Old Mother West Wind — Page 1

Vocabulary

작은

ja-geun — Small, little, tiny in size.

별들이

byeol-deul-i — Stars (plural, subject marker attached).

모두

mo-du — All, everyone, everything together.

내려다보며

nae-ryeo-da-bo-myeo — Looking down at something from above.

반짝반짝

ban-jjak-ban-jjak — Twinkling, sparkling repeatedly (onomatopoeia/mimetic word).

빛나고

bit-na-go — Shining, glowing brightly (connective verb form).

달님은

dal-nim-eun — The moon (honorific form, topic marker attached).

태양

tae-yang — The sun, solar star.

씨가

ssi-ga — Mr./Ms. (honorific title, subject marker attached).

낮에

na-je — During the daytime, in the day.

하듯이

ha-deu-si — Just as one does, in the manner of doing.

초록

cho-rok — Green color, the color green.

들판을

deul-pan-eul — Open field or meadow (object marker attached).

밝게

balk-ge — Brightly, in a bright manner.

비추려고

bi-chu-ryeo-go — Intending to illuminate or shine light upon.

최선을

choe-seon-eul — One's best effort (object marker attached).

다하고

da-ha-go — Doing one's utmost, giving everything one has.

부엉이

bu-eong-i — Owl, a nocturnal bird of prey.

그리고

geu-ri-go — And, also, in addition (conjunction).

시끄러운

si-kkeu-reo-un — Noisy, loud, making a lot of sound.

씨를

ssi-reul — Mr./Ms. (honorific title, object marker attached).

제외한

je-oe-han — Excluding, except for, leaving out.

모든

mo-deun — All, every, each and every one.

새들은

sae-deul-eun — Birds (plural, topic marker attached).

자신들의

ja-sin-deul-eui — Their own, belonging to themselves (plural).

둥지에서

dung-ji-e-seo — In/from their nest (location marker attached).

깊이

gi-pi — Deeply, profoundly, at great depth.

잠들어

jam-deu-reo — Having fallen asleep, drifted into sleep.

서풍

seo-pung — West wind, wind blowing from the west.

할머니의

hal-meo-ni-eui — Grandmother's, belonging to grandmother (possessive).

명랑한

myeong-rang-han — Cheerful, merry, bright and lively.

산들바람들도

san-deul-ba-ram-deul-do — Gentle breezes also (plural, inclusive particle attached).

아,

a — Ah, oh (exclamation expressing realization or surprise).

정말

jeong-mal — Really, truly, genuinely.

고요했습니다!

go-yo-haet-seup-ni-da — It was calm, still, and tranquil (formal).

정말이지

jeong-mal-i-ji — Truly, honestly, I really mean it.

너무나

neo-mu-na — So very, extremely, exceedingly (intensifier).

고요해서,

go-yo-hae-seo — Because it was so quiet and still.

숲속의

sup-sok-eui — Inside the forest, within the woods (possessive).

외로운

oe-ro-un — Lonely, solitary, feeling alone.

길을

gi-reul — Path, road, way (object marker attached).

내려오던

nae-ryeo-o-deon — Was coming down (past continuous modifier form).

너구리

neo-gu-ri — Raccoon dog, a canid native to East Asia.

혼잣말을

hon-jat-mal-eul — Talking to oneself, muttering (object marker attached).

하기

ha-gi — Doing, the act of doing (nominalized verb).

시작했습니다.

si-jak-haet-seup-ni-da — Began, started doing something (formal past tense).

"낮에는,

na-je-neun — During the daytime (topic marker, contrastive nuance).

온종일

on-jong-il — All day long, the entire day.

놀고

nol-go — Playing and… (connective verb form of 놀다).

밤에는

bam-e-neun — At night (time marker with contrastive topic particle).

내내

nae-nae — All along, throughout the entire time.

잠만

jam-man — Only sleep, nothing but sleeping.

자려는

ja-ryeo-neun — Intending to sleep (modifier form with intention).

건지

geon-ji — Whether it is that… (informal wondering expression).

