Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen — Page 51

Vocabulary

검은

geom-eun — Black; dark-colored adjective modifying a noun.

드레스는

deureseu-neun — The dress (topic marker attached).

엄마에게

eomma-ege — To or for mom; dative marker attached.

매우

mae-u — Very; extremely; used to intensify adjectives or adverbs.

잘

jal — Well; skillfully; suitably fits or suits.

어울렸고

eo-ul-lyeot-go — Suited or matched well; past tense with conjunction.

그녀는

geu-nyeo-neun — She (topic marker); refers to a female subject.

가장

ga-jang — Most; superlative adverb used before adjectives.

오랫동안

o-raet-dong-an — For a long time; over an extended period.

상복을

sang-bok-eul — Mourning clothes; garments worn during bereavement (object marker).

입었습니다

i-beot-seum-ni-da — Wore (clothing); formal past tense of 입다.

또한

tto-han — Also; furthermore; additionally connects related statements.

재혼하는

jae-hon-ha-neun — Remarrying; getting married again; present modifier form.

것을

geo-seul — The act of (nominalizer + object marker); thing that.

전혀

jeon-hyeo — Not at all; completely not; used with negatives.

볼품없는

bol-pum-eom-neun — Unattractive; plain-looking; lacking appealing appearance.

결혼하는

gyeol-hon-ha-neun — Marrying; getting married; present attributive form.

보며

bo-myeo — While watching or seeing; simultaneous action connector.

또

tto — Again; also; another time or instance.

다른

da-reun — Another; different; other kind of something.

슬픔을

seul-peum-eul — Sadness; sorrow; grief (object marker attached).

겪어야

gyeo-keo-ya — Must experience or go through; obligatory suffering.

했습니다

haet-seum-ni-da — Did; formal past tense ending of 하다.

그는

geu-neun — He (topic marker); refers to a male subject.

정말

jeong-mal — Really; truly; used to emphasize sincerity or surprise.

극단적인

geuk-dan-jeok-in — Extreme; radical; going to the utmost degree.

선택을

seon-taek-eul — Choice; selection; decision (object marker attached).

했어요

haet-eo-yo — Did; made; polite informal past tense of 하다.

시어머니가

si-eo-meo-ni-ga — Mother-in-law (subject marker); husband's mother.

말했습니다

mal-haet-seum-ni-da — Said; spoke; formal past tense of 말하다.

아름다운

a-reum-da-un — Beautiful; lovely; aesthetically pleasing in appearance.

여자에서

yeo-ja-e-seo — From a woman; source or starting point particle attached.

못생긴

mot-saeng-gin — Ugly; unattractive; not good-looking in appearance.

여자로

yeo-ja-ro — To a woman; directional particle indicating change toward.

갔으니

gat-eu-ni — Went; moved to; causal connective implying a reason.

첫

cheot — First; initial; the very first in sequence.

번째

beon-jjae — Ordinal suffix meaning -th in numbered sequence.

아내를

a-nae-reul — Wife (object marker); one's own spouse (female).

잊어버린

i-jeo-beo-rin — Forgot completely; past attributive of 잊어버리다.

거예요

geo-ye-yo — It is the case that; polite inferential or explanatory ending.

남자들은

nam-ja-deul-eun — Men (plural, topic marker); referring to men generally.

한결같지

han-gyeol-gat-ji — Not consistent; not steadfast; lacking constancy (negative form).

않아요

an-a-yo — Do not; polite negative ending for verbs or adjectives.

내

nae — My; first-person possessive pronoun.

남편은

nam-pyeon-eun — Husband (topic marker); one's own male spouse.

아주

a-ju — Very; quite; extremely; intensifying adverb.

사람이었는데

sa-ram-i-eot-neun-de — Was a person (of some quality); past contrastive connector.

그래도

geu-rae-do — Even so; nevertheless; despite that, still.

나보다

na-bo-da — Before me; ahead of me; comparative particle attached.

