East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North — Page 151

Vocabulary

온

on — All, entire, whole (modifier for nouns).

나라에

nara-e — In the country; nation with locative particle.

큰

keun — Big, large, great (adjective modifier).

슬픔이

seulpeum-i — Sadness, sorrow (noun with subject particle).

가득했고

gadeukhaetgo — Was full of; filled with (past tense, connective).

왕은

wang-eun — The king (noun with topic particle).

모든

modeun — All, every (determiner preceding nouns).

교회를

gyohoe-reul — Church (noun with object particle).

통해

tonghae — Through, by means of (via).

공주들을

gongjudeul-eul — The princesses (plural noun with object particle).

구할

guhal — To rescue, save (future modifier form).

수

su — Ability, possibility (bound noun after verb modifier).

있는

inneun — Who/that can; existing (present modifier form).

자는

ja-neun — The person who; one who (bound noun with topic).

누구든

nugudeon — Whoever, anyone (indefinite pronoun with concessive).

왕국의

wangguk-ui — Of the kingdom (noun with possessive particle).

절반과

jeolban-gwa — Half of (noun with conjunctive particle).

황금

hwanggeum — Gold (precious metal, often used as modifier).

왕관

wanggwan — Crown worn by a king or royalty.

그리고

geurigo — And, also (conjunction connecting clauses or items).

원하는

wonhaneun — Desired, wanted (present modifier form of 원하다).

공주를

gongju-reul — Princess (noun with object particle).

선택할

seontaekhal — To choose, select (future modifier form).

있다고

itdago — That one may; quoting a state of possibility.

알렸습니다

allyeotseumnida — Announced, informed, made known (formal past tense).

공주까지

gongju-kkaji — Even a princess; princess included (particle 까지).

얻고

eotgo — To obtain, get (verb stem with connective ending).

싶어

sipeo — Want to; desire to (informal desire expression).

하는

haneun — Who does; doing (present modifier form of 하다).

사람이

saram-i — Person, people (noun with subject particle).

많았다는

mananadaneun — That there were many (past quoted modifier form).

것은

geot-eun — The fact that; thing (nominalizer with topic particle).

충분히

chungbunhi — Sufficiently, fully, quite well (adverb).

이해할

ihaehall — To understand, comprehend (future modifier form).

있습니다

itseumnida — There is/are; can (formal polite present form).

그래서

geuraeseo — Therefore, so, consequently (causal conjunction).

신분이

sinbun-i — Social status, rank (noun with subject particle).

높고

nopgo — High, tall (adjective with connective ending).

낮음을

najeumeum — Lowness, being low (nominalized adjective with object particle).

막론하고

mangnonhago — Regardless of, irrespective of (set phrase).

나라

nara — Country, nation, land.

곳곳으로

gotgot-euro — To every place, all over (reduplicated noun with direction).

떠난

tteonan — Who left, departed (past modifier form of 떠나다).

사람들이

saramdeul-i — People (plural noun with subject particle).

있었습니다

itseotseumnida — There were; existed (formal polite past tense).

하지만

hajiman — However, but (adversative conjunction).

찾거나

chatgeona — To find or (verb with alternative connective ending).

그들에

geudeul-e — To/about them (pronoun with locative/dative particle).

대한

daehan — Regarding, about, concerning (modifying particle phrase).

어떤

eotteon — Any, some, what kind of (determiner).

소식도

sosik-do — Even news, any news (noun with inclusive particle).

얻을

eodeul — To get, obtain (future modifier form of 얻다).

사람은

saram-eun — Person (noun with topic particle).

아무도

amudo — Nobody, no one (negative indefinite pronoun).

없었습니다

eopseotseumnida — There was not; did not exist (formal polite past).

나라의

nara-ui — Of the country (noun with possessive particle).

고귀하고

gogwihago — Noble, distinguished (adjective with connective ending).

부유한

buyuhan — Wealthy, rich (adjective modifier form).

차례를

charye-reul — Turn, order, sequence (noun with object particle).

마쳤을

machyeosseul — Having finished, completed (past conjecture modifier).

때

ttae — Time, when, moment (temporal noun).

한

han — One, a certain (numeral/determiner).

대위와

daewi-wa — Captain (military rank) with conjunctive particle.

