The Confessions of St. Augustine — Page 2

Vocabulary

我

wǒ — I, me, first-person singular pronoun

又

yòu — again, also, additionally

怎能

zěn néng — how could, how is it possible to

我的

wǒ de — my, mine, belonging to me

上帝

Shàngdì — God, the supreme deity

与

yǔ — and, with, together with

主

zhǔ — Lord, master, the Lord God

呢

ne — sentence-final particle indicating question or continuation

因为

yīnwèi — because, since, for the reason that

当

dāng — when, at the time of, while

时

shí — time, moment, when (temporal marker)

是

shì — to be, is, am, are

在

zài — to be at, to exist, located at

呼唤

hūhuàn — to call out, to summon, to beckon

来到

láidào — to arrive at, to come to a place

这里

zhèlǐ — here, this place

内心

nèixīn — inner heart, innermost feelings, mind

之中

zhī zhōng — within, inside, in the midst of

有

yǒu — to have, there is, to exist

什么

shénme — what, whatever, something

地方

dìfang — place, location, area, space

可以

kěyǐ — can, may, it is possible to

让

ràng — to let, to allow, to permit

进入

jìnrù — to enter, to go into, to come inside

能

néng — can, able to, capable of

里面

lǐmiàn — inside, interior, within

吗

ma — question particle at sentence end

那

nà — that, then, in that case

创造

chuàngzào — to create, to bring into existence

了

le — particle indicating completion or change of state

天地

tiāndì — heaven and earth, the universe, world

的

de — structural particle indicating possession or modification

啊

ā — exclamatory particle expressing emotion or address

果真

guǒzhēn — indeed, if it is truly so, really

能够

nénggòu — to be able to, can, capable of doing

容纳

róngnà — to contain, to hold, to accommodate

那么

nàme — then, in that case, so

所

suǒ — that which, place, used before verbs nominally

其中

qízhōng — among them, within it, therein

造了

zào le — created, made, brought into being

或者

huòzhě — or, either, perhaps

没有

méiyǒu — do not have, there is not, without

任何

rènhé — any, whatever, whichever

存在

cúnzài — to exist, existence, to be present

事物

shìwù — thing, object, matter, entity

都

dōu — all, both, entirely, without exception

不能

bùnéng — cannot, unable to, not possible

所以

suǒyǐ — therefore, so, as a result

一切

yīqiè — all, everything, every single thing

既然

jìrán — since, given that, now that

也

yě — also, too, as well, either

为何

wèihé — why, for what reason, wherefore

还要

hái yào — still want to, also need to, furthermore

寻求

xúnqiú — to seek, to search for, to pursue

若

ruò — if, supposing, in the event that

不在

bù zài — not present, not there, absent

便

biàn — then, immediately, thereupon, consequently

不

bù — not, no, negation particle

曾

céng — once, previously, at some past time

阴间

yīnjiān — underworld, realm of the dead, Hades

却

què — but, yet, however, on the contrary

那里

nàlǐ — there, that place, over there

根本

gēnběn — fundamentally, at all, basically, utterly

更

gèng — even more, further, still more

确切

quèqiè — exact, precise, accurate, definite

除非

chúfēi — unless, only if, except when

万物

wànwù — all things, everything, all creation

从

cóng — from, since, following, through

正是

zhèngshì — exactly is, precisely, it is indeed

如此

rúcǐ — thus, so, like this, in this way

既

jì — since, already, both, given that

向

xiàng — toward, in the direction of, facing

何处

héchù — where, what place, whither

超越

chāoyuè — to surpass, to transcend, to go beyond

而

ér — and, but, yet, conjunction linking clauses

去到

qù dào — to go to, to arrive at a destination

充满

chōngmǎn — to fill, to be full of, to overflow with