Mother West Wind "Why" Stories — Page 15

Vocabulary

왜

wae — Why; used to ask for a reason.

죽은

jugeun — Dead; describing something that has died.

척을

cheogeul — Pretense; acting as if something is true.

하는가

haneun-ga — Does/is doing; interrogative ending asking why or how.

척

cheok — Pretense; acting as if something is the case.

그리고

geurigo — And; conjunction connecting words or clauses.

줄무늬

julmunui — Stripes; a pattern of alternating colored lines.

청설모는

cheongselmо-neun — Chipmunk (topic marker); small striped rodent.

그의

geuui — His; possessive pronoun referring to a male.

우스운

ususeun — Funny, amusing; describes something comical or silly.

행동을

haengdong-eul — Behavior, action (object marker); what someone does.

알게

alge — Come to know; realize or become aware of something.

된

doen — Became; past tense form of 되다 (to become).

후로

huro — After, since; indicating time following an event.

한

han — One; the number one or a single thing.

가지

gaji — Kind, sort; classifier for types or things.

일이

il-i — Thing, matter (subject marker); a certain thing or affair.

매우

maeu — Very, extremely; intensifier for adjectives and adverbs.

궁금해졌습니다

gunggeumhaejyeotseumnida — Became curious; started to wonder about something.

그들은

geudeul-eun — They (topic marker); referring to a group of people.

그

geu — That; demonstrative pronoun referring to something mentioned.

일에

il-e — Matter, affair (location marker); about a certain thing.

대해

daehae — About, regarding; concerning a particular topic.

이야기를

iyagi-reul — Story, conversation (object marker); talk or narrative.

나누며

nanumyeo — Sharing while; exchanging conversation or something.

계속해서

gyesokhaeseo — Continuously, repeatedly; without stopping.

의아하게

uiaхage — Puzzledly, with bewilderment; in a wondering manner.

여겼고

yeogigo — Considered, regarded (past); thought of in a certain way.

이해하려고

ihaeharyeogo — Trying to understand; making an effort to comprehend.

노력했으며

noryeokhaesseumyeo — Made an effort while; tried hard and also did something else.

심지어

simjieo — Even; used to emphasize an extreme or unexpected case.

직접

jikjeop — Directly, in person; without an intermediary.

물어보기까지

mureobogi-kkaji — Even to the point of asking; going so far as to inquire.

했습니다

haetseumnida — Did; formal past tense ending of 하다 (to do).

그저

geujeo — Just, simply; nothing more than, merely.

씩

ssik — Each, at a time; distributing an amount per unit.

웃으며

useumyeo — Smiling/laughing while; doing something simultaneously with smiling.

자기

jagi — Oneself; reflexive pronoun referring to the subject.

엄마에게

eomma-ege — To mom; dative marker indicating the recipient is mother.

물어봐야

mureobwaya — Must ask; obligation to inquire about something.

할

hal — Will do; future/modal form of 하다 (to do).

거라고

georago — Saying that it will be; indirect quotation of a future statement.

말했습니다

malhaetseumnida — Said, told; formal past tense of 말하다 (to speak).

물론

mullon — Of course, naturally; expressing something obvious.

그렇게

geureoke — Like that, in that way; referring to a manner already mentioned.

수

su — Ability, possibility; used in 'can/cannot' constructions.

없었고

eopseotgo — Did not have/exist; past tense of 없다 (not to exist).

그걸

geugeol — That thing (object); contracted form of 그것을.

알고

algo — Knowing; gerund form of 알다 (to know).

있었습니다

isseotseumnida — Was/existed; formal past tense of 있다 (to be/exist).

왜냐하면

waenyahamyeon — Because, the reason is; introducing an explanation.

엄마는

eomma-neun — Mom (topic marker); mother as the topic of sentence.

그가

geuga — He (subject marker); referring to a male person.

그들이

geudeuri — They (subject marker); referring to a group as subject.

사는

saneun — Living; present tense modifier of 살다 (to live).

초록

chorok — Green; the color green.

숲과

sup-gwa — Forest (with conjunction); woods connected with another noun.

들판으로

deulpan-euro — To the field; directional marker indicating movement toward meadow.

올

ol — Will come; future modifier of 오다 (to come).

생각을

saenggak-eul — Thought, idea (object marker); a plan or intention.

