Meaning of the word 다오?
Well, I was trying to translate this children's book for practice... It said;

원숭이 한 마리가 두꺼비 집을 만들고 있어요. "두껍아, 한집 줄게, 새 집 다오."

I looked it up and the original song had the translation "Toad, I'll give you an old house, give me a new house." So, does it mean "give it to me"? I couldn't find anything on the individual word.

I translated the first part to "One monkey made Toad a house."

Google translate said 한 meant old and 새 means new. Can I use them like that? 한역사의 새음악?

I apologize if this is a stupid question ;;

Question

Meaning of the word 다오?
Well, I was trying to translate this children's book for practice... It said;

원숭이 한 마리가 두꺼비 집을 만들고 있어요. "두껍아, 한집 줄게, 새 집 다오."

I looked it up and the original song had the translation "Toad, I'll give you an old house, give me a new house." So, does it mean "give it to me"?  I couldn't find anything on the individual word.

I translated the first part to "One monkey made Toad a house."

Google translate said 한 meant old and 새 means new. Can I use them like that? 한역사의 새음악?

I apologize if this is a stupid question ;;

Answer

헌 means "old"
새 means "new"
헌 집 = old house
새 집 = new house

줄게 is composed of
주(다)+ㄹ게
주다 means "give"
ㄹ게 is a suffix used for promising some action

줄게 means "I promise to give"

다오 is composed of
달(다)+오 
달다 means "request to get". 달다 is always used as a form 달라 or 다오
오 is a suffix used for ordering some action

다오 means "I request to get"

두껍아, 헌 집 줄게, 새 집 다오.
Toad, I promise to give an old house and request to get a new house.

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