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FIRSTYEAR IN GERMAN
KELLER
PROFESSOR OF THE GERMAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE IN THE
NORMAL COLLEGE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
AUTHOR OF
BILDER AUS DER DEUTSCHEN e'
rzaxrux
NEW YORK -CINCINNATI -CHICAGO
AMER I CAN BOOK COMPANY
Hfih ¥ cgt h u L L ! 5 t S "
b“fif' i v Nl
COPYR IGHT, 1896, BY
AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY
Firs t Year in German
W .
PREFACE
DURING many years the author has observed theresults attained by thetwo prin c ipal methods of teaching foreig n lan g uages . TheseObservations havebeenmadein h is own work as well as th at Of others . Un
questionably both thepurely g rammatical method and
theimitativeor natural method h avetheir advantages, but both also havetheir defec ts. Theformersac rifices to a theoretical knowledgeOf technical g rammar theprac tical c omprehension Oi thelang uageand
theability to u seit, as thoug h a lang uageexisted forthesakeof its g rammar . To besure, th is meth od issystematic , but after all theresult attained is hardlymoreth an a lifeless outlinein thestudent’
s mind.
Thenatural meth od (wh ich h as been very aptlycalled the“ plun geand stru g g le meth od) g oes to theother extreme. It subordinates systematic study and
thepractical knowledgeof g rammar to theacquisitionOf words and ph rases , exerc ising and cultivating thememory rather th an thedi sc riminativefaculty of thestudent.In th is book theauth or h as tried to unitewh at he
deems of valuein each Of thetwo methods, at thesametimeendeavoring to avoid their defec ts . Hehassou g h t to embody in prac tical form thefollowin g princ iples, wh ich experienceh as tau g h t h im areessentialto theproper teachin g Of a foreig n lan g uage:Connec ted reading texts should bethesourceand
thevery center Of theinstru c tion.
Thereading texts sh ou ld bethec onc reteillu strationOf theprinc ipal g rammatical forms and ru les to beac qu ired by thestudent.Theseforms and rules sh ould bearran ged as system
atic ally as possib le, and g raduated in an ascendin g sc aleof difficulty.
iv PREFACE
As writin g s arenot composed for thepurposeof
presenting g rammatical forms and ru les, selec tions fromliteratureto beu sed as reading texts mu st becarefullyprepared and adapted for th is end, at thesametimepreserving as mu ch as possibletheir orig inal ch arac teristic s and their literary value.Thevocabu lary sh ould belimited to what thestudent
can readily master from day to day.
Written and oral translations and c onversational exerc ises shou ld follow the‘
reading text, and sh ould bebased upon thevocabu lary of thelatter and thegrammatical forms and ru les introduced in thetext. TheObjec t of theseexerc ises is to familiarizethestudentwith thevocabu lary and to drill h im in theapplication of theg rammatical forms and rules.
Thesentences selec ted for thepurposeOf tran slation
sh ould bereadily and literally translatab le. However,senten ces wh ich requirea freeand idiomatic translation
areby no means to beOmitted entirely.
From thec onsideration Of theaboveprin c iples and
from a study Of thebook itself, it will readily beob
served th at it does not present, and is not intended to
present, a c ompleteg rammatical scheme. Th oseessentialg rammatical forms and rules wh ich arenot containedin theseLessons, together with theprinciples Of Syntax,will bethesubject of a secqnd volume.If theprinc iples abovestated arecorrect, and if the
auth or’
s efforts to embody them in practical form in
theseLessons have been suc cessful, he h opes th at
hi s book may beOf assistancein solvin g theproblemto wh ich a recent writer refers when he speaks of“thenecessity of bridg in g over theformidable g ulf
between g rammar and reading .
”
I. KELLER.
NEW YORK, J uly, 1896.
CONTE NTS
Les sonIntroduction : Reading Exerc ises
1 . Diegran unb biefieuue. Noun , articles ,verb , normal and
inverted order of words , position of adverb of time2 . Diegran unb biefieune(sortfegung). Ar ticles , gender
subject, predicate3 . 3d? helfe. Plural Of nouns , Of article, personal pronouns ,
Present Tenseauxiliary fein, order of words in princ ipal
sentence4 . 3d? helfe(sortfegung). Plural of nouns , personal pro
nouns , Present Ten seOf feinf ineunwaljrbeit. Plural of nouns , ImperfectGinellmvahrbeit (Sortfegung) . Imperfect of weak conju
gation .
7 . Du follft uidyt auf allebfiren. Plural of noun s , Present of
haben, Past Partic ipleof verbs of theweak conjugap
tion , Perfect with haben, comparative8 . Du folIft uidpt auf allehoren Present of
habeu, Past Par tic ipleofverbs of thestrong conjuga
tion , Perfect with fein, prin c ipal parts of averb , dependent sentence, transposed order of words
9 . DieB ieneunb bieGiaube. Imperfec t of fein and baben,Pluperfect, Imperfect ofverbs of thestrong conjugation 40
DieB ienenub bieQunhe(sortfegung). Prin cipal parts
of verbs of thestrong conjugation , modification and
changeofvowel in thePresent Tense, ending s er, e, 5pl. eattached to pronoun s , ad jectives and numerals
Der redyteQraum. Present of merben, of molten, formation
of Future, of h perativesing ,verbs of them ixed con
jugation
Der recbteGiraum (sortfegung). Present Ten seof thepassivevoice, derivation ofverbs
Der pferbebieb. Imperfect Of werben, of irregular verbs ,Imperfect of thepassivevoice, prefixes , ending s er, e,es pl. eattached to adjec tives , compound nouns
vi CONTENTS
LESSON mas s
14 . Der pferbebieb (ifortfetj ung) . Imperfect of merben, separableand in separableprefixes , conjugation of compound
verbs15 . Der fifel unb ber molf. Declension of masculinenouns
in thesingular , strong dec lension , dec lension of per
sonal pronouns , reflexiveVerb16 . Der S treit ber Giere. Declension of neuter nouns , Of the
plural , weak declension
17. Der S treit ber Eiere(gortfegung) . Weak declension , dec len sion of femin inenouns , sing . and plur . , declensionof thedefinitearticle, Imperfect Subjun ctiveOfverbsOf thestrong conjugation , Present and Imperfec t of
f6nnen and feunem .
18 . Drei Sragen. Declen sion of personal pronouns , fam iliarand formal address , pos itiveand comparativeof adjectives
19 . Drei Stagen (sortfetj ung). Declension of personal pronouns , formation of ordinals , conjugation of reflexiveverbs
20 . Drei Sragen (Sdflufi). Dec lension Of personal pronouns ,
prepos itions21. 5mei Qotenfcbabel. Dec lension Of theindefin itemascu
lineartic le, demonstrativepronouns biefer,e,es— pl. e,and iener, e,es pl . e
22 . amei (Iotenfcbiibel (sortfetj uug) . Declen sion Of theindefin itefemin ineand neuter article, possessivepronoun stheir dec lension
23 . Der altewolf. Adjec tives used predicatively and attribu
tively , weak dec lension of adjectives , prepositions , demon strativepronoun s
24 . Der aItemolt (fortietj uug). Weak declen sion of adjec
tives , dec lension of berfelbe, biefelbe, basfelbeand plural ,of foldyer and foldye, Of adjec tives used substantivelywith and with out artic le, Imperativesin g . of geben and
feljen, Present Partic iple, Imperfect Subjun ctiveOf fiins
neu, Presen t of but-fen25 . Der altewolf (Sortfetj ung) . Weak dec len s ion Of adjec tives ,
synopsis of theending Of theadjective, prepositions , Im
LESSON
CONTENTS
perfect Subjunctiveof join and werbeu, its useas Conditional , interrogativepronouns
viiPAGE
Der altewolf (sortfetj ung). Dec lens ion of therelativepronouns meldyer, bet and plural , of thein terrogativeweldzer, of thedeterminativeberieuige, bieieuige, basieuigeand plural, interjection
Der altewolf (Sdplufi). Dec lension of therelativepronouns weldze, weldpes , bie, has , met and was , Imperativeplural
Spriid n. Regular and irregular comparison of adjectives ,abstract nouns , meaning of thePresent and Past Partic iples , transitiveverbs u sed refiexively
Ghrebas l ter. Cardinal numerals , simpleand compound,
their declension , prepositions .
Spridywfirter. Ordinal numerals and their declension , pro
nominal adjec tives , their declension , multiplicatives ,variatives , fractionals , ordinals used as nouns , nouns of
twofold gender .
Dottor llilmiffenb. Declension of biefer, jeuer, foldyer, iebcr,aller, useof biefer and jeuer, Imperfect Subjun c tiveof
habenDottor llflmifl
'eub (gortfeguug). Dec len sion of biefe, jeue,folcbe, jebe, aIIe
Doftor fiflmifieub (Sortfetj uug). Declension of biefes , jeues ,folcbes , iebes , alles , their plural .
