Piccolissima — Page 9
One of the flies--it was the elder--having fixed upon the little prodigy one of the thousand faces of his brown, sparkling eyes, surrounded with golden eyelashes, he then placed, one by one, his little black feet upon the stick of sugar candy, stretched forth his trunk, and began to suck with eagerness.
파리들 중 하나가—그것은 나이 든 파리였는데—황금빛 속눈썹으로 둘러싸인 갈색의 반짝이는 눈의 수천 개의 면들 중 하나를 그 작은 신동에게 고정시키고는, 작은 검은 발들을 하나씩 설탕 과자 막대기 위에 올려놓고, 주둥이를 뻗어 열심히 빨기 시작했다.
Piccolissima had now time enough to contemplate a being whose organs she thought were like her own in their weakness.
피콜리시마는 이제 자신의 것과 마찬가지로 나약하다고 생각되는 기관들을 가진 존재를 충분히 관찰할 시간이 생겼다.
She found pleasure in examining the extraordinary form of its almost cylindrical body, divided into three parts, and a head wider than it was long, an irregular globe surmounted by two horns, or antennae, as they are called.
그녀는 세 부분으로 나뉜 거의 원통형에 가까운 몸통의 특이한 형태와, 길이보다 너비가 더 넓은 머리, 그리고 두 개의 뿔, 즉 더듬이라고 불리는 것들이 달린 불규칙한 구형의 머리를 살펴보는 데서 즐거움을 찾았다.
The eyes most excited her curiosity.
눈이 그녀의 호기심을 가장 크게 자극했다.
She attempted to count their numerous little faces, so regular, so finely cut into hexagons, more polished, more brilliant than diamonds.
그녀는 다이아몬드보다 더 매끄럽고 더 찬란하게 빛나는, 육각형으로 정교하게 잘려 매우 규칙적인 수많은 작은 면들을 세어 보려 했다.
When Piccolissima had counted one hundred, she drew from a very small box, which was a family treasure, some minikin pins, and stuck one of them into the cushion on which she was seated, intending thus to mark every hundred that she counted; but she had not counted thus half a thousand, before she found that breath and knowledge failed her; in truth, she did not know enough of arithmetic to count the eyes of a fly.
피콜리시마가 백 개를 셌을 때, 그녀는 집안의 보물인 아주 작은 상자에서 가느다란 핀들을 꺼내어 그 중 하나를 자신이 앉아 있던 방석에 꽂았는데, 이렇게 하여 셀 때마다 백 개씩 표시하려 했다. 하지만 오백 개도 채 세기 전에 숨이 차고 지식이 부족함을 느꼈다. 사실 그녀는 파리의 눈을 셀 만큼 산수를 충분히 알지 못했던 것이다.
In the very first group which she undertook to count, that on the right side of the fly, she had not counted a sixteenth part.
그녀가 세기 시작한 첫 번째 무리, 즉 파리의 오른쪽에 있는 것에서도 그녀는 십육 분의 일도 채 세지 못했다.
Vocabulary
- 파리들
- pa-ri-deul — Flies; plural form of fly (insect).
- 중
- jung — Among; in the middle of a group.
- 하나가
- ha-na-ga — One (subject marker); one of something.
- 그것은
- geu-geo-seun — That thing (topic marker); it is.
- 나이
- na-i — Age; number of years lived.
- 든
- deun — Having; indicating possession or elapsed age.
- 파리였는데
- pa-ri-yeot-neun-de — Was a fly; descriptive background clause.
- 황금빛
- hwang-geum-bit — Golden color; golden hue or shine.
- 속눈썹으로
- song-nun-sseop-eu-ro — With eyelashes; using eyelashes as instrument.
- 둘러싸인
- dul-leo-ssa-in — Surrounded; encircled by something.
- 갈색의
- gal-saek-eui — Brown; of a brown color.
- 반짝이는
- ban-jjak-i-neun — Sparkling; shining or glittering brightly.
- 눈의
- nun-eui — Of the eye; belonging to the eye.
- 수천
- su-cheon — Thousands; several thousand in number.
- 개의
- gae-eui — Of units; possessive counter for objects.
- 면들
- myeon-deul — Facets; plural of face or surface.
- 하나를
- ha-na-reul — One (object marker); one thing as object.
- 그
- geu — That; definite modifier referring to something.
- 작은
- ja-geun — Small; little in size or stature.
- 신동에게
- sin-dong-e-ge — To the child prodigy; gifted young person.
- 고정시키고는
- go-jeong-si-ki-go-neun — After fixing; having fastened onto something.
- 검은
- geo-meun — Black; dark in color.
- 발들을
- bal-deul-eul — Feet/legs (plural, object); multiple limbs.
- 하나씩
- ha-na-ssik — One by one; each one at a time.
