Spoon River Anthology — Page 13

Vocabulary

편집장

pyeonjipjang — Editor-in-chief; head of an editorial department.

후보자들을

hubojadeureul — Candidates (object form); people running for a position.

지지하는

jijihaneun — Supporting; backing someone or something actively.

대가로

daegaro — In exchange for; as payment or compensation.

받은

badeun — Received; past tense modifier meaning having gotten.

돈을

doneul — Money (object form); currency as the object of action.

단

dan — Only; merely; just a single instance.

한

han — One; a single unit or instance.

푼이라도

puniraedo — Even a penny; even the smallest amount of money.

공공

gonggong — Public; relating to the community or government.

금고에

geumgoe — Into the treasury or safe; a secure money storage.

말을

mareul — Words or speech (object form); something said.

들어본

deureobeon — Having ever heard; past experience of hearing something.

적

jeok — A time or occasion; used to express past experience.

있는가?

inneun-ga? — Is there?; does it exist? (interrogative ending).

또는

ttoneun — Or; alternatively; used to present another option.

사람들을

saramdeureul — People (object form); human beings as action recipients.

투자하게

tujahage — To make someone invest; causing investment action.

만들려고

mandeullyeogo — Intending to make or cause; with the purpose of creating.

통조림

tongjorim — Canned food; food preserved in sealed metal containers.

공장을

gongjang-eul — Factory (object form); a manufacturing facility.

돈을?

doneul? — Money (object form, interrogative); asking about received money.

은행이

eunhaeng-i — Bank (subject form); a financial institution as subject.

썩어

sseo-geo — Rotting; decaying; becoming corrupt or decomposed.

파산

pasan — Bankruptcy; financial ruin or insolvency.

직전일

jikjeon-il — Being right before; immediately preceding a moment.

때

ttae — Time; moment; when a particular situation occurs.

그

geu — That; referring to something previously mentioned.

사실을

sasireul — The fact (object form); truth as the object of action.

묵살하고

muksalhago — Suppressing or ignoring a fact; dismissing completely.

순회

sunhoe — Circuit; traveling around various places in rotation.

판사가

pansa-ga — Judge (subject form); a court judge as the subject.

철도나

cheoldona — Railroad or; railways mentioned as an alternative.

은행가들

eunhaenggadeul — Bankers; people who own or manage banking institutions.

외에

oe-e — Other than; besides; excluding the mentioned party.

누군가를

nugun-gareul — Someone (object form); an unspecified person as object.

목사나

moksa-na — A pastor or; a minister mentioned as alternative.

목사가

moksa-ga — Pastor (subject form); a minister as the subject.

잠자코

jamjako — Silently; keeping quiet without saying anything.

지도자들이

jidojadeuri — Leaders (subject form); people in positions of authority.

원하는

wonhaneun — Wanting; desiring; wishing for something specific.

대로

daero — As; according to; in the manner of something.

말함으로써

malhameurosseo — By saying; through the act of speaking or stating.

번

beon — Time; occurrence; a counter for instances or turns.

봉급의

bonggeubeui — Of salary; relating to one's regular wage or pay.

일부라도

Even a portion; even just a part of something.

수도

sudo — Waterworks; a system supplying water to a city.

시설

sisel — Facilities; infrastructure or installations for public use.

건립에

geollibeui — For the establishment of; toward building or founding.

하지만

hajiman — However; but; used to introduce a contrasting statement.

거리를

georireul — The street (object form); a road or public thoroughfare.

지나갈

jinagal — Will pass by; future modifier for moving past a place.

때면

ttaemyeon — Whenever; every time a certain situation occurs.

끄덕임과

kkeudeogimgwa — Nods and; the act of nodding one's head in acknowledgment.

미소,

miso — Smile; a gentle facial expression of warmth or pleasure.

기침

gichim — Cough; a sound made by clearing or irritating the throat.

소리와

soriwa — Sound and; a noise accompanying another mentioned element.

"저기

"jeogi — There; look over there; pointing to a distant location.

저,

jeo, — That (over there); demonstrative for distant objects or people.

여자

yeoja — Woman; an adult female person.

말들이

maldeuri — Words (subject form); utterances or remarks as subject.

