Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience — Page 4

Vocabulary

열두

yeoldu — The number twelve

가지

gaji — Kind, sort, or type of something

과업은

gwaeo-beun — As for the task or mission (topic marker)

내

nae — My; first-person singular possessive pronoun

이웃들이

iut-deul-i — Neighbors; people living nearby (subject marker)

떠맡은

tteomateun — Taken on or assumed (a burden or task)

것들에

geot-deul-e — To or compared with those things

비하면

bihамyeon — Compared to; in comparison with

사소한

sasоhan — Trivial, minor, or insignificant

것이었다

geosi-eotda — It was (something); past declarative ending

왜냐하면

waenyahamyeon — Because; used to introduce an explanation

그것들은

geugeot-deul-eun — As for those things (topic marker, plural)

겨우

gyeou — Merely, barely, only just

끝이

kkeut-i — End or conclusion (subject marker)

있었기

isseotgi — There was; nominalized past existential verb

때문이다

ttaemun-ida — It is because; causal concluding expression

그러나

geureona — However, but; contrastive conjunction

나는

na-neun — I; first-person subject with topic marker

이

i — This; demonstrative pronoun or determiner

사람들이

saramdeur-i — People; persons (subject marker, plural)

어떤

eotteon — Some kind of; what sort of

괴물을

goemul-eul — Monster or creature (object marker)

죽이거나

jugiggeona — Kill or (alternatively); verb with 'or' ending

사로잡았다거나

sarojababdagona — Captured, or so they say; reported past form

과업을

gwaeobeul — Task or mission (object marker)

완수했다는

wansuhаetdaneun — That (someone) completed or accomplished a task

것을

geoseul — The fact that; nominalizer with object marker

전혀

jeonhyeo — Not at all; used with negatives for emphasis

알

al — To know; base form used before auxiliary

수

su — Ability or possibility; used in '~ㄹ 수 있다'

없었다

eopseotda — There was not; past negative existential verb

그들에게는

geudeul-ege-neun — As for them; dative with topic marker, plural

뜨거운

tteugeo-un — Hot, burning; adjective modifying a noun

머리

meori — Head; top part of the body

뿌리를

ppuri-reul — Root or base of something (object marker)

친구

chin-gu — Friend; close companion

없어서

eopseo-seo — Because there is not; causal negative existential

하나를

hana-reul — One (thing); the number one as object

짓누르는

jitnu-reuneun — Pressing down or suppressing; present modifier form

즉시

jeuksi — Immediately, at once, instantly

두

du — Two; numeral used before a noun

개가

gae-ga — Units or pieces (counter); subject marker

솟아오른다

sosaoreu-reunda — Rises up, springs up; present declarative verb

젊은이들을

jeolmeuni-deul-eul — Young people or youth (object marker, plural)

나의

na-ui — My; first-person possessive pronoun

마을

ma-eul — Village or town; small community

사람들을

saramdeul-eul — People (object marker, plural)

본다

bon-da — See or look at; present declarative verb

그들의

geudeul-ui — Their; third-person plural possessive

불행은

bulhaeng-eun — Misfortune or unhappiness (topic marker)

농장

nongjang — Farm; agricultural estate or property

집

jip — House or home; dwelling place

헛간

heutgan — Barn; storage building on a farm

가축

gachuk — Livestock; domesticated farm animals

농기구를

nonggigу-reul — Farm tools or agricultural implements (object marker)

물려받은

mullyeobad-eun — Inherited; received from a previous generation

것이다

geosi-da — It is (the fact that); declarative nominalizer ending

이것들은

igeot-deul-eun — As for these things (topic marker, plural)

손에

son-e — In hand; locative marker with 'hand'

넣기보다

neokgi-boda — Rather than putting in or acquiring

처분하기가

cheobunh-agi-ga — Disposing of or getting rid of (subject marker)

더

deo — More; comparative adverb

어렵기

eoryeopgi — Being difficult; nominalized adjective form

차라리

charari — Rather; preferably; indicates a better alternative

그들이

geudeul-i — They; third-person plural subject

탁

tak — Wide open; adverb suggesting openness or spread

트인

teu-in — Open, cleared; past modifier of 'to open'

목초지에서

mokchoji-eseo — From or in a pasture; locative marker

태어나

taeona — Born; connective form of 'to be born'

