Aesop's Fables; a new translation — Page 2

Vocabulary

유아용

yu-a-yong — Designed or intended for infants or toddlers

동화들은

dong-hwa-deul-eun — Fairy tales (topic marker, plural form)

인도유럽

in-do-yu-reop — Indo-European, relating to a language or ethnic family

민족과

min-jok-gwa — Ethnic group or people (with conjunction particle)

함께

ham-kke — Together, along with someone or something

아시아에서

a-si-a-e-seo — From or in Asia (location particle attached)

전래되었을

jeol-lae-doe-eoss-eul — Likely to have been transmitted or handed down

수도

su-do — Possibility marker; also means capital city separately

있고

it-go — Exists or is present, and (connective form)

그

geu — That, the; third-person pronoun or determiner

민족은

min-jok-eun — The ethnic group or nation (topic marker attached)

다행히도

da-haeng-hi-do — Fortunately, luckily, as a matter of good fortune

지금은

ji-geum-eun — Now, at the present time (topic marker attached)

사라졌다

sa-ra-jyeot-da — Disappeared, vanished, ceased to exist

혹은

hok-eun — Or, alternatively, possibly another option

같은

ga-teun — Same as, like, similar to something

훌륭한

hul-lyung-han — Excellent, outstanding, admirable, splendid

프랑스

peu-rang-seu — France, the European country

귀부인이나

gwi-bu-in-i-na — Noble lady or aristocratic woman (or particle attached)

신사가

sin-sa-ga — Gentleman, well-mannered man (subject marker attached)

만들어낸

man-deul-eo-naen — Created, produced, or invented something

것일

geo-sil — Something that may be, a nominalizer construction

있으며

i-sseu-myeo — Exists and, while existing (connective form)

어쩌면

eo-jjeo-myeon — Perhaps, maybe, possibly

실제로

sil-je-ro — Actually, in reality, in practice

그것들이

geu-geot-deul-i — Those things (plural, subject marker attached)

그대로일

geu-dae-ro-il — Just as it is, exactly as stated or presented

있다

it-da — To exist, to have, to be present

그러나

geu-reo-na — However, but, nevertheless

우리는

u-ri-neun — We, us (topic marker attached)

그러한

geu-reo-han — Such, that kind of, of that sort

이야기들

i-ya-gi-deul — Stories, tales (plural form)

중

jung — Among, in the middle of, within a group

최고의

choe-go-eui — The best, highest, supreme (possessive form)

언제나

eon-je-na — Always, at all times, forever

그림

geu-rim — Drawing, picture; also Brothers Grimm name

동화

dong-hwa — Fairy tale, children's story

라고

ra-go — Quotation particle meaning called or named

부를

bu-reul — Will call, will name (future/intentional modifier)

것이다

geo-si-da — It is the case that, it is so

단순히

dan-sun-hi — Simply, merely, just

그것이

geu-geo-si — That thing (subject marker attached)

때문이다

ttae-mu-ni-da — It is because of, the reason is

역사적

yeok-sa-jeok — Historical, pertaining to history

인물로서의

in-mul-lo-seo-eui — As a historical figure (possessive construction)

그가

geu-ga — He, that person (subject marker attached)

실제

sil-je — Reality, actuality; real, actual

인물이었던

in-mul-i-eot-deon — Who was a (historical) person or figure

출신의

chul-sin-eui — Originally from, native of a place

노예였던

no-ye-yeot-deon — Who was a slave (past attributive form)

것으로

geo-seu-ro — As, in the form of, regarded as something

보이며

bo-i-myeo — Appears to be, seems, and (connective form)

적어도

jeo-geo-do — At least, at a minimum

자유를

ja-yu-reul — Freedom, liberty (object marker attached)

상징하는

sang-jing-ha-neun — Symbolizing, representing something abstractly

모자로

mo-ja-ro — With a hat, by means of a hat

특별히

teuk-byeol-hi — Especially, particularly, in a special manner

상징적으로

sang-jing-jeo-geu-ro — Symbolically, in a symbolic way

장식될

jang-sik-doel — To be decorated or adorned (future modifier)

만한

man-han — Worth, deserving of, as much as

인물은

in-mul-eun — Person, figure, character (topic marker attached)

아니었다

a-ni-eot-da — Was not, did not turn out to be

그는

geu-neun — He, that man (topic marker attached)

살았다면

sa-rat-da-myeon — If he had lived, supposing he lived

기원전

gi-won-jeon — Before the common era, BC

세기경에

se-gi-gyeong-e — Around the century, approximately that century

살았으며

sa-ra-sseu-myeo — Lived, and (connective past form)

