Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen — Page 972
He had five children; four sons, educated as the children of such a wise father should be, and a daughter, fair, gentle, and intelligent, but she was blind; yet this deprivation appeared as nothing to her; her father and brothers were outward eyes to her, and a vivid imagination made everything clear to her mental sight.
그에게는 다섯 명의 자녀가 있었는데, 네 명의 아들은 그토록 현명한 아버지의 자녀답게 교육을 받았고, 딸은 아름답고 온화하며 총명했지만 눈이 멀었다. 그러나 이 결핍은 그녀에게 아무것도 아닌 것처럼 보였다. 아버지와 오빠들이 그녀의 바깥 눈이 되어 주었고, 생생한 상상력이 모든 것을 그녀의 마음의 눈에 명확하게 만들어 주었다.
The sons had never gone farther from the castle than the branches of the trees extended, and the sister had scarcely ever left home.
아들들은 나무 가지가 뻗어 있는 것보다 더 멀리 성을 떠난 적이 없었고, 딸도 거의 집을 떠난 적이 없었다.
They were happy children in that home of their childhood, the beautiful and fragrant Tree of the Sun.
그들은 아름답고 향기로운 태양의 나무, 그 어린 시절의 집에서 행복한 아이들이었다.
Like all children, they loved to hear stories related to them, and their father told them many things which other children would not have understood; but these were as clever as most grownup people are among us.
모든 아이들처럼 그들은 이야기 듣기를 좋아했고, 아버지는 다른 아이들이라면 이해하지 못했을 많은 것들을 그들에게 이야기해 주었다. 하지만 이 아이들은 우리 중 대부분의 어른들만큼이나 영리했다.
He explained to them what they saw in the pictures of life on the castle walls--the doings of man, and the progress of events in all the lands of the earth; and the sons often expressed a wish that they could be present, and take a part in these great deeds.
그는 성벽에 그려진 삶의 그림들, 즉 인간의 행위와 지구상 모든 땅에서 일어나는 사건들의 진행에서 그들이 본 것을 설명해 주었다. 그리고 아들들은 자신들이 그 자리에 있어 그 위대한 행동들에 참여할 수 있기를 바란다는 소망을 종종 표현했다.
Then their father told them that in the world there was nothing but toil and difficulty: that it was not quite what it appeared to them, as they looked upon it in their beautiful home.
그러자 아버지는 세상에는 수고와 어려움뿐이며, 그들이 아름다운 집에서 바라보는 것과는 전혀 다르다고 그들에게 말했다.
Vocabulary
- 다섯
- da-seot — The number five
- 명의
- myeong-ui — Counter for people, indicating a number of persons
- 자녀가
- ja-nyeo-ga — Children; sons and daughters (subject marker attached)
- 있었는데
- i-sseot-neun-de — There were; existed, with a contrasting or continuing clause
- 네
- ne — Four; the number four
- 아들은
- a-deul-eun — Sons; male children (topic marker attached)
- 그토록
- geu-to-rok — So much; to such a degree, that extent
- 현명한
- hyeon-myeong-han — Wise; showing good judgment and intelligence
- 아버지의
- a-beo-ji-ui — Father's; belonging to or of the father
- 자녀답게
- ja-nyeo-dap-ge — In a manner befitting children; as children should
- 교육을
- gyo-yug-eul — Education; upbringing or instruction (object marker attached)
- 받았고
- ba-dat-go — Received; was given, and then (continuing)
- 딸은
- ttal-eun — Daughter; female child (topic marker attached)
- 아름답고
- a-reum-dap-go — Beautiful; pretty, and also (continuing conjunction)
- 온화하며
- on-hwa-ha-myeo — Gentle and mild in manner; calm and kind
- 총명했지만
- chong-myeong-haet-ji-man — Was intelligent and clever, but with contrast
- 눈이
- nun-i — Eyes; the organ of sight (subject marker attached)
- 멀었다
- meol-eot-da — Was blind; eyes were unable to see
- 그러나
- geu-reo-na — However; but, indicating contrast or contradiction
- 이
- i — This; a demonstrative pronoun indicating something nearby
- 결핍은
- gyeol-pip-eun — Deficiency; lack or deprivation (topic marker attached)
- 그녀에게
- geu-nyeo-e-ge — To her; indicating direction or relation toward her