Dottor fl flmifienb (Sortfegung). Strong declension of adjectives , Imperativein formal address
Doftor zlflmifienb (Sortfegung) . Strong dec len sion of adjectives , useof bin and her
Doftor fillmiffenb (Sdflufi). Strong dec lens ion of adjectives , Present and Imperfect Subjun ctiveof mcrben, haben and fein, formation of Perfect and FutureSubjun ctive, and Conditional , useof theSubjun c tivein indirect
Sdzmerg, Steubeunb Rene. Mixed dec len sion , theInfin i
tivewith 311Sdzmers, 5 reubeunb Reue(Sortfetj ung). Mixed dec lension , theInfin itivewith um 311, theimpersonal es
Sdpmerg, SteubeunbRene(fortfetj uug) . Mixed dec len sion ,
thesuffixes ung , beit, feit, fcbaft, in, ci, e
viii CONTENTS
LESSON PAGE
40. S chmer3, greubenub Reue(Sctplufi). Mixed declension . . 198
41. Der flugeS tour. Prepositions requirir g theDative 204
42. 2ln einen sreunb. Preposition requiri ng theAccusative
2111 ben fernen steunb. Prepositions requiring theDativeand theAc cusativej brahim pafdpa. Prepositions requiring theGenitiveSupplementary Reading Matter , including theselec tions
prescribed for memorizing by theExaminations Department of theUniversity Of theStateof New York
Appendix
INTRODU CTION
READING EXERCISES
TheGerman nameof each letter is g iven in parenthesis.Thestudent should read in accordan cewith thePhonetic method.
1. Thesounds of thefollowing letters arethesameGerman and En g lish
(éf) 1? [7 (11511) If f (ki ll)
H h K k
2 INTRODUCTION
also thefollowing thebeg inning a syllable(see9)
B b (bay ) D 6 (day ) (5 9 (gay )
mad/0
E h D d
g is pronounced as in gay, never as in eng ine.
VOWELS
2. Each vowel h as a lon g and a sh ort sound
21 0 (sh ) (E e(5 )
d
2) 0 (Oh ) 11 u (0 0 )
fl“
O O U u
a in palm.
A vowel is long1. IVhen no c onsonant follows : 60 , be, mama
, papa,be, bie, bie, uie, bu.
READING EXERCISES
2 . When followed by silent b: nahm, labm, Balm,
Kabn, fabl, Rab in , mehr, Seljm, Sebl, bebr, fjebl,mebl, ibm, ilj n, ibr, Ohm, Dbr, Bohr, i oba, bobl,Kohl, mobn, fuljr, Subs , Rubm, ubr.
3. When doubled : 2Ial, Zlar, Quar, Daar, Beet,beer, leer, meer, Qeer, See, Boot, moor.
4. When followed by only oneconsonant in the
samesyllable: bar, bar, gar, tam, lag , mag , Qual,Rab, rar
, Rat, Cog , bem, ben, ber, er, her, quer,bir, mir, fiel, Kiel, lief, bog , log , pol, tot, gut, mat,
nur, flat.
4. Thesh ort sound Of a is likethat of o in odd.
e e ten.
i 6 tin.
o 0 fort.
u it full.
A vowel is short
1. In somemonosyllables : am,an, bat, man, in,
im, bin, bin, um,
°
nun, etc .
2. When followed by doublec onsonants : all,Ball
,
Damm, bann , gall, ball, Kamm, fann , i amm, mann,
I larr, puff, rann , Belt, benn , Sell, fett, bell, Qerr, nett,Quell, Kinn, rinn , toll , tomm, Bull, Ilull, bumm.
3. When two or moredifferent con sonants follow
alt, balt, Kali , Balg , Ealg , fern, gern, Kern, oft, bofft,fommt, bort, fort, bunt.
INTRODUCTION
4. eis sh ort when it is thelast sound Of a word
and when it is thevowel Of the last syllableof a
polysyllable: la=be,be=te, be=be, re=be, ra=te, ®a=be,
Da=me, Ra=be, ¢a=ge; Eja=gel, Zla=gel, Resgel, 2I=tem,
l men, Rab=men, ba=ben, gazben, £a=ben, a:ber, basger,
(fiber, Sa ber, Saber, l =fel, f n=be,2If=fe, liable,
Qanste, Kaus te, ®ul=ben, li onme, binzben.
COMB INED CONSONANTS
5 . Thefollowin g c ombined con sonants h avethesamesound in German and En g lish
Cf (tsay-kah ) ng (eu-gay) nf (eu-kiih )
1l g
Pb vb (pay-bah )
Ph ph
NOTE—Thesound Of ng is always as in Eng lish
singer , never as in finger .
MODIFIED VOWELS (um laute)
fl”
.M6. 1. Thelong sound of a i s mu ch likethat of a
in hare: Kahme, [jab-ne, Zil éibme, ubre, Eit her, mab=re,ge=5ci l7mt, fabrt, ge=fabr=bet
READING EXERCISES
Thesh ort sound of d is much likethat of ein hen
B c’
il=le, Damsme, Oars ten, Qaaste, manoner, Banfe,
Rana, Gauge, fringe, Sange, Gesfc
'
inge.
Ring , R inge, Ding , Dinge, Sinf, finfen, hinten, linfen ; bid, Dide, nicfen, piden, tiden, reden, fide, bade,Eocfe
, guden, pbizlo=lo=g ie, pban-tom, phi-lino, pbosnes
tit,pew s , philabelpbia.
2. Thelon g sound of 6 is produced by uttering longewhilethelips arerounded
, as thoug h long 0 were
about to bepronounced : i ébne, mdbren, d ler, Robre,Cfen, Kebet , beren, tonen, OI, toten, roten, obe, megen,mObel.
Theshort sound of 6 is much likethat of u in
murder : morber, Earner, Kerner, Getter, £6ffel, Bede,Bede, 5 6d“
, mértel, 5ffnen.
3. Thelong sound of ii is produced by uttering longi wh ilethelips arec ontrac ted as thoug h long it wereabout to bepronoun ced : Bfibne, ffibren, ffiblen, ffibn,fubl, miible, riibmen, riibren, Ejfibner, gebiibren, Rube,G lue, fiber, uben, milbe, 2Iltertiimer.
Thesh ort sound of ii is liketh at of long ii, onlysomewhat shorter : mfifier, j fillen, biimt, Rfiden, bfiden,Efide, Slide, bfinfen,etingen, Zli iicfe, mfinbung , miirbe,Qiirbe, Quite.
INTRODUCTION
DIPHTHONGS
U
7. Al l diph th ong s arelong .
1. an is pronounced likeow in vow.
auf, bauen , taugen, Zlugen, faufen, Baum,Raum,
laut, fjaut, rauben, ®aul
, lj aufen, fauen, laufen .
2. fin and en arepronoun ced likeoy in boy.
Be’
lame, Raume, lc’
iuten, baute, Caule, Rc’
iuber, bc'
iu
fen, Ec'
iufer; (Eule, Beule, beulen, Keule, neu, eure, neun ,Beute, Seute, f nuhrut, f upbonie, f uropa, (Europc
'
ier,
5am , feuern, feubal, lieu, beuie, Een, leugnen .
3. at and ei arepronoun ced likei in five.mai, mails, main, Rain , Quin , mein, bein, rein,nein, ein, eine, (f ile, meile, teile, (Keil, Keil, Beil,Bein
,Eeim
,feig , Geige, reif.
CONSONANTS
8. Thepronunc iation of the followin g con sonants
differs in German and En g lish :
<2 6 (tsfi-y ) 3 i (yot) 5 i s (68 )
READING EXERCISES
D o (fow) ID to (vay )
V W w
12 Y (ipsilon ) 5 s (tsét)
Y y Z z
Cb Cl) (tedy-hah ) 5 d) {Cb (és-tsey-hah ) Sp iv(és-pay)
Sch sch
ft (és—tay) B (és-tset)
also b, b, and sometimes 9, at theend Of a word.
9. b and b at theend of a word.
arepronouncedlikep and t . gab, Rab, balb, ljanb, selb, Dieb, g ieb,lieb, Eieb, Kine, fob, bob, Cob, morb, lub, unb,
munb.
10. 5 3 is pronoun ced likets in rats : 311, 5um, 5 abn,
5 nnge, é uder, 5m , Can ,Cause, gang, mals .
11. C C is pronoun ced like3 before6, 6, e, i and
7 (see but likef beforetheother vowels and
beforeconsonants : Cacilie, Cdlibat, Ceber, Cello, Cent,Cicero ; Cabinet, Concept, Curt, Clara, Crebit, Club.
INTRODUCTION
12. 3 j is pronounced likey in yes : ia, jag cn, jeber,jener, j ager, 3ammer, Jabr, j ugent, j ung ling , jung .
I3. 1. S i beforea vowel, except after Cb, is pro
nounced likez in zeal : io, iie, iagen, fingen, iauer,ienl’en, Sommer, Suppe, S iiben, j niel, 3nieft, bauier.
2. When followed by another i (ii) or by t (it) inthemiddleor at theend of a word, its sound is liketh at of s in son : eiien, meiien, laiien, riiien, B iiien,beiien, fiiiien ; Kiite, Zieiter, flite, £aiten, Sanite, Gets
iter, leiiten, iii, biit, i iit, fait, mail, Bait, Zieit,bait, fait.
3. When i is thefinal sound of a word or syllable,it is written 5 and is pronounced like8 in son es
, bes ,has , bis , bies , lies , mannes, Kites , maites , besbalb,biesieit, bes ielben, basielbe, bimmels, (g as , Caie.
4. 5 is pronounced like3 in son : liefi, it'
ifi, beifi, iafi,magi 03, Sufi: Rufil Rig: lb, "as: lag: 5 03: Hug:Rog, Roiie, Zi ng, Zi iiiie.
5 . 5 d) id) is pronoun ced like sh in share: Sdmf,Sdififer, sent, sense, seats , mid). as ), fifdien.miicben, biricb, léicben, raicb, raicbeln.
14. D D is pronoun ced likef in fog , except in a fewwords in wh ich it is pronoun ced like1) in vast: Dater
,
Better, oiel, Dieb, b oll, non, oor, verlegen, vorlegen,verfugen,voriagen ;veteran, Deiuo, Deto, via,villa,Difar.