나오는

na-o-neun — Appearing in, coming out of, featured in

다른

da-reun — Different, other, another

모든

mo-deun — All, every, each and every one

것들처럼

geot-deul-cheo-reom — Like those things, similar to those matters

우리가

u-ri-ga — We (subject marker attached)

좋아하면서도

jo-a-ha-myeon-seo-do — Even while liking or enjoying something

의심하는

eui-sim-ha-neun — Doubting, suspecting, being skeptical of

이야기가

i-ya-gi-ga — Story, tale (subject marker attached)

전해지는

jeon-hae-ji-neun — Being passed down, transmitted through generations

시대에

si-dae-e — In the era, during the period or age

살았다

sa-rat-da — Lived, was alive (past tense statement)

또한

tto-han — Also, furthermore, in addition

그의

geu-eui — His, belonging to him (possessive)

외모의

oe-mo-eui — Of appearance, relating to looks (possessive)

관한

gwan-han — Regarding, concerning, related to something

이야기들은

i-ya-gi-deul-eun — Stories, tales (plural, topic marker attached)

어느

eo-neu — A certain, some, a particular (indefinite)

유명한

yu-myeong-han — Famous, well-known, renowned

말했듯이

mal-haet-deut-i — As (someone) said, just as was stated

높은

no-peun — High, tall, elevated

절벽에서

jeol-byeok-e-seo — From a cliff, at the edge of a precipice

것을

geo-seul — The thing that (object marker, nominalizer)

않지만

an-ji-man — Does not, but still, however not

설명해준다

seol-myeong-hae-jun-da — Explains for someone, provides an explanation

추하고

chu-ha-go — Ugly, unsightly, and (connective form)

불쾌하다는

bul-kwae-ha-da-neun — Said to be unpleasant, disagreeable, offensive

이유로

i-yu-ro — For the reason of, on the grounds that

던져진

deon-jyeo-jin — Thrown, hurled, tossed (past passive modifier)

것인지

geo-sin-ji — Whether it is the case, if that is so

아니면

a-ni-myeon — Or, if not, alternatively

오히려

o-hi-ryeo — Rather, on the contrary, instead

지극히

ji-geuk-hi — Extremely, utterly, to the highest degree

도덕적이고

do-deok-jeo-gi-go — Moral, ethical, and (connective form)

올바르다는

ol-ba-reu-da-neun — Said to be correct, righteous, proper

판단하는

pan-dan-ha-neun — Judging, deciding, making a determination

것은

geo-seun — The thing that is (topic marker, nominalizer)

우화를

u-hwa-reul — Fable, allegorical story (object marker attached)

읽는

ing-neun — Reading (present tense modifier form)

독자들의

dok-ja-deul-eui — Readers' (plural possessive form)

몫이다

mok-si-da — It is one's share, responsibility, or role

그에

geu-e — To him, regarding him, about that

전반적인

jeon-ban-jeo-gin — Overall, general, comprehensive

전설이

jeon-seol-i — Legend, myth (subject marker attached)

그를

geu-reul — Him, that person (object marker attached)

현대의

hyeon-dae-eui — Modern era's, contemporary (possessive form)

비교에서

bi-gyo-e-seo — In comparison, from the standpoint of comparing

너무도

neo-mu-do — Far too, excessively, way too much

쉽게

swip-ge — Easily, without difficulty

잊히는

i-ji-neun — Being forgotten, fading from memory

한

han — One, a certain; also limit or boundary

부류

bu-ryu — Category, type, class of people or things

즉

jeuk — That is, namely, in other words

위대한

wi-dae-han — Great, magnificent, historically significant

철학적

cheol-hak-jeok — Philosophical, relating to philosophy

노예들의

no-ye-deul-eui — Of slaves, belonging to enslaved people

부류에

bu-ryu-e — In the category, within the class or group

정당하게

jeong-dang-ha-ge — Justly, legitimately, in a rightful manner

수

su — Ability, possibility (bound noun)

있다는

it-da-neun — The fact that there is, that it exists

점에는

jeom-e-neun — In the point that, regarding the fact that

어떠한

eo-tteo-han — Any kind of, whatever sort of

의심도

eui-sim-do — Even doubt, not even a suspicion

없다

eop-da — Does not exist, there is none, to lack

허구의

heo-gu-eui — Fictional, imaginary, fabricated (possessive)

인물이었을

in-mul-i-eot-seul — Likely was a fictional or real person

하나의

ha-na-eui — One, a single (possessive/modifier form)

사실이기도

sa-sil-i-gi-do — Also being a fact, also true at the same time

했다

haet-da — Did, performed an action (past tense)