Plays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone — Page 15

Vocabulary

내

nae — My; belonging to me (first person possessive)

말의

mar-ui — Of words; pertaining to speech or language

뜻을

tteu-seul — Meaning or intention (object form)

놓쳤느냐

no-chyeon-neu-nya — Did you miss or fail to catch (something)?

그래서

geu-rae-seo — Therefore; so; as a result of that

나를

na-reul — Me; myself (object form of 'I')

자극하려는

ja-geuk-ha-ryeo-neun — Intending to provoke or stimulate someone

것이냐

geo-si-nya — Is it that; are you doing this? (question)

나는

na-neun — I; the first-person subject pronoun

그대의

geu-dae-ui — Your; belonging to you (formal/literary)

말을

ma-reul — Words or speech (object form)

절반밖에

jeol-ban-ba-kke — Only half; no more than half

이해하지

i-hae-ha-ji — To understand; comprehend (negative verb stem)

못했소

mo-tae-sso — Could not do; was unable to (formal past)

다시

da-si — Again; once more; anew

말해

mal-hae — Say; speak; tell (informal imperative)

주시오

ju-si-o — Please do (polite formal request ending)

그대야말로

geu-dae-ya-mal-lo — You yourself; you of all people (emphatic)

그대가

geu-dae-ga — You (subject form, literary/formal register)

쫓고

jjot-go — Chasing; pursuing; following after someone

있는

in-neun — Who is; that exists; present tense modifier

자의

ja-ui — Of the person; belonging to that individual

살인자라고

sa-rin-ja-ra-go — Saying that (someone) is a murderer

말하는

mal-ha-neun — Saying; speaking; stating (present modifier)

것이오

geo-si-o — It is the case that (formal declarative ending)

그토록

geu-to-rok — So much; to that extent; that extremely

터무니없는

teo-mu-ni-eom-neun — Absurd; groundless; completely without basis

중상을

jung-sang-eul — Slander or defamation (object form)

두

du — Two; the number two

번씩이나

beon-ssik-i-na — As many as (number) times; even that often

반복한

ban-bok-han — Repeated; having said or done again

것을

geo-seul — The thing/act of (object nominalizer form)

후회하게

hu-hoe-ha-ge — To come to regret; made to feel remorse

될

doel — Will become; will be (future modifier)

분노를

bun-no-reul — Anger or rage (object form)

더욱

deo-uk — Even more; further; increasingly

돋우기

do-du-gi — To stir up; incite; heighten an emotion

위해

wi-hae — For the purpose of; in order to

더

deo — More; additionally; further

말해야

mal-hae-ya — Must say; need to speak about something

하겠소

ha-get-sso — I will do; I shall (formal volitional ending)

하고

ha-go — Doing; and; connecting actions or items

싶은

si-peun — Wanting to; wishing to (desire modifier)

말은

ma-reun — Words or speech (topic marker form)

다

da — All; everything; entirely

하시오

ha-si-o — Please do; go ahead and do (formal imperative)

그것은

geu-geo-seun — That; it (topic marker form, referring back)

헛된

heo-ttoen — Vain; futile; empty and meaningless

말에

ma-re — In words; regarding speech (locative form)

불과할

bul-gwa-hal — Will be nothing more than; merely amounting to

그대는

geu-dae-neun — You (topic form, literary/formal register)

가장

ga-jang — Most; the greatest degree; extremely

가까운

ga-kka-un — Close; near; intimate (modifier form)

혈육과

hyeo-ryuk-gwa — Blood relatives; flesh and kin (with particle)

함께

ham-kke — Together; along with; in company

치욕

chi-yok — Disgrace; shame; humiliation

속에

so-ge — Inside; within; in the midst of

살고

sal-go — Living; residing (connective verb form)

있으면서도

i-sseu-myeon-seo-do — Even while being; despite existing in that state

자신의

ja-si-nui — One's own; of oneself (possessive form)

수치를

su-chi-reul — Shame or disgrace (object form)

알지

al-ji — To know (negative or question verb stem)

못하고

mo-ta-go — Unable to do; failing to; cannot (connective)

있다고

it-da-go — Saying that (something) exists or is the case

영원히

yeong-won-hi — Eternally; forever; for all time

아무런

a-mu-reon — Any; no (used in negative context, any kind)

해도

hae-do — Harm or damage (also: even if doing)

입지

ip-ji — To receive or suffer (harm, damage, verb stem)

않고

an-ko — Without doing; not doing (negative connective)

함부로

ham-bu-ro — Carelessly; recklessly; without restraint

혀를

hyeo-reul — Tongue (object form); one's speech

놀릴

nol-lil — To wag or move freely; tease (future modifier)

수

su — Ability; way; means to do something

생각하는

saeng-ga-ka-neun — Thinking; believing; considering (present modifier)

그렇소

geu-reo-sso — That is so; indeed; yes (formal declarative)

진실의

jin-si-rui — Of truth; pertaining to what is true

힘이

Power or strength (subject marker form)