10 DTTRODUCTION
4. But in words of Greek orig in when followed byany other vowel or by a c onsonant it sounds likei t
Cbaos , cbaotiicb, Cbarafter, Cbolera, Cber, CboralCbriit, cbriitlicb, Cbronif, Cbloroiorm.
5 . It also h as thesound of f when followed by i ors : 2 c ie, 2lcbiel, IDecbiel, wicbien, Dacbs , Dacbie, Sucbs ,j ficbie, IDacbs , filacbs .
6. In words Of French orig in it is pronounced like
icb: Cbei, Cbarlotte, Cbicane, Cbarabe, Cbarlatan,Cbarpie.7. When following after a
, o, u, or an it has a pc
culiar palatal sound, havin g no equivalent in Eng lish .
Its sound is very mu ch liketheScotch pronun c iationof ch in p ibroch : acb, acbt, lacbt, wacbt, Sacbe, Racbe,Zlacbt ; bocb, nocb, Cocb, j ocb, moebe, focben, Docbt ;incb, Bucb, Budyt, Cerucb, Kucben, iucben ; aucb, Baucb,Baucb, raucben, baucben, slucb, Dracbt, SCblacbt, fracbt,filucbt.
20. 5 p ip, S t it, at thebeg inning of a word arepronoun ced like shp and sht respectively (not like theEn g lish and st, see13, ipalien, ipricbit, Sprung ,Spiegel, Splitter, Spreu ; IDeipe, liipeln, baipel, IDiipel ;S tab, S tabl, S taub, itarf, itreicbt, iteil, iterben, S tern,Stabt, S taat, itati, anitatt ; mait, iit, biit, Eiit, bleibit,icbreibit, bleicbit.
21. tg is pronounced likets in rats : risen, begen,Ib is, bilge, Rise, Case, Kabe, plat} , troben, frasen,Klob ; jest, leste, sulebt.
22. ig ; thesound 0 .
th at of Cb in id) , but is
g iltig , beilig , b c'
iufig , ireub.
fraitig , fleifiig .
THE ALPHABET
ll B C
German Letters Osm an la tter.
6 g tay t
3 j vay w
10
thestudent Wi th theprac t1c al appli c ati on Of theOb s
va tman and rules of theNotes and Wi th theu se
(exerc ises words Oc c urrin g in previou sreviewed. They also c on tain a number Of new wo
wh ic h may readily bemastered in thework aasi g
asked areexpressed in words u sed in thepreviou ss on s , hen cethean swers requ ired will present n o
c u lticeto thes tudent.
1. tertton
READING LESSON
A figurefollowing a word in thereading matter refers to thecorresponding number in thesubsequent Notes .
Die? g ran l unb bielienne1
23. Cine’ srau batteeinelienne. Diebenneleg te‘
tag licb’ ein’
Ci‘. 2lber bieSrau iag te
‘: "warum leg t
‘
biebennenur ein Ci ? “
aber, but legt, lays , is laying , does laybie, the legte, laid, was laying , did lay
Ci, egg bieieftion, thelessonein, eine, a , an, one nur, only
biegran, thewoman fugie, said, was saying , did say
batte, had, did have tflslicfz. da ily
biefienne, thehen Mb, andwarum, why
It is to beespec ially noted that thewords of thevocabulary aretranslated primarily with referen ceto themeaning in wh ich theyareused in thereading matter of each lesson
14 FIRST LESSON
NOTES
24. 1. gran, benne, Ci arenouns.
RuleI .—All nouns arewritten with capital letters.
2. bieis oneOf thedefinitearticles. It indi catesthefemininegender of nouns.
3. eineand ein areindefiniteartic les. einemaytaketheplaceof bie, hence, likebie, it indi cates thefemininegender of nouns ein indi cates themasculineas well as theneuter gender of nouns.
4. leg t is thePresent Tenseof theverb legen , and
is theONLY equivalent for theth reeEng lish forms :
lays, does lag , is laying . Ieg teis theImperfect of legen .
TheInfinitive legen c onsists Of thestem leg and theending en. ThePresent leg t is madeup of thestemleg and theending 1; theImperfect leg teis madeup
of thestem leg and theending te.
5 . 2Iber bieSrau iagte: thesubject of th is sentenceis bieg ran ; its predicateis theverb iag te. In th is
sentence theverb follows the subject. Th is order of
words is called theNormal Order (biegerabewortfolge) .
6. warum leg t biebennenur ein Ci ? Th is is an
interrog ativesentence. Theverb leg t precedes thesub
jcet bieEyenne. Th is order of words is called theInverted Order (bieumgefebrtewortfolge) .
In translating theverb Of an interrog ativesentencemakeuseof theauxiliary do; thus, warum leg t biefienne
‘
P is to betranslated by“why does thehen
FIRST LESSON 15
lay ? Similarly in other tenses and verbs do should
beu sed.
7. tdglicb is an adverb of time. Observethat it follows theverb leg teand precedes theobjec t ein Ci.How does th is differ frtfii theEng lish order ?
25 . 1. Copy thereading matter of this lesson, separating the syllables by hyphens (a ), and indicate thelong and sh ort (
V
) vowels ; thus : lég st'
é.
2. Givethefemininenouns of th is lesson (3 ) withthedefiniteartic le, (b ) with theindefinitearticle.
3. GivetheInfinitive, thestem, and thePresent and
Imperfect Tenses Of leg and fag .
4. Givethesentences of this lesson in whi ch (a)thenormal order of words and (b) theinverted orderoc cur .
5 . Translate: 1. Thehen lays oneeg g daily. 2. Did
thehen lay laid thehen ) an eg g daily ? 3. Had
thewoman only onehen ? 4. A woman had a hen and
an eg g . 5 . Wh at (was) did thehen lay Wh at laidthehen ) ? 6. Wh at did thewoman have Wh at hadthewoman) ? 7. When (wann) did a woman say
When said a woman) : Thehen laid an eg g ? Who(mer) h ad a hen ?
Caution .—Do not attempt to translatetheforms did
lay, did have, did say, literally. See24, 4.
Thelimited spaceof thebook forbids a larger number of sentences and exercises under th is head . Theexperienced teacher willreadily supply them whenever hedeems them necessary .
16 SECOND LESSON
CONVERSATIONAL EXERCISES
TheConversational Exerc ises areto beused as follows : Thestudent sh ould read again thetext of thereading lesson , to wh ich
thequestions refer. Thequestions sh ould then beasked by theteacher or by somestudent and ans red in completeGerman sentenoes . Thestudents wh o answer thequestions sh ould do so with
out using thebook.
26. IDas batteeineSrau’
P— IDer batteeine57mm ?IDas leg tebiebenne? IDann leg tebiebenneeinCi ? was iag tebiegran? Iver leg tenur ein Ci ?
2. tertton
READING LESSON
Dieg ran uno bielienne(sortietgung)
27. Dieg ran iag te: "Der‘Cag iit lang
‘
, unb has1
Ci iit flein . Cin’[anger Cag
3
unb nur ein’Ci
'
x>
meine‘ benneioll‘tc
’
ig licb swei Cier Iegen‘.
DieSrau mc’
iitetebieEyenne. l iber biefettebenneleg tefeineCier.
ber, has , theCier, eggs
fette, fatbiesortiegung , thecontinuationiit, is
feine,smei, two
flein, m all
lang, Ianger, longmaitete(mliiten) , fattenedmeine, myioll (iollen), shall
ber Cag , theday
18 SECOND LESSON
29. 1. Copy thereading matter of th is lesson, separating the syllables by hyphens (v), and indicate thelong and sh ort vowels.This exerc iseshould befrequently repeated in thesubsequent
lessons .
2. Use(a) thedefinitearticle, (b) theindefinitewiththefollowing nouns gran, Cag , benne, fortiesung ,Settion, Ci.
3. Usetheindefiniteartic leand theadjectivelangor flein with thefirst fivenoun s g iven above.4. Givethesubjects, predicate-verbs and predi cates
of thesentences in 27.
5 . Changethesentences so that theinverted (um:
gefebrie) order of words is used in placeof thenormal
(gerabe) .
6. Translate: 1. Thewoman said : My hen daily laysoneeg g . 2. Why is theday long ? 3. A fat hen laysno eg g s. 4. When did thehen lay an eg g ? 5 . Is a
day long ? 6. My hen is small. 7. Thefat hen is
small. 8 . NO hen lays two eg g s daily. 9. A day is
long . 10. Is my fat hen small ? 11. How (mic) many(Diele) eg g s did a hen lay ?
CONVERSATIONAL EXERCISES
30. IDer batteeinebenne? [DieoieleCier legtebiebeune? wann leg tebiebennebas Ci ? was
iag tebiegrau ? IDieiii ein Cag ? wieiit ein
THIRD LESSON 19
Ci ? mic oieleCier ioll biefiennelegen? wann
ioll biebennesmei Cier legen ? IDer mditetebie
benne IDer leg tefeineCier ? mic pieleCier
leg tebiefettebenne?
3. tettiou
3d!a belie“
31. DieScbiilerll
itab fort ; iie‘
finb' entlaiien. Da
’
bert ber Eebrer1Leinen Earm’in einem g immer
‘. Seine
Sobueiinb bort. Cr‘ ruft
’
ba, then
Die, thebort, there bet ( firm, thenoise
einem, einen, a ber Sebrer, pl . theteacher
entlaiien, dismissed raft, shouts , calls
er, he ber Scbiiler, pl . thepupil
fort, gone ieineSbbne, his sons
belie, help , assist fie, they
bbrt, hears finh, are
has é immer, pl . themom
NOTES
32. 1. Theplurals Of the nouns ber Sdiiiler, ber
Eebrer, has g immer, arerespec tively bieScbiiler, bieSebrer, bieé immer.