줄지어

juljieо — In a line; following in a row or sequence.

판사

pansa — Judge; an official who presides over court proceedings.

앞에

ape — In front of; before someone or something spatially.

서게

seoge — To stand; to come to appear before someone.

될

doel — Will become; future modifier indicating a coming state.

때마다

ttaemada — Every time; whenever a particular occasion arises.

학교

hakgyo — School; an institution for education and learning.

기금으로

gigeumeuro — As a fund; toward a financial pool for a purpose.

십

sip — Ten; the number 10 in Korean.

달러에

dalleoe — For dollars; with the amount being in US dollars.

소송

sosong — Lawsuit; legal proceedings brought in a court of law.

비용까지

biyongkkaji — Even the expenses; including litigation or other costs.

어김없이

eogimneopsi — Without fail; always; consistently without exception.

기부했다!

gibhaetda! — Donated!; made a charitable contribution emphatically.

그들의

geudeureui — Their; possessive form referring to a previously mentioned group.

영혼이

yeongon-i — Soul (subject form); the spiritual essence as subject.

내

nae — My; first-person possessive pronoun.

영혼

yeongon — Soul; the spiritual or immaterial part of a being.

위로

wiro — Upward; toward; in the direction of something above.

내리쳤다

naerichyeotda — Struck down; hit forcefully from above downward.

수천

sucheon — Thousands; several thousand in number.

마리

mari — A counter for animals; used to count living creatures.

나비의

nabiui — Of butterflies; possessive form relating to butterflies.

날갯짓처럼.

nalgaetjitcheoreom. — Like the flapping of wings; resembling a butterfly's motion.

나는

naneun — I; first-person subject pronoun with topic marker.

눈을

nuneul — Eyes (object form); the visual organs as action object.

감고

gamgo — Closing (eyes) and; shutting eyelids then doing more.

떨리는

tteollneun — Trembling; shaking; quivering from emotion or sensation.

것을

geoseul — The thing (object form); a fact or sensation as object.

느꼈다.

neukkkyeotda. — Felt; experienced a sensation or emotion in the past.

알

al — To know; to perceive or be aware of something.

수

su — Ability; possibility; used in 'can' constructions.

있었다,

isseotda, — There was; it existed; past tense of existence.

속눈썹이

songnunsseopi — Eyelashes (subject form); fine hairs lining the eyelids.

눈에서

nuneseo — From the eyes; originating at the eye location.

뺨을

ppyameul — Cheek (object form); the side of the face as object.

따라

ttara — Along; following the course of something.

때를,

ttaereul, — The moment (object form); a specific point in time.

그리고

geurigo — And; also; used to connect additional information.

그들이

geudeuri — They (subject form); a group of people as subject.

고개를

gogaereul — Head (object form); the neck and head movement as object.

돌릴

dolril — To turn; future modifier for rotating one's head.

때를;

ttaereul; — The moment (object form); a time point with semicolon.

옷이

osi — Clothes (subject form); garments or clothing as subject.

몸에

mome — On the body; relating to one's physical form.

달라붙을

dallabucheul — Will cling to; future modifier for fabric sticking closely.

아름다운

areumdaun — Beautiful; lovely; aesthetically pleasing in appearance.

주름을

jureumeul — Folds or wrinkles (object form); fabric pleats in clothing.

이루며

irumyeo — Forming; making; creating a shape while doing something.

흘러내릴

heulleonaeil — Will flow down; future modifier for cloth draping downward.

때를.

ttaereul. — The moment (object form); a specific time point, final.

영혼은

yeongon-eun — The soul (topic form); one's spiritual essence as topic.

황홀경을

hwangholgyeong-eul — Ecstasy (object form); a state of overwhelming bliss.

바라보았다

baraboadа — Gazed at; looked toward something in the past.

별처럼

byeolcheoreom — Like a star; resembling a celestial star in some quality.

초연한

choyeonhan — Detached; transcendent; serene and above worldly concerns.

크고

keugo — Large and; big, used with another adjective following.

넓은

neolbeun — Wide; broad; having great extent in space or meaning.

눈빛으로.

nunbicheuro. — With the glow of eyes; the expression in one's gaze.