- 아무것도
- a-mu-geot-do — Nothing at all; not anything whatsoever
- 아닌
- a-nin — Not being; that is not, negating identity
- 것처럼
- geot-cheo-reom — As if; like something, in the manner of
- 보였다
- bo-yeot-da — Appeared; seemed or looked a certain way
- 아버지와
- a-beo-ji-wa — Father and; together with the father
- 오빠들이
- op-pa-deul-i — Older brothers (for females); plural subject form
- 그녀의
- geu-nyeo-ui — Her; belonging to or possessed by her
- 바깥
- ba-kkat — Outside; the exterior or outer world
- 되어
- doe-eo — Becoming; serving as, transitioning into a state
- 주었고
- ju-eot-go — Gave; did for someone, and (continuing)
- 생생한
- saeng-saeng-han — Vivid; lively and full of detail or energy
- 상상력이
- sang-sang-ryeok-i — Imagination; creative mental faculty (subject marker attached)
- 모든
- mo-deun — All; every single one of something
- 것을
- geot-eul — Thing; object or matter (object marker attached)
- 마음의
- ma-eum-ui — Of the mind; belonging to the heart or soul
- 눈에
- nun-e — In the eyes; from the perspective of vision
- 명확하게
- myeong-hwak-ha-ge — Clearly; in a precise and unambiguous manner
- 만들어
- man-deul-eo — Making; creating or causing to become something
- 주었다
- ju-eot-da — Gave; did something for someone's benefit
- 아들들은
- a-deul-deul-eun — The sons; plural male children (topic marker attached)
- 나무
- na-mu — Tree; a large woody plant
- 가지가
- ga-ji-ga — Branch; limb of a tree (subject marker attached)
- 뻗어
- ppeo-cheo — Stretching out; extending branches in a direction
- 있는
- in-neun — Existing; being present or located somewhere
- 것보다
- geot-bo-da — Than something; compared to a thing or extent
- 더
- deo — More; to a greater degree or extent
- 멀리
- meol-li — Far away; at a great distance
- 성을
- seong-eul — Castle; fortress or walled stronghold (object marker)
- 떠난
- tteo-nan — Left; departed from a place
- 적이
- jeok-i — Experience of; time when something occurred (subject)
- 없었고
- eop-seot-go — There was not; did not exist, and (continuing)
- 딸도
- ttal-do — The daughter also; the girl too
- 거의
- geo-ui — Almost; nearly, seldom or rarely
- 집을
- jip-eul — House; home (object marker attached)
- 없었다
- eop-seot-da — There was not; did not exist or happen
- 그들은
- geu-deul-eun — They; those people (topic marker attached)
- 향기로운
- hyang-gi-ro-un — Fragrant; having a pleasant and sweet scent
- 태양의
- tae-yang-ui — Of the sun; belonging to or related to sunshine
- 그
- geu — That; a demonstrative indicating something mentioned before
- 어린
- eo-rin — Young; small in age, youthful
- 시절의
- si-jeol-ui — Of the time; belonging to a particular period
- 집에서
- jip-e-seo — At home; in or from the house
- 행복한
- haeng-bok-han — Happy; feeling or showing joy and contentment
- 아이들이었다
- a-i-deul-i-eot-da — Were children; they existed as kids
- 아이들처럼
- a-i-deul-cheo-reom — Like children; in the manner of kids
- 이야기
- i-ya-gi — Story; tale or conversation
- 듣기를
- deut-gi-reul — Listening; the act of hearing (object marker)
- 좋아했고
- jo-a-haet-go — Liked; was fond of, and (continuing)
- 아버지는
- a-beo-ji-neun — The father; dad (topic marker attached)
- 다른
- da-reun — Other; different or another kind
- 아이들이라면
- a-i-deul-i-ra-myeon — If they were other children; supposing ordinary kids
- 이해하지
- i-hae-ha-ji — Understand; comprehend (negative verb stem form)
- 못했을
- mot-haet-eul — Would not have been able to; could not have done
- 많은
