Mother West Wind "Why" Stories — Page 93

Vocabulary

쓸

sseul — To use; future/modifier form of 쓰다

데가

de-ga — Place or situation; used in expressions of necessity

전혀

jeon-hyeo — Not at all; used with negatives for emphasis

없었지만

eop-seot-ji-man — Did not have/exist, but (concessive past form)

어디를

eo-di-reul — Where (object form); wherever (in certain constructions)

가든

ga-deun — Wherever one goes (concessive connective form)

가지고

ga-ji-go — Carrying/holding something along with oneself

다녀야

da-nyeo-ya — Must go around carrying; obligatory movement form

설상가상으로

seol-sang-ga-sang-eu-ro — To make matters worse; adding trouble to trouble

다람쥐

da-ram-jwi — Squirrel; small tree-climbing rodent

씨

ssi — Mr./Ms./Sir; honorific title attached to names

주머니쥐

ju-meo-ni-jwi — Opossum; small marsupial with pouch

놀리는

nol-li-neun — Teasing; mocking (present modifier form)

엿듣게

yeot-deut-ge — To happen to overhear someone's conversation

되었습니다

doe-eot-seum-ni-da — Came to be; resulted in (formal polite past)

자신의

ja-sin-eui — One's own (possessive form of reflexive pronoun)

면전에서

myeon-jeon-e-seo — In one's presence; directly in front of someone

꼬리를

kko-ri-reul — Tail (with object marker)

그토록

geu-to-rok — So much; to such a great extent

칭찬하던

ching-chan-ha-deon — Used to praise; past habitual modifier form

바로

ba-ro — Exactly; right; the very (emphasizing particle)

등

deung — Back (of body); behind someone's back

뒤에서

dwi-e-seo — From behind; at the back (locative form)

자신을

ja-sin-eul — Oneself (reflexive pronoun with object marker)

비웃고

bi-ut-go — Laughing at; ridiculing (connective form)

조롱하고

jo-rong-ha-go — Mocking; ridiculing (connective verb form)

있다는

it-da-neun — That they are (doing); reported speech modifier

알게

al-ge — To come to know; resultative connective form

그리하여

geu-ri-ha-yeo — Therefore; as a result (formal connective)

늙은

neulg-eun — Old; aged (adjective modifier form)

곰

gom — Bear; large omnivorous mammal

꼬리가

kko-ri-ga — Tail (subject marker attached)

있기를

it-gi-reul — Having; the existence of (nominalized with object marker)

바랐던

ba-rat-deon — Had wished/desired (past retrospective modifier)

어느

eo-neu — Any; some; a certain (determiner)

때보다도

ttae-bo-da-do — Even more than any time (comparative emphatic)

간절히

gan-jeol-hi — Earnestly; desperately; with deep longing

없었으면

eop-seot-eu-myeon — If only it didn't exist (contrary-to-fact conditional)

바라게

ba-ra-ge — To come to wish/hope (resultative connective)

다시금

da-si-geum — Once again; anew (emphatic form of 다시)

식욕을

si-gyog-eul — Appetite; desire to eat (with object marker)

잃고

il-ko — Losing; having lost (connective form)

성질이

seong-jil-i — Temper; nature; disposition (subject marker attached)

나빠지고

na-ppa-ji-go — Getting worse; deteriorating (connective form)

짜증스러워져서

jja-jeung-seu-reo-wo-jyeo-seo — Becoming irritable and annoyed (causal connective form)

아무도

a-mu-do — Nobody; no one (with negative verb)

감히

gam-hi — Daringly; boldly; presumptuously (often with negatives)

가까이

ga-kka-i — Closely; nearby; in close proximity

오지

o-ji — Coming (negative connective form: 오지 못하다)

상황은

sang-hwang-eun — The situation; circumstances (topic marker attached)

점점

jeom-jeom — Gradually; increasingly; more and more

나빠지다가

na-ppa-ji-da-ga — Was getting worse, and then (transition connective)

마침내

ma-chim-nae — Finally; at last; eventually

자연의

ja-yeon-eui — Of nature; natural (possessive form)