먼저

meon-jeo — First; before others; ahead in time or order.

죽었지요

ju-geot-ji-yo — Died, you know; past tense with soft confirmation ending.

그의

geu-ui — His; possessive form of the third-person pronoun.

사랑했다네

sa-rang-haet-da-ne — Loved, they say; past tense with hearsay or lyrical ending.

결혼식에서

gyeol-hon-sik-e-seo — At the wedding ceremony; location particle attached.

불렀던

bul-reot-deon — Had been sung; past retrospective attributive form of 부르다.

노래에

no-rae-e — In the song; location particle indicating content within.

있었습니다

i-sseot-seum-ni-da — Was; existed; formal past tense of 있다.

나는

na-neun — I (topic marker); first-person subject of a sentence.

한때

han-ttae — Once; at one time; referring to a past period.

조각상과

jo-gak-sang-gwa — With a statue; sculpture with conjunctive particle.

사랑에

sa-rang-e — In love; the particle marks love as a location or state.

빠졌고

ppa-jeot-go — Fell (in love); past tense with sequential connector.

그

geu — That; the; demonstrative pronoun or determiner.

조각상은

jo-gak-sang-eun — The statue (topic marker); a sculpted figure.

품에서

pum-e-seo — From the embrace; from one's arms or bosom.

생명을

saeng-myeong-eul — Life; vitality (object marker); living essence.

얻어

eod-eo — Gained; obtained; connective form of 얻다.

깨어났습니다

kkae-eo-nat-seum-ni-da — Awakened; came to life; formal past tense.

하지만

ha-ji-man — However; but; introduces a contrasting statement.

하늘이

ha-neul-i — Heaven; the sky (subject marker); divine source.

내린

nae-rin — Bestowed; sent down; past attributive of 내리다.

선물인

seon-mul-in — Which is a gift; present as a descriptive connector.

영혼의

yeong-hon-ui — Of the soul; spiritual; possessive form of 영혼.

동반자

dong-ban-ja — Companion; partner; one who accompanies through life.

우리를

u-ri-reul — Us (object marker); first-person plural pronoun.

느끼고

neu-kki-go — Feeling; sensing; connective form of 느끼다.

공감하며

gong-gam-ha-myeo — Empathizing while; simultaneous form of 공감하다.

높이

no-pi — High; highly; upward direction or to a great degree.

이끌어

i-kkeul-eo — Leading; guiding; connective form of 이끌다.

줄

jul — That can give or do; prospective modifier of 주다.

수

su — Ability; possibility; used in 수 있다 construction.

있는

it-neun — That exists; that is able; present attributive of 있다.

천사를

cheon-sa-reul — Angel (object marker); a heavenly or divine being.

이제야

i-je-ya — Only now; finally at this point in time.

비로소

bi-ro-so — For the first time; only then; at last.

찾아

cha-ja — Found; searched for; connective form of 찾다.

얻게

eot-ge — To come to obtain; purposive connective of 얻다.

되었습니다

doe-eot-seum-ni-da — Became; came to be; formal past tense of 되다.

당신은

dang-sin-eun — You (topic marker); formal or literary second person.

겉모습의

geot-mo-seup-ui — Of outward appearance; external looks (possessive).

아름다움으로

a-reum-da-um-eu-ro — With beauty; by means of beautiful appearance.

온

on — Came; arrived; past attributive form of 오다.

것이

geo-si — The fact that; thing that (subject marker attached).

아니었습니다

a-ni-eot-seum-ni-da — Was not; formal past negative of 아니다.

물론

mul-lon — Of course; certainly; used to concede a point.

충분히

chung-bun-hi — Sufficiently; enough; adequately to a satisfactory degree.

아름답습니다만

a-reum-dap-seum-ni-da-man — Is beautiful, but; formal concessive contrast ending.

중요한

jung-yo-han — Important; significant; of great consequence or value.

따로

tta-ro — Separately; apart; there is something else that matters.

있습니다

it-seum-ni-da — There is; exists; formal present tense of 있다.

