McGuffey's Second Eclectic Reader — Page 30

Vocabulary

배

bae — boat or ship; also means stomach/pear

안에서

anесо — inside, from within a space or container

움직이지

umjigiji — do not move (base: 움직이다, to move)

마세요

maseyo — polite negative imperative: please do not

라고

rago — quotation particle meaning 'saying that'

씨가

ssiga — subject form of honorific name title 'Mr./Ms.'

물

mul — water, a basic liquid essential to life

위에서

wiесо — on top of, upon a surface or area

여행을

yeohaengeul — travel, trip (object marker attached)

데려가고

deryeogago — taking someone along to another place

있던

itdeon — past attributive: who/that were present there

젊은이들에게

jeolmeuniideulege — to the young people (dative plural form)

말했습니다

malhaesseumnida — said, spoke (formal polite past tense)

배는

baeneun — the boat (topic marker attached)

큰

keun — big, large in size or scale

것이었고

geosieotgo — it was something/a thing, and...

쉽게

swipge — easily, without much difficulty

뒤집힐

dwijipil — to be overturned, capsized (future modifier)

수

su — ability, possibility (used in ~ㄹ 수 없다)

없었습니다

eopseosseumnida — there was not, did not exist (formal past)

그

geu — that, he/him; demonstrative or pronoun

안에는

aneneun — inside (topic marker: 'as for inside')

씨와

ssiwa — Mr./Ms. [name] and... (honorific + conjunction)

부인

buin — wife, Mrs.; respectful term for a woman

뱃사공

baetsagong — boatman, ferryman who rows a boat

그리고

geurigo — and, furthermore, in addition to that

몇몇

myeotmyeot — several, a few (used before countable nouns)

어린

eorin — young, little (adjective modifying a noun)

소년들과

sonyeondeulgwa — boys and... (plural with conjunction particle)

소녀들이

sonyeodeuri — girls (subject marker attached, plural)

있었습니다

isseosseumnida — there were, existed (formal polite past)

제발

jebal — please (emphatic plea or urgent request)

가만히

gamanhi — still, quietly, without moving or speaking

있어요

isseoyo — there is/are; to stay (polite present)

젊은

jeolmeun — young (adjective modifying a following noun)

신사들

sinsadeul — gentlemen, respectable men (plural form)

이라고

irago — quotation: 'saying that it is/was'

뱃사공이

baetsagongi — the boatman (subject marker attached)

한쪽에서

hanjjogесо — from one side, from one direction

다른

dareun — other, different, another (adjective)

쪽으로

jjogeuro — toward a side or direction

움직이기

umjigigi — moving, the act of moving (nominalized)

시작했을

sijakhaesseul — when they had started (past modifier form)

때

ttae — time, moment, when (temporal conjunction)

그들은

geudeureun — they (topic marker: 'as for them')

잠시

jamsi — for a moment, briefly, a short while

동안만

dongannman — only during a period of time

조용히

joyonghi — quietly, silently, in a calm manner

곧

got — soon, shortly, right away

손에

sone — in the hand, at hand (locative)

들고

deulgo — holding, carrying (sequential connective form)

막대기를

makdaegireul — a stick, rod (object marker attached)

갖고

gatgo — having, possessing (connective form of 갖다)

싶어했습니다

sipeohaesseumnida — wanted, desired (formal past: 싶어하다)

그는

geuneun — he (topic marker: 'as for him')

가지려다

gajireoda — while trying to take/grab something

균형을

gyunhyeongeul — balance, equilibrium (object marker attached)

잃고

ilko — losing (connective form of 잃다, to lose)

물속에

mulsoge — into/inside the water (locative)

빠졌습니다

ppajyeosseumnida — fell into, dropped in (formal polite past)

부인은

buineun — the lady/Mrs. (topic marker attached)

둘

dul — two (native Korean numeral)

다

da — all, both, everything included

벌떡

beolddeok — suddenly jumping up (onomatopoeic adverb)

일어나

ireona — stood up, got up (connective form)

그를

geureul — him (object marker: 'him' as direct object)

구하려고

guharyeogo — in order to rescue/save someone

팔을

pareul — arm (object marker attached)

뻗었습니다

ppeodeosseumnida — stretched out (an arm) toward something

하지만

hajiman — however, but (contrastive conjunction)

그렇게

geureoke — in that way, like that, doing so

하다가

hadaga — while doing so, in the middle of doing

배를

baereul — the boat (object marker attached)

뒤집어

dwijibeo — overturned, flipped (connective form)

버렸습니다

beoryeosseumnida — did completely/regrettably (auxiliary past)

모두가

moduga — everyone (subject marker: 'everyone')

빠졌고

ppajyeotgo — fell in, and... (past connective form)

모두

modu — all, everyone, everything included

익사할

iksahal — drowning (future modifier: 익사하다)

가장

gajang — most, the greatest degree (superlative adverb)

위험에

wiheome — in danger (locative: 위험, danger/risk)

처했습니다

cheohayeosseumnida — faced, was in (a situation) (formal past)

배가

baega — a boat (subject marker attached)

근처에

geuncheoe — nearby, in the vicinity, close by

있었는데

isseonnende — was/were there, but... (background clause)

단

dan — only, just (limiting adverb)

한

han — one, a single (native Korean numeral)

명의

myeongui — of [number] people (counter for persons)

남자만

namjaman — only a man (restrictive particle 만 attached)

가능한

ganeunghan — possible, feasible (adjective modifier form)

빨리

ppalli — quickly, fast, speedily

그들에게

geudeulege — to them (dative: toward those people)

달려가

dallyeoga — ran toward, rushed to (connective form)

익사에서

iksaeseo — from drowning (ablative: 익사, drowning)

구해주었습니다

guhejueotsseumnida — saved, rescued (doing a favor, formal past)

어린이들은

eorinideureun — children (topic marker: 'as for children')

위의

wiui — above, the aforementioned (genitive)

배에

baee — on the boat (locative marker attached)

있을

isseul — when being on/in (future/conditional modifier)

항상

hangsang — always, at all times, constantly

조심하고

josimhago — be careful, take caution (connective form)

해야

haeya — must do, have to (obligation form)

하며

hamyeo — while doing, and also (connective form)

어른들이

eoreundeuri — adults (subject marker attached, plural)

말하는

malaneun — speaking, saying (present modifier form)

것을

geoseul — the thing, that which (object marker)

따라야

ttaraya — must follow, should obey (obligation form)

합니다

hamnida — does, does so (formal polite declarative ending)

편지

pyeonji — letter, written correspondence

6월

yuwol — June, the sixth month of the year

25일

isibo-il — 25th day (of the month)

사랑하는

saranghaneun — beloved, dear (affectionate address modifier)

오늘

oneul — today, this day

아침

achim — morning; also breakfast

노를

noreul — an oar, paddle (object marker attached)

저으러

jeoeuro — in order to row (purpose clause: 젓다)

나갔다가

nagattaga — went out and then (returned/something happened)

우리

uri — we, our (first person plural pronoun)

뻔했습니다

ppeonhaesseumnida — almost happened, nearly occurred (near-miss)