The Ballad of the White Horse — Page 1

Vocabulary

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jejakayeotseumnida — Produced or created something formally

백마의

baengmaui — Of the white horse (possessive form)

발라드

ballad — A ballad, narrative song or poem

작

jak — Work or piece by an author

서문

seomun — Preface or foreword of a book

이

i — This (demonstrative pronoun or article)

역사적

yeoksajeok — Historical, relating to history

주석이

juseogi — Annotation or footnote (subject form)

필요

piryo — Necessity, need, requirement

없는데

eomneunde — Does not exist, there is none

그

geu — That, he, or the (demonstrative/pronoun)

단순한

dansunhan — Simple, plain, uncomplicated

이유는

iyuneun — The reason (topic marker attached)

작품이

jakpumi — The work or piece of art (subject)

역사적임을

yeoksajeogigeumul — Being historical (object marker attached)

표방하지

pyobanghajianhgi — Does not claim or profess to be

않기

anki — Not doing (negative gerund form)

때문이다

ttaemunida — Because of, it is due to that

과거에

gwageoe — In the past, in former times

관한

gwanhan — Concerning, regarding, about something

산문

sanmun — Prose, non-poetic written text

로맨스에서와

As in a romance (comparative form)

마찬가지로

machangangajiro — Likewise, similarly, in the same way

노골적으로

nogoljeogeullo — Openly, bluntly, explicitly, frankly

허구가

heoguga — Fiction, fabrication (subject marker)

아닌

anin — Which is not, that is not

모든

modeun — All, every, entire

부분은

bubunseun — The part or portion (topic marker)

역사보다는

yeoksabodaneun — Rather than history (comparative topic)

전통을

jeontongeuil — Tradition (object marker attached)

강조하기

gangjohagi — To emphasize or stress something

위한

wihan — For the sake of, intended for

것이다

geosida — It is the thing, that is it

왕은

wangeun — The king (topic marker attached)

왕이

wangi — The king (subject marker attached)

전설일

jeonseolil — Being a legend (conditional form)

수

su — Possibility or ability (bound noun)

있다는

itdaneun — That there is or exists (relative)

의미에서의

uimieseoui — In the sense of, in the meaning of

전설이

jeonseoli — A legend (subject marker attached)

아니다

anida — Is not, that is not the case

즉

jeuk — That is, in other words, namely

그가

geuga — He (subject marker attached)

어쩌면

eojjeomyeon — Perhaps, maybe, possibly

거짓일

geojisil — Being false or untrue (conditional)

수도

sudo — Also possible, may also be

그러나

geureona — However, but, nevertheless

보다

boda — More than, compared to (particle)

넓고

neolpgo — Wide and, broad and (conjunctive)

인간적인

inganjeokIn — Human, humanistic, in human terms

의미에서

uimieseo — In the sense of, in the meaning

전설이니

jeonseolini — Being a legend, since it is a legend

그에

geue — To him, about him (directional)

전설들이

Legends (plural subject marker)

대해

daehae — About, regarding, concerning

가장

gajang — Most, the most, extremely

중요한

jungyohan — Important, significant, crucial

것들이라는

geotdeuliraneun — That they are the things (relative)

그러하다

geureohada — It is so, that is the case

숭배는

sungbaeneun — Worship or veneration (topic marker)

9세기의

gu segyiui — Of the ninth century (possessive)

암흑으로부터

amheugeurobuteo — From the darkness, starting from darkness

20세기의

isip segyiui — Of the twentieth century (possessive)

깊어지는

gipeojineun — Deepening, becoming deeper (modifier)

황혼에

hwanghone — At twilight, at dusk, in the dusk

이르기까지

ireugikkaji — Up to, until, as far as

대중적인

daejoongjeokIn — Popular, of the general public

숭배였다

sungbaeyeotda — Was worship or veneration (past tense)

여기서

yeogiseo — Here, at this place, from here

내가

naega — I (subject marker attached, first person)

그를

geureul — Him (object marker attached)

다루는

daruneun — Dealing with, handling (modifier form)

것은

geoseun — The thing (topic marker attached)

전적으로

jeomjeogeullo — Entirely, wholly, completely, totally

대중적

daejungjeok — Popular, public, of the masses

전설로서이다

jeonseolloseoida — It is as a legend (formal assertive)

나는

naneun — I, as for me (topic marker)

한

han — One, a certain, a single

왕에

wange — To or about the king (directional)

땅에

ttange — On the land, in the land, on earth

아직

ajik — Still, yet, not yet

살아있음을

saraiisseumeul — Being alive, the fact of living (object)

발견했다는

balgyeonhaetdaneun — That (one) discovered or found (relative)

것을

geoseul — The thing (object marker attached)

제외하고는

jeoehagoeneun — Except for, excluding, apart from

것에

geose — About the thing, to the thing

무지한

mujihan — Ignorant, unknowledgeable, unaware

자로서

jaloseo — As a person, in the capacity of

쓴다

sseunda — Writes, to write (present tense)

말하는

malhanun — Speaking, saying (modifier form)

바에

bae — In what is said, to what is stated

세

se — Three (number)

가지

gaji — Kind, type, sort (counting classifier)

간략한

gallyakhan — Brief, concise, short and simple

사례를

salyeureul — Example or case (object marker)

들겠다

deulgetda — Will give or present (examples)

전통은

jeontongeubn — Tradition (topic marker attached)

최후의

choehuui — The last, final, ultimate (possessive)

승리를

seungriireul — Victory or triumph (object marker)

있는

inneun — Which is, existing, located (modifier)

계곡이라

gyegogira — Called a valley (nominal predicate)

불리는

bulllineun — Called, known as (passive modifier)

골짜기와

goljjakiwa — A valley and (conjunction attached)

연결짓는다

yeongyeoljinneunda — Connects, links together (present tense)

전통에

jeontong-e — To tradition, about tradition

대한

daehan — About, regarding, concerning

의문들을

uimundeureul — Questions or doubts (plural object)

접한

jeophan — Encountered, come across (modifier)

바

ba — The fact that, what one has done

있는데

inneunde — There is, and yet, although there is

그것은

geugeos-eun — That, it (topic marker attached)

타당한

tadanghan — Valid, reasonable, appropriate

의문일

uimunil — Being a question or doubt (conditional)

있다

itda — To exist, to be, there is

이야기가

iyagiga — A story or tale (subject marker)

언제

eonje — When, what time

어디서

eodiseo — Where, from where

시작되었는지

sijakdoeeotneumji — Whether it began or started (indirect)

모른다

moreunda — Does not know, is unaware

어딘가에서

eodingaeseo — Somewhere, from some place

시작되어

sijakdoeeo — Having started, began and (connective)

나에게서

naegoseo — From me, starting from me

끝났다는

kkeunnatdaneun — That it ended or concluded (relative)

것으로

geoseuro — With the thing, by means of that

충분하다

chungbunhada — Is sufficient, enough, adequate

옛

yet — Old, ancient, former

작가들이

jakgadeuri — Writers or authors (plural subject)

그러했듯이

geureohaedeusi — Just as they did, as was the case

다만

daman — Only, merely, just, simply

전해

jeonhae — Handed down, transmitted (connective)

들은

deureun — Heard, listened (modifier form)

이야기를

iyagireul — A story or tale (object marker)

바탕으로

batangeullo — Based on, on the basis of

쓰고자

sseugoja — Intending to write, wishing to write

할

hal — To do, will do (future modifier)

뿐이다

ppunida — It is only, merely, nothing but