Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen — Page 246

Vocabulary

세월이

sewori — Time passing; referring to the flow of time

흘러

heulleo — Flowing, passing (of time or water)

마침내

machimne — Finally, at last, in the end

그

geu — That, the (demonstrative pronoun/article)

너무

neomu — Too much, excessively, very

낡아서

nalgaseo — Because it became old and worn out

거의

geoui — Almost, nearly, barely

형태를

hyeongtaereul — Form, shape (object marker attached)

유지하기

yujihagi — Maintaining, keeping, preserving a state

어려울

eoryeoul — Difficult, hard (future/modifier form)

지경이

jigyeongi — A state or point of extreme situation

되었습니다

doeeotseumnida — Became, turned into (formal past tense)

이제

ije — Now, from now on, at this point

곧

got — Soon, shortly, before long

끝나겠지

kkeunnagetji — It will probably end soon, I suppose

조각들이

jogakdeuri — The pieces, fragments (subject marker attached)

서로에게

seoroege — To each other, to one another

말했습니다

malhaetseumnida — Said, spoke (formal past tense)

좀

jom — A little, somewhat, just a bit

더

deo — More, further, additionally

오래

orae — For a long time, long-lasting

함께

hamkke — Together, along with, jointly

있고

itgo — Existing and..., being together and...

싶었지만

sipeosjiman — Wanted to, but; wished for but could not

불가능한

bulganeunghan — Impossible, not feasible, unachievable

것을

geoseul — Thing, fact (object marker attached)

바라는

baraneun — Wishing for, hoping for, desiring

건

geon — Thing, matter (contracted form of 것은)

소용없는

soyongeomneun — Useless, pointless, of no use

일이야

iriya — It is a matter/thing (casual declarative)

그것들은

geugeotdeureun — Those things (plural topic marker attached)

되었고

doeeotgo — Became and..., turned into and...

모든

modeun — All, every, entire

것이

geosi — Thing, fact (subject marker attached)

끝났다고

kkeunnattago — That it ended, that it was all over

생각했습니다

saenggakhaetseumnida — Thought, believed (formal past tense)

왜냐하면

waenyahamyeon — Because, the reason being that

갈기갈기

galgigalgi — Into shreds, torn apart completely

찢기고

jjitgigo — Being torn, ripped apart and...

물에

mure — In water, into water

담가지고

damgajigo — Being soaked, submerged in liquid and...

만들어지고

mandeureojigo — Being made into, being created and...

건조되고

geonjodoego — Being dried, desiccated and...

외에

oee — Besides, other than, apart from

무슨

museun — What kind of, what sort of

일이

iri — Thing, event, matter (subject marker)

일어났는지도

ireonnanneuniido — Whether something happened or not even

알

al — To know (base verb form)

수

su — Ability, possibility (used with verbs)

없었는데

eopseonnneunde — There was not, did not exist but...

그러다

geureoda — Then suddenly, doing so, at that moment

갑자기

gapjagi — Suddenly, all of a sudden, abruptly

자신들이

jasindelui — Themselves (plural subject marker attached)

아름다운

areumdaun — Beautiful, lovely, gorgeous

하얀

hayan — White, pure white in color

종이가

jongiga — Paper (subject marker attached)

된

doen — Became, turned into (modifier form)

알게

alge — Coming to know, getting to realize

이런

ireon — This kind of, such, like this

이건

igeon — This is, this thing (contracted form)

놀라운

nollaun — Surprising, amazing, astonishing

정말

jeongmal — Really, truly, indeed

영광스러운

yeonggangseureoun — Glorious, honorable, magnificent

놀라움이야

nollaumiya — It is a wonder, surprise (casual form)

나는

naneun — I, me (topic marker attached)

어느

eoneu — Which, some, any (determiner)

때보다도

ttaebodado — Than any time, more than ever before

훌륭해졌고

hullyunghaejyeotgo — Became excellent, superior and...

글이

geuri — Writing, text (subject marker attached)

쓰일

sseuil — Will be written, to be written on

것인데

geosindeunde — It is a thing that..., the fact being...

