McGuffey's First Eclectic Reader, Revised Edition — Page 21

Vocabulary

가장

gajang — Most, the highest degree of a quality

좋은

joeun — Good, pleasant, or favorable

꽃들은

kkotdeureun — The flowers (plural, topic marker)

할머니를

halmeonireul — Grandmother (object marker attached)

위한

wihan — For the sake of, intended for someone

것이에요

geosieyo — It is (a thing); polite sentence ending

할머니가

halmeoniga — Grandmother (subject marker attached)

기뻐하시지

gippeohasiji — To be happy or pleased (honorific form)

않을까요

aneulkkayo — Won't (someone)? Polite rhetorical question ending

네

ne — Yes; affirmative response in Korean

그리고

geurigo — And; used to connect two clauses or ideas

할머니는

halmeonineun — Grandmother (topic marker attached)

네가

nega — You (subject form, informal)

생각했다는

saenggakhaetdaneun — The fact that (someone) thought or considered

것을

geoseul — The thing; object marker on a nominalizer

알면

almyeon — If (someone) knows or finds out

기뻐하실

gippeohasil — Will be pleased (honorific future modifier)

거야

geoya — It will be; informal future/certainty expression

정말

jeongmal — Really, truly, genuinely

착한

chakhan — Good-natured, kind, well-behaved

개였어요

gaeyeosseoyo — Was a dog (polite past tense)

엄마

eomma — Mom, mother (informal address)

우리는

urineun — We (topic marker attached)

개울가

gaeulga — Streamside, the bank of a small stream

큰

keun — Big, large in size

나무

namu — Tree, wood

아래에

araee — Below, underneath, at the bottom of

그를

geureul — Him, that person (object marker attached)

남겨

namgyeo — Leaving behind, keeping something in place

두어

dueo — Placing, leaving (something) as is

인형들과

inhyeongdeulgwa — Dolls (plural, with conjunction marker)

바구니를

bagунireul — Basket (object marker attached)

돌보게

dolboge — So as to take care of, to look after

했어요

haesseoyo — Did (polite past tense ending)

돌아왔을

dorawasseul — When (we) returned, came back (modifier)

때

ttae — Time, moment, when

모두

modu — All, everyone, everything

안전했어요

anjeonhaesseoyo — Was safe, secure (polite past tense)

거기

geogi — There, that place

있는

inneun — Being, existing (present modifier form)

동안

dongan — During, while, for a period of time

아무도

amudo — Nobody, no one at all

가져갈

gajeogal — To take away, to carry off (future modifier)

수

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

없었어요

eopseosseoyo — There was not, did not exist (polite past)

바구니에서

bagунieseo — From the basket (locative source marker)

몇

myeot — A few, how many, several

개

gae — Item(s), piece(s); counter for objects

주었어요

jueosseoyo — Gave (polite past tense)

오

o — Oh! Exclamation of surprise or admiration

숲

sup — Forest, woods

속에서

sogесо — Inside, within, from inside of

새들이

saedеuri — Birds (plural, subject marker attached)

얼마나

eolmana — How much, how greatly (exclamatory adverb)

노래를

noraereul — Song (object marker attached)

잘

jal — Well, skillfully, adeptly

했는지

haenneуnji — How (they) did; indirect question ending

새가

saega — Bird (subject marker attached)

되어

doeeo — Becoming, turning into something

나무에

namue — On a tree, in a tree (locative marker)

둥지를

dungjireul — Nest (object marker attached)

갖고

gatgo — Having, possessing (connective form)

싶다고

sipdago — Saying that (one) wants to (reported speech)

하지만

hajiman — But, however, nevertheless

저는

jeoneun — I (humble form, topic marker attached)

그녀가

geunyeoga — She (subject marker attached)

자러

jareo — To go to sleep, in order to sleep

집에

jibe — To home, at home (locative marker)

오고

ogo — Coming and (connective verb form)

싶어

sipeo — Want to (informal desire expression)

할

hal — Will do; future modifier form of 하다

것

geot — Thing, fact, matter (nominalizer)

같아요

gatayo — It seems like, I think it is similar

만약

manyak — If, supposing that (hypothetical conjunction)

새라면

saеramyeon — If (she) were a bird (conditional)

둥지가

dungjiga — Nest (subject marker attached)

그녀의

geunyeoui — Her, belonging to her (possessive)

집이

jibi — Home, house (subject marker attached)

될

doel — Will become (future modifier form)

어머니는

eomeonineun — Mother (topic marker attached)

작은

jageun — Small, little in size

없이

eopsi — Without, lacking something

어떻게

eotteoke — How, in what way

하실까

hasilkka — Will (she) do? (honorific speculative question)

궁금하구나

gunggeumhaguna — I wonder; expressing curiosity informally

이

i — This (demonstrative adjective)

소년들과

sonyeondeulgwa — Boys (plural, with conjunction marker)

소녀들은

sonyeodeureun — Girls (plural, topic marker attached)

바다

bada — Sea, ocean

근처에

geuncheoе — Near, in the vicinity of

살아요

sarayo — Live, reside (polite present tense)

그들은

geudeureun — They (topic marker attached)

해변에

haеbyeone — At the beach, on the seashore

다녀왔어요

danyeowasseoyo — Visited and returned, went and came back

지금은

jigeumeun — Now, at the present time (topic marker)

저녁이고

jeonyeogigo — It is evening and (connective ending)

집으로

jibeuro — Toward home, in the direction of home

가고

gago — Going (connective verb form)

있어요

isseoyo — There is, exists (polite present tense)

앞자리에

apjarier — In the front seat, front position

앉은

anjeun — Seated, who sat down (modifier form)

예쁜

yeppeun — Pretty, beautiful, attractive

조개껍데기를

jogaekkeopдegireul — Seashells (object marker attached)

발견했어요

balgyeonhaesseoyo — Discovered, found (polite past tense)

그것들은

geugeotdeureun — Those things, they (topic marker attached)

그의

geuui — His, belonging to him

옆에

yeope — Beside, next to, alongside

바구니

baguni — Basket, wicker container

안에

ane — Inside, within (locative marker)

마차를

machareul — Carriage, horse-drawn cart (object marker)

몰고

molgo — Driving, steering (connective verb form)

한

han — One, a single (numeral modifier)

손에는

soneneun — In the hand (topic marker attached)

고삐를

goppireul — Reins (of a horse), object marker attached

잡고

japgo — Holding, gripping (connective verb form)

다른

dareun — Other, another, different

채찍을

chaejjigeul — Whip (object marker attached)

들고

деulgo — Holding up, lifting (connective verb form)