Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen — Page 1571
The foot passengers kept within the shelter of the carriages, which could only move slowly on in the deep snow.
보행자들은 마차의 보호 아래 머물렀는데, 마차는 깊은 눈 속에서 느릿느릿 앞으로 나아갈 수밖에 없었다.
At last the storm abated, and a narrow path was swept clean in front of the houses; when two persons met in this path they stood still, for neither liked to take the first step on one side into the deep snow to let the other pass him.
마침내 폭풍이 잦아들고, 집들 앞에 좁은 길이 깨끗이 쓸렸다. 두 사람이 이 길에서 마주치면 멈춰 서곤 했는데, 아무도 상대방을 지나치게 하려고 깊은 눈 속으로 먼저 발을 내딛으려 하지 않았기 때문이다.
There they stood silent and motionless, till at last, as if by tacit consent, they each sacrificed a leg and buried it in the deep snow.
그들은 말없이 꼼짝도 하지 않고 서 있다가, 마침내 암묵적인 합의라도 한 듯 각자 한쪽 다리를 희생하여 깊은 눈 속에 묻었다.
Towards evening, the weather became calm.
저녁 무렵이 되자 날씨가 잠잠해졌다.
The sky, cleared from the snow, looked more lofty and transparent, while the stars shone with new brightness and purity.
눈이 걷힌 하늘은 더욱 높고 투명하게 보였고, 별들은 새로운 밝음과 순수함으로 빛났다.
The frozen snow crackled under foot, and was quite firm enough to bear the sparrows, who hopped upon it in the morning dawn.
얼어붙은 눈은 발 아래서 바스락거렸고, 아침 새벽에 그 위에서 뛰어다니는 참새들을 충분히 지탱할 만큼 단단했다.
They searched for food in the path which had been swept, but there was very little for them, and they were terribly cold.
그들은 쓸어놓은 길에서 먹이를 찾았지만, 먹을 것이 거의 없었고 몹시 추웠다.
"Tweet, tweet," said one to another; "they call this a new year, but I think it is worse than the last.
"짹, 짹," 하고 그들은 서로에게 말했다. "사람들은 이것을 새해라고 부르지만, 나는 지난해보다 더 나쁜 것 같아.
We might just as well have kept the old year; I'm quite unhappy, and I have a right to be so."
그냥 묵은해를 이어가는 편이 나았을 텐데. 나는 정말 불행하고, 그럴 만한 이유가 있어."
"Yes, you have; and yet the people ran about and fired off guns, to usher in the new year," said a little shivering sparrow.
"맞아, 그럴 만해. 그런데도 사람들은 새해를 맞이하려고 뛰어다니며 총을 쏘아댔잖아," 하고 작은 참새 한 마리가 떨면서 말했다.
Vocabulary
- 보행자들은
- bohaengja-deureun — As for the pedestrians (topic marker included)
- 마차의
- macha-ui — Of the carriage; belonging to the horse-drawn cart
- 보호
- boho — Protection; shelter from harm or danger
- 아래
- arae — Below; under; beneath something
- 머물렀는데
- meomulleotneunde — Stayed; remained, but (connective ending)
- 마차는
- macha-neun — As for the carriage; horse-drawn cart (topic)
- 깊은
- gipeun — Deep; profound in depth or extent
- 눈
- nun — Snow; frozen precipitation falling from sky
- 속에서
- sog-eseo — Inside; from within something
- 느릿느릿
- neurinneurit — Slowly; sluggishly; moving at a very slow pace
- 앞으로
- ap-euro — Forward; toward the front direction
- 나아갈
- naagal — To advance; to move forward (modifier form)
- 수밖에
- subakke — Have no choice but to; can only do
- 없었다
- eopseotda — Did not exist; there was none
- 마침내
- machimnae — Finally; at last; eventually after long time
- 폭풍이
- pokpung-i — The storm (subject marker); violent weather
- 잦아들고
- jaj-adeulgo — Subsides; dies down gradually (connective form)
- 집들
- jipdeuI — Houses; multiple residential buildings
- 앞에
- ap-e — In front of; before something
- 좁은
- jobeun — Narrow; not wide in space or width