20 THIRD LESSON
RuleI .—Most masculineand neuter nouns ending
in er remain unchanged in theplural.
In thevocabulary , pl. following a noun indicates that itremains unchanged in theplural .
RuleII .—Theplural of thedefini tearticles bet , bie,
has is bie.
2. be: Edrm h as no plural.
In thevocabulary nouns not followed by a haveno plural .
3. id) is thepersonal pronoun first person sing ular .
4. er is thepersonal pronoun third person sin g ular ,
masculine.
5 . fieis thepersonal pronoun third person plural,masculine, feminineand neuter.
6. id) helfeis the1. pers. sing ., Present Tense, of
theverb belfen. Theending of theverb in the1. pers.
sing ., Present Tense, is e.
7. er tuft is the3. pers. sing ., Present Tense, of theverb rufen . Theending of theverb in the 3. pers .
sing . , Present Tense, is t (see24, If the3. pers .
sin g . is feminine, thepronoun fie(she) is used in placeof er ; if it is neuter, thepronoun es (it) is u sed, buttheverb retains theending t Whether used with er, fte0 1
'
CS .
8. fiefinb is the3. pers . plur ., Present Tense, of theauxiliary fein, to be.
9. Theprincipal sentence, ba bért be: Sebrer einenfarm, beg ins with theadverb ba, and theinvertedorder of words must beu sed. Theusual position for
thesubjec t of a princ ipal sentenceis beforethepre
THIRD LESSON 21
di cate, but as theword ba oc cupies theposition of thesubject, thelatter follows thepredicate.RuleIII .
—If any other member of thesentencebutthesubject introduces a princ ipal sentence, theinvertedorder of words (see24, 6) must beused.
ORAL AND WRITTEN EXERCISES
33. 1. Givewith thedefiniteartic lethe sing ular
and plural of thefollowing nouns : iebrer, ei, d filer,Earm, g immer.Themost practical method of studying thegender of nouns is
to consider thedefini tearticleas part of thenoun and to memorizethem together.
2. Givethesing ular of thepreceding nouns with
theindefinitearticle.
3. Wh at is theInfinitiveof finb, bért, tuft, leg t,fag t, helfe?4. Form the1. pers. sing . and the3. pers . masc . ,
fem . and neut. , sing . and plur . , of thefollowing verbsbc
’
iren, rufen, Iegen, fagen, mdften.
5 . Changethesentences of thereading lesson using
theinverted order of words in placeof thenormal orderand thenormal in placeof theinverted.
6. Translate: 1. Theteachers arehere(bier) . 2. Awoman
said : My eg g s areg one. 3. Theteacher calls thepnpils . 4. Thepupils aresmall. 5 . Where(mo) aretheteachers ? 6. How many teachers arein a room ? 7. A
woman hears a hen. 8. Wherearethepupils and theteacher 9. They arein a room. 10. A woman dailyfattened a small hen in a room.
22 FOURTH LESSON
CONVERSATIONAL EXERCISES
34. mo finb bied uler ? Iver ift entlafien ?was bért ber £ebrer ? IDer hart einen farm ?mo iit ber £c
‘
irm ? —1Der tuft ?
(f in Gag iii lang . b as é immer iji flein . IJieSchiller
finb in bem g immer. J n bem g immer ift Earm. fileriebrer bbrt ben Ec
'
irm. Der Sebrer fagt: 3d) helfebemSchiller. 3c!) entlaffebieSchiller.
was ift lang ? was ift flein’
a’ IDer iii in bem
g immer ? was ift in bem 5 immer ? mer bértben i cirm ? was fagt ber febrer ?
4 . ieftion
3d; belie(Sortfegung)
35 . "Seib' ibr'ba, S ieantworten
3a, Dater‘
, mir'
finb‘ bier !“ B ift
‘bu
“ba, mils
helm ?“ ruft ber Dater wieber. 3a, Dater, icl) bin
“
bier. “ was tbut " IDir tbun‘ nichts , Dater . “
"t bein Bruberl Karl and) ba ?“
3a, er iii“and)
bier. “"Karl, was tbuft Karl antwortet :
helfeIDilbelm.
“
FOURTH LESSON 28
antworten, to answer ibr, you
antwortet, answers in, yesand) , too, also bus Kinb, pl. —er, chad
bin, am nidyts , nothing
hifi, art feib, arebet B ruber, pl. B rliber, brother than, do. aredoingbe, there ber Deter, pl. Ddter, fatherbein, thy, thine(your. yours) wieber, againbu, than (you) mir, we
NOTES
36. 1. Theplural of ber B ruber is bieBruber, of
betvalet , bieUdler. This plural is formed by themodifiedvowel (bet umlaut).2. bieHinber is theplural of bus Hinb. This
plural is formed by attaching theending er to thesing ular ; so bas f l, biefiler (seeIn thevocabulary th is formation of theplural is indicated by
fi t .
3. bu is thepersonal pronoun of the2. pers. sing .,
wit of the1. pers. plur. , and ibr of the2. pers. plur .
Thepersonal pronouns are
SINGULAR PLURAL
fie. they
4. bu tbuft (ending ft), wir than (theInfin itiveform)and ibr lbut (ending arerespectively the2. pers.
24 FOURTH LESSON
sing . , 1. pers . plur. and 2. pers . plur . , Present Tense,of tbun.
fieantworten (theInfinitiveform) is the3. pers. plur . ,
Present Tense, of antworten .
I do or I am doing I answer or I am answerlng
id) antwortebu antmorteiter antwortetfieantwortetes antwortet
Plur mir antmortenibr antwortetfieantworten
Noticetheendin g s ; in than they areadded directlyto thestem,
wh ilein antworten eis found beforetheending . Th is eis inserted to makethepronunciationof thefinal consonant of thestem possible.
Present of theauxiliary
fein, to be
SINGULAR PLURAL
id) bin, I am mir flub, weare
bu bift, you are ihr feib, you are
er ift, heis
fieiit, sheis fiefinb, they are
es iii, it is
5 . tertion
READING LESSON
Cineunwahrheit’
39. martin bfitetefeineSchafe'. f r wollte‘ bie
Bauern ‘ erfcbreden anb fcbrie: Gin wolf ‘ l f in
wolf !b ieBauern‘ eilten 3a ibm, anb er ladyte. 3 a jag ten
fie“: IDir bbrten
"bid} fchreien anb eilten ber.
“
ber Bauer, pl. —n , peasantbid), thee(you)eilen, to hastenerfclzrecfen, to frighten
her, hither
hiiten, to herd, watchihm, him
lacben, to laugh
NOTES
40. 1. Theplural of thenoun ber Bauer is bieBauern . Th is plural is formed by theaddition of nto thesing ular. So bieEyenne, bie[yennen (seeIn thevocabulary th is formation of theplural is indicated thus
2. The plural of the noun bieanwabrbeil is
biellnwabrbeiten. This plural is formed by thead
26
bas Scbaf, pl . —e, sheepfcbreien, to cry
fehrle, cried
feine, hisbiellnmahrheit, pl .
—en, untruthber wolf, pl . malfe, wolfmollen, to intend , will
3a, to
FIFTH LESSON 27
dition of en to thesing ular ; so biei ron, biegrauen(see
In thevocabulary this formation of theplural is indicated thuspl.
—en 0
3. Theplural of thenoun bas Sebaf is bied tfe.It is formed by theaddition of eto thesing ular ; so
ber fl ag , bie{ age(seeIndi cated in thevocabulary thus : pl.4. Theplural of thenoun ber wolf is biewdlfe.
It is formed by modifying thevowel and adding e.
5 . er wollte, mir bbrten, fiefag tell arerespectivelythe3. pers. sing . , the1. pers. plur. , and the3. pers.plur . , Imperfec t Tense, of theverbs wollen, bdrm,
fagen.
Noticetheending s.
ORAL AND WRI'I'I‘EN EXERCISES
41. 1. Givethesing ular of all nouns appearing intheprecedin g lessons, with thedefini teand indefiniteartic le; also their plural with thedefiniteartic le.
2. What arethestems of thefollowing verbs : antemarten, eilen, bbren, bfiten, ladyen, legen, maiten,fcbreien, fagen .
3. Changethesentences of this reading lesson as
follows : (a) Substitutefor thenouns that aresubjec tsof the sentences, pronoun s corresponding with thenouns in person, number and gender , and niceversa.
(b) Substitutethenormal order of words for theinverted order, andviceversa.
28 FIFTH LESSON
4. Point out the subject and predi cate of eachsentence.
5 . Translate: 1. Thepeasants heard a noise. Wh at didthey hear ? 2. Thech ildren h astened h ither. Wh ither(wobin) did thech ildren h asten ? 3. Martin watchedmy sheep. Wh ose (weifen) sheep did Martin watch ?
4. Did helaug h ag ain ? Welaug hed 5 . Wh om (men)did theteacher frig h ten ? Theteacher frig h tened thepupils. 6. Thepupils answered and lau g hed. 7. Thehen laid two eg g s. 8 . A woman fattened two hens.
9. I hear a noise. 10. Thefather and his (felt! ) childlaug h .
CONVERSATIONAL EXERCISES
42. was ln’
tielemartin ? IDeffen Schafeln'
iteteer ?Iver blitetebieSchafe? men wollteer erfclyrecten ?we: molltebieBauern erfclyrecien ? was idyrieer ?Iver bbrtemartin fdj reien
‘
P mobin eilten fie? was
jag ten fie5a martin ?
