Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen — Page 1314

Vocabulary

네

ne — Yes; affirmative response in Korean.

계속했습니다

gyesok-haetsseumnida — Continued doing something; formal past tense.

새들은

saedeul-eun — The birds (topic marker); plural birds.

저

jeo — I; humble first-person pronoun in Korean.

위

wi — Above; on top of something.

나뭇가지에서

namutgaji-eseo — From the tree branch; location particle attached.

노래하고

noraehago — Singing and; verb stem with connective ending.

먼

meon — Distant; far away in space or time.

나라에서

nara-eseo — From a country; location/source particle attached.

방문했던

bangmunhaetdeon — Had visited; past retrospective modifier form.

아름다운

areumdaun — Beautiful; lovely modifier form of adjective.

들판에

deulpan-e — In the field; open grassy plain with particle.

대해

daehae — About; regarding a topic or subject.

서로

seoro — Each other; mutually between two or more people.

이야기를

iyagi-reul — Story or conversation; object marker attached.

나눕니다

nanumnida — Share or exchange; formal present tense verb.

그리고

geurigo — And; conjunction connecting sentences or clauses.

말라버린

malla-beorin — Completely dried up; modifier form with completive nuance.

가지들

gajideul — Branches; plural form of tree branch.

중

jung — Among; in the middle of a group.

하나에

hana-e — On one; the number one with locative particle.

황새가

hwangsae-ga — The stork (subject marker); large migratory wading bird.

둥지를

dungji-reul — Nest (object marker); bird's nesting place.

틀었는데

teureonnneunde — Built a nest; past tense with contrastive connective.

그것은

geugeot-eun — That thing (topic marker); referring to previously mentioned item.

아름답게

areumdapge — Beautifully; adverbial form of beautiful adjective.

꾸며져

kkumyeojyeo — Is decorated; passive form of to decorate.

있고

itgo — Exists and; connective form of existence verb.

게다가

gedaga — Moreover; furthermore, adding additional information.

땅에

ttang-e — On the ground; earth or land with particle.

조금

jogeum — A little; small amount or degree.

듣는

deudneun — Listening; present tense modifier form of to hear.

것도

geotdo — The act of; thing also, with particle.

즐겁습니다

jeulgeopsseumnida — Is enjoyable; formal present tense of fun adjective.

이

i — This; demonstrative adjective for nearby objects.

모든

modeun — All; every single one without exception.

것이

geosi — The thing (subject marker); nominalizer with particle.

기쁘게

gippeuge — Happily; joyfully, adverbial form of glad.

하지만

hajiman — However; but, contrastive conjunction between clauses.

그에게는

geu-ege-neun — For him (topic marker); indirect object with emphasis.

충분하지

chungbunhaji — Not sufficient; enough, used with negation.

않습니다

anseumnida — Is not; formal negative ending in Korean.

저는

jeo-neun — I (topic marker); humble first person subject.

숲에서의

sup-eseo-ui — Of the forest; location with possessive particle.

제

je — My; humble possessive form of first person.

삶에

salme — To life; one's life or existence with particle.

이야기해야

iyagihaeya — Must talk about; obligation form of to tell.

하고

hago — And do; connective verb form listing actions.

제가

je-ga — I (subject marker); humble subject form.

어렸을

eoryeosseul — When young; past modifier form of to be young.

때

ttae — Time; when, moment referring to a period.

나무가

namu-ga — The tree (subject marker); woody plant.

너무

neomu — Too; excessively, modifying adjectives and adverbs.

작고

jakgo — Small and; connective form of small adjective.

연약해서

yeonyakhaeseo — Because fragile; weak and delicate with causal ending.

그것을

geugeot-eul — It (object marker); referring to previously mentioned thing.

덮어버릴

deopeo-beoril — Could completely cover; future modifier with completive nuance.

수

su — Ability; possibility, used in potential constructions.

있었던

isseotdeon — There was; past retrospective modifier of existence.

어린

eorin — Young; childhood modifier form of adjective.

시절로

sijeol-lo — To the days of; period or era with direction particle.

돌아가야

doragaya — Must return; obligation form of to go back.

합니다

hamnida — Do; formal polite present tense verb ending.

그때부터

geuttae-buteo — From that time; since then, starting point marker.

이렇게

ireoke — Like this; in this way, adverbial demonstrative.

크고

keugo — Big and; connective form of large adjective.

강해진

ganghaeijn — Became strong; past modifier of to become strong.

