Aesop's Fables; a new translation — Page 121

Vocabulary

당신의

dangsin-ui — Your; possessive form of 'you'

매끄러운

maekkeureo-un — Smooth, sleek, glossy in texture or appearance

털은

teol-eun — Fur or hair (topic marker attached)

당신이

dangsin-i — You (subject marker attached)

얼마나

eolmana — How much, how many, to what extent

잘

jal — Well, skillfully, properly

사는지를

saneun-ji-reul — Whether or how one lives (object form)

보여줍니다

boyeojumnida — Shows, demonstrates to someone formally

정말

jeongmal — Really, truly, indeed

부럽군요

bureop-gunyo — How enviable; expressing envy or admiration

얼마

eolma — How much, some amount of (money or time)

지나지

jinaji — Pass, elapse (negative or conditional form)

않아

ana — Not (informal negation connector)

야생

yasaeng — Wild, untamed; living in nature

당나귀는

dangnagwi-neun — Donkey (topic marker attached)

그

geu — He, that; third-person singular pronoun

아는

aneun — Who knows; acquainted with (modifier form)

당나귀를

dangnagwi-reul — Donkey (object marker attached)

다시

dasi — Again, once more, anew

보았는데

boatneunde — Saw, but; past tense with contrast connector

이번에는

ibeon-e-neun — This time (topic marker attached)

그가

geuga — He (subject marker attached)

무거운

mugeo-un — Heavy, weighty, burdensome

짐을

jim-eul — Load, luggage, burden (object marker attached)

지고

jigo — Carrying on back; bearing a burden

있었고

isseotgo — Was (doing), and; past continuous connector

몰이꾼이

mori-kkun-i — Driver, herder who drives animals (subject form)

뒤따르며

dwitdareumeyo — Following behind while doing something

굵은

gulg-eun — Thick, stout, large in diameter

막대기로

makdaegi-ro — With a stick or rod (instrumental marker)

때리고

ttaerigo — Hitting, striking, and (connector form)

있었습니다

isseot-seumnida — Was (doing); formal past progressive ending

아

a — Ah, oh; exclamation expressing feeling

친구여

chingu-yeo — Oh friend; vocative address to a friend

당나귀가

dangnagwi-ga — Donkey (subject marker attached)

말했습니다

malhaet-seumnida — Said, spoke; formal past tense of speak

나는

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

더

deo — More, anymore, further

이상

isang — More than, beyond; no longer (after 더)

부럽지

bureop-ji — Envious; adjective base with negation connector

않습니다

an-seumnida — Do not; formal negative verb ending

편안함을

pyeon-anham-eul — Comfort, ease, coziness (object marker attached)

위해

wihae — For the sake of, in order to

비싼

bissan — Expensive, costly, high-priced

대가를

daega-reul — Price, cost, compensation (object marker attached)

치르고

chireugo — Paying a price and; connector form of pay

있음을

isseum-eul — Being, existing (nominalized object form)

알겠으니까요

algess-eunikka-yo — Because I now understand or realize it

얻은

eod-eun — Obtained, gained; past modifier form

이점은

ijeom-eun — Advantage, benefit (topic marker attached)

의심스러운

uisim-seureoun — Doubtful, suspicious, questionable

축복입니다

chukbok-imnida — It is a blessing; formal declarative statement

한

han — One, a certain; determiner before nouns

정원사에게는

jeongwonsa-ege-neun — To a gardener (topic marker attached)

있었는데

isseot-neunde — There was, but; past contrast connector

부족한

bujok-han — Insufficient, lacking, deficient

먹이

meog-i — Food for animals, fodder, feed

짐

jim — Load, burden, luggage

그리고

geurigo — And, and then, also

끊임없는

kkeunimeomnneun — Endless, ceaseless, continuous

구타로

guta-ro — By beating, through hitting (instrumental form)

매우

maeu — Very, extremely, quite

힘든

himdeun — Hard, difficult, exhausting, tough

시간을

sigan-eul — Time (object marker attached)

보내고

bonaego — Spending time and; connector form of spend

그래서

geuraeseo — Therefore, so, thus

자신을

jasin-eul — Oneself (object marker attached)

정원사로부터

jeongwonsa-robuteo — From the gardener (source marker attached)

데려가

deryeoga — Take someone away (connector or imperative form)

