The Truth Untold

Question 1

외로움이 가득히
피어있는 이 garden

Answer 1

This garden, where loneliness blooms abundantly

Question 2

외로움

Answer 2

외롭다 - to be lonely
-움 - a nominalizer that turns lonely into “loneliness”

Question 3

가득히

Answer 3

Fully/abundantly

Question 4

피어있는

Answer 4

피다 - to bloom
있다 - to exist
Indicates a continuous state of blooming
-는 modifies garden

Question 5

가시투성이 umm
이 모래성에 난 날 매었어

Answer 5

I tied myself in this sandcastle full of thorns.

Question 6

가시투성이

Answer 6

가시 - thorn
-투성이 - a suffix meaning “full of” or “covered with”

Question 7

모래성

Answer 7

모래 - Sand
성 - Castle
Together, it means “sandcastle.”

Question 8

매었어

Answer 8

Tied/bound
매다 - To tie or bind.
-었 - Past tense marker.
-어 - Informal ending.

Question 9

너의 이름은 뭔지

Answer 9

What is your name

Question 10

뭔지

Answer 10

The contraction of 뭔엇인지
뭔엇 - what
-인지 - indicates uncertainty or indirect questioning, meaning “what it is”

Question 11

갈 곳이 있긴 한지

Answer 11

Do you have a place to go?

Question 12

갈 곳

Answer 12

갈 - future or potential form of 가다
곳 - place
Together, a place to go

Question 13

있긴 한지

Answer 13

있다 - to exist/have
Contraction of -기는, used for emphasis or contrast. (In this case “indeed” or “actually”)
한지 - whether there is
하다 - to do
-지 - A grammatical ending used to indicate uncertainty or indirect questioning (e.g., “whether”).

Question 14

이 정원에 숨어든 널 봤어

Answer 14

I saw you, who snuck into this garden.
정원 - Garden
숨어든:
숨어들다 - To sneak in or hide.
-은 - Past participle suffix, modifying the noun 널.
보다 - to see

Question 15

너의 온기

Answer 15

Your warmth

Question 16

And I know 너의 온긴
모두 다 진짜란 걸

Answer 16

And I know that all your warmth is real.

Question 17

모두 다

Answer 17

모두 - All
다 - Completely or entirely
Together: Emphasizes “all” or “everything.”

Question 18

진짜란 걸

Answer 18

진짜 - Real, true
-란 - Contraction of 라고 한, meaning “is said to be.”
걸 - Contraction of 것을, meaning “the thing (that).”