내

nae — My, mine (possessive pronoun)

위에

wie — On top of, above, upon

어떤

eotteon — What kind of, certain, some type of

멋진

meotjin — Wonderful, cool, stylish, great

것들이

geotdeuri — Things (plural subject marker attached)

쓰일지

sseuilji — Whether it will be written, what will be

누가

nuga — Who (subject form of who)

알겠어

algeseo — Who knows, how would one know

행운이야

haengunniya — It is good luck, fortune (casual form)

그리고

geurigo — And, and then, furthermore

과연

gwayeon — Indeed, as expected, sure enough

가장

gajang — Most, the best, the greatest

이야기와

iyagiwwa — Story and... (connective marker attached)

시가

siga — Poetry, poem (subject marker attached)

쓰였으며

sseuieotseumyeo — Were written and, had been written and

단

dan — Only, merely, just, single

한

han — One, a single (numeral)

번만

beonman — Only once, just one time

얼룩이

eolluki — A stain, spot, blot (subject marker)

생겼는데

saenggyeonneunde — A stain appeared, occurred but...

그것은

geugeoseun — That thing, that (topic marker attached)

매우

maeu — Very, extremely, highly

다행스러운

dahaengseureoun — Fortunate, lucky, relieving

일이었습니다

irieotseumnida — It was a matter/event (formal past)

그런

geureon — Such, that kind of, like that

다음

daeum — Next, after, following

사람들은

saramdeureun — People (plural topic marker attached)

읽히는

ilkhineun — Being read aloud, read to others

들었고

deureotgo — Heard, listened and... (past tense)

그들을

geudeureur — Them (plural object marker attached)

현명하고

hyeonmyeonghago — Wise and, being smart and...

나은

nauen — Better, improved, superior

사람으로

saramuro — Into a person, as a person

만들었습니다

mandeureotseumnida — Made, created, turned into (formal past)

쓰인

sseuin — Written, that which was written

훌륭하고

hullyunghago — Excellent and, admirable and...

분별

bunbyeol — Discernment, good sense, judgment

있는

inneun — Having, existing, present (modifier)

의미를

uimireul — Meaning, significance (object marker)

담고

damgo — Containing, holding, carrying and...

있었으며

isseoetseumyeo — Contained and, had and (formal)

이

i — This (demonstrative determiner)

종이

jongi — Paper (material for writing)

위의

wiui — On top of, above (possessive form)

말들에는

maldeureneun — In the words, to the words (topic)

큰

keun — Big, large, great

축복이

chukbogi — Blessing, boon (subject marker attached)

담겨

damgyeo — Contained, held within, embedded

있었기

isseotkgi — Because there was, since it existed

때문입니다

ttaemunimdeunda — Because of, it is due to (formal)

일을

ireul — This matter, this event (object marker)

전혀

jeonhyeo — Not at all, never, completely not

상상하지

sangsanghaji — To imagine, to conceive of (negated form)

못했어

mothaesseo — Could not do, was unable to (casual)

내가

naega — I (subject marker, first person)

들판에서

deulpanaeseo — In the field, from the open field

자라는

jaraneun — Growing, blooming (present modifier)

작은

jageun — Small, little, tiny

파란

paran — Blue, bluish in color

꽃에

kkoche — Flower (locative marker attached)

불과했을

bulgwahaeseul — Was merely, was nothing more than

때는

ttaeneun — At the time, when (topic marker)

언젠가

eonjenga — Someday, one day, at some point

인간에게

inganege — To humans, for mankind

지식과

jisikgwa — Knowledge and... (connective marker)

기쁨을

gippeumeur — Joy, happiness (object marker attached)

가져다주는

gajyeodajuneun — Bringing to, delivering to someone

수단이

sudani — Means, method, tool (subject marker)

될

doel — Will become, to become (future form)

것이라고

geosirado — That it would be, saying it would become

어떻게

eotteoke — How, in what way

상상이나

sangsangina — Even imagine, even conceive of

있었겠어

isseotgesseo — Could have possibly, would have been able