McGuffey's First Eclectic Reader, Revised Edition — Page 24

Vocabulary

그는

geu-neun — He (subject marker attached to third person pronoun)

어린

eo-rin — Young, little in age

소년처럼

so-nyeon-cheо-reom — Like a boy, resembling a young male child

보이지만

bo-i-ji-man — Appears to be, but; looks like however

그것은

geu-geo-seun — That thing is (subject form of 'it')

단지

dan-ji — Only, merely, just

뿐입니다

ppun-im-ni-da — It is only; nothing more than

이제

i-je — Now, at this point in time

그가

geu-ga — He (subject form with subject particle)

악수하는

ak-su-ha-neun — Shaking hands, the act of handshaking

것을

geo-seul — The thing (object particle attached); the act of

보세요

bo-se-yo — Please look, please watch (polite imperative)

발을

ba-reul — Foot or paw (object particle attached)

주세요

ju-se-yo — Please give (polite request form)

안녕하세요

an-nyeong-ha-se-yo — Hello, formal polite greeting in Korean

선생님

seon-saeng-nim — Teacher, honorific title for an instructor

우리와

u-ri-wa — With us (comitative particle attached to 'we')

함께

ham-kke — Together, along with someone

저녁

jeo-nyeok — Evening; also used to mean dinner

식사를

sik-sa-reul — Meal (object particle attached); eating a meal

하시겠어요

ha-si-ge-sseo-yo — Would you like to do? (polite volitional form)

말해

mal-hae — Say, speak (informal base command form)

봐요

bwa-yo — Try doing; look (polite suggestion or attempt)

멍멍

meong-meong — Woof woof; Korean onomatopoeia for dog barking

이라고

i-ra-go — Quotation marker meaning 'saying that it is'

말하는데

mal-ha-neun-de — Is saying, but; speaks and (connective form)

감사합니다

gam-sa-ham-ni-da — Thank you (formal polite expression of gratitude)

그렇게

geu-reo-ke — Like that, in that way or manner

할게요

hal-ge-yo — I will do it (polite first-person commitment)

를

reul — Object particle attached to preceding noun

의미합니다

ui-mi-ham-ni-da — It means, it signifies (formal present tense)

좋은

jo-eun — Good, nice, fine (adjective modifying a noun)

개가

gae-ga — Dog (subject particle attached); a dog

아닌가요

a-nin-ga-yo — Isn't it? Isn't he/she? (polite rhetorical question)

항상

hang-sang — Always, at all times

매우

mae-u — Very, extremely (adverb of degree)

예의

ye-ui — Manners, courtesy, etiquette

바릅니다

ba-reum-ni-da — Is proper, upright, well-mannered (formal form)

학교가

hak-gyo-ga — School (subject particle attached); school as subject

끝나면

kkeun-na-myeon — When school ends, if it finishes

그에게

geu-e-ge — To him, for him (dative particle attached)

다른

da-reun — Other, different (adjective modifying a noun)

재주들을

jae-ju-deul-eul — Tricks, talents (plural object form)

가르쳐

ga-reu-chyeo — Teach (informal connective or base form)

보려고

bo-ryeo-go — Intending to try, planning to attempt

합니다

ham-ni-da — Do, am doing (formal polite present tense)

오

o — Oh! Exclamation expressing surprise or realization

나는

na-neun — I (topic particle attached; first person subject)

방금

bang-geum — Just now, a moment ago

헛간에서

heot-gan-e-seo — In the barn, from the barn (location marker)

큰

keun — Big, large (adjective modifying a noun)

쥐를

jwi-reul — Rat or mouse (object particle attached)

보았어요

bo-a-sseo-yo — Saw, have seen (polite past tense)

그리고

geu-ri-go — And, and then (conjunction connecting sentences)

늙은

neul-geun — Old, aged (adjective for animals or people)

그것을

geu-geo-seul — It, that thing (object particle attached)

