East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North — Page 56

Vocabulary

양치기의

yangchigi-ui — belonging to or of the shepherd

딸이

ttal-i — daughter (subject marker attached)

그에게

geu-ege — to him, directed toward him

대답했습니다

daedaphaetsseumnida — answered, gave a reply formally

왕자님

wangjanim — prince, honorific title for a prince

허물을

heomul-eul — shed skin (object marker attached)

벗으세요

beoseuseyo — please take off, remove (polite imperative)

아무도

amudo — nobody, not anyone at all

지금껏

jigeumkkeot — until now, up to this point ever

감히

gamhi — daringly, boldly, with audacity

나에게

na-ege — to me, directed toward me

그러라고

geureorago — to do so, telling someone to act thus

말한

malhan — said, spoken (modifier form of 말하다)

적이

jeogi — time, instance, occasion (subject marker)

없었소

eopseossso — there was not, did not exist (archaic formal)

그가

geuga — he, him (subject marker attached)

말했습니다

malhaetsseumnida — said, spoke formally in past tense

하지만

hajiman — however, but, nevertheless

지금

jigeum — now, at this moment

당장

dangjang — right now, immediately, at once

그렇게

geureoke — like that, in that way, thus

하실

hasil — will do, honorific future modifier form

것을

geoseul — thing, fact (object marker attached)

명합니다

myeonghamnida — commands, orders formally and authoritatively

그녀가

geunyeoga — she (subject marker attached)

그러자

geureoja — thereupon, then, at that moment

그는

geuneun — he (topic marker attached)

신음하며

sineumahmyeo — groaning, while moaning in pain

몸을

mom-eul — body (object marker attached)

비틀기

biteulgi — twisting, writhing, contorting the body

시작했습니다

sijakhaetsseumnida — began, started doing something formally

그리고

geurigo — and, and then, furthermore

몇

myeot — several, a few, how many

분

bun — minute, a unit of time

후

hu — after, later, following a time

긴

gin — long, lengthy (modifier form)

뱀

baem — snake, serpent

허물

heomul — shed skin of a snake or reptile

하나가

hanaga — one (subject marker attached)

그의

geu-ui — his, belonging to him

옆

yeop — side, next to, beside

바닥에

badage — on the floor, on the ground

놓였습니다

nohyeotseumnida — was placed, came to rest formally

소녀는

sonyeoneun — the girl (topic marker attached)

첫

cheot — first, the very first

번째

beonjjae — ordinal suffix meaning -th, numbered order

속옷을

sogos-eul — undergarment, underwear (object marker attached)

벗어

beoseo — took off, removed clothing or skin

위에

wie — on top of, above, over

펼쳐

pyeolcheo — spread out, unfolded over a surface

덮었습니다

deopeotsseumnida — covered, draped over something formally

이

i — this (demonstrative pronoun or subject marker)

다시

dasi — again, once more, repeatedly

그녀에게

geunyeo-ege — to her, directed toward her

아름다운

areumdaun — beautiful, lovely, pretty (modifier form)

아가씨

agassi — young lady, miss, unmarried young woman

벗으시오

beoseuisio — please remove, take off (formal imperative)

신음과

sineum-gwa — groan and (conjunction attached to groan)

탄식을

tansig-eul — lament, sigh of sorrow (object marker)

내뱉으며

naebaetheumyeo — while letting out, expelling breath or words

두

du — two, second (numeral)

벗었습니다

beoseotsseumnida — removed, took off (formally, past tense)

그녀는

geunyeoneun — she (topic marker attached)

속옷으로

sogos-euro — with underwear, using undergarment as cover

그것을

geugeoseul — that thing, it (object marker attached)

세

se — three (native Korean numeral)

번째로

beonjjaero — in the order of, for the -th time

말했고

malhaetgo — said and (then), spoke and continued

작은

jageun — small, little (modifier form)

눈이

nun-i — eyes (subject marker attached)

맹렬하게

maengnyeolhage — fiercely, furiously, with great intensity

굴러갔습니다

gulleogatsseumnida — rolled, moved by rolling (past formal)

두려워하지

duryeowohaji — not afraid, not fearing (negative form)

않았고

anatgo — did not and (then), negation plus continuation

한번

hanbeon — once, one time, at least once

명한

myeonghan — commanded, ordered (modifier past form)

대로

daero — as, according to, just as instructed

따를

ttareul — to follow, to comply (future modifier form)

명령했습니다

myeongnyeonghaetsseumnida — commanded, gave an order formally

그리하여

geurihayeo — therefore, thus, and so consequently

이것은

igeoseun — this thing (topic marker attached)

아홉

ahop — nine (native Korean numeral)

개의

gae-ui — of pieces, belonging to items (counter)

허물이

heomuri — shed skins (subject marker attached)

놓일

nohil — to be placed, laid down (future modifier)

때까지

ttaekkaji — until the time when, up to the moment

계속되었으며

gyesokdoeeosseumyeo — continued and, kept going and furthermore

각각은

gakgageun — each one (topic marker attached)

새하얀

saehaян — snow-white, pure white (modifier form)

덮여

deopyeo — covered, draped over (passive connector form)

있었습니다

isseotseumnida — there was, existed (past formal polite)

에게는

egeneun — to, for (dative with topic marker)

보기에

bogi-e — in appearance, to look at, visually

매우

maeu — very, extremely, quite

끔찍한

kkeumjjikhan — horrifying, dreadful, terrifying (modifier form)

거대하고

geodaehago — huge and, enormous and (connector form)

두꺼운

dukkeoun — thick, bulky (modifier form)

덩어리만이

deong-eorimani — only a lump, nothing but a mass

남아

nama — remaining, left over (connector form)