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Vocabulary

할아버지

harabeoji — grandfather; elderly male family member

개구리는

gaegurineun — the frog (topic marker attached)

입맛을

immaseul — appetite; taste in one's mouth

다시며

dasimyeo — licking one's lips while doing something else

계속했습니다

gyesokhaetsseumnida — continued; kept going with an action

그날부터

geunalbuteo — from that day; starting from that day

지금까지

jigeumkkaji — until now; up to the present moment

모든

modeun — all; every; each and every one

큰

keun — big; large; great in size

꼬리를

kkorireul — tail (object marker attached)

가지고

gajigo — having; possessing; carrying something

태어나는데

taeeonaneunde — are born; come into the world with

몸이

momi — body (subject marker attached)

점점

jeomjeom — gradually; little by little; more and more

커질수록

keojilsurok — the bigger it grows; as it gets larger

꼬리는

kkorineun — the tail (topic marker attached)

작아져서

jagajyeoseo — becomes smaller and; shrinks causing a result

마침내

machimnae — finally; at last; in the end

꼬리가

kkoriga — the tail (subject marker attached)

사라지게

sarajige — to disappear; to vanish completely

됩니다

doemnida — becomes; results in (formal ending)

그리고

geurigo — and; and then; furthermore

그때

geuttae — at that time; back then; that moment

자연이

jayeoni — nature (subject marker attached)

우리에게

urieke — to us; for us; given to us

준

jun — gave; that was given; bestowed

것을

geoseul — the thing (object marker attached)

자랑스러워하는

jarangseureowoha neun — being proud of; feeling pride about something

것이

geosi — the fact that; the thing (subject marker)

얼마나

eolmana — how much; to what extent; how very

어리석고

eoriseokgo — foolish and; stupid and unwise

쓸모없는

sseulmoeomneun — useless; pointless; of no practical use

일인지

iриninji — what kind of matter; whether it is a thing

깨닫게

kkaedatke — to come to realize; to become aware of

되지요

doejyo — it becomes; isn't that so (soft ending)

그것이

geugeosi — that thing (subject marker); that is why

바로

baro — exactly; right; directly; precisely that

제가

jega — I (subject marker, humble form)

잃게

ilke — to lose; to end up losing something

된

doen — became; that resulted in; which led to

이유랍니다

iyuranmnida — that is the reason; that is why (explanation)

개구리가

gaeguriga — the frog (subject marker attached)

이야기를

iyagireul — the story (object marker attached)

마쳤습니다

machyeotseumnida — finished; concluded; brought to an end

감사해요

gamsahaeyo — thank you; we are grateful (polite form)

명랑한

myeongnanhan — cheerful; lively; bright and merry

작은

jageun — small; little; tiny in size

산들바람들이

sandeulbaramdeuri — the gentle breezes (subject marker, plural)

모두

modu — all; everyone; altogether; all of them

외쳤습니다

oechyeotseumnida — shouted; cried out; exclaimed loudly

잊지

itji — forget (negated form base); will not forget

않을게요

aneulgeyo — will not do; promise not to (polite)

그런

geureon — such; like that; of that kind

다음

daeum — next; after; following that moment

그들은

geudeureun — they (topic marker attached); those people

누가

nuga — who; which person (subject form)

먼저

meonjeo — first; ahead of others; before anyone else

집에

jibe — to the house; at the home

도착해서

dochakhaeseo — arriving at and; after reaching a destination

농부가

nongbuga — the farmer (subject marker attached)

총을

chongeul — gun; rifle (object marker attached)

들고

deulgo — holding; carrying and; picking up and

초록

chorok — green; the color green

들판으로

deulpaneuro — toward the field; in the direction of meadow

내려오고

naeryeogo — coming down; descending and (continuing action)

있다는

itdaneun — that there is; the fact that exists

알릴

allil — to inform; to notify; to let someone know

수

su — ability; possibility; can (auxiliary noun)

있는지

inneunj — whether there is; if it is possible

보려고

boryeogo — in order to see; trying to find out

경주를

gyeongjureul — a race (object marker attached)

벌였습니다

beoryeotseumnida — held; staged; engaged in a competition