늑대의

neukdae-ui — Of a wolf; possessive form of wolf

젖을

jeot-eul — Milk or breast; (object marker)

먹고

meokgo — Eating and; connective verb form of 'to eat'

자랐더라면

jaratdeoramyeon — If (they) had grown up; contrary-to-fact conditional

자신들이

jasindeur-i — Themselves; reflexive pronoun, plural, subject marker

밭에서

bat-eseo — In or from a field; locative marker

일하도록

ilhadorok — So as to work; purposive connective form

맑은

malgeun — Clear, pure; adjective modifying a noun

눈으로

nun-euro — With eyes; instrumental marker with 'eye'

볼

bol — To see; prospective modifier form of verb

있었을

isseosseul — Would have been able to; past prospective modifier

누가

nuga — Who; interrogative pronoun as subject

토지의

toji-ui — Of the land; possessive marker with 'land'

만들었는가

mandeureonneunga — Made or turned (someone) into; interrogative past

인간이

ingan-i — A human being (subject marker)

고작

gojak — At most, only, merely

한

han — One; numeral determiner

흙만

heukman — Only soil or earth; limitative particle

먹도록

meokdorok — So as to eat; purposive connective ending

운명지어져

unmyeongjieojyeo — Being destined or fated; connective passive form

있는데

inneunde — Although there is; concessive connective ending

왜

wae — Why; interrogative adverb

예순

yesun — Sixty; native Korean numeral

먹어치워야

meogeo-chiwoya — Must devour or consume entirely; obligatory form

하는가

haneun-ga — Do they do; interrogative present ending

태어나자마자

taeona-jamaja — As soon as one is born; immediacy expression

자신의

jasin-ui — One's own; reflexive possessive

무덤을

mudеom-eul — Grave or tomb (object marker)

파기

pagi — Digging; nominalized form of 'to dig'

시작해야

sijakaehaya — Must start or begin; obligatory connective form

모든

modeun — All, every; universal determiner

것들을

geotdeul-eul — Things (object marker, plural)

앞에

ap-e — In front of; locative marker with 'front'

밀고

milgo — Pushing and; connective form of 'to push'

가면서

gamyeonseo — While going; simultaneous action connective

인간의

ingan-ui — Human; of a person, possessive

삶을

salm-eul — Life or living (object marker)

살아야

saraya — Must live; obligatory form of 'to live'

하고

hago — And; connective form of 'to do'

할

hal — That one will do; prospective modifier form

있는

inneun — That exists or is possible; present modifier

최선을

choiseon-eul — One's best effort (object marker)

다해

daehae — Doing one's utmost; connective of 'to exhaust'

나아가야

naagaya — Must move forward or advance; obligatory form

한다

handa — Do or must do; present declarative verb

얼마나

eolmana — How much, how many; exclamatory adverb

많은

maneun — Many, numerous; adjective modifying a noun

가엾은

gaeyeok-eun — Pitiful, pitiable; adjective expressing sympathy

불멸의

bulmyeol-ui — Of immortality; undying, eternal (possessive)

영혼들을

yeonghon-deul-eul — Souls or spirits (object marker, plural)

만났던가

mannатdeon-ga — Did (I) meet; rhetorical past interrogative

짐에

jim-e — Under a burden or load; locative marker

짓눌리고

jitnul-ligo — Being crushed or weighed down; connective form

숨막혀

summakyo — Suffocating, breathless; connective form

인생의

insaeng-ui — Of life; possessive marker with 'life'

길을

gil-eul — Road or path (object marker)

기어가면서

gieo-gamyeonseo — While crawling along; simultaneous connective

가로

garo — Width, horizontally; breadth dimension

칠십오

chilsibo — Seventy-five; Sino-Korean numeral

세로

sero — Length, vertically; depth dimension

사십

sasip — Forty; Sino-Korean numeral

헛간을

heutgan-eul — Barn (object marker)

결코

gyeolko — Never, by no means; strong negative adverb

청소되지

cheongsodoeji — Not being cleaned; negative connective passive form

않는

anneun — That does not; negative present modifier

그리고

geurigo — And; additive conjunction

포함한

pohamhan — Including; past modifier of 'to include'

백

baek — One hundred; Sino-Korean numeral

땅을

ttang-eul — Land or ground (object marker)

가고

gago — Going and; connective form of 'to go'

있었다

isseotda — Was; past declarative existential verb