- 길이
- giri — A path; road (subject marker attached)
- 깨끗이
- kkaekkeuci — Cleanly; neatly; in a clean manner
- 쓸렸다
- sseullyeotda — Was swept; was cleared away by sweeping
- 두
- du — Two; the number two (before a noun)
- 사람이
- saram-i — A person (subject marker); human being
- 이
- i — This; referring to something nearby or mentioned
- 길에서
- gir-eseo — On the path; in the road (location marker)
- 마주치면
- majuchimyeon — If they encounter each other; meet face-to-face
- 멈춰
- meomchwo — Stop; halt movement (informal command or stem)
- 서곤
- seogon — Used to stand; habitually stopped and stood
- 했는데
- haetneunde — Did (it), but; past action with contrast
- 아무도
- amudo — Nobody; not anyone at all
- 상대방을
- sangdaebang-eul — The other party; opponent (object marker)
- 지나치게
- jinachige — Excessively; to let someone pass by
- 하려고
- haryeogo — Intending to do; with the intention of doing
- 속으로
- sog-euro — Into the snow; inward; inside direction
- 먼저
- meonjeo — First; before others; ahead of time
- 발을
- bar-eul — The foot (object marker); one's foot or feet
- 내딛으려
- naedigeullyeo — Intending to step forward; about to take a step
- 하지
- haji — Do not; negative informal form of to do
- 않았기
- anhatgi — Because (they) did not; negative past reason form
- 때문이다
- ttaemun-ida — It is because; the reason is that
- 그들은
- geudeul-eun — They (topic marker); referring to those people
- 말없이
- mareopssi — Silently; without saying a word
- 꼼짝도
- kkomjjakdo — Even a budge; not moving in the slightest
- 않고
- anko — Without doing; not doing (connective form)
- 서
- seo — Standing; while standing (connective verb form)
- 있다가
- itdaga — After being; while staying, then transitioning
- 암묵적인
- ammukjeogin — Implicit; tacit; understood without being stated
- 합의라도
- habeuirado — Even an agreement; as if reaching a consensus
- 한
- han — Done; made; one (used in various contexts)
- 듯
- deut — As if; seeming like; appearing to be
- 각자
- gakja — Each person; individually; each one separately
- 한쪽
- hanjjok — One side; one direction; one part of something
- 다리를
- dari-reul — The leg (object marker); one's leg or legs
- 희생하여
- huisaenghayeo — Sacrificing; giving up for another's sake
- 속에
- sog-e — Inside; within; into the interior of something
- 묻었다
- mudeotda — Buried; sank into; submerged into something
- 저녁
- jeonyeok — Evening; the time around dusk or dinnertime
- 무렵이
- muryeop-i — Around the time of; approximately when (subject)
- 되자
- doeja — As it became; when it turned into (transition)
- 날씨가
- nalssiga — The weather (subject marker); atmospheric conditions
- 잠잠해졌다
- jamjamhaejyeotda — Became calm; grew quiet and still
- 눈이
- nun-i — The snow (subject marker); fallen snow
- 걷힌
- geotihin — Cleared; lifted away (as clouds or snow)
- 하늘은
- haneul-eun — The sky (topic marker); heavens above
- 더욱
- deouk — Even more; increasingly; to a greater degree
- 높고
- nopgo — High and (connective); tall in height
- 투명하게
- tumyeonghage — Transparently; in a clear and see-through manner
- 보였고
- boyeotgo — Appeared; looked (a certain way), and...