조각가에게

jo-gak-ga-e-ge — To the sculptor; dative particle attached to sculptor.

작품이

jak-pum-i — Artwork; work of art (subject marker attached).

단지

dan-ji — Merely; only; just; used to minimize or limit meaning.

먼지와

meon-ji-wa — Dust and; fine particles with conjunctive particle.

진흙일

jin-heuk-il — Is clay; mud (predicative form); raw earthen material.

뿐이며

ppun-i-myeo — Is only; merely; connective limiting form of 뿐이다.

썩어

sseo-geo — Rotting; decaying; connective form of 썩다.

없어질

eob-seo-jil — Will disappear; future attributive of 없어지다.

재료로

jae-ryo-ro — With materials; using raw ingredients or components.

만들어진

man-deul-eo-jin — Made; constructed; past passive attributive of 만들다.

겉모양에

geot-mo-yang-e — In outward form; external appearance (locative particle).

불과하고

bul-gwa-ha-go — Is merely; is no more than; connective form.

우리가

u-ri-ga — We (subject marker); first-person plural as subject.

추구해야

chu-gu-hae-ya — Must pursue; should seek; obligatory form of 추구하다.

할

hal — Should do; future/prospective attributive of 하다.

정신과

jeong-sin-gwa — Mind and; spirit with conjunctive particle attached.

숭고한

sung-go-han — Sublime; noble; lofty and deeply admirable in quality.

본질임을

bon-jil-im-eul — That it is the essence; nominalized object of knowing.

가르쳐

ga-reu-chyeo — Teaching; instructing; connective form of 가르치다.

주러

ju-reo — In order to give; purposive connective of 주다.

왔습니다

wat-seum-ni-da — Came; arrived; formal past tense of 오다.

가엾은

ga-yeob-seun — Pitiful; poor; deserving of compassion or sympathy.

우리의

u-ri-ui — Our; possessive form of the first-person plural.

삶은

sam-eun — Life (topic marker); one's existence or way of living.

길가에서의

gil-ga-e-seo-ui — By the roadside; of a chance roadside encounter.

만남에

man-nam-e — In the meeting; at the encounter; locative particle.

불과했습니다

bul-gwa-haet-seum-ni-da — Was merely; was no more than; formal past of 불과하다.

저

jeo — That (far away); yonder; or humble first-person I.

세상에서

se-sang-e-seo — In the world; in the afterlife; locative particle attached.

정신의

jeong-sin-ui — Of the mind; spiritual (possessive); mental or intellectual.

결합으로

gyeol-hap-eu-ro — Through union; by means of joining or combining together.

서로를

seo-ro-reul — Each other (object marker); mutual relationship between two.

알게

al-ge — To come to know; purposive or resultative form of 알다.

될

doel — Will become; future attributive form of 되다.

그곳에서

geu-got-e-seo — In that place; at that location; locative particle.

그저

geu-jeo — Simply; merely; just; nothing more than.

평범한

pyeong-beom-han — Ordinary; average; unremarkable or common in nature.

지인에

ji-in-e — To an acquaintance; a person one knows casually.

불과할

bul-gwa-hal — Will be merely; future attributive of 불과하다.

것입니다

geo-sim-ni-da — It is the case; formal declarative nominal ending.

그것은

geu-geo-seun — That thing (topic marker); refers to something mentioned.

사랑스러운

sa-rang-seu-reo-un — Lovely; lovable; endearing and full of affection.

말이

mal-i — Words; speech (subject marker); what was said.

아니었어요

a-ni-eot-eo-yo — Was not; polite informal past negative of 아니다.

기독교인답게

gi-dok-gyo-in-dap-ge — In a Christian-like manner; befitting a Christian person.

한

han — Did; made; past attributive of 하다; also means one.

말도

mal-do — Even words; speech with additive emphasis particle 도.

아니었고요

a-ni-eot-go-yo — Was not either; polite past negative with listing ending.