어머니께서

eo-meo-ni-kke-seo — Mother (honorific subject marker); respected subject

한번

han-beon — Once; one time; a try

초록

cho-rok — Green (color, especially of plants/nature)

숲을

sup-eul — Forest; woods (with object marker)

찾아와

cha-ja-wa — Came to visit; came looking for (connective form)

사정이

sa-jeong-i — Circumstances; situation; state of affairs

어떤지

eo-tteon-ji — What it is like; how things are (indirect question)

살펴보게

sal-pyeo-bo-ge — To look into; to examine carefully (resultative form)

겸손하게

gyeom-son-ha-ge — Humbly; modestly (adverbial form)

무릎을

mu-reup-eul — Knees (with object marker)

꿇고

kkult-go — Kneeling down (connective form of 꿇다)

가져가

ga-jyeo-ga — Take away; take it with you (connective form)

달라고

dal-la-go — Asking someone to give/do; request quotative form

간청했습니다

gan-cheong-haet-seum-ni-da — Earnestly begged; implored (formal polite past)

처음에

cheo-eum-e — At first; in the beginning

거절했지만

geo-jeol-haet-ji-man — Refused; declined, but (concessive past form)

너무나

neo-mu-na — Way too; extremely; far too much (emphatic)

애원하고

ae-won-ha-go — Pleading; begging desperately (connective form)

다시는

da-si-neun — Never again; not once more (emphatic negative)

불만을

bul-man-eul — Dissatisfaction; complaint (with object marker)

품지

pum-ji — Harboring; holding (negative connective form)

않겠다고

an-ket-da-go — Promising not to do; quoted negative future intention

굳게

gut-ge — Firmly; solidly; strongly (adverbial form)

약속하자

yak-so-ka-ja — As soon as he promised (sequential connective form)

누그러뜨려

nu-geu-reo-tteu-ryeo — Softening; relenting; easing one's heart (connective)

조각만

jo-gak-man — Only a piece/fragment (with limiting particle)

남기고

nam-gi-go — Leaving behind; keeping a remainder (connective)

가져갔습니다

ga-jyeo-gat-seum-ni-da — Took away; carried off (formal polite past)

배운

bae-un — Learned; having been taught (past modifier form)

교훈을

gyo-hun-eul — Lesson; moral teaching (with object marker)

잊고

it-go — Forgetting; having forgotten (connective form)

시기심을

si-gi-sim-eul — Jealousy; envy (with object marker)

품게

pum-ge — To come to harbor/hold feelings (resultative form)

될

doel — Will become; future modifier form of 되다

경계하기

gyeong-gye-ha-gi — Guarding against; being wary (nominalized form)

위한

wi-han — For the purpose of; intended for (modifier form)

교훈으로

gyo-hun-eu-ro — As a lesson; in the form of a moral lesson

남겨둔

nam-gyeo-dun — Left behind; kept in place (past modifier form)

삽화

sap-hwa — Illustration; picture inserted in a text

오래전

o-rae-jeon — Long ago; a long time in the past

이후로

i-hu-ro — Since then; from that time onward

모든

mo-deun — All; every (determiner modifier)

어리석고

eo-ri-seok-go — Foolish; stupid (connective adjective form)

바보

ba-bo — Fool; idiot; stupid person

상기시켜

sang-gi-si-kyeo — Reminding someone of something (connective causative form)

진짜

jin-jja — Real; genuine; truly; actually

꼬리라고

kko-ri-ra-go — Called a tail; quoted as being a tail

부르기도

bu-reu-gi-do — Even calling (nominalized with inclusive particle)

어렵지만

eo-ryeop-ji-man — Difficult, but (concessive adjective form)

달고

dal-go — Attaching; hanging on (connective form of 달다)

다니게

da-ni-ge — To go around doing; resultative connective of 다니다

개구리

gae-gu-ri — Frog; small amphibian that jumps and croaks

마무리했습니다

ma-mu-ri-haet-seum-ni-da — Finished; wrapped up a story (formal polite past)