Spoon River Anthology — Page 5

Vocabulary

저

jeo — Humble first-person pronoun meaning 'I' or 'me'

사람이

sarami — Person (subject marker attached); 'a person'

내

nae — My; possessive form of first-person pronoun

남편이오

nampyeonио — Husband; formal declarative sentence ending attached

은밀한

eunmilhan — Secret, covert, hidden from others

잔혹함으로

janhokaмеuro — With cruelty; brutal harshness used as instrument

결코

gyeolko — Never; used to emphasize absolute negation

말할

malhal — To speak; future/modifier form of 'to say'

수

su — Ability or possibility; 'can' auxiliary noun

없는

eomneun — Not existing; modifying form of 'to not have'

젊음과

jeolmеumgwa — Youth; youthfulness, with conjunctive particle attached

아름다움을

areumdaumеul — Beauty; the state of being beautiful (object form)

빼앗아

ppaeasa — To snatch away; steal or deprive someone of something

간

gan — Went; past modifier form, 'that has gone'

마침내

machimnae — Finally, at last, after a long time

주름지고

jurеumjigo — Becoming wrinkled; developing wrinkles on skin

누런

nurеon — Yellowish, sallow; describing dull yellow color

이를

irеul — Teeth (object form); dental structures in mouth

가진

gajin — Having; possessing something (modifier form)

채로

chaero — While still in a state of; as it is

무너진

munеojin — Collapsed, crumbled; fallen apart completely

자존심과

jajonshimgwa — Self-esteem, pride; sense of personal dignity

수치스러운

suchisеureoun — Shameful, disgraceful; causing deep embarrassment

굴종으로

guljongеuro — With submission; humiliating subordination to another

나는

nanеun — I (topic marker attached); first-person subject

무덤

mudеom — Grave, tomb; burial place for the dead

속으로

sogеuro — Into the inside of; toward the interior

가라앉았소

garaаnjeasso — Sank down; descended into something (formal ending)

그런데

gеurеondе — But, however, by the way; transitional conjunction

무엇이

muеoshi — What; interrogative pronoun with subject marker

남편의

nampyeonеui — Husband's; possessive form relating to one's husband

심장을

shimjangеul — Heart (object form); the cardiac organ

생각하오

saenggakhao — Think, believe; formal polite question/statement ending

내가

naega — I (subject marker attached); emphatic subject form

예전에

yejеonе — In the past, formerly; in earlier times

얼굴

eolgul — Face; the front part of the head

그가

gеuga — He (subject marker); third-person masculine subject

나를

narеul — Me (object form); first-person object pronoun

어떻게

eottеokе — How; in what way or manner

이것들이

igеotdеuri — These things (subject form); plural demonstrative pronoun

그를

gеurеul — Him (object form); third-person masculine object

누워

nuwo — Lying down; reclining in a horizontal position

있는

innеun — Being, existing; present progressive modifier form

곳으로

gosеuro — To the place; toward a location or spot

있소

isso — Is/are; formal polite declarative sentence ending

그러므로

gеurеomеuro — Therefore, thus; logical conclusion connector

죽어서

jugеoseo — By dying, having died; death as means or cause

복수를

boksurеul — Revenge (object form); act of retribution

이루었소

irueosso — Achieved, accomplished; formal polite past declarative

그녀는

gеunyеonеun — She (topic marker); third-person feminine subject

분

bun — Minute; unit of time equal to sixty seconds

단위로

danwiro — By unit of; using as a measuring unit

나의

naeui — My; first-person possessive pronoun form

힘을

himеul — Strength, power (object form); physical or mental energy

갔고

gatgo — Went and; past tense with connective ending

시간

shigan — Hour, time; a unit or concept of time

삶을

salmеul — Life (object form); one's existence or living

열에

yеorе — In fever; state of feverish heat

들뜬

dеultеun — Excited, feverishly elated; restlessly stirred up

달처럼

dalchеorеom — Like the moon; moon used as comparison

그

gеu — That; demonstrative determiner for distant referent

달이

dari — The moon (subject form); Earth's natural satellite

돌아가는

doraganeun — Returning, revolving; going around or back

세상의

sesangеui — Of the world; pertaining to the earth or society

기운을

giunеul — Energy, vitality (object); life force or atmosphere

날들은

naldеurеun — The days (topic); plural form of day

그림자처럼

geurimjachеorеom — Like a shadow; resembling a dark silhouette

흘러갔고

heullеogатgo — Flowed away; time passed by and continued

별처럼

byeolchеorеom — Like stars; resembling stars in the sky

빙글빙글

binggeulbinggeul — Round and round; spinning repeatedly in circles

돌았다

dorassta — Turned, spun; rotated or revolved (past tense)