- 설탕
- seol-tang — Sugar; sweet crystalline carbohydrate.
- 과자
- gwa-ja — Snack; sweet baked or confectionery treat.
- 막대기
- mak-dae-gi — Stick; thin rod-shaped object.
- 위에
- wi-e — On top of; above a surface.
- 올려놓고
- ol-lyeo-no-ko — After placing on; having set something up.
- 주둥이를
- ju-dung-i-reul — Snout or proboscis; animal's protruding mouth.
- 뻗어
- ppeo-deo — Stretching out; extending a limb forward.
- 열심히
- yeol-sim-hi — Eagerly; diligently and with great effort.
- 빨기
- ppal-gi — Sucking; act of drawing liquid by suction.
- 시작했다
- si-jak-haet-da — Began; started doing an action.
- 이제
- i-je — Now; at this point in time.
- 자신의
- ja-sin-eui — One's own; belonging to oneself.
- 것과
- geot-gwa — Thing and; comparing one thing with another.
- 마찬가지로
- ma-chan-ga-ji-ro — Likewise; in the same way similarly.
- 나약하다고
- na-yak-ha-da-go — Said to be weak; quoted as being frail.
- 생각되는
- saeng-gak-doe-neun — Considered to be; thought of as something.
- 기관들을
- gi-gwan-deul-eul — Organs; plural biological organs as object.
- 가진
- ga-jin — Having; possessing a certain quality or thing.
- 존재를
- jon-jae-reul — Being; existence or creature as object.
- 충분히
- chung-bun-hi — Sufficiently; adequately or thoroughly enough.
- 관찰할
- gwan-chal-hal — To observe; future modifier for observing.
- 시간이
- si-gan-i — Time (subject); time as grammatical subject.
- 생겼다
- saeng-gyeot-da — Arose; came to have or appeared.
- 그녀는
- geu-nyeo-neun — She (topic); she as topic of sentence.
- 세
- se — Three; the number three.
- 부분으로
- bu-bun-eu-ro — Into parts; divided into sections.
- 나뉜
- na-nwin — Divided; split into separate portions.
- 거의
- geo-eui — Almost; nearly or approximately.
- 원통형에
- won-tong-hyeong-e — Cylindrical shape; resembling a cylinder.
- 가까운
- ga-kka-un — Close to; near in resemblance or distance.
- 몸통의
- mom-tong-eui — Of the torso; belonging to the body trunk.
- 특이한
- teu-gi-han — Peculiar; unusual or distinctive in character.
- 형태와
- hyeong-tae-wa — Form and; shape linked with another item.
- 길이보다
- gi-ri-bo-da — Than the length; compared to lengthwise measure.
- 너비가
- neo-bi-ga — Width (subject); breadth as grammatical subject.
- 더
- deo — More; comparative adverb indicating greater degree.
- 넓은
- neol-beun — Wide; broad in measurement or extent.
- 머리
- meo-ri — Head; upper part of body or object.
- 그리고
- geu-ri-go — And; conjunction linking two elements.
- 두
- du — Two; the number two.
- 뿔
- ppul — Horn; pointed protrusion on animal head.
- 즉
- jeuk — That is; namely, used for clarification.
- 더듬이라고
- deo-deum-i-ra-go — Called antennae; quoted name for feelers.
- 불리는
- bul-li-neun — Called; referred to by a certain name.
- 것들이
- geot-deul-i — Things (subject); plural things as subject.
- 달린
- dal-lin — Attached; hanging or connected to something.
- 불규칙한
- bul-gyu-chik-han — Irregular; lacking regular pattern or shape.
- 구형의
- gu-hyeong-eui — Spherical; of a sphere-like shape.
- 머리를
- meo-ri-reul — Head (object); head as grammatical object.
- 살펴보는
- sal-pyeo-bo-neun — Examining; looking carefully at something.
- 데서
- de-seo — In the act of; from the place of doing.
- 즐거움을
- jeul-geo-um-eul — Joy; pleasure as grammatical object.
- 찾았다
- cha-jat-da — Found; discovered or sought out successfully.
- 눈이
- nun-i — Eyes (subject); eyes as grammatical subject.
- 그녀의
- geu-nyeo-eui — Her; possessive form of she.
- 호기심을
- ho-gi-sim-eul — Curiosity; inquisitive interest as object.
- 가장
- ga-jang — Most; superlative degree adverb.
- 크게
- keu-ge — Greatly; to a large extent or degree.
- 자극했다
- ja-geuk-haet-da — Stimulated; provoked or aroused a response.
- 다이아몬드보다
- da-i-a-mon-deu-bo-da — Than a diamond; compared to a diamond.
- 매끄럽고
- mae-kkeu-reop-go — Smooth and; sleek and also something else.
