Aesop's Fables; a new translation — Page 17

Vocabulary

나무꾼

namukgun — Woodcutter; a person who chops wood

한

han — One; a determiner meaning a single person or thing

강둑에서

gangdugeseo — At the riverbank; location marker on riverbank

베고

bego — Chopping and; cutting wood and continuing action

있었는데

isseonnunde — Was doing; past progressive with contrastive nuance

그의

geuui — His; third-person masculine possessive pronoun

도끼가

dokkiga — Axe (subject marker); axe as grammatical subject

나무

namu — Tree or wood; general word for tree

둥치를

dungchireul — Tree trunk (object marker); the thick main trunk

스치며

seuchimyeo — Grazing and; lightly touching while doing something else

손에서

soneseo — From the hand; location marker indicating departure from hand

날아가

narag a — Flew away; moved rapidly through the air

물속으로

mulsogeuro — Into the water; directional marker toward water inside

떨어졌습니다

tteoreojyeotseumnida — Fell; dropped down into something formal past tense

그가

geuga — He (subject marker); third-person masculine subject pronoun

물가에

mulgae — At the water's edge; beside the river or lake

서서

seoseo — Standing; being in upright position while doing something

자신의

jasinui — His own; reflexive possessive referring to oneself

손실을

sonssireul — Loss (object marker); financial or material loss as object

한탄하고

hantanhago — Lamenting and; expressing grief over misfortune and continuing

있을

isseul — While being; present progressive modifier form of 있다

때

ttae — Time or moment; when something occurs

나타나

natana — Appeared; came into sight or emerged suddenly

그에게

geuege — To him; dative marker indicating recipient of action

슬픔의

seulpeumui — Of sadness; possessive marking sorrow or grief

이유를

iyureul — Reason (object marker); the cause or explanation as object

물었습니다

mureotseumnida — Asked; posed a question in formal past tense

그리고

geurigo — And; conjunction connecting two clauses or sentences

무슨

museun — What kind of; interrogative determiner asking type

일이

iri — Matter or event (subject marker); situation as subject

있었는지

isseonneunji — Whether there was; indirect question about past situation

알게

alge — Coming to know; resultative form of knowing

된

doen — Became; past modifier form of 되다 to become

후

hu — After; following a certain event or time

딱한

ttakhan — Pitiful or unfortunate; describing a sorry predicament

처지를

cheojireul — Situation or circumstances (object); one's position as object

불쌍히

bulssanghi — Pitifully; with compassion or feeling sorry for someone

여겨

yeogyo — Considering or regarding; treating something in a certain way

강물

gangmul — River water; the water flowing in a river

속으로

soguro — Into the inside; directional marker toward interior

뛰어들어

ttwieoDeure — Jumped into; dove or leaped into something

황금

hwanggeum — Gold; precious yellow metal of high value

도끼를

dokkireul — Axe (object marker); the axe as direct object

가져와서는

gajyeowaseoneum — Brought and then; retrieved something and proceeded further

그것이

geugosi — That thing (subject marker); referring to item as subject

잃어버린

ireobeorin — Lost; past modifier describing something that was lost

도끼인지

dokkiiinji — Whether it is the axe; indirect question about identity

아니라고

anirago — Saying it is not; indirect quotation of denial

대답했고

daedaphaetgo — Answered and; gave a reply and continued action

다시

dasi — Again; once more, repeating a previous action

두

du — Two; the number two used before counters

번째로

beonjjaero — For the second time; ordinal marker indicating sequence

잠수하여

jamsuhayeo — Having dived; submerged underwater and then continued

은

eun — Silver; precious grey-white metal; also topic marker

가져와

gajyeowa — Brought; retrieved and carried something here

것인지

geosiinji — Whether it is the thing; indirect question about object

아니요

aniyo — No; polite negative response in Korean

그것도

geugotdo — That too; also referring to that item additionally

제

je — My; humble first-person possessive pronoun in Korean

것이

geosi — Thing (subject marker); the item or matter as subject

아닙니다

animnida — It is not; formal polite negation copula

라고

rago — Quoting as; indirect speech quotation particle

말했습니다

malhaetseumnida — Said; spoke formally in past tense

번

beon — Time or occurrence; counter for number of times

더

deo — More; additional quantity or degree

가져왔습니다

gajyeowatseumnida — Brought; carried something here in formal past tense

물건을

mulgeoneul — Object or item (object marker); a thing as direct object

되찾게

doetchatge — To recover; in a way that retrieves lost possessions

되어

doeseo — Becoming; transitional form indicating a resulting state

매우

maeu — Very; intensifying adverb indicating high degree

기뻐하며

gippeohamyeo — Being joyful and; feeling happy while doing something else

은인에게

euinege — To the benefactor; giving something to one's rescuer

따뜻하게

ttatteutage — Warmly; in a warm and heartfelt manner

감사를

gamsareul — Gratitude (object marker); thankfulness as direct object

표했습니다

pyohaetseumnida — Expressed; showed or demonstrated a feeling formally

정직함에

jeongjikame — In honesty; locative marker on the noun for integrity

기뻐하여

gippeohayeo — Being pleased by; feeling joy and then continuing

나머지

nameoji — The rest; the remaining items or portion

선물로

seonmullo — As a gift; instrumental marker indicating purpose as present

주었습니다

jueotseumnida — Gave; offered something to someone in formal past

동료들에게

dongryodeulege — To colleagues; dative marker on plural coworkers

이

i — This; demonstrative determiner for nearby noun

이야기를

iyagireul — Story (object marker); a tale or narrative as object

전했을

jeonhaesseul — Having told; past modifier indicating story was conveyed

그들

geudeul — They or them; third-person plural pronoun

중

jung — Among; indicating a member within a group

명은

myeongeun — Person (topic marker); counter for people as topic

행운을

haengeuneul — Good luck (object marker); fortune as direct object

시기하여

sigihayeo — Being envious and; feeling jealous then taking action

자신도

jasindo — Oneself also; reflexive pronoun with additive particle

한번

hanbeon — Once; trying something at least one time

운을

uneul — Luck (object marker); fortune or chance as object

시험해

siheomhae — Testing; trying out or putting to a test

보기로

bogiro — Decided to try; intending to attempt something

결심했습니다

gyeolssimhaetseumnida — Resolved; made a firm decision in formal past tense

그래서

geuraeseo — Therefore or so; conjunction showing cause and result

그는

geuneum — He (topic marker); third-person masculine as sentence topic

강가로

ganggaro — To the riverside; directional marker toward riverbank

가서

gaseo — Going and; went somewhere and then did next action

베기

begi — Chopping; the noun form of cutting or chopping wood

시작했고

sijakhaetgo — Started and; began an action and continued with more

곧

got — Soon; shortly after, in a little while

일부러

ilbureo — Deliberately or on purpose; intentionally doing something

물속에

mulsoge — In the water; locative marker inside the water

떨어뜨렸습니다

tteoreotteuryeotseumnida — Dropped intentionally; caused something to fall on purpose

전처럼

jeoncheoreom — As before; in the same way as previously

나타났고

natanago — Appeared and; showed up and then did something more

빠졌다는

ppajyeotdaneum — That it fell in; reported speech about something sinking

것을

geoseul — Thing (object marker); the fact or item as object

되자

doeja — Upon becoming; as soon as a situation occurred

이전에

ijeonae — Previously or before; referring to an earlier time

했던

haetteon — Had done; past retrospective modifier of an action

것처럼

geotcheoreom — As if; in the same manner as something else