ADDITIONAL EXERCISES
Thegrammatical construction of theexercises under this headis based upon thework already covered. Most of thewords arenew; but as they arevery similar in spelling and meaning in both
languages , no difi culty sh ould beexperienced in reading and using
them. A littlereflection or a chan gein thepronunciation will
readily bring to the student’
s mind the corresponding English
word.
SIXTH LESSON 29
43. 1. Was eineFamilieist ? Vater , Ma tter and
Kinder sind eineFamilie. 2. DieKinder sind ein Soh nund eineToch ter . 3. Siesind Bruder und Schwester.
4. Vater und Mutter haben auch Vater und Mutter.
5 . Siesind Grossvater und Grossmutter. 6. Vater und
Mutter haben Bruder. 7. Siesind Onkel. 8. Der Vater ist ein Mann ; dieMutter ist ein Weib . 9. Vaterund Mutter, Sohn und Toch ter , Grossvater and Gross
mutter, Onkel und Netfe, Tanteund Nich tesind c ineFamilie. 10. EineFamilieh at ein Haas ; ihr Haus istihr Heim.
6. tettion
READING LESSON
Gineunwahrhei t (sortfetyang)
44. "warum erfchrectteft bul ans ? “ 2lber martinlachtenur anb antwortete’ nicht.Den nc
'
ichften Gag bachteer 3d) erfchrectte‘ eachgettern burch einellnmahrheit, anb ihr eiltet
1
her. 3d)erfchrecleeach heutewieber. ll nb er fchrie: wolf!(f in wolf!
“
Dléhlich abet tam ber wolfmirtlich. f r to’ leteeinigeSchafe. martin fchrieanb fchrie, boch bieBauernlamen heutenicht.
30 SIXTH LESSON
bachte, thought cameben, thebody, but, yetbard). by
einige, severaleach, you
geftern, yesterdayheate, to-day
NOTES
45 . 1. 3d) erfchrecfte, bu erfchredtel'
t arerespectivelythe1. and 2. pers. sin g . of theImperfec t of erfchreden ;erfchrecfteconsists of thestem erfchrecf and theend
in g te; erfchrectteft ends in ft, which is theendingof the2. pers. sing .
Similarly, ihr eiltet, the2. pers. plur. of theImperfectof eilen , consists of eil, thestem, of te, theending of
theImperfect, and of t, theending of the2 . pers. plur .
2. antworteteis theImperfec t of antworten . TheImperfect of this verb is formed by theaddi tion of
etc (not te), (see36, So theImperfects of reben, tospeak, fegnen, to bless, atmen, to breathe, arerebete, feg =nete, atmete.Verbs wh ich , likeerfchrecten and antworten, form their
Imperfect with teor ete, areof theWeak (fchwache) or
New (neue) Conjug ation.
Theverbs of th is conjug ation havethefollowingending s in theImperfect
1. and 3 . person 81
2 .
1.
2.
nbdyften, neatnicht, not
plbglich, suddenlytbten, to killans , us
wirflich, really
SIXTH LFS SON 81
Review of theImperfect of theWeak Conj ugation
Sing . 1 . pers . , id? tagte, I said answered
2 . bu fagteftm. , er fegte
fietagten. , es fugiemir fegtenihr iagtetfiefasten
46. 1. Conjug atethePresent and Imperfect of theverbs menti oned in 41, 2.
No words sh ould beabbreviated or indicated by ditto marks ;
every word, no matter how often it occurs , sh ould. bewritten out
in full .
2. Changethesentences of this reading lesson as
required in 41, 3.
3. Translate: 1. Theteacher hears a noise. 2. Thepeasant herds thesheep. 3. William said to Charles :You do not lau g 4 Thepupils answered him.
5 . Thefather answered us. 6. Thewolf frig h tened thewoman. 7. Wehastened into (in) theroom. 8. Thewoman speaks to us and lau g h s. 9. Thewoman spoketo us and laughed. 10. Your father blesses (fegnen)you. 11. Your father blessed you. 12. Thech ild doesnot breathe(atmen). 13. Thechild did not breathe.
id; antwortete, Ibu antwortetefter antwortetefieantwortetees antwortetemir antwortetenihr antwortetetfieantmorteten
32 SEVENTH LESSON
CONVERSATIONAL EXERCISES
47. was molltemartin am nc'
ichfien Q'
agethan ?IDas fchrieer wieber ? IDer tam heutewirtlich ?21ber mer tam heutenicht ? IDen tbteteber IDolf?[DieuieleSchafetbteteer ? Sachtemartin heute
aach
was fagtemartin ? (einellnmahrheit).wann iagteer einellnmahrheit? (gefiern anb heute).we: t‘am gefiern ? (bieBaaern).mohin famen fiegefiern ? (3a martin).
was wollten fiegefiern than ? (martin helfen).mic wollten fiemartin helfen ? (ben wolf tbten).we: tam am nlichfien (Zage? (ber wolf).
was tiiteteber wolf? (einigeS chafe).wer lachteheute? (bieBauern).
7. iettion
READING LESSON
Du iollfi n icht out onehbren
48. (Ein Ill ann‘ reitet auf einem (Efel. Sein Sohn
geht neben ihm. (Ein IDanberer aber fag t : "Bauer,warum reitet bein Sohn n icht ? fir hat
”fihwc
’
ichere‘
Beine. “ Da reitet ber Sohn, anb ber Dater geht nebenbem Ciel.
34 SEVENTH LESSON
0) With Ending s
e: bas Bein, pl . bieSeineber diag , biedage
er : bas <Ei, bie(Z iern : ber Bauer, bieBauem
biefienne, biehennenen : biesraa, biegraaen
(1) With umlaut and Endings
llmlaat and e: ber Sohn, pl. bieSbhnellmlaat and er : ber mann, biemanner
2. er hat is the3. pers. sin g . Present of theiliary haben . TheD of thestem is suppressed. TheImperfect hatte(see23) is formed from th is irreg ularform but and theendin g te.
3. ihr habt is the2. pers. plur . Present of haben.
4. gehabt c onsists of thestem bob, theprefix geand theending t. Th is form of theverb is thePastPartic iple.
RuleI .—Most of theverbs of theWeak Conju g ation
form their Past Partic iplewith theprefix geand theendin g t or ci, e. g . hbren gehbrt, antworten genantwortet.
5 . ihr habt gehabt. ThePerfec t is formed by
thePresent of haben together with thePast Partic ipleof theverb to beconjug ated.
6. {chwc'
ichere Thepositiveform of th is adjec tiveis fchmach. Thecomparativeis madeby theaddition
of er to thepositive, as in Eng lish , and by chan g ing
thevowel of thestem to its llmlaut; hen cefchwc'
icher.
SEVENTH LESSON 35
Adjectives can beu sed in all their forms either predic atively (see28, 5 ) or attributively, in wh ich casetheytaketheending e; e. 9. bus Bein ift fd Gd)
bas fchwache(fchwc'
ichere) Bein .
7. sweiter, briller. For the form of thesewords
see28, 3.
ORAL AND WRITTEN EXERCISES
50. 1. Learn with thedefinitearticlethesing ular
and plural of all nouns whi ch oc cur in theprecedingLesson s . (In likemanner study thenouns of all sub
sequent Lessons . )
2. Conjug atetheImperfec t of haben .
3. GivethePast Partic ipleof thefollowin g verbsfagen, haben , hbren, legen, mdfien, follen, wollen , eilen ,lachen
,tbten, antworten, hilten .
4. Form the2. pers. plur . Perfec t of theseverbs.5 . Givethec omparativeof theadjec tives fell, flein,
laug , all and fchwady, using them (a) predi catively,(b) attributively.
6. Use(a) thepositiveof felt, flein , all and fdnvach,(b) their c omparatives with thenoun mann , both withthedefiniteand theindefiniteartic le.
7. Translate: 1. Thepeasant h as many sheep. 2. Thech ild h as weak leg s. 3. The older brother h as an
swered theteacher . 4. Thebrother is older th an (als )thesister (bieSchweiler, pl. —n) . 5 . Theth ird pupil isdismi ssed. 6. A sec ond teacher c ameinto theroom .
7. On what (worauf) do you (plun ) ride? 8. Weride
36 EIGHTH LESSON
on an ass. 9. You (plur . )‘
h avea brother. 10. Haveyou (plur . ) a teacher ? 11. Sheh as a brother ? 12. Has
thech ild a'
brother ? 13. Theteacher hears a noise.14. Theteacher heard a noise. 15 . Theteacher h as
heard a noise. 16. Thewolf kills many sheep. 17. Thewolf killed many sheep. 18 . Thewolf has killed manysheep.
CONVERSATIONAL EXERCISES
5 1. Iver reitet ? worauf reitet er ? IDer gehtneben ihm ? IDo ifi fein Sohn ? was that feinSohn ? [Der rebet 3a bem Dater ? was fag t berIDanberer 5a ihm ? IDer fell reiten ? IDer reitet ?was that ber Dater ? Iver rebet 5a ihm ?
was fag t ber sweiteIDanberer 3a ihm ? was thanber Dater anb ber S ohn ? was aber fagt ein britterIDanberer ?
8. iettion
READING LESSON
Du iollft n icht auf allehbren (sortfetaang)
5 2. néwei aaf einem Eiere? “
iagteber manberer.Zlan gehen Dater anb Sohn neben bem (Efel.Ginvierter IDanberer aber fagt: ..IDarum reitet nichteiner ? “ Da binben fiebieBeinebes (Efels safammenanb tragen ihn.