- man-eun — Many; a large number or amount of
- 것들을
- geot-deul-eul — Things; multiple objects or matters (object marker)
- 그들에게
- geu-deul-e-ge — To them; directed toward those people
- 이야기해
- i-ya-gi-hae — Told; narrated or talked about something
- 하지만
- ha-ji-man — However; but, used to introduce a contrast
- 아이들은
- a-i-deul-eun — The children; kids (topic marker attached)
- 우리
- u-ri — We; our, first person plural pronoun
- 중
- jung — Among; in the middle of a group
- 대부분의
- dae-bu-bun-ui — Most of; the majority of something
- 어른들만큼이나
- eo-reun-deul-man-keum-i-na — As much as adults; equally as grown-ups are
- 영리했다
- yeong-ri-haet-da — Were clever; were smart and quick-witted
- 그는
- geu-neun — He; that man (topic marker attached)
- 성벽에
- seong-byeok-e — On the castle walls; at the fortress ramparts
- 그려진
- geu-ryeo-jin — Painted; drawn or depicted on a surface
- 삶의
- sam-ui — Of life; belonging to or relating to living
- 그림들
- geu-rim-deul — Pictures; paintings or illustrations, plural form
- 즉
- jeuk — That is; namely, used to clarify or specify
- 인간의
- in-gan-ui — Of humanity; belonging to human beings
- 행위와
- haeng-wi-wa — Actions and; deeds or conduct, with conjunction
- 지구상
- ji-gu-sang — On earth; upon the surface of the globe
- 땅에서
- ttang-e-seo — On the land; from or in the ground
- 일어나는
- il-eo-na-neun — Occurring; happening or taking place presently
- 사건들의
- sa-geon-deul-ui — Of events; belonging to incidents or occurrences
- 진행에서
- jin-haeng-e-seo — In the progress; within the course of development
- 그들이
- geu-deul-i — They; those people (subject marker attached)
- 본
- bon — Seen; having observed or witnessed something
- 설명해
- seol-myeong-hae — Explained; described or clarified something to someone
- 그리고
- geu-ri-go — And; also, used to connect clauses or ideas
- 자신들이
- ja-sin-deul-i — Themselves; reflexive plural pronoun (subject marker)
- 자리에
- ja-ri-e — In the place; at the position or spot
- 있어
- i-sseo — Being present; existing at a location
- 위대한
- wi-dae-han — Great; magnificent or of remarkable importance
- 행동들에
- haeng-dong-deul-e — In the actions; among great deeds or behaviors
- 참여할
- cham-yeo-hal — To participate; to take part in something
- 수
- su — Ability; possibility to do something
- 있기를
- it-gi-reul — To be able; existence as a possibility (object form)
- 바란다는
- ba-ran-da-neun — Wishing; expressing a desire or hope for something
- 소망을
- so-mang-eul — Wish; hope or desire (object marker attached)
- 종종
- jong-jong — Often; frequently, from time to time
- 표현했다
- pyo-hyeon-haet-da — Expressed; conveyed or showed feelings or thoughts
- 그러자
- geu-reo-ja — Then; at that point, in response to that
- 세상에는
- se-sang-e-neun — In the world; within this existence (topic marker)
- 수고와
- su-go-wa — Toil and; hard work or effort, with conjunction
- 어려움뿐이며
- eo-ryeo-um-ppun-i-myeo — Nothing but difficulties; only hardships and troubles
- 아름다운
- a-reum-da-un — Beautiful; pleasing to the eyes or senses
- 바라보는
- ba-ra-bo-neun — Looking at; gazing upon or observing something
- 것과는
- geot-gwa-neun — Compared to seeing; contrasted with the act of looking
- 전혀
- jeon-hyeo — Not at all; completely different or totally otherwise
- 다르다고
- da-reu-da-go — Is different; stating that something differs from another
- 말했다
- mal-haet-da — Said; spoke or told something to someone
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