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She went inside and washed the dishes and came back and sat in her chair at the porch table.
그녀는 안으로 들어가 설거지를 하고 돌아와 현관 테이블 앞 자신의 의자에 앉았다.
The garden was full of the sounds of night insects.
정원은 밤 벌레 소리로 가득했다.
The mango tree was a dark shape against a sky that still held the last pale memory of the sun.
망고나무는 태양의 마지막 희미한 기억을 여전히 간직한 하늘을 배경으로 어두운 형체를 이루고 있었다.
Nipa slept.
니파는 잠들어 있었다.
Khao slept beside her.
카오는 그녀 곁에서 잠들어 있었다.
The gate stood at the end of the path, iron and black, its latch at rest.
문은 길 끝에 서 있었는데, 쇠로 만들어진 검은 문이었고 빗장은 고요히 내려져 있었다.
Malee sat with them until the air cooled, and did not go inside, and did not feel the need to.
말레는 공기가 식을 때까지 그들과 함께 앉아 있었고, 안으로 들어가지 않았으며, 그럴 필요도 느끼지 않았다.
This was the thing about evenings like this one — they asked nothing of you.
이런 저녁의 특별한 점이 바로 이것이었다 — 저녁은 당신에게 아무것도 요구하지 않는다.
They only asked that you remain, and she had always found that easy.
저녁은 오직 당신이 머물러 있기만을 바랄 뿐이었고, 그녀는 그것이 언제나 쉽게 느껴졌다.
Remaining was what she knew how to do.
머무르는 것, 그것이 그녀가 할 줄 아는 일이었다.
She poured the last of the water from the jug and drank it slowly and watched her daughter sleep, and the white dog sleeping beside her, and the gate at the end of the garden path.
그녀는 물병에서 마지막 남은 물을 따라 천천히 마시며 딸이 잠드는 것을 바라보았고, 그 곁에서 잠든 흰 개를, 그리고 정원 길 끝에 있는 문을 바라보았다.
The night settled around all of them like something patient and familiar.
밤은 인내심 있고 친숙한 무언가처럼 그들 모두를 감싸며 내려앉았다.
Vocabulary
- 그녀는
- geunyeoneun — She (topic marker attached); refers to a female subject
- 안으로
- aneuro — To the inside; inward direction
- 들어가
- deureoga — Enters; goes inside a place
- 설거지를
- seolgeojireul — Dishwashing (object marker); washing the dishes
- 하고
- hago — Does and; connecting action to next clause
- 돌아와
- dorawa — Returns; comes back to a place
- 현관
- hyeongwan — Entryway; front entrance or foyer of a home
- 테이블
- teibeul — Table; a flat-surfaced piece of furniture
- 앞
- ap — Front; the space directly ahead of something
- 자신의
- jasinui — One's own; possessive form of oneself
- 의자에
- uijae — On/in a chair; location marker attached to chair
- 앉았다
- anjatda — Sat down; past tense of to sit
- 정원은
- jeongwoneun — The garden (topic marker); an outdoor cultivated space
- 밤
- bam — Night; the dark period after sunset
- 벌레
- beolle — Insect; a small crawling or flying creature
- 소리로
- soriro — With sound; using or filled with noise
- 가득했다
- gadeukhaetda — Was full; was filled completely with something
- 태양의
- taeyang-ui — Of the sun; possessive relating to the sun
- 마지막
- majimak — Last; final in a sequence or time
- 희미한
- huimihan — Faint; dim or barely perceptible
- 기억을
- gieogul — Memory (object marker); a recollection or remembrance
- 여전히
- yeojeonhi — Still; continuing as before without change
- 간직한
- ganjikhan — Kept; held or preserved something carefully
- 하늘을
- haneureul — The sky (object marker); the expanse above earth
- 배경으로
- baegyeongeuro — As a background; serving as a backdrop
- 어두운
- eoduun — Dark; lacking light or brightness
- 형체를
- hyeongchereul — A silhouette or form (object marker); a shape or figure
- 이루고
- irugo — Forms and; achieving or making up a shape
- 있었다
- isseotda — Was; past tense of to exist or be present
- 잠들어
- jamdeulleo — Falls asleep; transitions into a sleeping state
- 그녀
- geunyeo — She; third-person singular feminine pronoun
- 곁에서
- gyeoteseo — Beside; at someone's side or nearby
- 문은
- muneun — The door/gate (topic marker); an entry panel
- 길
- gil — Road; a path or street for travel
- 끝에
- kkeute — At the end; at the tip or conclusion of something
- 서
- seo — Standing; being upright in a position
- 있었는데
- isseonnunde — Was there, and; past tense with connective nuance
- 쇠로
- soero — Made of iron/metal; using iron as material
- 만들어진
- mandeureoijn — Made; constructed or fabricated from material
- 검은
- geomeun — Black; dark-colored
- 문이었고
- munieotgo — Was a gate/door, and; past tense connective form
- 빗장은
- bitjangeun — The bolt/latch (topic marker); a door-locking bar
- 고요히
- goyohi — Quietly; in a still and peaceful manner
- 내려져
- naeryeojyeo — Lowered; put down or descended into position
- 공기가
- gonggiga — The air (subject marker); the surrounding atmosphere
- 식을
- sigeul — To cool (object marker); becoming lower in temperature
- 때까지