지금까지

jigeum-kkaji — Until now; up to the present moment.

일어난

ireonan — That occurred; past modifier of to happen.

것을

geoseul — The thing (object marker); nominalizer with particle.

이제

ije — Now; from this point on, current moment.

초록

chorok — Green; the color green.

아래에

arae-e — Under; below something with locative particle.

앉아서

anja-seo — Sitting and; connective form of to sit.

주의를

juui-reul — Attention (object marker); care or caution.

기울이세요

giuli-seyo — Please pay attention; polite imperative form.

오면

omyeon — If comes; conditional form of to come.

그의

geu-ui — His; possessive particle attached to he.

날개를

nalgae-reul — Wings (object marker); bird or creature wings.

붙잡아

butjaba — Grab hold of; catch and hold something.

작은

jageun — Small; little modifier form of adjective.

깃털

gitteo — Feather; a single feather from a bird.

하나를

hana-reul — One (object marker); single item object form.

뽑을

ppob-eul — To pluck; future modifier of to pull out.

기회를

gihoe-reul — Opportunity (object marker); chance to do something.

찾겠습니다

chatgesseumnida — Will find; formal future intention verb ending.

그

geu — That; demonstrative adjective for distant things.

깃털은

gitteo-reun — The feather (topic marker); bird feather emphasized.

당신이

dangsin-i — You (subject marker); formal second person subject.

가지게

gajige — To have; adverbial form of to possess.

될

doel — Will become; future modifier of to become.

것입니다

geosim-nida — It is; formal declarative nominalizer ending.

어떤

eotteon — Any; what kind of, indefinite adjective.

시인에게도

siin-ege-do — Even to a poet; indirect object with also particle.

이보다

iboda — Than this; comparative particle more than this.

더

deo — More; comparative adverb for degree.

좋은

joeun — Good; nice modifier form of adjective.

것은

geoseun — The thing (topic marker); nominalizer with topic particle.

주어진

jueojin — Given; past passive modifier of to give.

적이

jeogi — Experience of; ever having done with subject marker.

없으니

eopseuni — Because there is none; causal form of nonexistence.

당신에게는

dangsin-ege-neun — For you (topic marker); emphasized indirect object.

충분할

chungbunal — Will be sufficient; future modifier of to suffice.

왔을

wasseul — When came; past conjecture or modifier form.

깃털이

gitteo-i — The feather (subject marker); bird feather subject form.

뽑혔고

ppophyeotgo — Was plucked and; passive past with connective.

쥐가

jwi-ga — The mouse (subject marker); small rodent subject.

말했습니다

malhaetsseumnida — Said; formal past tense of to speak.

잡아

jaba — Grab; hold, connective form of to catch.

물에

mul-e — In water; liquid with locative particle.

담그고

damgeugo — Soak and; connective form of to submerge.

완전히

wanjeonhi — Completely; entirely, fully without remainder.

부드러워질

budeureowoil — Will become soft; future modifier of to soften.

때까지

ttae-kkaji — Until the time; up to when something happens.

그곳에

geugot-e — In that place; there with locative particle.

두었습니다

dueotsseumnida — Left it there; formal past tense of to place.

매우

maeu — Very; extremely, degree adverb in Korean.

무겁고

mugeopgo — Heavy and; connective form of heavy adjective.

소화가

sohwa-ga — Digestion (subject marker); process of digesting food.

안

an — Not; negation adverb before verbs or adjectives.

되었지만

doeeotjiman — Became but; past tense with contrastive ending.

결국

gyeolguk — Eventually; in the end, finally after effort.

데

de — In doing; fact or act nominalizer particle.

성공했습니다

seonggong-haetsseumnida — Succeeded; formal past tense of to succeed.

시인이

siin-i — A poet (subject marker); person who writes poetry.

되기

doegi — Becoming; gerund form of to become.

위해

wihae — For the sake of; in order to do.

스스로를

seuseuro-reul — Oneself (object marker); by oneself reflexive form.

그리

geuri — So; that way, adverb of degree or manner.

쉽지

swipji — Easy; used with negation meaning not easy.

않으며

aneumyeo — Is not and; simultaneous negative connective ending.

헤쳐나가야

hechyeonagaya — Must push through; obligation to overcome obstacles.

할

hal — To do; future modifier form of verb.

것들이

geotdeul-i — Things (subject marker); plural nominalizer with subject.

너무나

neomuna — So very; extremely, emphatic form of too much.

많습니다

mansseumnida — Are many; formal present tense of to be numerous.