East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North — Page 54

Vocabulary

소녀가

so-nyeo-ga — The girl (subject marker attached)

말했습니다

mal-haess-seub-ni-da — Said, spoke (formal past tense)

저는

jeo-neun — I, as for me (humble, topic marker)

왕의

wang-ui — Of the king, the king's (possessive)

장남과

jang-nam-gwa — With the eldest son (and/with marker)

결혼해야

gyeol-hon-hae-ya — Must marry, have to get married

하거든요

ha-geo-deun-yo — You see, because (explanatory ending)

그는

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

이미

i-mi — Already, previously

아름다운

a-reum-da-un — Beautiful, lovely (adjective modifying noun)

공주

gong-ju — Princess, royal daughter

두

du — Two (native Korean number)

명과

myeong-gwa — With (number of) people (counter with 'and')

결혼하여

gyeol-hon-ha-yeo — Having married, after marrying (connective)

그들을

geu-deul-eul — Them (plural pronoun, object marker)

잡아먹었어요

jab-a-meog-eoss-eo-yo — Ate them up, devoured (caught and ate)

그리고

geu-ri-go — And, and then (conjunction)

저도

jeo-do — Me too, I also (humble form)

잡아먹을

jab-a-meog-eul — Will devour, going to eat up (future modifier)

거예요

geo-ye-yo — Going to, will (future intention ending)

제가

je-ga — I, me (humble subject marker)

괴로운

goe-ro-un — Distressing, agonizing, tormenting

것도

geot-do — The fact that, even that (nominalizer)

당연하죠

dang-yeon-ha-jyo — Of course, naturally, no wonder

뭐

mwo — Well, what (casual filler/exclamation)

그럴

geu-reol — Like that, to be so (modifier form)

필요

pil-yo — Need, necessity

없어요

eob-seo-yo — There isn't, don't have (polite)

마녀

ma-nyeo — Witch, sorceress

여인이

yeo-in-i — The woman (subject marker attached)

말하는

mal-ha-neun — Speaking, saying (present modifier form)

대로만

dae-ro-man — Only exactly as, just as (instructed)

하면

ha-myeon — If you do, if one does (conditional)

그

geu — That, the (demonstrative/article-like)

모든

mo-deun — All, every, entire

것을

geot-eul — The thing, it (nominalizer, object marker)

눈

nun — Eye; also snow (context-dependent)

깜짝할

kkam-jjak-hal — To be startled, to blink (modifier form)

사이에

sa-i-e — In between, in an instant (time/space)

바로잡을

ba-ro-jab-eul — To set right, to correct (future modifier)

수

su — Ability, way, means (possibility noun)

있어요

iss-eo-yo — There is, can, exists (polite present)

그래서

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

소녀는

so-nyeo-neun — The girl (topic marker attached)

그렇게

geu-reoh-ge — Like that, in that way (adverb)

하겠다고

ha-get-da-go — That she will do so (quoted intention)

그러면

geu-reo-myeon — Then, if so, in that case

잘

jal — Well, carefully, closely (adverb)

들어요

deul-eo-yo — Listen, pay attention (polite imperative)

노파가

no-pa-ga — The old woman (subject marker attached)

결혼식이

gyeol-hon-sig-i — The wedding ceremony (subject marker)

끝나고

kkeut-na-go — After finishing, once it ends (connective)

잠자리에

jam-ja-ri-e — To bed, into sleeping place (locative)

들

deul — To go to (bed), enter (verb stem)

시간이

si-gan-i — Time, the time (subject marker)

되면

doe-myeon — When it becomes, if it becomes

눈처럼

nun-cheo-reom — Like snow, white as snow

흰

huin — White (adjective modifying noun)

속옷

sog-ot — Undergarment, underwear, inner clothing

열

yeol — Ten (native Korean number)

벌을

beol-eul — Sets of (clothing counter, object marker)

입혀

i-phyeo — To dress, to put clothes on (causative)