EIGHTH LESSON 87
unb ber Dater iagte: ..IDir finb thbricht gewefin’.
3d) habelaaf ben erfien manberer gebe’rt’; ba hafi‘
aaf ben sweiten gehbrt ; wir haben‘aaf allegehbrt,
anb fiehabenlans gelabelt
‘. Nan reitet ber f fel auf
ans . Da5u finb wir getommen’
, weil wir auf allegehbrt
binben, to tie gewefen, been (fein,ba3a, to this , thereto ihn, him
ben, the nan, now
bes , of the thbricht, foolish
einer, one bas Eier, pl.erfien, first tragen, h, to carry
gehbrt, heard (hbren, h) vierten, fourthgetommen, come(tommen, f) meil, becausegetabelt, criticised, reproved (tabeln, h) safammen, together
sweiten, second
53. 1. ich hate, rm . mir haben, wehaveba
'
hafi, you have ihr baht, you have(49, 3)er, fie, es hat, he, she, it has (49, 2) fiehaben, they have
Thepreceding is thePresent Tenseof theauxiliaryto have. Theconsonant b has been dropped in haft asin hat (see49,
2. geiommen is thePast Partic ipleof fommen ; ithas not theending i (likegehabt, gehbrt, gelabelt), buten
,hen ceit is not of theWeak but of theStron g or
Old Conju g ation.
38 EIGHTH LESSON
RuleI .—ThePast Partic ipleof theStrong Conja
g ation ends in en.
IDir finb gelommen is the1. pers . plur . of thePerfec tTenseof tommen . ThePerfec t of th isverb is madeof
its Past Partic ipleand thePresent Tenseof fein. Theverb tommen expresses Motion .
3d) habegehbrt is the1. pers . sing . of thePerfec tTenseof hbren. Theverb hbren expresses Action .
RuleII .—ThePerfec t Tenseof a verb expressing
Motion is formed of thePresent Tenseof theauxiliaryfein and thePast Partic ipleof theverb . ThePerfectTenseof averb expressing Ac tion is formed of thePresent Tenseof haben and thePast Partic ipleof theverb .
In thevocabulary h or f following theverbs indicatewhich oneof thetwo auxiliaries is used in theformation of thePerfect.
3. gemefen is thePast Partic ipleof fein ; wit finbgewefen is the1. pers. plur . of thePerfec t of fein .
4. Theending of theInfinitivetabeln (than, fein zc.)is a ; but theInfinitiveof mostverbs ends in en.
To conjug ateaverb thestudent must know its Infini
tive, Imperfec t, Past Partic ipleand theauxiliary u sed
(fein or haben) . Theseform s (Infinitivehbren, Imperfect hbrte, Past Partic iplegehb
’
rt, Perfec t Infinitiveges
hbrt haben ) areits Princ ipal Parts (bieQaaptteile) . As
theprin c ipal parts ofverbs areessential to their c on
jug ation ,they should beconstantly studied and reviewed.
5 . weil wir aaf allegehbrt haben ; th is sentenceis a
dependent sentence(c lau se), becau seif standin g aloneitwould not beintellig ible. Theorder of words of the
dependent sentencediffers from both thenormal and
theinverted order in that thepredicateverb (in th is
sentencehaben) is at theend of t hesentence—This
EIGHTH LESSON 39
order of words is characteristic of dependent sentencesand is c alled theTransposed Order of words (bieverfestewortfolge) .
Review of theformation of thePerfect Tense.
ich bin gemefen, I havebeen ich bin getommen, I havebu bifigemefen ba bift getommener, fie, es ifigemefen er, fie, es ifigetommenmir finb gewefen wit finb getommenihr feib gewefen ihr feib getonnnenfiefinb gemefen fiefinb getommen
ich habegehabt, I havehad ich habegehbrt, I haveheardbu hafigehabt ba haft gehbrter, fie, es hat gehabt er, fie, es hat gehbrtmir haben gehabt mir haben gehbrtihr habt gehabt ihr habt gehbrtfiehaben gehabt fiehaben gehbrt
ORAL AND WRITTEN EXERCISES
54. 1. Conjug ateand learn thePresent, Imperfectand Perfec t of haben .
2. Wh at aretheprin c ipal parts of fag t, haft, hbrte,tabela, leg tefi, mc
’
ifiet, rebetefi, lacht, erfchreclte, antworsten, follen, tbtet?3. Conju g atethePresent, Imperfect and Perfect of
thesameverbs .
4. Conjug atethePresent and Perfect of fommen.
40 NINTH LESSON
5 . Translate: 1. Thefather has two sons . 2. Thesons assist thefather. Wh om (mem) do they assist ?
3. They h ad an ass . They intended to rideon h im daily.
On wh at (worauf) did they intend to ridedaily ? 4. Awoman had a hen. 5 . Thehen laid no eg g s becausethewoman had fattened her. 6. Thepeasant c ries becausethewolf has come. 7. Theteacher reproves thepupils,becausethey did not comeyesterday ; but they havecometo-day. I havecomeand you h avec ome.
CONVERSATIONAL EXERCISES
5 5 . IDer tabelteben Dater anb ben Sohn ? was
than fienan ? mo geht ber Dater ? wegeht berSohn ? IDaram reiten fienicht ? IDas jag t einvierter IDanberer ? was than ber Dater anb berSohn ? Iver reitet nan ? 2Iaf wem reitet ber (Efel?IDaram reitet ber (Efel aaf bem Dater anb bemSohne? we: ifithbricht gewefen ? IDaram ?
9. iettion
READING LESSON
DieB ieneanb bieEaube
5 6. (EineBieneroar1 anvorfichtig anb fiel‘ ins’
waiter. f ineGaabehatte’ es gefehen'anb warf‘ ein
42 NINTH LESSON
3. hattegefehen is thePluperfect of ichen ; it ismadeup of theImperfect of theauxiliary haben (batte)and thePast Partic ipleof ichen (gefehen) .
Pluperfect of fehen
ich hattegefehen, I had seen wir hatten gefehenbu hattefigefehen ihr hattet gefehener, fie, es hattegefehen fiehatten gefehen
4. war gefallen is thePluperfect of fallen ; it ismadeup of theImperfec t of theauxiliary fein (war)and thePast Partic ipleof fallen (gefallen) .
Pluperfect of fallen
ich war gefallen, I had fallen wit waren gefallenbu warft gefallen ihr maret gefallener, fie, es mar gefallen fiewaren gefallen
RuleI .—ThePluperfec t of a verb is formed of its
Past Participleand theImperfec t of theauxiliary feinor haben (see5 3, RuleII ).
5 . war gewefen is thePluperfect of theauxiliaryfein.
Pluperfect of fein
ich war gemefen, I had been wit maren gemefenbu marfigewefen ihr waret gewefener, fie, es war gewefen fiemaren gemeten
6. fiel (warf, trod) , flog ) is theImperfect of fallen(werfen , friechen, fliegen ) .
Imperfect of fallen
NINTH LESSON 48
TheImperfec t of theseverbs is formed by droppingtheending (en) of theInfinitiveand substituting for
thevowel of thestem an entirely difierentvowel. Thisch angeofvowel is called bieZlblaatung and thesub
stitutedvowel is called ber Zlblaut.Verbs forming their Imperfect by zlblaatang are
called ablautenbeDerben orverbs of thestrong conja
g ation (see5 3,Verbs in thevocabulary not followed by theImperfect and Par
ticipleareof theweak conjugation .
7. ins and im arecontrac tions, theformer of in
and bas , thelatter of in and bem.
ORAL AND WRITTEN EXERCISES
5 8. 1. Wh at aretheprinc ipal parts of: haben, legen ,fagen , mc
‘
ifien, follen , hb’
ren, reben , antworten , erfchrecfen,
hiiten, lachen, wollen, tbten, tabela, entlaffen, helfen ,rufen , fchreien, binben, tragen , eilen , fommen, reiten .
2. Conju g ate thePresent, Imperfect, Perfect, and
Pluperfec t of fallen, fiiegen, friechen, fehen, werfen,retten .
3. Translate: 1. Theteacher di smissed thech ildren .
2. Thechi ld had helped thefather . 3. Thepupil did(than, that, getban, daily what (was ) heou g h t
(follte) to do. 4. Thefather c alled Ch arles into theroom.
5 . Thech ildren c ried and laug hed. 6. Theteacherand thepupils h ad comeinto thesch ool (bieSchule,pl. _n ) . 7. They went (gehen, g ing , gegangen , f,) to
44 TENTH LESSON
sch ool daily. 8. A peasant and his son rode(rei ten,ritt, geritten, f,) upon (auf) an ass. 9. They h ad listenedto some(einige) wanderers . 10. They tied h is leg s to
gether and carried h im .
CONVERSATIONAL EXERCISES
59. mohin fiel eineBiene? [Der fallen ?
was warf eineQaubeins maffer ? wohin fiel basBlatt ? mohin troch bieBiene? IDann flog bieBienefort ?was ift eineB iene? (ein (t ier).was ifieineEaabe? (ein Tier).was ifibiehenne? (ein filter).was ifibas S chaf? (ein (t ier).was ifiber wolf? (ein Eier).was tft ber Gfel? (ein filter).was that bieB iene? bieEaube? biehenne? (fiiegen).IDievieleBeinehat bieB iene? biefienne? bieEaube?was that bas Schaf? ber wolf? ber (Efel ? (gehen).IDievieleBeinehat bas Schaf? ber wolf? ber (Efel ?
