Ulysses — Page 9

Vocabulary

말하면서

mal-ha-myeon-seo — While speaking or saying something

얼굴을

eol-gul-eul — Face (object form); someone's facial appearance

바라보았다

ba-ra-bo-at-da — Gazed at or looked steadily at someone

가벼운

ga-byeo-un — Light, gentle; not heavy or intense

바람이

ba-ram-i — Wind (subject form); moving air outdoors

이마를

i-ma-reul — Forehead (object form); upper front of face

스치며

seu-chi-myeo — Brushing past or grazing lightly while moving

단정하지

dan-jeong-ha-ji — Not neat or tidy (used with negative form)

않은

an-eun — Negation modifier; not (having done something)

금발

geum-bal — Blonde hair; golden-colored hair

머리카락을

meo-ri-ka-rak-eul — Hair strands (object form); individual hairs on head

부드럽게

bu-deu-reop-ge — Softly, gently; in a smooth or tender manner

날리고

nal-li-go — Sending flying; causing to flutter in the wind

눈에

nun-e — In the eyes; within one's gaze or expression

은빛

eun-bit — Silver-colored light or shimmer; silvery hue

불안의

bul-an-eui — Of anxiety or unease; belonging to anxiety

빛을

bit-eul — Light or gleam (object form); visible brightness

일렁이게

il-reong-i-ge — Causing to ripple or flicker; making wave-like motion

했다

haet-da — Did; past tense of 하다 (to do)

자신의

ja-sin-eui — One's own (possessive); referring to oneself

목소리에

mok-so-ri-e — In one's voice; related to vocal sound or tone

스스로

seu-seu-ro — By oneself; on one's own accord or initiative

풀이

pul-i — Spirit or energy (subject); often in 풀이 죽다 (deflated)

죽어

jug-eo — Dying or deflated; losing energy or spirit

말했다

mal-haet-da — Said, spoke; past tense of 말하다 (to speak)

어머니가

eo-meo-ni-ga — Mother (subject form); referring to one's mother

돌아가신

dol-a-ga-sin — Passed away (honorific); deceased (of a respected person)

후

hu — After; following a certain event or time

처음으로

cheo-eum-eu-ro — For the first time; initially, on the first occasion

당신

dang-sin — You (formal); second-person formal pronoun

집에

jib-e — To/at home or someone's house; locative form

갔던

gat-deon — Had gone; past retrospective modifier of 가다

날

nal — Day; a specific day or date

기억해요

gi-eok-hae-yo — Do you remember? Polite form of 기억하다

재빨리

jae-bbal-li — Quickly, swiftly; in a rapid or hasty manner

눈살을

nun-sal-eul — Brow, eyebrows (object form); area between the brows

찌푸리며

jji-pu-ri-myeo — Frowning or furrowing brows while doing something

뭐라고요

mwo-ra-go-yo — What did you say? Polite expression of surprise/disbelief

어디서요

eo-di-seo-yo — Where? Polite question asking about location

아무것도

a-mu-geot-do — Nothing at all; not anything (with negative verb)

기억이

gi-eok-i — Memory (subject form); recollection of past events

안

an — Not; negation adverb placed before a verb

나는데

na-neun-de — It doesn't come to me; memory not arising (but...)

나는

na-neun — I (topic form); first-person singular subject

그저

geu-jeo — Just, merely; nothing more than, simply

생각과

saeng-gak-gwa — Thoughts and...; mental ideas (with conjunction)

감각만

gam-gak-man — Only sensations; just physical or emotional feelings

기억할

gi-eok-hal — Will remember; future modifier of 기억하다

뿐이에요

ppun-i-e-yo — That's all; only that, nothing more (polite)

왜요

wae-yo — Why? Polite question asking for a reason

도대체

do-dae-che — On earth, in the world; intensifier expressing frustration

무슨

mu-seun — What kind of; which (modifying a following noun)

일이

il-i — Matter or thing (subject form); an event or affair

있었던

it-eot-deon — That had happened or existed; past retrospective modifier

거죠

geo-jyo — Right? It's that...; seeking confirmation (polite)