중위가

jungwi-ga — Lieutenant (military rank) with subject particle.

궁궐에

gunggwol-e — To/at the palace (noun with locative particle).

찾아와

chajawa — Came to visit, came seeking (connective past form).

운을

un-eul — Luck, fortune (noun with object particle).

시험해

siheomhae — To test, try out (connective form of 시험하다).

보고자

bogoja — Intending to try; wanting to see (intentional ending).

했습니다

haetseumnida — Did, performed (formal polite simple past tense).

그들

geudeul — They, them (third person plural pronoun).

둘

dul — Two, both (pure Korean numeral).

모두에게

modu-ege — To all, to everyone (pronoun with dative particle).

은과

eun-gwa — Silver and (noun with conjunctive particle).

금을

geum-eul — Gold (noun with object particle).

갖추어

gatchueo — Equipped with, provided with (connective form).

주고

jugo — Gave and; giving (verb with connective ending).

여정에서

yeojeong-eseo — On the journey (noun with locative/source particle).

성공을

seonggong-eul — Success (noun with object particle).

빌었습니다

bireotseumnida — Wished for, prayed for (formal polite past tense).

그

geu — That, the (demonstrative determiner, third person).

다음에는

daeum-e-neun — Next, after that (temporal noun with particles).

궁궐에서

gunggwol-eseo — From/at the palace (noun with source particle).

조금

jogeum — A little, a bit, slightly (adverb of degree).

떨어진

tteoreojin — Distant, separated, away from (past modifier form).

작은

jageun — Small, little (adjective modifier form).

오두막에서

odumak-eseo — In/from a small hut or cabin.

어머니와

eomeoni-wa — With mother (noun with conjunctive/comitative particle).

함께

hamkke — Together, along with (adverb of togetherness).

사는

saneun — Living, who lives (present modifier form of 살다).

병사가

byeongsa-ga — Soldier, private (noun with subject particle).

찾아왔습니다

chajawatseumnida — Came to visit, arrived seeking (formal polite past).

그는

geu-neun — He, that person (pronoun with topic particle).

어느

eoneu — A certain, some, which (indefinite determiner).

날

nal — Day (pure Korean word for day/date).

밤

bam — Night, nighttime.

자신도

jasin-do — Even himself; oneself (reflexive pronoun with particle).

찾으려

chajeuryeo — Intending to find/search for (intentional ending form).

한다는

handaneun — That one will do; quoting intention (modifier form).

꿈을

kkum-eul — Dream (noun with object particle).

꾸었습니다

kkueotseumnida — Had a dream, dreamed (formal polite past tense).

아침이

achim-i — Morning (noun with subject particle).

되었을

doeeotsseul — When it became; having become (past conjecture modifier).

꿈에서

kkum-eseo — In the dream (noun with source/locative particle).

꾼

kkun — Dreamed (past modifier form of 꾸다).

것을

geot-eul — Thing, what (nominalizer with object particle).

여전히

yeojeonhi — Still, as before, yet (adverb of continuation).

기억하고

gieokago — Remembering and (verb with connective ending).

있었고

isseotgo — Was doing; existed and (past progressive connective).

어머니에게

eomeoni-ege — To mother (noun with dative particle).

그것에

geugeos-e — About/regarding that (pronoun with locative particle).

대해

daehae — Regarding, about (shortened form of 대하여).

이야기했습니다

iyagiaetseumnida — Talked about, told a story (formal polite past).

다음

daeum — Next, following (temporal/sequential noun).

이틀

iteul — Two days (pure Korean numeral for days).

밤도

bam-do — Night also, even at night (noun with additive particle).

같은

gateun — Same, identical (adjective modifier form).

일이

il-i — Thing, event, matter (noun with subject particle).

일어났습니다

ireonasseumnida — Happened, occurred, arose (formal polite past tense).

꾸었고

kkueotgo — Dreamed and (past connective form of 꾸다).

반드시

bandeusi — Certainly, surely, without fail (adverb).

떠나야

tteonaya — Must leave, have to depart (obligation form).

한다고

handago — That one must/will do (quoted obligation form).

느꼈습니다

neukkkyeotseumnida — Felt, sensed (formal polite past tense of 느끼다).