The Real Mother Goose — Page 70
WHEN THE SNOW IS ON THE GROUND
눈이 땅 위에 쌓일 때
The little robin grieves
작은 울새는 슬퍼하네
When the snow is on the ground,
눈이 땅 위에 쌓일 때,
For the trees have no leaves,
나무에는 잎이 없고,
And no berries can be found.
열매도 찾을 수가 없네.
The air is cold, the worms are hid;
공기는 차갑고, 벌레들은 숨어 있으니;
For robin here what can be done?
여기 울새를 위해 무엇을 할 수 있을까?
Let's strow around some crumbs of bread,
빵 부스러기를 주위에 뿌려 주자,
And then he'll live till snow is gone.
그러면 울새는 눈이 사라질 때까지 살아갈 것이네.
Vocabulary
- 눈이
- nu-ni — Snow (subject marker attached); referring to snow
- 땅
- ttang — Ground, earth, or land
- 위에
- wi-e — On top of, above a surface
- 쌓일
- ssa-il — To pile up, accumulate (future/modifier form)
- 때
- ttae — Time, moment, or occasion
- 작은
- ja-geun — Small, little (adjective modifying a noun)
- 울새는
- ul-sae-neun — Robin (small bird); topic marker attached
- 슬퍼하네
- seul-peo-ha-ne — Feels sad, expresses sorrow or grief
- 나무에는
- na-mu-e-neun — On the tree (topic marker attached)
- 잎이
- i-pi — Leaves (subject marker attached); foliage
- 없고
- eop-go — There are none, does not exist (connective form)
- 열매도
- yeol-mae-do — Fruit, berries; also, even fruit (particle attached)
- 찾을
- cha-jeul — To find, search for (future/modifier form)
- 수가
- su-ga — Ability, possibility (subject marker attached)
- 없네
- eom-ne — There is none, cannot be found
- 공기는
- gong-gi-neun — The air, atmosphere (topic marker attached)
- 차갑고
- cha-gap-go — Cold, chilly (connective adjective form)
- 벌레들은
- beol-le-deul-eun — Insects, bugs (plural, topic marker attached)
- 숨어
- su-meo — Hiding, concealed (connective verb form)
- 있으니
- i-sseu-ni — Since they are, given that they exist
- 여기
- yeo-gi — Here, this place
- 울새를
- ul-sae-reul — Robin (object marker attached); the robin
- 위해
- wi-hae — For the sake of, in order to help
- 무엇을
- mu-eo-seul — What (object marker attached); asking what thing
- 할
- hal — To do (future/modifier form of 하다)
- 수
- su — Ability, means, possibility
- 있을까
- i-sseul-kka — I wonder if there is; questioning possibility
- 빵
- ppang — Bread, loaf or baked bread product
- 부스러기를
- bu-seu-reo-gi-reul — Crumbs (object marker attached); small fragments
- 주위에
- ju-wi-e — Around, surrounding area, in the vicinity
- 뿌려
- ppu-ryeo — Scatter, sprinkle (connective verb form)
- 주자
- ju-ja — Let's give, let us offer (propositive form)
- 그러면
- geu-reo-myeon — Then, if so, in that case
- 사라질
- sa-ra-jil — To disappear, vanish (future/modifier form)
- 때까지
- ttae-kka-ji — Until the time, up to the moment
- 살아갈
- sa-ra-gal — To keep living, continue to survive
- 것이네
- geo-si-ne — It will be so; expresses a certain outcome
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