당신은

dang-sin-eun — You (topic form); formal second-person subject

차를

cha-reul — Tea (object form); referring to brewed tea

끓이고

kkeul-hi-go — Boiling or brewing; heating liquid to boiling point

있었어요

it-eot-eo-yo — Was doing; past progressive (polite) of 있다

그리고

geu-ri-go — And, then; conjunction connecting sentences or clauses

뜨거운

ddeu-geo-un — Hot; having a high temperature, scalding

물을

mul-eul — Water (object form); liquid water as direct object

더

deo — More; additional amount or degree of something

가져오려고

ga-jyeo-o-ryeo-go — In order to bring; intending to fetch something

계단참을

gye-dan-cham-eul — Landing of a staircase (object form); stair platform

가로질러

ga-ro-jil-leo — Crossing across; going through or traversing a space

갔죠

gat-jyo — Went, didn't I/you? Past tense with confirming nuance

어머니와

eo-meo-ni-wa — With mother; mother (with conjunctive particle)

어떤

eo-tteon — A certain, some; used to indicate an unspecified person

방문객이

bang-mun-gaek-i — A visitor (subject form); a guest or caller

응접실에서

eung-jeop-sil-e-seo — From the living room or reception room; parlor

나왔어요

na-wat-eo-yo — Came out; emerged from a place (polite past)

방에

bang-e — In the room; locative form of 방 (room)

누가

nu-ga — Who (subject form); asking about a person's identity

있냐고

it-nya-go — Asking if someone is there; indirect question form

물었죠

mul-eot-jyo — Asked, didn't I/you? Past tense with light confirmation

그래서요

geu-rae-seo-yo — So? And then? Polite prompt to continue a story

내가

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

뭐라고

mwo-ra-go — What (quotative); what someone said or expressed

했나요

haet-na-yo — Did (I/you) do? Polite past interrogative of 하다

잊어버렸네요

ij-eo-beo-ryeot-ne-yo — I've forgotten completely; expressing realization of forgetting

이렇게

i-reo-ke — Like this, in this way; describing manner of action

말했어요

mal-haet-eo-yo — Said, told (polite past); spoke in this manner

대답했다

dae-dap-haet-da — Answered, replied; gave a response to a question

지독하게도

ji-dok-ha-ge-do — Dreadfully, terribly; in an awful or extreme manner

죽어버린

jug-eo-beo-rin — Having died off completely; dead (with finality nuance)

그를

geu-reul — Him (object form); third-person male direct object

젊고

jeolm-go — Young and...; youthful (conjunctive modifier)

매력적으로

mae-ryeok-jeok-eu-ro — Attractively, charmingly; in an appealing manner

보이게

bo-i-ge — So as to appear; making something look a certain way

하는

ha-neun — That does/makes; present modifier of 하다

홍조가

hong-jo-ga — A blush, flush (subject form); reddening of cheeks

뺨에

ppaem-e — On the cheek; locative form of 뺨 (cheek)

올랐다

ol-lat-da — Rose, went up; past tense of 오르다 (to rise)

그런

geu-reon — Such, that kind of; modifier meaning 'like that'

말을

mal-eul — Words, speech (object form); spoken language

그가

geu-ga — He (subject form); third-person male subject

물었다

mul-eot-da — Asked; past tense of 묻다 (to ask a question)

그게

geu-ge — That thing; contraction of 그것이 (that, subject)

