The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin — Page 4

Vocabulary

수수께끼

su-su-kke-kki — A riddle or puzzle requiring a clever answer

밀가루

mil-ga-ru — Wheat flour used in cooking and baking

과일

gwa-il — Fruit, edible sweet produce from plants

빗속에서

bit-sok-e-seo — In the middle of the rain

함께

ham-kke — Together, jointly with another person

만났네

man-nat-ne — Met or encountered someone (informal past)

끈으로

kkeun-eu-ro — Using a string or cord as a tool

동여맨

dong-yeo-maen — Tied or bound tightly around something

자루

ja-ru — A sack or bag for carrying items

속에

sok-e — Inside of something, within a container

넣었네

neo-eot-ne — Put or placed something inside (informal past)

이

i — This; a demonstrative pronoun or article

수수께끼를

su-su-kke-kki-reul — Riddle (object marker form)

맞히면

mat-hi-myeon — If one correctly guesses or answers correctly

반지를

ban-ji-reul — Ring (finger ring, object marker form)

드리겠어요

deu-ri-get-eo-yo — I will give (humble, polite future form)

이는

i-neun — This (topic marker form, formal usage)

어리석은

eo-ri-seok-eun — Foolish or stupid action or behavior

짓이었는데

jit-i-eot-neun-de — It was a (foolish) act or deed

영감에게

yeong-gam-e-ge — To the old man (dative marker form)

줄

jul — To give; a line or cord (context-dependent)

반지가

ban-ji-ga — Ring (subject marker form)

없었기

eop-seot-gi — Because there was not or none existed

때문이었습니다

ttae-mun-i-eot-seum-ni-da — It was because of (formal past reason)

다른

da-reun — Other, different, another thing or person

다람쥐들은

da-ram-jwi-deul-eun — The squirrels (plural topic marker form)

견과나무

gyeon-gwa-na-mu — Nut-bearing tree such as oak or hazel

덤불

deom-bul — A bush or thicket of dense shrubs

여기저기를

yeo-gi-jeo-gi-reul — Here and there, various places around

찾아다녔지만

chat-a-da-nyeot-ji-man — Searched around everywhere but (contrast)

따다가

tta-da-ga — While picking or plucking something off

솔잎

sol-ip — Pine needle from a pine tree

핀을

pin-eul — Pin (object marker form)

가득

ga-deuk — Full, filled to capacity or brim

꽂았습니다

kkot-at-seum-ni-da — Inserted or stuck pins in (formal past)

다섯째

da-seot-jjae — Fifth in order, the fifth one

날

nal — Day, a single calendar day

야생

ya-saeng — Wild, existing in natural uncultivated state

꿀을

kkul-eul — Honey (object marker form)

선물로

seon-mul-lo — As a gift or present

가져왔는데

ga-jyeo-wat-neun-de — Brought something along (background clause)

너무

neo-mu — Too much, excessively so

달콤하고

dal-kom-ha-go — Sweet and (connecting to next adjective)

끈적거려서

kkeun-jeok-geo-ryeo-seo — Because it was sticky and viscous

돌

dol — Stone or rock

위에

wi-e — On top of, above a surface

내려놓으면서

nae-ryeo-no-eu-myeon-seo — While setting or putting something down

손가락을

son-ga-rak-eul — Finger (object marker form)

핥았습니다

halt-at-seum-ni-da — Licked something with the tongue (formal past)

그들은

geu-deul-eun — They (topic marker form)

언덕

eon-deok — A hill or small elevated landform

꼭대기의

kkok-dae-gi-eui — Of the top or summit of something

둥지에서

dung-ji-e-seo — From a nest (location marker form)

그것을

geu-geot-eul — It or that thing (object marker form)

훔쳐

hum-chyeo — Having stolen or pilfered something

왔습니다

wat-seum-ni-da — Came (formal past polite form)

하지만

ha-ji-man — However, but (contrast conjunction)

깡충깡충

kkang-chung-kkang-chung — Hopping or bouncing along repeatedly

뛰어다니며

ttwi-eo-da-ni-myeo — While running and jumping around everywhere

노래를

no-rae-reul — Song (object marker form)

불렀습니다

bul-reot-seum-ni-da — Sang a song (formal past polite)

흥얼흥얼

heung-eol-heung-eol — Humming softly to oneself repeatedly

내가

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

넘어가다가

neom-eo-ga-da-ga — While crossing over or going across somewhere

귀여운

gwi-yeo-un — Cute or adorable in appearance

돼지

dwae-ji — Pig, a farm animal

떼를

tte-reul — A group or herd (object marker form)

노란

no-ran — Yellow in color

목덜미도

mok-deol-mi-do — Nape of the neck also (inclusive marker)

있고

it-go — There is/are and (connecting clause)

등짝도

deung-jjak-do — Back (of body) also (inclusive marker)

있었네

it-eot-ne — There was (informal past exclamation)

정말이지

jeong-mal-i-ji — Truly, really, I must say (emphatic)

가장

ga-jang — Most, the superlative degree

돼지들이었네

dwae-ji-deul-i-eot-ne — They were pigs (informal past exclamation)

넘어간

neom-eo-gan — That crossed over (past modifier form)

돼지들

dwae-ji-deul — Pigs (plural form)

중에서

jung-e-seo — Among or from within a group

영감은

yeong-gam-eun — The old man (topic marker form)

무례함에

mu-rye-ham-e — At the rudeness or impolite behavior

눈살을

nun-sal-eul — The brow or area between eyebrows

찌푸렸습니다

jji-pu-ryeot-seum-ni-da — Frowned or furrowed the brow (formal past)

꿀은

kkul-eun — Honey (topic marker form)

다

da — All, entirely, completely

먹어

meo-geo — Eat (informal present or connective form)

치웠습니다

chi-wot-seum-ni-da — Finished off or cleared away completely

작은

jak-eun — Small or little in size

자루에

ja-ru-e — Into or in a sack (location marker)

견과류를

gyeon-gwa-ryu-reul — Nuts (collective noun, object marker form)

채웠습니다

chae-wot-seum-ni-da — Filled something up completely (formal past)

큰

keun — Big or large in size

평평한

pyeong-pyeong-han — Flat, level, even surface

바위

ba-wi — A rock or boulder

앉아

an-ja — Sitting or having sat down

사과와

sa-gwa-wa — Apple and (conjunction marker form)

초록

cho-rok — Green color

솔방울로

sol-bang-ul-lo — Using pine cones as a tool/instrument

볼링

bol-ring — Bowling (the sport or game)

놀이를

nol-i-reul — Play or game (object marker form)

했습니다

haet-seum-ni-da — Did or performed an action (formal past)

여섯째

yeo-seot-jjae — Sixth in order, the sixth one

토요일이었는데

to-yo-il-i-eot-neun-de — It was Saturday (background clause form)

마지막으로

ma-ji-mak-eu-ro — For the last time, finally

다시

da-si — Again, once more

찾아왔습니다

chat-a-wat-seum-ni-da — Came to visit (formal past polite)

마지막

ma-ji-mak — The last, final one or time

작별

jak-byeol — Farewell, parting from someone

바구니에

ba-gu-ni-e — In or into a basket (location marker)

갓

gat — Just freshly, right at that moment

낳은

na-eun — Laid or hatched (past modifier form)

달걀을

dal-gyal-eul — Egg (object marker form)

가져왔습니다

ga-jyeo-wat-seum-ni-da — Brought something along (formal past polite)