달라고

dal-la-go — Asking someone to give/do (request quote)

해야

hae-ya — Must do, have to (obligation)

해요

hae-yo — Do, does (polite present ending)

즉

jeuk — That is, namely, in other words

나무

na-mu — Tree, wood

만든

man-deun — Made, created (past modifier form)

세탁용

se-tak-yong — For laundry, laundry-purpose (compound)

물

mul — Water, liquid

이

i — This (demonstrative) or subject marker

가득

ga-deuk — Full, filled to the brim (adverb)

담긴

dam-gin — Filled with, contained in (past modifier)

통

tong — Bucket, barrel, container

하나와

ha-na-wa — One (native) and (conjunction attached)

신선한

sin-seon-han — Fresh, not stale (adjective)

우유가

u-yu-ga — Milk (subject marker attached)

하나

ha-na — One (native Korean number/quantity)

한

han — One, a (modifier form of native number)

소년이

so-nyeon-i — A boy (subject marker attached)

팔에

pal-e — In the arms, on the arm (locative)

안을

an-eul — To hold, embrace (object marker attached)

있는

iss-neun — Can hold, there is (present modifier)

만큼의

man-keum-ui — As much as, to the extent of (possessive)

채찍을

chae-jjig-eul — Whip (object marker attached)

가져다

ga-jyeo-da — Bring, fetch and bring (connective)

하세요

ha-se-yo — Please do (polite imperative ending)

침실로

chim-sil-lo — To the bedroom (directional marker)

가져오게

ga-jyeo-o-ge — Have it brought, cause to bring (causative)

그런

geu-reon — Such, that kind of (modifier)

다음

da-eum — Next, after, the following

속옷을

sog-os-eul — Undergarment (object marker attached)

벗으라고

beot-eu-ra-go — Telling to take off (quoted command)

당신은

dang-sin-eun — You (topic marker, polite/formal)

그에게

geu-e-ge — To him, from him (dative marker)

허물을

heo-mul-eul — Skin, scales, shed skin (object marker)

그의

geu-ui — His, of him (possessive)

허물이

heo-mul-i — The skin/scales (subject marker attached)

모두

mo-du — All, entirely, completely

벗겨지면

beot-gyeo-ji-myeon — When all shed off, when peeled away

담갔다가

dam-gat-da-ga — After soaking/dipping, then (connective)

그를

geu-reul — Him (object marker attached)

다음으로

da-eum-eu-ro — Next, afterward, following that

우유로

u-yu-ro — With milk (instrumental marker)

씻겨야

ssit-gyeo-ya — Must wash, have to bathe (causative)

하고

ha-go — And, also (conjunctive ending)

마지막으로

ma-ji-mag-eu-ro — Finally, lastly, at last

단

dan — Only, merely, just one (limiter)

순간만이라도

sun-gan-man-i-ra-do — Even if just for a moment (particle combo)

팔로

pal-lo — With arms, using arms (instrumental)

안아야

an-a-ya — Must embrace, have to hug (obligation)

마지막이

ma-ji-mag-i — The last one, the final (subject marker)

가장

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

끔찍한

kkeum-jjig-han — Horrifying, dreadful, terrible (adjective)

생각이에요

saeng-gag-i-e-yo — It is a thought/idea (polite ending)

양치기의

yang-chi-gi-ui — Of the shepherd, shepherd's (possessive)

딸이

ttal-i — The daughter (subject marker attached)

그녀는

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

차갑고

cha-gap-go — Cold, chilly and (connective adjective)

끈적끈적하고

kkeun-jeok-kkeun-jeok-ha-go — Sticky, slimy and (connective adjective)

덮인

deop-in — Covered, draped over (past modifier)

안는다는

an-neun-da-neun — The act of hugging (quoted action modifier)

생각에

saeng-gag-e — At the thought of, thinking about (locative)

몸을

mom-eul — Body (object marker attached)

떨었습니다

tteol-eoss-seub-ni-da — Shuddered, trembled (formal past tense)