- 찬란하게
- chan-ran-ha-ge — Brilliantly; in a dazzling or radiant manner.
- 빛나는
- bit-na-neun — Shining; emitting or reflecting bright light.
- 육각형으로
- yuk-gak-hyeong-eu-ro — Hexagonally; in the shape of a hexagon.
- 정교하게
- jeong-gyo-ha-ge — Intricately; in a precise and elaborate manner.
- 잘려
- jal-lyeo — Cut; having been cut or sliced precisely.
- 매우
- mae-u — Very; extremely or to a high degree.
- 규칙적인
- gyu-chik-jeo-gin — Regular; following a consistent pattern or rule.
- 수많은
- su-man-eun — Numerous; a great many in quantity.
- 면들을
- myeon-deul-eul — Facets (object); multiple surfaces as object.
- 세어
- se-eo — Counting; in the act of counting.
- 보려
- bo-ryeo — Trying to see; intending to look.
- 했다
- haet-da — Did; past tense of to do.
- 백
- baek — One hundred; the number 100.
- 개를
- gae-reul — Units (object); counted items as object.
- 셌을
- sset-seul — Had counted; past action of counting.
- 때
- ttae — When; time or moment of an event.
- 집안의
- jib-an-eui — Household's; belonging to the family home.
- 보물인
- bo-mul-in — Being a treasure; identified as a treasure.
- 아주
- a-ju — Very; quite or extremely in degree.
- 상자에서
- sang-ja-e-seo — From the box; out of a container.
- 가느다란
- ga-neu-da-ran — Slender; thin and delicate in form.
- 핀들을
- pin-deul-eul — Pins (object); multiple pins as object.
- 꺼내어
- kkeo-nae-eo — Taking out; removing from inside a container.
- 자신이
- ja-sin-i — Oneself (subject); self as grammatical subject.
- 앉아
- an-ja — Sitting; being in a seated position.
- 있던
- it-deon — Was in; used to be at a place.
- 방석에
- bang-seok-e — On the cushion; floor cushion location.
- 꽂았는데
- kko-jat-neun-de — Stuck into; inserted and providing background.
- 이렇게
- i-reo-ke — Like this; in this way or manner.
- 하여
- ha-yeo — By doing; through this action or method.
- 셀
- sel — To count; future modifier of counting.
- 때마다
- ttae-ma-da — Every time; each occasion something occurs.
- 개씩
- gae-ssik — Per unit; a certain number each time.
- 표시하려
- pyo-si-ha-ryeo — Intending to mark; planning to indicate.
- 하지만
- ha-ji-man — However; but, indicating contrast or exception.
- 오백
- o-baek — Five hundred; the number 500.
- 개도
- gae-do — Even units; even that many items.
- 채
- chae — Before reaching; without fully completing.
- 세기
- se-gi — Counting; the act of counting numbers.
- 전에
- jeon-e — Before; prior to a time or event.
- 숨이
- sum-i — Breath (subject); breathing as subject.
- 차고
- cha-go — Becoming out of breath; filling up short.
- 지식이
- ji-sik-i — Knowledge (subject); learning as subject.
- 부족함을
- bu-jok-ham-eul — Insufficiency; lack or shortage as object.
- 느꼈다
- neu-kkyeot-da — Felt; experienced a feeling or sensation.
- 사실
- sa-sil — In fact; actually, truth of the matter.
- 파리의
- pa-ri-eui — Of the fly; belonging to the fly.
- 눈을
- nun-eul — Eye (object); eye as grammatical object.
- 만큼
- man-keum — As much as; to the extent of something.
- 산수를
- san-su-reul — Arithmetic (object); basic math as object.
- 알지
- al-ji — Knowing; in the form of knowing something.
- 못했던
- mo-thaet-deon — Had been unable to; could not do previously.
- 것이다
- geo-si-da — It is the case; explanatory sentence ending.
- 그녀가
- geu-nyeo-ga — She (subject); she as grammatical subject.
- 시작한
- si-jak-han — Started; having begun a certain action.
- 첫
- cheot — First; the initial one in a sequence.
- 번째
- beon-jjae — Ordinal suffix; indicating position in order.
- 무리
- mu-ri — Group; cluster or collection of things.
- 오른쪽에
- o-reun-jjok-e — On the right side; at right location.
- 있는
- it-neun — That is; existing or present modifier.
- 것에서도
- geo-se-seo-do — Even from that; also from that thing.
- 십육
- sim-nyuk — Sixteen; the number 16.
- 분의
- bun-eui — Fraction of; used in fractional expressions.
- 일도
- il-do — Even one; not even one portion.
- 세지
- se-ji — Counting; in negative form of counting.
- 못했다
- mo-thaet-da — Could not; was unable to do something.
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