10. i eftion
READING LESSON
DieB ieneunb bieGaube(fiortfegung)
60. 2lm nc'
ichften Gageflog,1bieBienewieber 5am"
IDaffer. Zluch bieEaabemar hier. S iewar aafeinenBaum geflogen
‘
, mo fiealles’ febea’
tonnte.
TENTH LESSON 45
Da fommt ber j ager. f r trag t‘ eineSlinte. Kaam
hat er bie(Eaabegefehen’
, ba sielt er aaffie. 2lberbieBienefieht
‘ihn. Schnell flieg t fiehin. Der J dger
fah’bieBienefliegen‘
; abet er bachtenicht, bafifieihnfiechen
’
wollte. 2Ils er fchofi, ftach’
fieihn in biehanb,anb er traf bieEaahenicht. DieBienehatteihn sar‘
rechten 5eit gefiochen’
anb fo bieQaabegerettet.
alles , everything rechten, r ight0 15 , 0 8 fdviefien, idiot,eeb Ofien, b. to shoot.
auf, on, at fire
ber Baum, pl. Bdume, t'rw fchnell, quicklybafi, that fo, thus
bieg linte, pl. —n , gun flechen, fiach, gefiochen, h, to sting
biefianb, pl. fidnbe, hand treffen, traf, getroffen, h, to hithin, there bieéeit, pl. —en, timeber Niger, pl. huntsman 3ielen, h, to aim
, takeaimfoam, hardy 3um, gar, to the, at the
NOTES
61. 1. fliegen, flog , geflogen ; noticethat thePastPartic ipleh as thesamevowel as theImperfect.
2. fehen, fah, gefehen ; notice th at the Imperfectunderg oes a ch an geofvowel wh ilethePast Partic iplehas thesamevowel as theInfinitive.3. ftechen, ftach, geftochen ; each of theprincipal parts
of thi s verb h as a differentvowel.ublautenbeDerben orverbs of thestrong conju g ation
chan ge thevowel of thestem in one of thewaysmentioned aboveand may thereforebedivided into
threec lasses
46 TENTH LESSON
I . Verbs h avin g thesame2lblaut in both theImperfect and Past Partic iple.
II . Verbs having theZlblaut only in theImperfectretaining thevowel of theInfinitivein thePast Partic iple.
II I. Verbs having a different Zlblaut in theImperfect and Past Partic iple.
4. trag t. The following is thePresent Tenseof
tragenich trage, I carry
bu trdgfi
er, fie, es trdgt
Th is verb as well as fallen and a few others (seethelist of strong verbs in 25 8 h avethellmlaat in the2.
and 3. pers. sing . Present.
5 . fieht. Thefollowing is thePresent of febea
ich fehe, I see wir fehenbu fiehfi ihr fehter, fie, es fieht fiefehen
Thi s verb as well as treffen, flechen , helfen, werfenand a few others (seethelist of strong verbs in 25 8)h avetheZlblaut i in the2. and 3. pers. sing . of thePresent.
6. sum is thecontrac tion of 3a and bem, gar of 311
and ber, thelatter Deing thedativeof thefeminineartic lesing ular.
7. alles is an indefinitepronoun . Theending es isattached to all to indi catetheneuter gender. When
TENTH LESSON 47
theindefini tepronoun all modifies a masculinenoun , theendin g er is affixed ; thus : aller i drm, aller Derftanb.
2lll ends in ewhen it modifies a noun of femininegender ; thus : alleéeit.2lll also has theending ewhen it modifies any noun
in theplural number ; thus : allemanner, allegarben,alleg immer.In likemanner theending s er, e, es, pl. -eare
attached to other ,pronoun s, to adjectives (see28, 3
and 4) and numerals to indic atethe gender of thenoun wh ich they modify or in theplaceof which theyareu sed ; thu s
smauma
melcher wellhesalter Bruber altes Kinb
erfier erfies
melche welche melchealte B riiber alte frauen alte Kinbererfie erfie erfie
welcher, e, es , pl. —e, who, which , what, that.
ORAL AND WRITTEN EXERCISES
62. 1. Conju g atethePresent, Imperfec t, Perfect andPluperfec t of thestrong verbs of th is lesson.
2. Thefollowing verbs, whi ch haveoc curred in theprevious lessons, areof thestrong c onjug ation : entlaffen,
48 TENTH LESSON
helfen, rufen, than, fchreien, tommen, gehen, reiten,binben, tragen, fallen, fliegen, triechen, fehen, werfen,fchiefien, ftechen, treffen .
Givetheprinc ipal parts of theseverbs and c lassifythem ac c ording to their 2lblautung . (See61, 1, 2 and
It is recommended th at thestudent writeth is classification in a
copy book and continueto do so wi th all verbs of thestrongconjugation occurring in thesubsequent lessons.
3. Supply thenecessary ending s in thefollowin glang . . Gag , smelt . fortfehung , thbrid7t . . Schiller, erft . .
B latt, fett Eaabe, unvorfichtig Kinb, fchwachEarm, alt . éeit,viert Baum
,recht hanb, fchnell
Tier, jung manner, g liicflich Brfiber, flein CEi,
lalt IDaffer, einig Sbhne, braan é immer, brittEeftion.
4. Translate 1. Thetreehas leaves ; thetreeh adleaves ; the treeh as had leaves ; the treeh ad h ad
leaves . 2. Theman is here; theman was here; theman has been here; theman had been here. 3. Theb ird
(ber Dogel, pl. Dbgel) sing s (fingen, fang , gefa ngen, h) ;thebird sang ; thebird h as sun g ; thebird h ad sun g .
4. Theboy (ber Knabe, pl. —n ) reads (lefeu, las , geslefen, h) ; the,
boy read ; theboy h as read ; theboy h adread. 5 . Theg ir l (bas mdbclyen, pl. falls ; theg ir lfell ; theg irl has fallen ; theg irl h ad fal len. 6. Themother (biemutter, pl. matter) loves (lieben, h) her(ihr) child ; themother loved her c h ild ; themother h asloved her ch ild ; themother had loved her child.
11. teftion
READING LESSON
Der rechteCream
65 . fris,“
fagteber Dater, "heatebifibaviergehnj ahrealt. was willft
‘ba gas wafite
‘ esnicht. Da fprach ber Dater : ..llchte
‘aaf beineErc
‘
iame;vielleicht fag t ein Eraam es bir.
“
Zlm’nc
’
ichften Illorgen fagtest ile: ..Dater, ich werbe’
Kaufmann ; benn ich trc'
iamte, bafiich Kaufmann binl ll
anb reich werbe.
2lber ber Dater fag le: Das ift nicht ber rechteEraam. Zlbervielleicht wirft ba’
heateIlacht wiebertraumen‘
. IDir werben’ than“, was ber rechteQraambir fagen
’
achten, to pay attention, watch reich, richam, on the fpredzen, leredi eefprodzen, Itbas , that to speak
benn, for ber Giraam, pl . Eraame, dreambtr, thee trliumen, h, to dreambas 3ahr, pl. —e, year vielleicht, perhapsber Kaufmann, pl. Kaufleute, viergehn, fourteenmerchant werben, marb or wurbe, gemot s
ber morgen, pl. morning ben, f, to becomebieZlacht, pl . Zldchte, night willfi(mollen, h,) will
mufite(miffen, h, to know) , knew
50
ELEVENTH LESSON 51
NOTES
66. 1. werben is an auxiliary verb of time. Liketheother auxiliaryverbs (fein and haben) it may also
beu sed as an asserting verb . When so used it means
2. ThePresent Tenseof werben is
id) werbe, I becomeor shall
bu mirfi
er, fie, es mirb
Noticeth at thewords wirft and mirb areformedirregu larly. In both (as in fiehft and fleht, see61, 5 )thezlblaut i oc cur s ; in wirft theorig inal b of thestem h as been dropped, wh ilemirb has not thereg ularendin g of the3. pers ., t.
3. ba mirfi traumen, wir werben than, er mirb fagen ; theseforms aretheFutureTenseof theverbstrdumen, than and fagen, and consist of thePresentof werben and theInfinitiveof theverbs.Ru leI .
-TlieFutureof a verb is madeup of its
Infinitiveand thePresent of werben, thelatter in this
connection having themeaning shall.
ich werbetrdamenbu wirfitrdumener, fie,es mirb trliumenwir werben trdamenihr werbet trdamenfiewerben trliamen
I shall come I shall become
ich werbetommen ich werbewerbenbu mirfitommen bu wirft werbener, fie,es mirbfommen er, fie,es mirbwerbenmir werben tommen mir werben werbenihr merbet lommen ihr merbet werbenfiewerben fommen fiewerben werben
62 ELEVENTH LESSON
4. willft is the2. pers. of thePresentTenseof wollen.
Present of mollen
id) wi ll, I will or intend wir mollenbu mi llfi ihr mollt
er, fie, es wi ll fiewollen
5 . muBteis the3. pers . sing . Imperfect of wiffen.
This verb forms its Imperfec t by substituting thevowel a for thestem-vowel i (i. e. Zlblaut) and by theaddition of theending te. Thus, thecharacteristicch anges occurring in theformation of theImperfect of
verbs both of thestrong and of theweak conju g ationareto befound in theImperfect of th is verb . In likemanner bachte(see44) is madeof benfen (th ink), (observethat a changeof a stem-c onsonant takes places inth is verb), also fonnte(see5 6 ) of lbnnen, can .