다른

dareun — Different, another, other

주인에게

juin-ege — To the owner or master (dative marker)

넘겨달라고

neomgyeo-dalla-go — Requesting to hand over to someone

간청했습니다

gancheong-haet-seumnida — Earnestly begged, pleaded, implored formally

정원사에게

jeongwonsa-ege — To the gardener (dative marker attached)

보내

bonae — Sends, dispatches (connector or informal form)

도공에게

dogong-ege — To the potter (dative marker attached)

팔도록

paldorok — So as to sell; purpose connective form

했고

haetgo — Did, and; past tense with connector

정원사는

jeongwonsa-neun — The gardener (topic marker attached)

그렇게

geureoke — Like that, in that way, so

했습니다

haet-seumnida — Did; formal past tense of do

하지만

hajiman — However, but, nevertheless

여전히

yeojeonhi — Still, as before, yet unchanged

불만스러웠습니다

bulman-seureowo-seumnida — Was dissatisfied, discontented, unhappy formally

전보다

jeonboda — More than before, compared to previously

힘들게

himdeulge — Arduously, with difficulty, hard

일해야

ilhaeya — Must work, have to labor

했기

haetgi — Having done (reason/cause nominalizer form)

때문입니다

ttaemun-imnida — It is because of; formal causal expression

두

du — Two; numeral used before nouns

번째로

beonjjae-ro — For the nth time; ordinal connector form

도움을

doum-eul — Help, assistance (object marker attached)

간청했고

gancheong-haetgo — Pleaded, begged and; past tense connector

친절하게도

chinjeolhage-do — Kindly, even kindly; adverb with emphasis

무두장이에게

mudujang-i-ege — To the tanner (dative marker attached)

팔리도록

pallido-rok — So as to be sold; passive purpose form

주선해

juseonhae — Arranged, coordinated (informal connector form)

주었습니다

jueot-seumnida — Gave, provided; formal past tense of give

새

sae — New, fresh, brand-new

주인의

juin-ui — Owner's, master's (possessive marker attached)

직업이

jigeob-i — Occupation, profession (subject marker attached)

무엇인지

mueot-inji — What it is; indirect question form

알게

alge — Coming to know; resultative connector form

되자

doeja — Upon becoming, as soon as it became

절망하며

jeolmanghameyo — While despairing, in despair

외쳤습니다

oecheot-seumnida — Shouted, cried out; formal past tense

아무리

amuri — No matter how, however much

일하고

ilhago — Working and; connector form of work

나쁜

nabbeun — Bad, poor, wrong, terrible

대우를

daeu-reul — Treatment, handling (object marker attached)

받았더라도

bad-at-deorado — Even though I received (concessive past form)

왜

wae — Why, for what reason

이전

ijeon — Previous, former, before

주인들

juin-deul — Owners, masters (plural form)

중

jung — Among, in the middle of

어느

eoneu — Any, some, which (of several)

명을

myeong-eul — Person/people counter (object marker attached)

섬기는

seomgi-neun — Serving, attending to (present modifier form)

것에

geose — The act of; nominalizer with locative marker

만족하지

manjok-haji — Being satisfied (negation connector form)

못했을까요

motha-eot-eulkkayo — Could not have; formal past speculative question

그들이었다면

geudeul-i-eot-damyeon — If it had been them; past conditional form

나를

na-reul — Me (object marker attached)

제대로

jedaero — Properly, correctly, as it should be

묻어주었을

mud-eojueot-eul — Would have buried (for me); past supposition

텐데

tende — Should have, would have; regretful supposition

이제

ije — Now, from now on, at this point

결국

gyeolguk — In the end, ultimately, eventually

통에

tong-e — In the vat or barrel (locative marker)

들어가게

deureogake — Come to enter; resultative connector form

되겠군요

doegessgunyo — It seems it will become; speculative exclamation

하인들은

hain-deul-eun — Servants (topic marker attached)

주인을

juin-eul — Owner, master (object marker attached)

섬겨보기

seomgyeobo-gi — Trying to serve; experiential nominalized form

전까지는

jeonkkaji-neun — Until before (topic marker attached)

좋은

jo-eun — Good, nice, fine, pleasant

알아보지

araboji — Recognize, identify (negation connector form)

못합니다

mot-amnida — Cannot, unable to; formal negative statement