Aesop's Fables; a new translation — Page 83

Vocabulary

고양이의

go-yang-i-eui — Possessive form of 'cat'; belonging to the cat

사악한

sa-ak-han — Evil, wicked, or malicious in nature

간계만

gan-gye-man — Only trickery or cunning schemes

없었다면

eobs-eoss-da-myeon — If there had not been; conditional past negative

그들은

geu-deul-eun — They (subject marker); referring to those people

이웃으로서

i-us-eu-ro-seo — As neighbors; in the capacity of being neighbors

매우

mae-u — Very, extremely; intensifying adverb

잘

jal — Well; in a good or skillful manner

지낼

ji-nael — Future/modifier form of 'to get along, live'

수

su — Ability or possibility; used with 있다/없다

있었을

iss-eoss-eul — Would have been; past possibility modifier form

것이다.

geos-i-da — It is the case that; assertive sentence ending

독수리의

dok-su-ri-eui — Possessive form of 'eagle'; belonging to the eagle

둥지로

dung-ji-ro — To or toward the nest; directional marker on nest

기어

gi-eo — Crawling; gerund form of 'to crawl'

올라가

ol-la-ga — Going up, climbing; moving upward

고양이는

go-yang-i-neun — The cat (topic marker); cat as the subject/topic

독수리에게

dok-su-ri-e-ge — To the eagle; directional particle toward eagle

말했다

mal-haess-da — Said, spoke; past tense of 'to say'

당신과

dang-sin-gwa — With you; you (formal) plus conjunctive particle

나는

na-neun — I (topic marker); first-person singular subject

없이

eobs-i — Without; lacking something entirely

큰

keun — Big, large, great; adjective modifying a noun

위험에

wi-heom-e — In danger; locative particle attached to 'danger'

처해

cheo-hae — Being placed in (a situation); facing a circumstance

있어요.

iss-eo-yo — There is/am/are; polite present tense existential

저

jeo — That (distal demonstrative); humble form of 'I'

무시무시한

mu-si-mu-si-han — Terrifying, dreadful, horrifying; strongly frightening

짐승인

jim-seung-in — Which is a beast/animal; modifier form of 'beast'

암퇘지는

am-twae-ji-neun — The sow (female pig) as topic; female pig

항상

hang-sang — Always, at all times; frequency adverb

나무

na-mu — Tree or wood; common noun for tree

밑동을

mit-dong-eul — The base or trunk base of a tree (object marker)

파헤치는

pa-he-chi-neun — Digging up, unearthing; present modifier of 'to dig'

것이

geos-i — The thing/fact that; nominalizer with subject marker

보이는데

bo-i-neun-de — It is visible/seen, and...; contrastive/contextual clause

나무를

na-mu-reul — Tree (object marker); tree as the direct object

뿌리째

ppu-ri-jjae — Root and all; completely including the roots

뽑아서

ppob-a-seo — Pulling out and then; gerund of 'to pull out'

당신의

dang-sin-eui — Your; possessive form of formal 'you'

가족과

ga-jok-gwa — With family; family plus conjunctive particle

내

nae — My; first-person possessive pronoun

가족을

ga-jok-eul — Family (object marker); family as direct object

마음껏

ma-eum-kkeot — To one's heart's content; as much as desired

잡아먹으려

jab-a-meog-eu-ryeo — Intending to catch and eat; predatory intention form

하고

ha-go — Doing and; connective gerund of 'to do'

있어요.

iss-eo-yo — Is doing; polite progressive/existential ending

이렇게

i-reo-ke — In this way, like this; manner adverb

독수리를

dok-su-ri-reul — Eagle (object marker); eagle as direct object

공포로

gong-po-ro — With fear/terror; instrumental form of 'fear'

거의

geo-eui — Almost, nearly; approximation adverb

제정신이

je-jeong-sin-i — One's right mind; sanity (subject marker)

아니게

a-ni-ge — So as to not be; negative connective form

만든

man-deun — Made, caused; past modifier form of 'to make'

후

hu — After; following a certain point in time

타고

ta-go — Riding/climbing and then; connective of 'to ride'

내려와

nae-ryeo-wa — Coming down; descending toward the speaker

암퇘지에게

am-twae-ji-e-ge — To the sow; directional particle toward the female pig

무서운

mu-seo-un — Scary, frightening; adjective modifying a noun

새

sae — Bird; common noun for bird

조심하라고

jo-sim-ha-ra-go — Saying to be careful; indirect imperative quotation

경고해야겠어요.

gyeong-go-hae-ya-gess-eo-yo — I should warn; polite obligation future expression

그

geu — That; demonstrative adjective or pronoun

독수리는

dok-su-ri-neun — The eagle (topic marker); eagle as sentence topic

당신이

dang-sin-i — You (subject marker); formal second-person subject

새끼

sae-kki — Young/baby animal; offspring of an animal

돼지들을

dwae-ji-deul-eul — Piglets (plural, object marker); baby pigs as object

데리고

de-ri-go — Taking along; leading/bringing someone with you

나올

na-ol — Future modifier of 'to come out'; about to emerge

때

ttae — When, at the time of; temporal noun

날아

nal-a —

한

han — One; number or 'a/an' article equivalent

마리를

ma-ri-reul — Counter for animals (object marker); one animal

낚아채서

nak-a-chae-seo — Snatching and then; gerund of 'to snatch/grab'