뭐가

mwo-ga — What (subject form); asking what is problematic

나쁘죠

na-ppeu-jyo — It's bad, isn't it? Seeking agreement on badness

신경질적으로

sin-gyeong-jil-jeok-eu-ro — Nervously, irritably; in an agitated or tense manner

거북함을

geo-buk-ham-eul — Discomfort, unease (object form); awkward feeling

떨쳐냈다

ddeol-chyeo-naet-da — Shook off, cast away; dismissed an uncomfortable feeling

그런데

geu-reon-de — But, by the way; transition or contrasting conjunction

죽음이

jug-eum-i — Death (subject form); the state or fact of dying

뭐죠

mwo-jyo — What is it? Polite question asking for a definition

어머니의

eo-meo-ni-eui — Mother's (possessive); belonging to one's mother

죽음이든

jug-eum-i-deun — Whether it's death; regardless of whose death it is

당신의

dang-sin-eui — Your (possessive formal); belonging to the person addressed

내

nae — My; first-person possessive pronoun

죽는

jung-neun — Dying; present modifier of 죽다 (to die)

것만

geot-man — Only the thing; just that, nothing else

봤을

bwat-eul — Having seen; past modifier indicating completed viewing

매일

mae-il — Every day; daily, on a daily basis

병원과

byeong-won-gwa — Hospital and...; medical facility (with conjunction)

병원에서

byeong-won-e-seo — At the hospital; locative form of 병원 (hospital)

사람들이

sa-ram-deul-i — People (subject form); multiple persons as subject

죽어나가는

jug-eo-na-ga-neun — Dying one after another; continuously dying off

것을

geot-eul — The thing (object form); nominalizer as direct object

보고

bo-go — Seeing and...; after seeing (conjunctive form)

해부실에서

hae-bu-sil-e-seo — In the dissection room; in an anatomy lab

내장으로

nae-jang-eu-ro — Into/as entrails; internal organs (directional form)

잘려나가는

jal-lyeo-na-ga-neun — Being cut out; sliced away (present modifier)

봐요

bwa-yo — See, look; polite present of 보다 (to see)

그건

geu-geon — That is; contraction of 그것은 (that, topic form)

끔찍한

kkeum-jjik-han — Horrible, dreadful; causing disgust or horror

일일

il-il — A thing/matter it is; nominalizer with copula

뿐

ppun — Only, merely; nothing more than that

그

geu — That; demonstrative modifier referring to something known

이상도

i-sang-do — Even more than that; beyond that level

이하도

i-ha-do — Even less than that; below that level

아니에요

a-ni-e-yo — It is not; polite negation of the copula 이다

그냥

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

아무

a-mu — Any, no; used with negatives to mean 'none'

의미

eui-mi — Meaning, significance; the sense or purpose of something

없는

eom-neun — Without, lacking; present modifier of 없다 (to not exist)

거예요

geo-ye-yo — It is (the thing that...); polite nominal predicate

임종

im-jong — Deathbed; the moment or scene of dying

자리에서

ja-ri-e-seo — At the place/seat; locative referring to a scene

부탁했을

bu-tak-haet-eul — When (she) had requested; past modifier of 부탁하다

때

ddae — Time, moment; when a particular situation occurred

무릎을

mu-reup-eul — Knees (object form); the joint between thigh and leg

꿇고

kkuhl-go — Kneeling and...; bending knees to the ground

기도하려

gi-do-ha-ryeo — Intending to pray; in order to offer a prayer

하지

ha-ji — Do (with negative); base for 하지 않다 (not do)

않았잖아요

an-at-jan-a-yo — Didn't do, as you know; past negative with reminder

왜죠

wae-jyo — Why is that? Polite question seeking a reason

안에

an-e — Inside; within a space or entity

저주받은

jeo-ju-bat-eun — Cursed, damned; having received a curse or damnation

예수회적

ye-su-hoe-jeok — Jesuit-like; relating to the Society of Jesus order

기질이

gi-jil-i — Temperament, disposition (subject); one's innate character

있기

it-gi — Being, existing; nominal form of 있다 (to exist)

때문이에요

ddae-mun-i-e-yo — It's because of; polite form expressing a reason

다만

da-man — Only, however; a limiting or qualifying conjunction

잘못된

jal-mot-doen — Wrong, mistaken; having gone in the wrong direction

방향으로

bang-hyang-eu-ro — In the direction of; toward a particular direction

주입된

ju-ip-doen — Instilled, injected; having been put in by force

것일

geot-il — It must be the thing that; speculative nominal ending