잡으려고

ja-beu-ryeo-go — Intending to catch, trying to grab

했어요

haet-sseo-yo — Did, tried (polite past tense of 하다)

잡았나요

ja-bat-na-yo — Did (it) catch? Did you catch? (polite question)

아니요

a-ni-yo — No (polite negative response)

잡지

jap-ji — Did not catch (negative connective base form)

못했어요

mot-haet-sseo-yo — Could not do, was unable to (past polite)

하지만

ha-ji-man — But, however (conjunction showing contrast)

고양이가

go-yang-i-ga — Cat (subject particle attached); cat as subject

잡았어요

ja-bat-sseo-yo — Caught it (polite past tense)

내

nae — My (possessive first-person pronoun)

고양이요

go-yang-i-yo — It's the cat (informal identificational sentence ending)

고양이였어요

go-yang-i-yeo-sseo-yo — It was a cat (polite past copula form)

어떻게

eo-tteo-ke — How, in what way or manner

잡았는지

ja-ban-neun-ji — Whether/how it was caught (indirect question form)

줘요

jwo-yo — Please give, please tell me (polite request)

쫓아갔나요

jjo-cha-gat-na-yo — Did it chase after? Did it run after?

그런

geu-reon — Such, that kind of (demonstrative adjective)

방식이

bang-si-gi — Method, way, manner (subject particle attached)

아니었어요

a-ni-eo-sseo-yo — It was not (polite past negative copula)

고양이는

go-yang-i-neun — The cat (topic particle attached); as for the cat

상자

sang-ja — Box, container

위에

wi-e — On top of, above (locative particle)

숨어

su-meo — Hiding (connective form of 숨다)

있었어요

i-sseo-sseo-yo — Was there, existed (polite past progressive)

쥐가

jwi-ga — The rat/mouse (subject particle attached)

몰래

mol-lae — Secretly, stealthily, without being noticed

나왔고

na-wat-go — Came out and (past connective form)

그것에게

geu-geo-se-ge — To it, onto it (dative particle attached)

뛰어들어

ttwi-eo-deu-reo — Jumping into, leaping at (connective form)

불쌍한

bul-ssang-han — Poor, pitiful, unfortunate (adjective form)

쥐

jwi — Rat, mouse (small rodent)

배가

bae-ga — Stomach (subject particle attached); hunger

고팠음에

go-pa-sseum-e — Because it was hungry (nominalized past form)

틀림없어요

teul-lim-eop-seo-yo — Must be, certainly, without doubt (polite form)

먹을

meo-geul — Something to eat (future/purposive modifier form)

얻으러

eo-deu-reo — In order to get, to obtain (purposive form)

나왔던

na-wat-deon — Had come out (retrospective past modifier form)

거예요

geo-ye-yo — It is the case that; it must be so (polite)

왜요

wae-yo — Why? For what reason? (polite question)

잡은

ja-beun — Caught (past modifier form of 잡다)

것이

geo-si — The thing/fact (subject particle attached)

안타깝지는

an-ta-kkap-ji-neun — Is not unfortunate/pitiful (negative topic form)

않죠

an-ko — Isn't it? Right? (negative rhetorical tag)

그렇죠

geu-reo-ko — That's right, isn't it? (affirmative tag question)

안타깝다고

an-ta-kkap-da-go — Saying that it is pitiful (quotative form)

말할

mal-hal — To say (future/purposive modifier form)

수는

su-neun — Ability, possibility (topic particle attached)

없어요

eop-seo-yo — There isn't, cannot (polite negative existence)

쥐라도

jwi-ra-do — Even a rat, even if it's a mouse

고통받는

go-tong-bang-neun — Suffering, experiencing pain (present modifier form)

보고

bo-go — Seeing, watching (connective gerund form)

싶지

sip-ji — Don't want to (negative desire connective form)

않아요

an-a-yo — Do not, am not (polite present negative)