자기

ja-gi — One's own; reflexive possessive pronoun

새끼들의

sae-kki-deul-eui — Of one's young/babies; possessive of offspring

먹이로

meog-i-ro — As food/prey; food used as purpose marker

삼으려고

sam-eu-ryeo-go — Intending to make into; purposive form of 'to make'

기회만

gi-hoe-man — Only the opportunity; chance with limiting particle

노리고

no-ri-go — Targeting, watching for; connective of 'to aim at'

겁준

geob-jun — Having scared/frightened; past modifier of 'to scare'

암퇘지를

am-twae-ji-reul — The sow (object marker); female pig as direct object

겁주는

geob-ju-neun — Scaring, frightening; present modifier of 'to scare'

데

de — In doing; nominalizing ending for actions/situations

성공했다.

seong-gong-haess-da — Succeeded; past tense of 'to succeed'

그런

geu-reon — Such, that kind of; demonstrative adjective

다음

da-eum — Next, after; indicating the following time or order

나무줄기의

na-mu-jul-gi-eui — Of the tree trunk; possessive form of trunk

구멍으로

gu-meong-eu-ro — Through/into a hole; directional form of 'hole'

돌아가

dol-a-ga — Returning, going back; moving back to a place

척하면서

cheok-ha-myeon-seo — While pretending; simultaneous pretense connective

낮에는

nat-e-neun — During the day (topic); daytime as contrasted topic

절대

jeol-dae — Never, absolutely; strong negative adverb

밖으로

bakk-eu-ro — To outside; directional form of 'outside'

나오지

na-o-ji — Coming out (negative connective); used with 않다

않았다.

an-ass-da — Did not; past tense negative ending

오직

o-jik — Only, solely; exclusive limiting adverb

밤에만

bam-e-man — Only at night; night plus locative and limiting particle

남몰래

nam-mol-lae — Secretly, without others knowing; stealthily

나와

na-wa — Coming out and; connective gerund of 'to come out'

고양이들을

go-yang-i-deul-eul — Cats (plural, object marker); multiple cats as object

위한

wi-han — For the sake of; benefactive modifier form

먹이를

meog-i-reul — Food/prey (object marker); food as direct object

구했다.

gu-haess-da — Sought, obtained; past tense of 'to seek/obtain'

그동안

geu-dong-an — During that time, meanwhile; that period interval

둥지를

dung-ji-reul — Nest (object marker); bird's nest as direct object

떠나기가

tteo-na-gi-ga — Leaving (subject marker); departure as nominalized subject

두려웠고

du-ryeo-weoss-go — Was fearful and; past tense of 'to be afraid' connective

뿌리

ppu-ri — Root; base part of a plant underground

사이의

sa-i-eui — Between, among; possessive form of 'between/gap'

보금자리를

bo-geum-ja-ri-reul — Nest/home (object marker); cozy dwelling as object

감히

gam-hi — Dare to; boldness adverb often used in negative

떠나지

tteo-na-ji — Leaving (negative connective); used with 못하다

못했다

mot-haess-da — Could not do; past tense inability expression

그리하여

geu-ri-ha-yeo — Therefore, and so; formal consequential conjunction

마침내

ma-chim-nae — Finally, at last; adverb of eventual outcome

그들과

geu-deul-gwa — With them; third-person plural plus conjunctive

그들의

geu-deul-eui — Their; possessive form of third-person plural

가족

ga-jok — Family; one's relatives or household members

모두

mo-du — All, everyone; inclusive totality adverb

굶주림으로

gulm-ju-rim-eu-ro — From starvation; instrumental form of 'starvation'

죽었고

jug-eoss-go — Died and; past tense of 'to die' with connective

시체는

si-che-neun — The corpse/body (topic); dead body as topic

점점

jeom-jeom — Gradually, more and more; progressive adverb

커

keo — Growing big; gerund form of 'to be/become big'

가는

ga-neun — Going, growing; present modifier form of 'to go'

가족에게

ga-jok-e-ge — To the family; directional particle toward family

넉넉한

neok-neok-han — Plentiful, ample, sufficient; adjective of abundance

먹이가

meog-i-ga — Food/prey (subject marker); food as grammatical subject

되었다.

doe-eoss-da — Became; past tense of 'to become'

늑대와

neuk-dae-wa — With the wolf; wolf plus conjunctive particle

양

yang — Sheep; common farm animal noun

늑대가

neuk-dae-ga — The wolf (subject marker); wolf as grammatical subject

개들에게

gae-deul-e-ge — By the dogs (plural); directional/agent toward dogs

심하게

sim-ha-ge — Severely, badly; adverb of intensity

물려

mul-lyeo — Having been bitten; passive gerund of 'to bite'

혼이

hon-i — Spirit/soul (subject marker); one's wits as subject

나서

na-seo — Coming out and then; connective of 'to come out'

오랫동안

o-raet-dong-an — For a long time; extended duration adverb

죽은

jug-eun — Dead; past modifier form of 'to die'

듯이

deut-i — As if, like; comparative manner connective

누워

nu-wo — Lying down; gerund form of 'to lie down'

있었다.

iss-eoss-da — Was/were; past tense existential/progressive verb