The Ballad of the White Horse — Page 8

Vocabulary

그녀가

geunyeoga — She (subject marker attached); nominative form of 'she'

말하는

malhaneun — Speaking, talking; present participle of 'to speak'

순간

sungan — Moment, instant; a very brief point in time

그녀는

geunyeoneun — She (topic marker attached); topical form of 'she'

사라졌고

sarajyeotgo — Disappeared and; past tense of 'to vanish,' with conjunction

그도

geudo — He also, he too; 'he' with inclusive particle

아무

amu — Any, no (with negation); indefinite determiner

말을

mareul — Word(s), speech (object form); accusative of 'word'

하지

haji — Do not; negative stem form of verb 'to do'

않았네

anassne — Did not do; past negative verb ending with mild exclamation

그는

geuneun — He (topic marker); topical form of 'he'

다만

daman — Only, merely, just; limiting adverb

들었을

deureoseul — Must have heard; past presumptive form of 'to listen'

뿐

ppun — Only, nothing but; restrictive particle

그대로

geudaero — Just as it is, as-is; without any change

서서

seoseo — Standing; gerundive form of 'to stand'

오래된

oraedoen — Old, aged, long-standing; adjective for something aged

밤의

bamui — Of the night; genitive form of 'night'

끄덕이는

kkeudeogineun — Nodding; present participle of 'to nod'

어둠

eodum — Darkness; the state or presence of dark

아래

arae — Below, beneath, under; positional noun

바다의

badaui — Of the sea; genitive form of 'sea/ocean'

무리들이

murideur-i — Groups, crowds (subject form); plural of 'group'

숲을

supeul — Forest (object form); accusative of 'forest'

소리를

sorireul — Sound, noise (object form); accusative of 'sound'

바다에서

badaeseo — From the sea; locative-source form of 'sea'

밀려오는

millyeoneun — Surging in, rolling in; present participle of 'to surge'

높은

nopeun — High, tall; adjectival form of 'to be high'

파도처럼

padocheoreom — Like a wave; wave with comparative particle

소리를

sorireul — Sound, noise (object form); accusative of 'sound'

눈빛이

nunbichi — Eye color/gleam (subject form); the light in one's eyes

푸르고

pureugo — Blue/green and; conjunctive form of 'to be blue'

황량한

hwangnyanghan — Desolate, bleak, barren; adjective for wasteland-like

자들의

jadeur-ui — Of those people; genitive plural of person-nominalizer

어느

eoneu — Some, a certain; indefinite determiner

잔인한

janinhan — Cruel, brutal; adjective describing cruelty

일에

ire — About a matter/affair; dative form of 'thing/matter'

대해

daehae — About, regarding; postposition meaning 'concerning'

노래하는

noraehaneun — Singing; present participle of 'to sing'

위대하고

widaehago — Great and; conjunctive form of 'to be great'

미소

miso — Smile; a gentle facial expression of happiness

짓는

jitneun — Making, forming; present participle of 'to make/form'

왕이

wangi — King (subject form); nominative of 'king'

저질렀던

jeojilleoddeon — Had committed; retrospective past of 'to commit a wrongdoing'

한낮의

hannajui — Of midday, noon; genitive of 'high noon'

갑판

gappan — Deck (of a ship); the flat upper surface of a vessel

위에서

wieseo — On top of, above; locative form of 'above'

앞

ap — Front; also used as prefix meaning 'forward/ahead'

못

mot — Cannot; adverb expressing inability or impossibility

보는

boneun — Seeing; present participle of 'to see/look'

얼마나

eolmana — How much, how many; interrogative/exclamatory adverb

부끄러운

bukkeureoum — Shameful, embarrassing; adjective describing shame

일들이

ildeuri — Things, affairs (subject plural); nominative of 'matters'

햇빛

haetbit — Sunlight; the light emitted by the sun

비치는

bichineun — Shining, illuminating; present participle of 'to shine'

바다와

badawa — Sea and; conjunctive form of 'sea/ocean'

태양

taeyang — Sun; the star at the center of the solar system

사이에서

saieseo — Between, in between; locative of 'gap/between'

육지가

yukjiga — Land (subject form); nominative of 'land/shore'

저

jeo — That (over there); distal demonstrative determiner

멀리

meolli — Far away, in the distance; adverb of distance

사라질

sarajil — Will disappear; future modifier form of 'to vanish'

때

ttae — Time, when; noun indicating a point or period in time