조금이라도

jo-geu-mi-ra-do — Even a little; even the slightest amount

통한다면

tong-han-da-myeon — If it reaches or gets through to someone

말이오

ma-ri-o — That is what I mean (formal emphatic ending)

다른

da-reun — Other; different; another

사람들에게는

sa-ram-deu-re-ge-neun — To other people (topic/dative plural form)

통하겠지만

tong-ha-get-ji-man — It may get through, but; will work however

그대에게는

geu-dae-e-ge-neun — To you (formal, topic/dative marker form)

아니오

a-ni-o — No; it is not so (formal declarative)

왜냐하면

wae-nya-ha-myeon — Because; the reason being that

귀도

gwi-do — Ears too; even the ears (topic with 'also')

재치도

jae-chi-do — Wit too; even cleverness or quick wit

눈도

nun-do — Eyes too; even one's eyes (with 'also')

모든

mo-deun — All; every; each and every one

것이

geo-si — The thing that (subject nominalizer form)

멀어

meo-reo — Far; distant; blinded (verb stem form)

있으니

i-sseu-ni — Since it is; because there is (causal form)

향해

hyang-hae — Toward; directed at; facing (directional)

조롱을

jo-rong-eul — Mockery or ridicule (object form)

퍼붓는

peo-but-neun — Pouring out; unleashing torrents of (modifier)

불쌍한

bul-ssang-han — Pitiful; wretched; pathetic (modifier form)

바보여

ba-bo-yeo — Oh fool; you fool (exclamatory address)

여기

yeo-gi — Here; this place

이들이

i-deu-ri — These people; they (subject form, plural)

머지않아

meo-ji-a-na — Before long; soon; in the near future

그

geu — That; the (demonstrative or article-like word)

그대에게

geu-dae-e-ge — To you (dative form, formal/literary)

되돌려

doe-dol-lyeo — Returning; giving back; reversing to original

줄

jul — Will give; future modifier of 'to give'

끝없는

kkeut-eom-neun — Endless; infinite; without end (modifier)

밤의

ba-mui — Of the night; belonging to darkness

자식이여

ja-si-gi-yeo — Oh child of; you offspring of (exclamatory)

태양을

tae-yang-eul — The sun (object form)

볼

bol — To see; will see (future modifier form)

어떤

eo-tteon — Any; some; what kind of

사람에게도

sa-ra-me-ge-do — Even to any person; to anyone at all

없소

eop-sso — There is not; does not exist (formal)

운명은

un-myeong-eun — Fate or destiny (topic marker form)

나에

na-e — By me; through me (locative/agent form)

의해

ui-hae — By means of; through; by (passive agent)

쓰러지는

sseu-reo-ji-neun — Falling; collapsing; being brought down

신에

si-ne — To the god; regarding the deity (dative)

관한

gwan-han — Concerning; related to; pertaining to

일은

i-reun — The matter of; the work/affair (topic form)

맡기겠소

mat-gi-get-sso — I will leave it to; entrust (formal volitional)

이것이

i-geo-si — This; this thing (subject marker form)

음모요

eum-mo-yo — It is a conspiracy or plot (formal ending)

아니면

a-ni-myeon — Or; if not; otherwise

그대

geu-dae — You (formal/literary second-person pronoun)

자신이

ja-si-ni — Oneself; himself/herself (subject marker)

재앙이오

jae-ang-i-o — It is a disaster or calamity (formal ending)

오

o — Oh; an exclamation of emotion or address

부와

bu-wa — Wealth and; riches together with (connector)

권력과

gwon-ryeok-gwa — Power and; authority together with (connector)

삶의

sal-mui — Of life; pertaining to living existence

전장에서

jeon-jang-e-seo — On the battlefield; in the arena of life

재주로

jae-ju-ro — With skill or talent; by means of ability

재주를

jae-ju-reul — Skill or talent (object form)

꺾어

kkeok-eo — Breaking; overcoming; surpassing (verb stem)

얻은

eo-deun — Obtained; gained; acquired (past modifier)

기술이여

gi-su-ri-yeo — Oh skill or craft; you art (exclamatory address)

그대들의

geu-dae-deu-rui — Your (plural); belonging to all of you

뒤를

dwi-reul — Behind; the back of (object form)

얼마나

eol-ma-na — How much; to what degree; how greatly

많은

ma-neun — Many; much; a great number of

악의와

a-gui-wa — Malice and; ill will together with (connector)

시기가

si-gi-ga — Envy or jealousy (subject marker form)

따르는가

tta-reu-neun-ga — Does follow; how much follows behind?

보시오

bo-si-o — Look; see; observe (formal polite imperative)

이

i — This; these (demonstrative adjective/pronoun)

왕관은

wang-gwa-neun — The crown; royal crown (topic marker form)

나라가

na-ra-ga — The country or nation (subject marker form)

나에게

na-e-ge — To me; for me (dative first-person form)

내려준

nae-ryeo-jun — Bestowed; granted; handed down (past modifier)