- ttaekkaji — Until; up to a certain point in time
- 그들과
- geudeurwa — With them; together with those people
- 함께
- hamkke — Together; in company with others
- 앉아
- anja — Sitting; being in a seated position
- 있었고
- isseotgo — Was present, and; past continuous connective form
- 들어가지
- deureogaji — Going inside (negation follows); entering a space
- 않았으며
- anasseumyeo — Did not, and furthermore; negative connective past tense
- 그럴
- geureol — Such; of that kind or in that way
- 필요도
- piryodo — Need also; necessity with additive nuance
- 느끼지
- neukkiji — Feel (negation follows); sensing or perceiving something
- 않았다
- anasda — Did not; past tense negative ending
- 이런
- ireon — This kind of; such as this type
- 저녁의
- jeonyeogui — Of the evening; possessive relating to evening time
- 특별한
- teukbyeolhan — Special; unique or out of the ordinary
- 점이
- jeomi — The point/aspect (subject marker); a notable feature
- 바로
- baro — Exactly; precisely or right at that moment
- 이것이었다
- igeosieotda — Was this; past tense of it is this thing
- 저녁은
- jeonyeogeun — The evening (topic marker); the time after sunset
- 당신에게
- dangsinege — To you; directed at or given to you
- 아무것도
- amugeotdo — Nothing; not anything at all
- 요구하지
- yoguhaji — Demand (negation follows); requesting or requiring something
- 않는다
- anneunda — Does not; present tense negative declarative ending
- 오직
- ojik — Only; solely or exclusively
- 당신이
- dangsini — You (subject marker); second-person formal pronoun
- 머물러
- meomulleo — Staying; remaining in a place without leaving
- 있기만을
- itgimaneul — Only being present (object); just the act of staying
- 바랄
- baral — To wish; hoping or desiring something to happen
- 뿐이었고
- ppunieotgo — Was only that, and; limiting connective past form
- 그것이
- gueosi — That (subject marker); referring to that thing
- 언제나
- eonjena — Always; at all times without exception
- 쉽게
- swipge — Easily; in a simple or effortless manner
- 느껴졌다
- neukkkyeojyeotda — Was felt; something was perceived or sensed
- 머무르는
- meomureuneun — Staying; the act of remaining somewhere
- 것
- geot — Thing; a nominalizer referring to an act or object
- 그녀가
- geunyeoga — She (subject marker); female subject of a sentence
- 할
- hal — Will do; future modifier form of to do
- 줄
- jul — Know-how; ability or means to do something
- 아는
- aneun — Knowing; having knowledge or skill in something
- 일이었다
- irieotda — Was a thing/task; past tense of it is a matter
- 물병에서
- mulbyeongeseo — From the water bottle; a container for drinking water
- 남은
- nameun — Remaining; leftover or not yet used
- 물을
- mureul — Water (object marker); liquid essential for life
- 따라
- ttara — Pouring; following or pouring liquid out
- 천천히
- cheoncheonhi — Slowly; in an unhurried and gradual manner
- 마시며
- masimyeo — Drinking and; consuming liquid while doing something else
- 딸이
- ttari — Daughter (subject marker); a female child
- 잠드는
- jamdeunun — Falling asleep; drifting into sleep
- 것을
- geoseul — The thing (object marker); nominalizer with object particle
- 바라보았고
- barabwatgo — Watched and; gazed at something, then continued
- 그
- geu — That; a demonstrative modifier for a noun
- 잠든
- jamdeun — Sleeping; in a state of sleep
- 흰
- huin — White; having the color white
- 개를
- gaereul — Dog (object marker); a domesticated canine animal
- 그리고
- geurigo — And; a conjunction connecting clauses or items
- 정원
- jeongwon — Garden; an outdoor space with plants or lawn
- 있는
- inneun — That exists/is there; present-tense modifier of existence
- 문을
- muneul — Door/gate (object marker); an entryway panel
- 바라보았다
- barabwatda — Gazed at; looked steadily at something
- 밤은
- bameun — The night (topic marker); nighttime as subject of discussion
- 인내심
- innaesim — Patience; the ability to endure calmly
- 있고
- itgo — Having and; possessing a quality and continuing
- 친숙한
- chinsukhan — Familiar; something well-known and comfortable
- 무언가처럼
- mueongacheoreom — Like something; resembling an unspecified thing
- 그들
- geudeul — They; third-person plural pronoun
- 모두를
- modureul — All of them (object marker); every one of a group
- 감싸며
- gamssumyeo — Wrapping and; enveloping while doing something else
- 내려앉았다
- naeryeoanjatda — Settled down; descended and came to rest gently
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