East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North — Page 11

Vocabulary

제가

je-ga — I (subject marker, humble/polite form)

촛불

chot-bul — Candlelight; a lit candle

한

han — One; a single (determiner before nouns)

조각을

jo-ga-geul — A piece or fragment (object marker attached)

드릴게요

deu-ril-ge-yo — I will give you (polite, humble form)

품속에

pum-so-ge — Inside one's bosom or embrace

넣어서

neo-eo-seo — By putting in; after placing inside

집에

ji-be — At or to home (location/direction marker)

가져가세요

ga-jyeo-ga-se-yo — Please take it with you (polite command)

그가

geu-ga — He (subject marker attached, formal)

잠든

jam-deun — Fallen asleep; in a sleeping state

사이에

sa-i-e — While; during; in between a period

불을

bu-reul — Fire or light (object marker attached)

켜되

kyeo-doe — Light it, but (conjunctive concessive form)

수지를

su-ji-reul — Resin; wax drips (object marker attached)

그에게

geu-e-ge — To him; onto him (dative marker)

떨어뜨리지

tteo-reo-tteu-ri-ji — Do not drop or let fall (negative form)

않도록

an-do-rok — So as not to; in order to avoid

조심하세요

jo-sim-ha-se-yo — Please be careful; take caution (polite)

그렇게

geu-reo-ke — Like that; in that way; so

했다

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

그녀는

geu-nyeo-neun — She (topic marker attached, formal)

촛불을

chot-bu-reul — The candle (object marker attached)

받아

ba-da — Received; accepted something given

숨겼고

sum-gyeot-go — Hid it and (then); concealed and continued

밤이

ba-mi — The night (subject marker attached)

깊어지자

gi-peo-ji-ja — As the night deepened; once it grew late

와서

wa-seo — Came and (then); upon arriving

그녀를

geu-nyeo-reul — Her (object marker attached, formal)

데려갔다

de-ryeo-gat-da — Took her away; led someone somewhere

그런데

geu-reon-de — But; however; by the way (connector)

그들이

geu-deu-ri — They (subject marker attached, formal)

길을

gi-reul — The road or path (object marker attached)

조금

jo-geum — A little; slightly; a small amount

가다가

ga-da-ga — While going; in the middle of traveling

자신이

ja-si-ni — Oneself (subject marker); himself/herself

말한

mal-han — Said; spoken (attributive past form)

대로

dae-ro — As; according to; just as said

모든

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

일이

i-ri — Things; matters; events (subject marker)

일어나지

i-reo-na-ji — Did not happen; did not occur (negative)

않았느냐고

a-nat-neu-nya-go — Asked whether (something) did not happen

물었다

mu-reot-da — Asked; posed a question (past tense)

글쎄

geul-sse — Well; hmm; expression of hesitation or uncertainty

그렇지

geu-reo-chi — That's right; isn't it so (confirmation)

않다고

an-ta-go — Saying that it is not so (indirect quote)

말할

mal-hal — To say; able to say (future/prospective form)

수

su — Ability; possibility (used in ~할 수 없다)

없었다

eop-seot-da — There was not; did not exist (past)

자

ja — Now; come on (interjection urging attention)

명심하세요

myeong-sim-ha-se-yo — Please keep in mind; remember well (polite)

말했다

mal-haet-da — Said; spoke; told (past tense)

만약

ma-nyak — If; supposing that (conditional conjunction)

당신이

dang-si-ni — You (subject marker, formal/literary)

어머니의

eo-meo-ni-ui — Mother's (possessive marker attached)

충고를

chung-go-reul — Advice; counsel (object marker attached)

들었다면

deu-reot-da-myeon — If you had listened or heard (conditional)

우리

u-ri — We; our (inclusive first-person plural)

둘

dul — Two; both (native Korean number)

모두에게

mo-du-e-ge — To everyone; to both of us (dative)

불운을

bu-ru-neul — Misfortune; bad luck (object marker attached)

가져온

ga-jyeo-on — Brought; having brought something here

것이며

geo-si-myeo — It is the thing that; and it would be

되면

doe-myeon — If it becomes; when it turns into

있었던

i-seot-deon — That which existed or was happening (past)

것은

geo-seun — The thing that (topic marker attached)

아무것도

a-mu-geot-do — Nothing at all; not anything (emphatic)

아닌

a-nin — Not being; which is not (attributive)

