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고양이: Vocabulary #96

Example Sentences#

  1. “방향만 바꾸면 돼,” 고양이가 말했고, 쥐를 잡아먹었다.1
    “You only need to change your direction,” said the cat, and ate it up.
    • 고양이 means ‘cat’.
    • is a subject marker that identifies the noun as the entity that performs an action or is in a particular state.
  2. 체셔 고양이: “그건 네가 어디로 가고 싶은지에 달려 있어,” 고양이가 말했다.2
    Cheshire Cat: “That depends on where you want to go,” said the cat.
  3. 체셔 고양이: “그럼 어느 쪽으로 가든 상관없어,” 고양이가 말했다.2
    Cheshire Cat: “Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,” said the cat.
  4. 체셔 고양이: “오, 넌 분명히 갈 곳이 있을 거야,” 고양이가 말했다, “오래 걷기만 하면 돼.”2
    Cheshire Cat: “Oh, you’re sure to find a place,’ said the cat, ‘as long as you walk long enough.”
  5. 체셔 고양이: “저쪽에는,” 고양이는 한쪽 발을 흔들며, “모자 장수가 살고 있어.2
    Cheshire Cat: “In that direction,” waving one paw, “lives a Hatter.
  6. 체셔 고양이: “오, 넌 그걸 피할 수 없어,” 고양이가 말했다.2
    Cheshire Cat: “Oh, you can’t avoid that,” said the cat.
  7. 체셔 고양이: “너는 여기 왔으니까,” 고양이가 말했다.2
    Cheshire Cat: “Because you came here,” said the cat.
  8. 체셔 고양이: “일단,” 고양이가 말했다, “개는 미치지 않았어.2
    Cheshire Cat: “To begin with,” said the cat, “a dog’s not mad.
  9. 체셔 고양이: “그렇다면,” 고양이는 계속했다.2
    Cheshire Cat: “If so,” the Cat continued.

Footnotes#

  1. Sentence from A Little Fable Story.

  2. Sentence from Alice And The Cheshire Cat Story. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

고양이: Vocabulary #96
https://koreanstorylab.com/posts/vocabulary/고양이/
Author
Korean Story Lab
Published at
2026-03-19
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