East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North — Page 70

Vocabulary

소년이

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

대답했습니다

dae-da-paet-seum-ni-da — Replied, answered formally

저는

jeo-neun — I (humble form, topic marker attached)

그저

geu-jeo — Simply, just, merely

부탁드리고

bu-tak-deu-ri-go — Requesting, asking humbly (connective form)

싶었을

si-peo-sseul — Wanted to (past presumptive modifier form)

뿐이에요

ppun-i-e-yo — That is all, nothing more

금고

geum-go — Safe, strongbox for storing valuables

계단에서

gye-dan-e-seo — From the stairs, on the staircase

제게서

je-ge-seo — From me (humble form)

가져가신

ga-jyeo-ga-sin — Took away (honorific modifier form)

가루를

ga-ru-reul — Powder, flour (object marker attached)

돌려주시면

dol-lyeo-ju-si-myeon — If you return it (honorific conditional)

좋겠어요

jo-ke-sseo-yo — It would be good, I would appreciate it

저희는

jeo-hi-neun — We (humble form, topic marker attached)

먹고살

meok-go-sal — To eat and live, to make a living

많지

man-chi — Not much, isn't plentiful (negative context)

않거든요

an-keo-deun-yo — Because it isn't so, you see

그리고

geu-ri-go — And, furthermore, in addition

저희가

jeo-hi-ga — We (humble form, subject marker attached)

가진

ga-jin — Having, possessed (modifier form)

얼마

eol-ma — How much, a small amount

안

an — Not, negation before a verb

되는

doe-neun — That becomes, that amounts to

음식을

eum-si-geul — Food (object marker attached)

계속

gye-sok — Continuously, keep on doing something

빼앗아

ppae-a-sa — Taking away by force, seizing

가신다면

ga-sin-da-myeon — If you go on doing (honorific conditional)

굶어

gul-meo — Starving, going hungry (connective form)

죽는

jung-neun — Dying, to die (modifier form)

수밖에

su-ba-ke — Have no choice but to

없을

eop-seul — Will not exist, there won't be (modifier)

거예요

geo-ye-yo — It will be, it is going to be

나는

na-neun — I (plain form, topic marker attached)

네

ne — Your (plain possessive pronoun)

가지고

ga-ji-go — Having, possessing (connective form)

있지

it-ji — Have, exist (informal ending)

않다

an-ta — Do not, negation verb ending

북풍이

buk-pung-i — The north wind (subject marker attached)

말했습니다

mal-haet-seum-ni-da — Said, spoke (formal past tense)

하지만

ha-ji-man — However, but, nevertheless

네가

ne-ga — You (plain form, subject marker attached)

그렇게

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

어렵다면

eo-ryeop-da-myeon — If it is difficult, if things are hard

내가

nae-ga — I (plain form, subject marker attached)

너에게

neo-e-ge — To you, for you

천

cheon — A cloth, tablecloth (here magical cloth)

하나를

ha-na-reul — One (thing), object marker attached

주겠다

ju-get-da — Will give (plain future declarative)

천은

cheon-eun — The cloth (topic marker attached)

원하는

won-ha-neun — Desired, wanted (modifier form)

모든

mo-deun — All, every, entire

것을

geo-seul — Thing (object marker attached)

가져다줄

ga-jyeo-da-jul — Will bring, will fetch and give

것이다

geo-si-da — It is the case that, it will

펼쳐져라

pyeol-chyeo-jyeo-ra — Spread out! Unfold! (imperative command)

온갖

on-gat — All kinds of, every sort of

좋은

jo-eun — Good, nice (modifier form)

음식들을

eum-sik-deu-reul — Foods (plural, object marker attached)

차려라

cha-ryeo-ra — Set out! Prepare! (imperative command)

라고만

ra-go-man — Only by saying, just by uttering

말하면

mal-ha-myeon — If you say, when you speak

된다

doen-da — It works, it is enough, it is okay

소년은

so-nyeon-eun — The boy (topic marker attached)

이것으로

i-geo-seu-ro — With this, by means of this

매우

mae-u — Very, extremely, greatly

만족했습니다

man-jo-kaet-seum-ni-da — Was satisfied, felt content (formal past)

