Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 4

Vocabulary

내가

naega — I (subject marker attached); first-person subject form

처음으로

cheoeumeuro — For the first time; initially

그

geu — That; he; the (demonstrative or pronoun)

시인들의

siindeului — Of the poets; belonging to poets (possessive)

작품을

jakpumeul — Works, literary or artistic pieces (object form)

탐독했을

tamdonhaesseul — Had devoured reading; read with intense absorption

때

ttae — Time, moment, when (temporal marker)

그들의

geudeului — Their; belonging to them (possessive)

열정적인

yeoljeongjeogin — Passionate, enthusiastic, fervent (adjective form)

표현이

pyohyeoni — Expression, representation (subject marker attached)

내

nae — My; belonging to me (possessive pronoun)

영혼을

yeonghorneul — Soul, spirit (object marker attached)

황홀하게

hwangholhage — Ecstatically, rapturously, in an enraptured manner

하고

hago — Doing; and (connective verb form of 하다)

천국으로

cheongugeuro — To heaven, toward paradise (directional form)

들어올렸으며

deureoollryeosseumyeo — Lifted up, raised; and furthermore (connective past)

환상들은

hwansangdeureun — Illusions, fantasies, visions (topic marker attached)

사라졌다

sarajyeotda — Disappeared, vanished (past tense)

나도

nado — I also, me too (inclusive particle)

시인이

siini — Poet (subject marker attached)

되어

doeo — Becoming, having become (connective verb form)

일

il — One; the number 1

년

nyeon — Year (counter for years)

동안

dongan — During, for (a period of time)

스스로

seuseuro — By oneself, on one's own, independently

만들어낸

mandeureOnaen — Created, produced, made up (attributive past form)

낙원

nagwon — Paradise, Eden, utopia

속에서

sogесо — Inside, within (locative postposition)

살았다

saratda — Lived, resided (past tense of 살다)

나는

naneun — I (topic marker attached); as for me

이름이

ireumi — Name (subject marker attached)

신성하게

sinseонghage — Sacredly, in a holy or revered manner

모셔진

mosyeojin — Enshrined, reverently kept (attributive passive form)

신전에서

sinjeоneseo — In the temple, at the shrine (locative)

나

na — I, me (first-person pronoun)

역시

yeoksi — Also, too, likewise, as expected

한

han — One; a certain (determiner)

자리를

jarireul — Seat, place, spot (object marker attached)

차지할

chajihаl — To occupy, claim, take up (future attributive)

수

su — Ability, possibility (used in ~ㄹ 수 있다)

있을

isseul — There will be; can (future attributive of 있다)

것이라고

geoirago — That it would be (quoted belief or expectation)

상상했다

sangsanghaetda — Imagined, fantasized, pictured in one's mind

당신은

dangshineun — You (topic marker attached); formal second person

나의

naui — My, mine (possessive form of 나)

실패와

silpaewa — Failure and (noun with conjunctive particle)

실망을

silmangеul — Disappointment (object marker attached)

얼마나

eolmana — How much, to what extent (degree adverb)

무겁게

mugeopge — Heavily, weightily, with burden (adverb form)

감내했는지

gamnaehaenneunji — Whether/how one endured, bore patiently (indirect question)

잘

jal — Well, skillfully, thoroughly (adverb)

알고

algo — Knowing; know and (connective verb form)

있다

itda — To exist, to be, to have

그러나

geureona — However, but, nevertheless (conjunctive adverb)

바로

baro — Right, exactly, just, directly (adverb)

그때

geuttae — At that time, then, at that moment

사촌의

sachonui — Cousin's; belonging to a cousin (possessive)

재산을

jaesaneul — Property, wealth, assets (object marker attached)

상속받았고

sangsoкbadatgo — Inherited and (past tense with connective ending)

생각은

saenggageun — Thought, idea, thinking (topic marker attached)

예전의

yejeonui — Former, previous, of the past (attributive)

성향으로

seonghyangеuro — Toward a tendency or inclination (directional form)

되돌아갔다

doedoragатda — Returned, went back (past tense)

현재의

hyeonjaeui — Current, present-day (attributive form)

계획을

gyehoekeul — Plan, scheme (object marker attached)

결심한

gyeolsimhan — Resolved, determined (attributive past form)

지

ji — Since, after (temporal particle in ~한 지)

육

yuk — Six (pure Korean number in formal usage)

년이

nyeoni — Year (subject marker attached, counter)

지났다

jinatda — Passed, elapsed (past tense of 지나다)

지금도

jigeumdо — Even now, still at this moment

이

i — This (demonstrative determiner)

위대한

widaehan — Great, magnificent, grand (adjective)

사업에

saeoбe — In the enterprise, business, or undertaking (locative)

자신을

jasineul — Oneself (object marker attached; reflexive)