하기

hagi — Doing; nominalizer form of 하다 (to do).

훨씬

hwolssin — Much more, by far; intensifier showing a large difference.

전에

jeone — Before; indicating something occurred prior to an event.

이미

imi — Already; something has happened before the current time.

돌아가셨기

doragasyeotgi — Passed away (honorific); euphemism for dying respectfully.

때문입니다

ttaemun-imnida — It is because; formal ending expressing cause or reason.

그는

geuneun — He (topic marker); referring to a male as the topic.

단지

danji — Merely, only, just; limiting to nothing more than stated.

그들을

geudeureul — Them (object marker); referring to a group as the object.

놀리려고

nolliryeogo — Intending to tease; trying to make fun of someone.

말을

mal-eul — Words, speech (object marker); what is said.

했고

haetgo — Did and; past tense connecting two actions.

때

ttae — Time, moment; a specific point or period of time.

킬킬

kilkil — Giggling sound; onomatopoeia for stifled laughter.

웃었으며

useosseumyeo — Laughed while; past tense of laughing combined with another action.

결국

gyeolguk — In the end, eventually; finally after everything.

그들도

geudeuldo — They also; additive particle indicating they too participated.

함께

hamkke — Together; doing something jointly with others.

웃게

utge — To laugh; causative/resultative form of 웃다 (to laugh).

되었습니다

doeeotseumnida — Became; formal past tense of 되다 (to become).

마치

machi — Just as if, as though; used for simile comparisons.

그것이

geugeosi — That thing (subject marker); referring to something mentioned.

정말로

jeongmallo — Truly, really; emphasizing that something is genuine.

최고의

choego-ui — Best, greatest (possessive); of the highest quality.

농담인

nongdam-in — Being a joke; modifying a noun as a joke or jest.

것처럼요

geotcheoreomyo — As if it were; casual ending likening something to something else.

아시다시피

asidasipi — As you know; acknowledging shared knowledge with the listener.

알아내려고

aranaelyeogo — Trying to find out; making an effort to discover something.

아무리

amuri — No matter how; used with verbs to show futility of effort.

애를

ae-reul — Effort (object marker); trouble or pains taken to do something.

써도

sseodo — Even if one tries; concessive form of 쓰다 (to use/exert).

알아낼

aranael — To find out (future modifier); able to discover or figure out.

없는

eomneun — Non-existent; present modifier of 없다 (not to exist).

것이

geosi — Thing (subject marker); nominalizer referring to a fact or thing.

바로

baro — Exactly, right; emphasizing directness or precision.

가장

gajang — Most; superlative adverb indicating the highest degree.

싶은

sipeun — Wanting; modifier form of 싶다 (to want/desire).

것이기

geosigi — Being the thing; nominalizer used in explanatory constructions.

마련입니다

maryeon-imnida — It is natural that; expressing an inevitable or usual tendency.

청설모도

cheongselmо-do — Chipmunk also; additive particle showing the chipmunk too.

그러했습니다

geureоhaetseumnida — Was so, was that way; formal past tense of 그러하다.

그것에

geugeose — About that (location/topic marker); regarding that thing.

이야기할수록

iyagihalsurok — The more they talked; proportional increase in conversation.

더

deo — More; comparative adverb indicating a greater degree.

싶어졌습니다

sipeozyeotseumnida — Came to want more; desire grew over time.

적에게

jeok-ege — To the enemy; dative marker indicating the enemy as recipient.

들켰을

deulkyeosseul — When spotted/caught; past modal modifier of being discovered.

도망치려

domangchiryeo — Intending to flee; trying to run away from something.

하는

haneun — Doing; present tense modifier of 하다 (to do).

대신

daesin — Instead of; in place of something else.

걸까요

geolkkayo — I wonder if; speculative question ending seeking reflection.

언제나

eonjena — Always, at all times; without exception in any situation.

도망치려고

domangchiryeogo — Intending to flee; having the purpose of running away.

제외하고

jewehago — Excluding, except for; leaving out from a group.

아는

aneun — Knowing; present modifier of 알다 (to know).

다른

dareun — Other, different; referring to something else.

모든

modeun — All, every; referring to the entirety of something.

이들도

ideuldo — These people also; referring to this group of individuals too.

마찬가지였습니다

machagajiyeotseumnida — Was the same; it was likewise for them as well.