이해할

i-hae-hal — To understand, comprehend (future modifier form).

수가

su-ga — Ability, possibility (bound noun, subject marker attached).

없어,"

eop-seo — Don't have, there isn't, cannot (informal).

말했습니다.

mal-haet-seup-ni-da — Said, spoke (formal past tense sentence ending).

"밤이야말로,

bam-i-ya-mal-lo — Nighttime, of all things, is truly the best.

돌아다니기에

do-ra-da-ni-gi-e — For wandering around, roaming about (nominalized dative).

가장

ga-jang — Most, the best, number one (superlative adverb).

좋은

jo-eun — Good, nice, favorable (adjective modifier form).

시간이지.

si-gan-i-ji — It is the time, you know (casual assertion).

여우만

yeo-u-man — Only the fox, just the fox.

해도--"

hae-do — Even if one does, even taking into account.

여우에

yeo-u-e — About the fox, regarding the fox (dative marker).

대해

dae-hae — Regarding, about, concerning (postposition).

무슨

mu-seun — What kind of, what sort of (determiner).

말을

mal-eul — Words, speech (object marker attached).

하는지

ha-neun-ji — What one says, whether one says (indirect question).

조심해,"

jo-sim-hae — Be careful, watch out (informal imperative).

바로

ba-ro — Right, directly, immediately, just behind.

뒤에서

dwi-e-seo — From behind, at the back of (locative).

목소리가

mok-so-ri-ga — A voice (subject marker attached).

들려왔습니다.

deul-ryeo-wat-seup-ni-da — Came to be heard, reached one's ears (formal past).

자기가

ja-gi-ga — Oneself, he himself (reflexive pronoun, subject marker).

혼자라고

hon-ja-ra-go — That one is alone (quoted thought particle attached).

생각했기

saeng-gak-haet-gi — Because one thought, having believed (causal nominalized).

때문에

ttae-mu-ne — Because of, due to (causal postposition).

매우

mae-u — Very, extremely, highly (formal intensifier adverb).

재빠르게

jae-ppa-reu-ge — Quickly, swiftly, with great speed.

돌아섰습니다.

do-ra-seot-seup-ni-da — Turned around, spun to face the other way (formal).

그곳에

geu-go-se — There, at that place (locative marker attached).

여우

yeo-u — Fox, a cunning canid animal.

본인이

bon-in-i — The person themselves, the very individual (subject marker).

총총

chong-chong — Trotting along with quick short steps (mimetic word).

걸어오고

geo-reo-o-go — Walking toward, coming on foot (connective form).

여우,

yeo-u — Fox (character being addressed directly).

난

nan — I, me (contracted informal first-person pronoun).

네가

ne-ga — You (informal subject form of second-person pronoun).

집에서

ji-be-seo — At home, from the house (locative marker).

있는

in-neun — Being, existing, staying (present modifier form).

줄

jul — The fact that, thought that (bound noun for assumption).

알았어,"

a-ra-sseo — I thought, I assumed (informal past tense).

"네가

ne-ga — You (informal subject pronoun, second person).

잘못

jal-mot — Wrong, incorrectly, mistakenly (adverb).

여우가

yeo-u-ga — The fox (subject marker attached).

"보다시피

bo-da-si-pi — As you can see, as is visible to you.

나는

na-neun — I, as for me (first person, topic marker attached).

달빛

dal-bit — Moonlight, the light of the moon.

아래

a-rae — Below, under, beneath (location noun).

산책하러

san-chaek-ha-reo — In order to take a walk, going for a stroll.

나왔거든."

na-wat-geo-deun — I came out, you see (informal explanatory ending).

그리하여

geu-ri-ha-yeo — And so, therefore, thus (formal connective).

함께

ham-kke — Together, jointly, side by side.

따라

tta-ra — Following, along, in the direction of.

들판으로

deul-pan-eu-ro — Toward the field, in the direction of the meadow.

걸어갔습니다.

geo-reo-gat-seup-ni-da — Walked away together, went on foot (formal past).