길이

gi-ri — The road, the path (subject marker)

너무

neo-mu — Too, excessively, overly

멀어

meo-reo — Far, distant (connective form)

하루

ha-ru — One day, a single day

만에

man-e — Within, in the span of (time)

집에

ji-be — At home, to the house

돌아갈

do-ra-gal — To return, to go back (modifier form)

수

su — Way, ability, possibility (bound noun)

없었기

eop-seo-ki — Because there was not, since unable

때문에

ttae-mu-ne — Because of, due to

그는

geu-neun — He (topic marker attached)

도중에

do-jung-e — On the way, in the middle of journey

있는

in-neun — That exists, located (modifier form)

여관에

yeo-gwan-e — At the inn, to the guesthouse

들렀습니다

deul-reot-seum-ni-da — Stopped by, dropped in (formal past)

그들이

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

저녁을

jeo-nyeo-geul — Dinner, evening meal (object marker)

먹으러

meo-geu-reo — In order to eat (purposive form)

앉으려

an-jeu-ryeo — About to sit down (intentional form)

할

hal — To do, about to do (modifier form)

때

ttae — Time, moment, when

구석에

gu-seo-ge — In the corner, at the edge

탁자

tak-ja — Table, desk

위에

wi-e — On top of, above

천을

cheo-neul — The cloth (object marker attached)

펼치며

pyeol-chi-myeo — While spreading out, unfolding

그가

geu-ga — He (subject marker attached)

말을

ma-reul — Words, speech (object marker attached)

채

chae — Before completing, while still doing

끝내기도

kkeut-nae-gi-do — Even finishing, before even completing

전에

jeo-ne — Before, prior to

명령대로

myeong-nyeong-dae-ro — According to the command, as ordered

움직였습니다

um-ji-gyeot-seum-ni-da — Moved, acted (formal past tense)

옆에

yeo-pe — Beside, next to, by the side

서

seo — Standing (connective gerund form)

있던

it-deon — Who were, that were present (past modifier)

사람들이

sa-ram-deu-ri — People (plural, subject marker attached)

그것을

geu-geo-seul — It, that thing (object marker attached)

훌륭하다고

hul-lyung-ha-da-go — Saying it is splendid, excellent (quotative)

생각했지만

saeng-ga-kaet-ji-man — Thought so, but, considered it but

그중에서도

geu-jung-e-seo-do — Among them, even among those

여관

yeo-gwan — Inn, guesthouse, small hotel

주인

ju-in — Owner, proprietor, host

여자가

yeo-ja-ga — The woman (subject marker attached)

가장

ga-jang — Most, the most, above all

감탄했습니다

gam-tan-haet-seum-ni-da — Was amazed, admired greatly (formal past)

그래서

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

한밤중에

han-bam-jung-e — In the middle of the night

모두가

mo-du-ga — Everyone, all people (subject marker)

깊이

gi-pi — Deeply, profoundly

잠들었을

jam-deu-reo-sseul — Had fallen asleep (past presumptive modifier)

그녀는

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

소년의

so-nyeon-ui — The boy's (possessive marker attached)

가져가고

ga-jyeo-ga-go — Taking away and (connective form)

북풍에게서

buk-pung-e-ge-seo — From the north wind

받은

ba-deun — Received, gotten (past modifier form)

것과

geo-kwa — Thing and, compared with (conjunctive)

똑같이

ttok-ga-chi — Exactly the same, identically

생겼지만

saeng-gyeot-ji-man — Looked the same but, appeared identical but

딱딱한

ttak-ta-kan — Hard, stiff, tough (modifier form)

빵

ppang — Bread, loaf of bread

한

han — One, a single (determiner)

조각도

jo-ga-do — Even a piece, not even a slice

차려내지

cha-ryeo-nae-ji — Could not serve up, unable to set out

못하는

mo-ta-neun — Unable to do (modifier form)

다른

da-reun — Different, another, other

자리에

ja-ri-e — In the place, at the spot

놓았습니다

no-at-seum-ni-da — Placed, put down (formal past tense)