헌신하기로

heonsinhagiеro — Having decided to devote oneself (intention form)

순간을

sunganeul — Moment, instant (object marker attached)

기억할

gieoкhal — To remember, recall (future attributive form)

몸을

momeul — Body (object marker attached)

고난에

gonanе — In hardship, adversity (locative postposition)

단련시키는

dallyeonsikinеun — Training, tempering, hardening (present attributive)

것으로

geoseuro — With, by means of (instrumental nominalization)

시작했다

sijakhaetda — Began, started (past tense of 시작하다)

함께

hamkke — Together, along with (adverb)

여러

yeoreo — Several, various, many (determiner)

차례

charye — Times, occasions, turns (counter noun)

원정을

wonjeоngeul — Expedition, campaign (object marker attached)

떠났다

tteonatda — Left, departed, set out (past tense)

자발적으로

jabaljeogеuro — Voluntarily, of one's own accord (adverb)

추위

chuwi — Cold, coldness (noun referring to cold weather)

기아

gia — Starvation, hunger, famine

갈증

galjeung — Thirst, craving for water

그리고

geurigo — And, also, furthermore (conjunctive adverb)

수면

sumyeon — Sleep, slumber (noun)

부족을

bujоgeul — Lack, shortage, deficiency (object marker attached)

견뎌냈다

gyeondyeonaetda — Endured, withstood, persevered through (past tense)

낮에는

najeнеun — During the day, in the daytime (temporal topic)

종종

jongjong — Often, frequently, from time to time

일반

ilban — General, ordinary, common (adjective/noun)

선원들보다

seonwondeulboda — Than the sailors (comparative postposition)

더

deo — More, further, additionally (comparative adverb)

열심히

yeolsimhi — Diligently, hard, earnestly (adverb)

일했고

ilhaetgo — Worked and (past tense with connective ending)

밤에는

bameнеun — At night, during the nighttime (temporal topic)

수학

suhak — Mathematics, math (academic subject)

의학

uihak — Medicine, medical science (field of study)

이론

iron — Theory, theoretical framework (noun)

해양

haеyang — Ocean, maritime, marine (noun/modifier)

모험가가

mohеongaga — Adventurer (subject marker attached)

가장

gajang — Most, the most (superlative adverb)

큰

keun — Big, large, great (attributive adjective)

실질적인

siljiljeogin — Practical, substantive, actual (adjective form)

이점을

ijeomeul — Advantage, benefit (object marker attached)

얻을

eodeul — To gain, obtain (future attributive form)

있는

inneun — That exists, available (present attributive of 있다)

자연과학의

jayeongwahagui — Of natural science; natural science's (possessive)

분야를

bunyareul — Field, domain, area (object marker attached)

연구하는

yeonguhaneun — Researching, studying (present attributive form)

데

de — Place, purpose; nominalizer in ~하는 데

바쳤다

bachyeotda — Dedicated, devoted, offered up (past tense)

실제로

siljeero — Actually, in reality, in practice (adverb)

두

du — Two (pure Korean number determiner)

번이나

beonina — As many as (number) times (emphatic particle)

고용되었으며

goyongdoeeosseumyeo — Was employed and (past passive with connective)

훌륭하게

hullyunghage — Excellently, admirably, splendidly (adverb)

임무를

immureul — Mission, duty, task (object marker attached)

수행했다

suhaenghaetda — Performed, carried out, executed (past tense)

선장이

seonjjangi — The captain (subject marker attached)

배에서

baeeeseo — On the ship, aboard the vessel (locative)

번째로

beonjjaero — In the ordinal position (e.g., secondly, in nth place)

높은

nopеun — High, elevated, lofty (attributive adjective)

지위를

jiwireul — Status, rank, position (object marker attached)

제안하며

jеanhamyeo — Proposing and, while offering (connective form)

간곡하게

gangokage — Earnestly, sincerely, imploringly (adverb)

남아달라고

namadarago — Asking to stay, requesting to remain (indirect request)

청했을

cheonghaesseul — Had requested, asked (past attributive form)

그가

geuga — He (subject marker attached; third person)

역할을

yeokaleul — Role, part, function (object marker attached)

그토록

geutorok — That much, so greatly, to that extent (adverb)

소중하게

sojunghage — Preciously, valuably, dearly (adverb)

여긴다는

yeogindaneun — That one considers/regards (indirect quotation form)

것에

geosе — To the fact that; at the thing (locative nominalization)

약간의

yakganui — A little of, some, slight amount (modifier)

자부심을

jabusimeul — Pride, self-esteem (object marker attached)

느꼈음을

neukkkyeosseumeul — That one felt (nominalized past, object form)

인정해야겠다

injeonghaeyagетda — Must admit, should acknowledge (obligatory future form)