- 별들은
- byeoldeul-eun — The stars (topic marker); celestial star bodies
- 새로운
- saeroun — New; fresh; recently introduced or begun
- 밝음과
- balkeum-gwa — Brightness and; luminosity together with
- 순수함으로
- sunsuhan-euro — With purity; through innocence or cleanliness
- 빛났다
- bichnasda — Shone; sparkled; emitted bright radiant light
- 얼어붙은
- eoreobut-eun — Frozen solid; hardened completely by freezing cold
- 발
- bal — Foot; the lower extremity used for walking
- 아래서
- araeseo — From below; under one's feet (location source)
- 바스락거렸고
- baseulakgeoryeotgo — Rustled; made a crunching crackling sound, and
- 아침
- achim — Morning; the early part of the day
- 새벽에
- saebyeog-e — At dawn; in the early predawn morning hours
- 그
- geu — That; referring to something previously mentioned
- 위에서
- wie-seo — On top of; from above a surface
- 뛰어다니는
- ttwieodanineun — Running around; hopping about (modifier form)
- 참새들을
- chamsae-deul-eul — The sparrows (object marker); small common birds
- 충분히
- chungbunhi — Sufficiently; enough; to an adequate degree
- 지탱할
- jitaenghal — To support; to bear weight of (modifier form)
- 만큼
- mankeum — As much as; to the extent of; enough to
- 단단했다
- dandanhaetda — Was hard; was firm and solid in texture
- 쓸어놓은
- sseureononheun — Swept aside; cleared by sweeping (modifier form)
- 먹이를
- meogi-reul — Food; feed for animals (object marker)
- 찾았지만
- chaj-atjiman — Found; searched, but (contrastive connective)
- 먹을
- meogeul — To eat; edible (future modifier form)
- 것이
- geosi — Thing (subject marker); the thing that exists
- 거의
- geoui — Almost; nearly; hardly any; very little
- 없었고
- eopseotgo — There was none, and; did not exist (connective)
- 몹시
- mopsi — Very; extremely; terribly; to a severe degree
- 추웠다
- chuwotda — Was cold; it was very cold (past tense)
- 하고
- hago — Saying; and; quoting what was said
- 서로에게
- seoro-ege — To each other; toward one another
- 말했다
- malhaetda — Said; spoke; told (past tense)
- 사람들은
- saramdeul-eun — People (topic marker); human beings in general
- 이것을
- igeot-eul — This thing (object marker); referring to this
- 새해라고
- saehae-rago — Calling it New Year; quoting the term New Year
- 부르지만
- burujiman — Call it, but; name it (contrastive connective)
- 나는
- na-neun — I; me (topic marker); first-person singular
- 지난해보다
- jinanhae-boda — Compared to last year; worse than the previous year
- 더
- deo — More; to a greater extent or degree
- 나쁜
- nappeun — Bad; poor; unpleasant in quality or character
- 것
- geot — Thing; fact; something (nominalizer)
- 같아
- gata — Seems like; appears to be; looks as though
- 그냥
- geunyang — Just; simply; without change; as it is
- 묵은해를
- mugeunhae-reul — The old year (object marker); the year just passed
- 이어가는
- ieoganeun — Continuing; carrying on; keeping going forward
- 편이
- pyeon-i — Side; it would be better; preferable option
- 나았을
- na-asseul — Would have been better; preferable (past conditional)
- 텐데
- tende — It would have been; expressing regret or wish
- 정말
- jeongmal — Really; truly; indeed; expressing sincerity
- 불행하고
- bulhaenghago — Unhappy and; unfortunate (connective form)
- 그럴
- geureol — Such; that kind of; to be that way (modifier)
- 만한
- manhan — Worth; deserving of; sufficient reason for
- 이유가
- iyu-ga — The reason (subject marker); cause or rationale
- 있어
- isseo — There is; exists; I have (informal ending)
- 맞아
- maja — That's right; correct; agreeing with something
- 만해
- manhae — Is enough; amounts to; is as much as
- 그런데도
- geureondedo — Even so; nevertheless; despite that fact
- 새해를
- saehae-reul — New Year (object marker); the new calendar year
- 맞이하려고
- majiharyeogo — In order to welcome; intending to greet New Year
- 뛰어다니며
- ttwieodanimyeo — While running around; hopping about simultaneously
- 총을
- chong-eul — A gun (object marker); firearm weapon
- 쏘아댔잖아
- ssoadaetjana — Were shooting off; fired guns repeatedly, right?
- 작은
- jageun — Small; little; tiny in size
- 참새
- chamsae — Sparrow; a small common wild bird
- 마리가
- mari-ga —
- 떨면서
- tteolmyeonseo — While trembling; shivering and doing something else
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