal noun

그

geu — That, the; demonstrative determiner

스스로

seuseuro — By oneself, on one's own; reflexive adverb

얻어낸

eodeonaen — Achieved, earned by effort; past modifier

인물에게는

inmuregeneun — To/for the person; dative topic phrase

무언가

mueonga — Something, some unspecified thing

위대하고

widaehago — Great and; connector form of 위대하다

인간적인

inganjeoginin — Human, humanistic; pertaining to human nature

것

geot — Thing, matter, fact; general nominalizer

미래와

miraewa — Future and (connector); referring to what lies ahead

과거에

gwageo e — In the past; referring to times gone by

무언가가

mueongaga — Something (subject marker attached)

있었음에

isseosseume — That there was; nominalized past existential clause

틀림없다.

teullimeopda. — Certainly, without doubt; must be so

설령

seollyeong — Even if, even supposing that; concessive adverb

과거를

gwagioreul — The past (object marker attached)

약탈하거나

yaktalhaгеona — To plunder or; connector form of 약탈하다

미래를

miraereul — The future (object marker attached)

기만하는

gimanhaneun — Deceiving, misleading; present modifier of 기만하다

데만

deman — Only for the purpose of; restrictive nominalizer

사용했다

sayonghaetda — Used, employed; simple past of 사용하다

하더라도.

hadeorado. — Even if one does; concessive conditional ending

이야기는

iyagineun — Story, tale (topic marker attached)

어쩌면

eojjeomyeon — Perhaps, maybe, possibly

몰락하는

mollakhaneun — Declining, falling; present modifier of 몰락하다

전투적인

jeontujeoginin — Militant, combative, aggressive

기독교와

gidokgyowa — Christianity and (connector attached)

혹은

hogeun — Or, alternatively; disjunctive conjunction

언덕에

eondeoge — On the hill; locative form of 언덕 (hill)

숨겨진

sumgyeojin — Hidden, concealed; past passive modifier

이교적인

igyojeoginin — Pagan, heathen; relating to non-Christian religion

전통과

jeontonggwa — Tradition and (connector attached)

실제로

siljeoro — Actually, in reality, truly

연결되어

yeongyeoldoeeo — Connected, linked; conjunctive passive form

있었을지도

isseosseuljiodo — Might have been; speculative past modal form

모른다.

moreunda. — Does not know; may not know for certain

그러나

geureona — However, but; adversative conjunction

이름은

ireumeun — Name (topic marker attached)

왕을

wangeul — The king (object marker attached)

의미할

uimihal — To mean, signify (future modifier form)

비록

birok — Although, even though; concessive adverb

우리가

uriga — We (subject marker attached)

더

deo — More; comparative adverb

오래되고

oraedoego — Old and; connector form of 오래되다

나은

naеun — Better, superior; modifier form of 낫다

기원을

giwoneul — Origin, source (object marker attached)

발견하더라도

balgyeonhadeorado — Even if one discovers; concessive conditional form

나중에

najunge — Later, afterwards

쓰이고

sseuigo — Is written and; passive connector form of 쓰다

못한

motan — Unable, inferior, worse; negative modifier form

판본을

paniboneul — Edition, version (object marker attached)

쓴다

sseunda — Writes; present declarative form of 쓰다