The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People — Page 4

Vocabulary

이혼

ihon — The legal dissolution of a marriage; divorce.

법원은

beobwoneun — The court (topic marker attached); refers to a court.

기억력이

gieongnyeogi — Memory capacity or ability (subject marker attached).

그처럼

geucheoreom — Like that; in that manner; similarly.

기묘하게

gimyohage — Strangely; in a bizarre or peculiar manner.

구성된

guseongdoen — Composed of; made up of; structured.

사람들을

saramdeureul — People (object marker attached); refers to people.

위해

wihae — For the sake of; in order to benefit.

특별히

teukbyeolhi — Especially; particularly; in a special manner.

고안된

goanddoen — Devised; designed; invented for a purpose.

것이랍니다

geosiramnida — It is said to be; reportedly is something.

오

o — Oh; an exclamation expressing surprise or emotion.

그

geu — That; the; a determiner pointing to something.

주제에

jujee — On the subject of; regarding the topic.

대해

daehae — About; concerning; regarding a topic.

추측해봤자

chucheukhaebwatja — Even if one guesses; speculating is pointless.

소용없어요

soyongeopseoyo — It is useless; there is no point.

이혼은

ihoneun — Divorce (topic marker); as for divorce.

천국에서

cheongugeso — In heaven; from heaven; made in heaven.

만들어지는

mandeurojineun — Being made; being created or produced.

것이니까요

geosiniккayo — Because it is; since it is the case.

샌드위치를

saendeuwichirul — Sandwich (object marker); refers to a sandwich.

집으려고

jibeureoryogo — In order to pick up; intending to grab.

손을

soneul — Hand (object marker); one's hand.

뻗는다

ppeonnunda — Stretches out; extends a hand or limb.

즉시

jeuksi — Immediately; at once; without delay.

막아선다

magaseonda — Blocks the way; stands in the way.

오이

oi — Cucumber; a green vegetable.

샌드위치에는

saendeuwichienen — As for the cucumber sandwiches; regarding them.

손대지

sondaeji — Don't touch; refrain from touching something.

마세요

maseyo — Please don't; a polite negative imperative.

그것들은

geugeotdeureun — Those things (topic marker); referring to them.

이모를

imoreul — Maternal aunt (object marker); one's aunt.

주문한

jumunhan — Ordered; having placed an order for something.

거예요

geoyeyo — It is the thing that; it was ordered for.

하나를

hanareul — One (object marker); a single item.

집어

jibeo — Pick up; grab one item.

먹는다

meongneunda — Eats; consumes food.

그런데

geureonde — But; however; by the way.

당신은

dangsineun — You (topic marker); polite second-person pronoun.

계속

gyesok — Continuously; keep on doing something.

그것들을

geugeotdeureul — Those things (object marker); them.

먹고

meokgo — Eating and; continuing to eat.

있었잖아요

isseotjanayo — You were doing it, weren't you; reminder of past action.

그건

geugeon — That is; as for that matter.

완전히

wanjeonhi — Completely; entirely; totally different.

다른

dareun — Different; another; other.

문제예요

munjeyeyo — It is a different matter or problem.

그분은

geubuneun — That person (honorific topic marker); he or she.

제

je — My; humble first-person possessive pronoun.

이모니까요

imonikayo — Because she is my maternal aunt.

아래에서

araeseo — From below; underneath; taking from below.

접시를

jeopsireul — Plate (object marker); a dish or plate.

든다

deunda — Lifts up; holds; picks something up.

빵과

ppanggwa — Bread and; bread along with something.

버터를

beotereul — Butter (object marker); refers to butter.

드세요

deuseyo — Please eat or have (polite honorific imperative).

버터는

beoteoneun — As for the butter (topic marker).

위한

wihan — For; intended for someone or something.

무척

mucheok — Very much; extremely; greatly likes something.

좋아하거든요

joahageogeunyo — Likes it very much, you know; fond of it.

테이블로

teibeullo — Toward the table; moving to the table.

다가가

dagaga — Approaches; moves closer to something.

스스로

seuseuro — By oneself; on one's own; independently.

정말

jeongmal — Really; truly; indeed.

맛있는

masitneun — Delicious; tasty; good-tasting.