것이

geo-si — The thing that is (subject marker attached)

될

doel — Will become; that will be (future form)

것입니다

geo-sim-ni-da — It is the case; it will be (formal)

아니요

a-ni-yo — No; that is not so (polite negation)

듣지

deut-ji — Did not listen; not hear (negative form)

않았어요

a-na-sseo-yo — Did not do (polite past negative ending)

그래서

geu-rae-seo — So; therefore; as a result

도착하여

do-cha-ka-yeo — Having arrived; upon reaching the destination

잠자리에

jam-ja-ri-e — To bed; at the sleeping place (locative)

들었을

deu-reo-sseul — When (she) went to bed (past supposition)

때

ttae — Time; when; the moment that

예전과

ye-jeon-gwa — Same as before; compared to the past

똑같은

ttok-ga-teun — Exactly the same; identical (modifier)

다시

da-si — Again; once more; anew

벌어졌다

beo-reo-jeot-da — Occurred; unfolded; happened (past tense)

남자가

nam-ja-ga — The man (subject marker attached)

그녀

geu-nyeo — She; her (third-person female pronoun)

곁에

gyeo-te — Beside; next to; by someone's side

누웠다

nu-wot-da — Lay down; reclined (past tense)

그러나

geu-reo-na — But; however; nevertheless (conjunction)

한밤중에

han-bam-jung-e — In the middle of the night; at midnight

것을

geo-seul — The thing; fact (object marker attached)

확인하고

hwa-gin-ha-go — Confirmed and; after verifying something

일어나

i-reo-na — Got up; arose (from sleeping or sitting)

켜고

kyeo-go — Lit it and; turned on and (conjunctive)

촛불에

chot-bu-re — To the candle; at the candle (locative)

붙여

bu-tyeo — Attached to; lit using; by applying to

빛을

bi-cheul — Light (object marker attached)

비추었다

bi-chu-eot-da — Shone light on; illuminated (past tense)

그러자

geu-reo-ja — Then; at that moment; as a result

그는

geu-neun — He (topic marker attached, formal)

일찍이

il-jji-gi — Ever before; previously in one's life

눈으로

nu-neu-ro — With one's eyes; by sight (instrumental)

본

bon — Seen; having seen (past attributive form)

적

jeok — Experience of; ever having done something

없는

eom-neun — That does not exist; without (modifier)

가장

ga-jang — Most; the most (superlative adverb)

아름다운

a-reum-da-un — Beautiful; lovely; most handsome (modifier)

알게

al-ge — Came to know; so as to realize

되었고

doe-eot-go — Became and (then); turned into and continued

그

geu — That; the (demonstrative determiner)

자리에서

ja-ri-e-seo — On the spot; right there; in that place

너무나

neo-mu-na — So very; extremely; far too much

깊이

gi-pi — Deeply; profoundly (adverb)

사랑에

sa-rang-e — In love; into love (locative attached)

빠져

ppa-jyeo — Fell into; became immersed in

바로

ba-ro — Right away; immediately; directly

키스를

ki-seu-reul — A kiss (object marker attached, loanword)

하지

ha-ji — Do not; not doing (negative verb form)

않으면

a-neu-myeon — If not; unless one does (conditional)

살

sal — To live; life; to survive

없을

eop-seul — Will not be able to; that won't exist

것

geot — Thing; fact; nominalized concept

같다고

gat-da-go — Seemed like; thought it was as if (quote)

생각했다

saeng-ga-kaet-da — Thought; believed; considered (past tense)

그리하여

geu-ri-ha-yeo — And so; thus; thereupon (literary connector)

하는

ha-neun — Doing; the act of doing (present modifier)

순간

sun-gan — The moment; instant; split second

뜨거운

tteu-geo-un — Hot; burning; scalding (modifier)

세

se — Three (native Korean number, modifier form)

방울이

bang-u-ri — Drops (of liquid); subject marker attached

그의

geu-ui — His; of him (possessive marker attached)

셔츠

syeo-cheu — Shirt (loanword from English)

위에

wi-e — On top of; above; upon (locative)

떨어졌고

tteo-reo-jeot-go — Fell and (then); dropped onto and continued

잠에서

ja-me-seo — From sleep; out of sleep (ablative)

깨어났다

kkae-eo-nat-da — Woke up; awakened from sleep (past tense)