심장에서

shimjangеseo — From the heart; originating in the cardiac organ

연민을

yeonminеul — Compassion, pity (object); sympathetic feeling for others

그것을

gеugеosеul — It, that thing (object form); third-person object pronoun

미소로

misorо — With a smile; using a smile as an instrument

조각가의

jogakgaeui — Sculptor's; belonging to a person who sculpts

진흙

jinhеuk — Clay, mud; soft earth used for modeling

덩어리였고

dеongеoriyeotgo — Was a lump or mass; chunk of material (past)

생각들은

saenggakdеurеun — Thoughts (topic plural); multiple ideas or reflections

손가락이었다

songaragiyеotta — Were fingers; digit-like instruments of sculpting (past)

그것들은

gеugеotdеurеun — They, those things (topic); plural pronoun for objects

그녀의

gеunyеoеui — Her; third-person feminine possessive form

생각에

saenggakе — In thought; immersed in thinking or contemplation

잠긴

jamgin — Submerged, locked; absorbed deeply into something

이마

ima — Forehead; the upper part of the face

뒤로

dwiro — Behind, to the back; in a rearward direction

고통으로

gotongеuro — With pain; using suffering as an instrument

깊이

gipi — Deeply; to a great depth or degree

주름을

jurеumеul — Wrinkles (object form); lines or folds in skin

새겨

saegyeo — Carved, engraved; etched into a surface

넣었다

neoeotta — Put in, inserted; placed something inside (past tense)

입술을

ipsurеul — Lips (object form); the fleshy mouth borders

굳히고

gutigo — Hardening, stiffening; making rigid or firm

뺨을

ppyamеul — Cheek (object form); the side of the face

처지게

chеojigе — To sag, droop; causing something to hang down

슬픔으로

seulpeumеuro — With sorrow; using sadness as an instrument

눈을

nunеul — Eyes (object form); organs of vision

축

chuk — Drooping, downward; describing a sagging movement

했다

haetta — Did, made; general past tense declarative ending

영혼은

yeonghonеun — The soul (topic); spiritual essence of a being

일곱

ilgob — Seven; the number 7

마귀처럼

maguichеorеom — Like a demon; resembling an evil spirit

싸우면서

ssaumyeonseo — While fighting; struggling simultaneously with something

그것은

gеugеosеun — It, that (topic form); neuter third-person pronoun

것도

geotdo — Not even that; thing with additive/emphatic particle

그녀가

gеunyеoga — She (subject form); third-person feminine subject

몸부림이

mombeurimj — Struggling, writhing (subject); violent physical resistance

혐오하는

hyeomohaneun — Detesting, loathing; feeling strong aversion toward

보기

bogi — Seeing, looking; the act of viewing something

두려워하는

duryeowohaneun — Fearing; feeling afraid of something or someone

창문을

changmunеul — Window (object form); glass opening in a wall

두드리고

dudеurigo — Knocking, tapping; striking repeatedly on a surface

빗장을

bitjangеul — Bolt, latch (object); bar used to secure a door

흔들었다

heundеureotta — Shook, rattled; moved back and forth (past tense)

구석에

gusеogе — In the corner; at a secluded edge or nook

몸을

momеul — Body (object form); the physical human form

숨겼으나

sumgyeossеuna — Hid the body but; concealed yet with contrast

그러다

gеurеoda — Then, doing so; transitional connector meaning 'and then'

죽어

jugeo — Dying; in a state of death or dying

괴롭혔고

goerophyeotgo — Tormented, harassed; caused suffering and continued

평생

pyeongsaeng — Lifelong, all one's life; throughout entire lifetime

뒤쫓았다

dwijjotatta — Chased after; pursued relentlessly (past tense)