버터네요

beoteonetyo — This is delicious butter; exclaiming about butter.

이봐요

ibwayo — Hey; listen here; calling someone's attention.

친애하는

chinaehanün — Dear; beloved; affectionate address to a friend.

친구

chingu — Friend; a close companion.

마치

machi — As if; just like; seemingly.

전부

jeonbu — All; everything; the entirety.

다

da — All; entirely; everything.

먹어치울

meogeochwil — To devour; eat up all of something.

것처럼

geotcheoreom — As if; like you are going to do it.

드실

deusil — To eat (honorific); needing to eat something.

필요는

piryoneun — Necessity (topic marker); there is no need.

없잖아요

eopjanayo — There isn't, you know; it isn't necessary.

이미

imi — Already; by now; at this point.

그녀와

geunyeowa — With her; her and; together with her.

결혼한

gyeolhonhan — Married; having gotten married to someone.

사람처럼

saramcheoreom — Like a person who; as if a person.

행동하시는군요

haengdonghasineungunyo — You are behaving as; acting in a certain way.

아직

ajik — Not yet; still; up to now.

결혼하지

gyeolhonhaji — Not married; haven't gotten married yet.

않았고

anatsigo — Did not; has not done and; negative past.

앞으로도

apeuroedo — In the future as well; going forward also.

결코

gyeolko — Never; absolutely not; by no means.

그렇게

geureoke — Like that; in that way; so.

되지

doeji — Become; not going to become something.

않을

aneul — Will not; negative future modifier.

것

geot — Thing; the fact that; a nominalizer.

같아요

gatayo — It seems like; appears to be; looks like.

도대체

dodaeche — On earth; in the world; what on earth.

왜

wae — Why; for what reason.

그런

geureon — Such; that kind of; like that.

말씀을

malsseumeul — Words (honorific, object marker); what you say.

하시는

hasineun — Are saying; doing (honorific present modifier).

글쎄요

geulsseyo — Well; hmm; I'm not sure; hesitant response.

우선

useon — First of all; to begin with; firstly.

첫째로

cheotjaero — Firstly; in the first place; number one.

여자들은

yeojadeureun — Women (topic marker); as for women.

자신이

jasin-i — Oneself (subject marker); themselves.

희롱하는

hwironghanün — Flirting with; teasing; trifling with someone.

남자와는

namjawaneun — With a man (topic marker); regarding men.

절대

jeoldae — Absolutely never; under no circumstances.

않아요

anayo — Do not; doesn't; negative present tense.

그것이

geugeosi — That thing (subject marker); that is.

옳지

olchi — Not right; not correct; improper.

않다고

antago — That it is not; saying it is wrong.

생각하거든요

saenggakhageogeunyo — Because I think so; I believe that, you know.

말도

maldo — Not even a word; nonsense; absurd talk.

안

an — Not; inside; negation particle.

되는

doenün — That makes sense; becoming; working out.

소리예요

soriyeyo — It is nonsense; that's absurd talk.

그렇지

geureochi — That's right; exactly; isn't it so.

대단한

daedanhan — Great; remarkable; significant truth.

진리예요

jilliyeyo — It is a truth; it is a great truth.

바로

baro — Right; exactly; directly; precisely.

도처에서

docheeseo — Everywhere; all around; in every place.

볼

bol — To see; can observe; visible.

수

su — Ability; number; can; a way to do something.

있는

itneun — That exists; there are; present modifier.

엄청난

eomcheongan — Enormous; huge; tremendous in number.

수의

suui — Number of; the quantity of something.

독신남들을

doksinnamdeureul — Single men (object marker); bachelors.

설명해주는

seolmyonghaejuneun — That explains; which accounts for something.

둘째로

duljjaero — Secondly; in the second place.

저는

jeoneun — I (humble, topic marker); as for me.

동의를

dongeuireul — Consent or agreement (object marker).

드리지

deuriji — Give (honorific); will not give to you.

않겠어요

ankesseoyo — Will not; I refuse to do something.

당신의

dangsinui — Your; belonging to you.

동의라고요

donguiragyo — My consent, you say?; questioning the word consent.

사촌이에요

sachoniyeyo — Is a cousin; she or he is my cousin.