The Real Mother Goose — Page 14

Vocabulary

내가

nae-ga — I (subject marker attached); first person subject form

총각

chong-gak — Unmarried young man; bachelor

이었을

i-eoss-eul — Past supposition; would have been

때

ttae — Time, moment, or period when something occurs

일곱

il-gop — The number seven in native Korean counting

살

sal — Year of age; counter for a person's age

쯤

jjeum — Approximately, about, around a certain amount

되던

doe-deon — Was becoming; used to be (retrospective modifier)

어린

eo-rin — Young, little, childlike in age

소녀

so-nyeo — Young girl, lass, maiden

이었을

i-eoss-eul — Would have been; past conditional supposition

꼬마

kko-ma — Small child, little kid, tiny person

잠자리에 들다

jam-ja-ri-e deul-da — To go to bed, to lie down to sleep

어디

eo-di — Where; asking about a place or location

가니

ga-ni — Are you going?; informal question form of 가다

나의

na-ui — My, mine; first-person possessive form

예쁜

ye-ppeun — Pretty, beautiful, cute (adjective modifier form)

아가씨

a-ga-ssi — Young lady, miss; polite term for young woman

휘파람

hwi-pa-ram — Whistle; the sound made by pursing lips

불어라

bul-eo-ra — Blow! (imperative); command to blow or whistle

딸

ttal — Daughter; one's female child

누가

nu-ga — Who (subject); interrogative pronoun with subject marker

수탉

su-tak — Rooster, male chicken

죽였나

ju-gyeoss-na — Did (someone) kill?; past tense interrogative of 죽이다

소년

so-nyeon — Boy, young male; youth

젊은

jeolm-eun — Young, youthful (adjective modifier form)

창문

chang-mun — Window; an opening in a wall with glass

두드리다

du-deu-ri-da — To knock, tap, or drum on a surface

두드리러

du-deu-ri-reo — In order to knock; purposive form of 두드리다

왔네

wass-ne — (Someone) came; past tense with mild exclamation

당신

dang-sin — You; formal second-person pronoun

나에게

na-e-ge — To me; indirect object form of first person

빚지다

bit-ji-da — To owe a debt to someone

빚졌어요

bit-jyeoss-eo-yo — You owe (me); past tense polite form of 빚지다

사과

sa-gwa — Apple; also means apology depending on context

받을 거예요

bad-eul geo-ye-yo — Will receive; future tense polite expression

진짜

jin-jja — Real, genuine, truly; used as emphasis

양

yang — Sheep; woolly domesticated farm animal

잃어버리다

il-eo-beo-ri-da — To lose something; to misplace permanently

잃어버렸네

il-eo-beo-ryeoss-ne — Has lost; past tense with mild exclamatory ending

어디서

eo-di-seo — Where (from); at what place

찾다

chat-da — To find, search for, or look for something

찾아야

cha-ja-ya — Must find; obligatory form of 찾다

모른다

mo-reun-da — Does not know; present tense of 모르다

그냥

geu-nyang — Just, simply, as is; without change or reason

내버려 두다

nae-beo-ryeo du-da — To leave alone, to let be as is

두면

du-myeon — If you leave (it); conditional form of 두다

집

jip — House, home; one's place of residence

돌아오다

dol-a-o-da — To come back, return home

돌아올

dol-a-ol — Will return; future modifier form of 돌아오다

테니

te-ni — Since (it) will; causal future conjunctive ending

꼬리

kko-ri — Tail; the appendage at an animal's rear

뒤에

dwi-e — Behind, at the back, after

돌아오겠지

dol-a-o-gess-ji — Will probably come back; speculative future ending

깊이

gi-pi — Deeply; to a great depth or degree

잠들다

jam-deul-da — To fall asleep, to drift into sleep

잠들었네

jam-deul-eoss-ne — Fell asleep; past tense with mild exclamation

울다

ul-da — To cry; also animals making sounds, bleating

우는

u-neun — Crying, bleating; present modifier form of 울다

소리

so-ri — Sound, noise, voice

들었다고

deul-eoss-da-go — Saying (she) heard; reported speech of past hearing

꿈

kkum — Dream; vision experienced while sleeping

꾸다

kku-da — To dream; to have a dream while sleeping

꾸었네

kku-eoss-ne — Dreamed; past tense with mild exclamatory ending

하지만

ha-ji-man — But, however; contrasting conjunction

깨어나다

kkae-eo-na-da — To wake up, to come out of sleep

깨어나

kkae-eo-na — Waking up; sequential connective form of 깨어나다

보니

bo-ni — Upon looking, when (I) saw; connective of 보다

꿈이었네

kkum-i-eoss-ne — It was a dream; past declarative with exclamation

여전히

yeo-jeon-hi — Still, as before, unchanged from before

모두

mo-du — All, everyone, everything entirely

달아나다

dal-a-na-da — To run away, flee, escape

그러자

geu-reo-ja — Then, at that moment; temporal connector

그녀

geu-nyeo — She, her; third-person feminine pronoun

작은

jak-eun — Small, little, tiny (modifier form)

지팡이

ji-pang-i — Walking stick, cane, staff

들고

deul-go — Holding, picking up; sequential form of 들다

일어나다

il-eo-na-da — To get up, rise, stand up

일어나

il-eo-na — Getting up; connective form of 일어나다

찾겠다고

chat-gess-da-go — Saying (she) will find; reported future intention

굳게

gut-ge — Firmly, resolutely, strongly

마음먹다

ma-eum-meok-da — To make up one's mind, to decide firmly

마음먹었네

ma-eum-meok-eoss-ne — Made up her mind; past tense exclamatory form

마침내

ma-chim-nae — Finally, at last, eventually

찾았지만

cha-jass-ji-man — Found (it) but; past tense with contrast

가슴

ga-seum — Chest, heart; seat of emotions

가슴이 아프다

ga-seum-i a-peu-da — To feel heartache, to be emotionally painful

아팠네

a-pass-ne — Was painful/heartbreaking; past exclamatory form

두고 오다

du-go o-da — To leave something behind and come back

어느

eo-neu — A certain, some; indefinite determiner

날

nal — Day; a single calendar day

헤매다

he-mae-da — To wander, roam, be lost searching

헤매다가

he-mae-da-ga — While wandering; connective of action in progress

가까운

ga-kka-un — Near, close, nearby (modifier form)

풀밭

pul-bat — Meadow, grassy field, pasture

갔는데

gass-neun-de — Went (there), and...; past with background connector

거기서

geo-gi-seo — There, at that place

꼬리들

kko-ri-deul — Tails; plural of 꼬리 (tail)

나란히

na-ran-hi — Side by side, in a row, in parallel

발견하다

bal-gyeon-ha-da — To discover, find, spot something

발견했네

bal-gyeon-haess-ne — Discovered; past tense with mild exclamation

나무

na-mu — Tree, wood; a tall woody plant

걸리다

geol-li-da — To hang on, be caught on something

걸려

geol-lyeo — Hung on, caught; connective form of 걸리다

말리다

mal-li-da — To dry something out; to be dried

한숨

han-sum — Sigh; a deep breath expressing emotion

쉬다

swi-da — To rest; also to sigh, breathe out

한숨을 쉬다

han-sum-eul swi-da — To sigh; to let out a deep breath

눈물

nun-mul — Tears; liquid from eyes when crying

닦다

dak-da — To wipe, clean, or dry a surface

닦으며

dakk-eu-myeo — While wiping; simultaneous connective of 닦다

언덕

eon-deok — Hill, slope, small elevation of land

너머

neo-meo — Beyond, over, across (a barrier or hill)

달려가다

dal-lyeo-ga-da — To run toward, to dash off somewhere

달려갔네

dal-lyeo-gass-ne — Ran off; past tense with mild exclamation

목동

mok-dong — Shepherd; one who tends sheep or cattle

할 수 있는

hal su it-neun — That one is able to do; capable of doing

모든

mo-deun — All, every; modifier meaning the entirety of

것

geot — Thing, matter, fact; nominalizer in Korean

다해

da-hae — Doing everything, giving all effort

각각의

gak-gak-ui — Each, respective, individual one by one

제자리

je-ja-ri — Its proper place, original position

붙도록

but-do-rok — So that (it) attaches; purposive result form

붙다

but-da — To stick, attach, adhere to something

파란

pa-ran — Blue (modifier form); sky-colored

옷

ot — Clothes, clothing, garment

꼬마야

kko-ma-ya — Hey little one!; vocative call to a small child

이리

i-ri — This way, over here, come here

와서

wa-seo — Coming and then; sequential connective of 오다

나팔

na-pal — Trumpet, horn; a brass wind instrument

불다

bul-da — To blow; wind blows or blowing an instrument

있고

it-go — Is/are (there), and...; connective of 있다

소

so — Cow, cattle; bovine farm animal

옥수수밭

ok-su-su-bat — Cornfield; a field where corn is grown

돌보다

dol-bo-da — To look after, care for, tend to

돌보는

dol-bo-neun — Who tends, caring for (present modifier form)

있나

it-na — Is there?, does (someone) exist?; informal question

건초

geon-cho — Hay; dried grass used as animal feed

더미

deo-mi — Pile, heap, stack of things

아래서

a-rae-seo — Under, beneath, below a surface

잠들어 있네

jam-deul-eo it-ne — Is asleep; present state of sleeping with exclamation