RuleII .—'
Verbs forming their Imperfect by Ilblawtang and theending teareof theMixed (gemifchte)Conjug ation.
PRESENT
ich weifi, tann, bente umfite, tonnte, bachteba weifit, fannfi, benlft mufiteft, fonnteft, bachtefter, fie, es weifi, tann, bentt mufite, fonnte, bachtemir miffen, tbnnen, bent’en mufiten, tonnten ,
bachtenihr mifit, tbnnt, bentt mufitet, lonntet bachtetfiewiffen, tbnnen, bent’en mafiten, leuntea , bachten
6. achteis theImperativesing . of theverb aChten.
RuleIII .—Most verbs form their Imperativesing .
by adding eto thestem.
7. am is thecontrac tion of an (on) and bem.
ELEVENTH LESSON 58
ORAL AND WRITTEN EXERCISES
67. 1. Conjug atetheFutureof fein,haben, werben,
fbnnen, mollen , miffen, benten .
2. Givetheprinc ipal parts and conjug atetheProsent and Imperfec t of beaten, bringen (h, to bring ),
brennen (h, to burn ) , leanen (h, to know) , nennen (h, toname) , rennen (h and f, to run), fenben (h, to send),miiffen (I) , must) , fannen (to beable, can) , mbgen (mochte,Ill may)
3. Giveand translatetheImperativesing . of legen ,fagen, entlaffen, hbren, rufen, antworten, than, eilen,hiiten, lachen, fcl)reien.
4. Usenicht with theImperativesing . of thefollow
ing verbs, and translate: lommen , tbten, reben, atmen,fegnen, gehen, reiten, hbren, labeln, binben, tragen,fallen .
5 . Translate: 1. Theboy is to he(fell werben) a merch ant ; theboy will (mirb) becomea merch ant. 2. The
g ir l is becomin g careless ; theg irl will becomecareless. 3.
Thesoup (bieSuppe, pl. —n ) is getting (mirb) cold (fall) ;thesoup will get cold. 4. Thefire(bas Seller, pl.burns ; thefireburned ; thefireh as burned ; thefirewill burn . 5 . Thepupil brin g s thebook (bas Bach,pl. thepupil brou g h t thebook ; thepupilh ad brou g h t thebook ; thepupil will bring thebook.
6. Breathedeeply (lief) . 7. Hear everyth ing . 8 . Tellno un truth . 9. Call thefather and thebrother .
54 TWELFTH LESSON
68. IDiealt tft gas was molltesuewerbenworauf fellteer ad)ten ? IDer fagtees ihm ? was
fag leihm ber Dater ? was trc‘
iamtefrig ? was
jag teber Dater non bem Traum ?
12. tettien
READING LESSON
Der redztearaum (Sortfegung)
69. Km nc’
ichften morgen fag te5 ru) z "Dater, id)trdamte’
, bafiid) fehr gead7tet werbe‘
, meil id) ein fehrweifer Dottor bin.
“
2lber wieber fag teber Dater : "2Iad) bas ift nicht berrechteEtoum’
. Dielleid) t trc'
iamft ba heuteZladfi
wieber.“
2lm britten morgen fagteg rit} : "hemetrdamteid) ,bafiid) in einer 5 d)miebearbeite. Die®efellen fag ten
5a mir : 2Irbeite, ober bu wirft gefd)olten‘. 3d) arbeitete
fleifiig , bis id) milbewar.
“
Da fprad) ber Dater : "Das ift ber red)teEraam lDeineerfien Eraamegeig ten beinemanfche; aber nid)tanferewanfdn, fonbern 2lrbeit’ mad) t ans g ladlid).
werbe5 d)mieb l“
TWELFTH LESSON 55
biezlrbeit, pl. -en, work nicht fonbern, not but
arbeiten, h, to work ober, or
(deems . the“. sefdeolten. h. tober Dottor, pl. -en , doctorfleifiig , diligently ber Schmieb, pl. smith
ber (Befelle, pl. —n, j ourneyman bieSebmitbt , pl. “fi t, f0'9°
slfidlid t happy feta, "mah verymachen, h, to males weife, wiremir, to me ber munld b PL wdnfihe, ”Wtmiibe, tired seigen, h, to show
NOTES
70. 1. id) werbegeachtet, bu wirft gefcholten arethePresent of thePassiveVoiceof theverbs achten and
fd)elten. Theseforms arecomposed of thePresent of
theauxiliary werben and thePast Partic ipleof thetwo prin c ipalverbs.Ru leI .
—ThePresent Passiveis formed of thePastPartic ipleof theprin c ipalverb and thePresent of theauxiliary werben ; thelatter is to betranslated by thePresent Tenseof to be.Ru leII .
—Verbs h aving a passiveform arecalledTmnsitiveverbs, th osehaving no passiveform areIntransitiveverbs.
Present Tenseof thePassiveVoiceI am respected I am scolded
Sing . 1. id) werbegeachtet ich werbegefcholten2 . ba wirft geachtet bu wirft gefcholten3. er, fie, es mirb gead)tet er, fie, es mirb gefcholten
Plur . 1. mir werben geachtet mir werben gefcholten2 . ihr merbet geachtet ihr merbet gefdzolten3. fiewerben geachtet fiewerben gefcholten
56 TWELFTH LESSON
2. Craum traumen, 2trbeit arbeiten . Manyverbs areformed by attach ing en to certain noun s ; in
someinstances thenoun is further ch anged by 11mIautung .
ORAL AND WRITTEN EXERCISES
71. 1. Give the prin c ipal parts of ten tran sitiveand ten intransitiveverbs oc currin g m theprecedi nglessons.
2. Conju g ate theFuture. ac tive and thePresentpassiveof theseverbs.3. Formverbs by theaddition of en to thefollow
ing noun s and memorizethemeanin g of theverbsbet fiefell, to j oin ; bet Earm,
to benoisy;
bet d mieb, to forge; bet Qag , to dawn ;
bet wunfch, . .en, to wish.
4. Translate: 1. Theson loves h is mother ; themotheris loved by (Don) her (ihrem) son . 2. Thewandererscolds (fchilt) theboy ; theboy is scolded by thewanderer . 3. Thesmith forges theiron (bas f ifen) ; theiron is forged by thesmith . 4. Theman desires (wiinfchen) work ; work is desired by theman . 5 . I am seenby theteacher ; weareseen by h im. 6. You* are(metben) dismissed ; you aredismissed. 7. He(she, it) is
(werben ) killed ; they arekilled. 8. Wisewomen and
men are(werben) respec ted (achten ). 9. Small ch ildrenarecarried. 10. Wild (milb) animals aresh ot. 11. Foolish
ch ildren areblamed (tabeln). 12. Thelessons (arbeit)aredone(passive) and sh own to theteacher.
‘NOTE .—You* is always to berendered by bile
58 THIRTEENTH LESSON
21uf bem lnarftefianben’
brauneunb fchmarse, alteunb jungeDferbe. S iemurben1 ihm gegeig t
2
unb gepriefen
’
; aber fiegefielen ihm nicht.plbtglich fah er fein eigenes
ls
pferb. f r 309“ es fort
unb wolItees wegfiihren‘
; aber ein mann rief : "Das
ifi mein Dferb l“ Rein , “ iag teber Bauer, "bas
pferb gehbrt mir. Dor einigen Eagen wurbees mirgefiohlen.
“ Da fchrieber mann : ..II)urbebir nor cini
gen Qagen ein Dferb geftohlen, fo wurbefi1bu heute
eiu i iigner l 3d) habebas pferb feit einem‘
3ahrel“
braun, brown prei fen, pries , gepriefen, h, toeigen—er, e, es , —e, own praisefort, away fchmar3—er, e, es , —e, blackgefallen, gefiel, gefallen, h, to feit, since, forplease bieStabt, pl. Stabte, city
gehbren, h, to belong fiehen, fianb, geftanben, h and
iung—er, e, es , —e, young f, to stand
faufen, h, to buy fiehIen, fiahl, gefiohlen, h, to
ber i iiguer, pl. liar stealber marit, pl. mdrfte, market vor, before, nor einigen Eagen, anach, after few days ago
nein, no wegfiihren, h, to lead away
bas pferb, pl. —e, horse 3iehen, 309 , ge3ogen, h, to pull,ber pferbebieb, pl . —e, horse-thief drag
NOTES
74. 1. wurbe, wurbefi, wurben are form s of theImperfec t of werben .
Imperfect of werbenSINGULAR
1. ich wurbe2. bu wurbefi3. er, fie, es murbe
THIRTEENTH LESSON 59
When used as a princ ipal verb and not as an au
iliary, wurbemeans became.2. es murbegefiohleu, fiewurbeu geseigt, fiewurben
gepriefen areforms of theImperfec t passiveof fiehleu,geigen and preifen. When used as an auxiliary verb,wurbemeans was and were.RuleI .
—TheImperfect passiveconsists of thePastPartic ipleof theverb and theImperfect of werben.
I was bought
ich wurbegefauft, ich wurbegepriefeu,bu wurbefigefauft bu murbefigepriefeuer, fie, es murbegefauft er, fie, es murbegepriefmmir wurben getauft mir wurben gepriefeuihr murbet gefauft ihr murbet gepriefeufiewurben gefauft fiewurben gepriefeu
3. g ing is theImperfect of gehen ; fiauben is theImperfec t of flehen
,and 309 is the Imperfec t of
siehen.
Irreg ularities in thec onju g ation of verbs areindicated in 25 8.
Imperfect of Irregular Verbs
gehen, giug , gegangen, f, to go h and f, to stand h, to pull, draw
ich giug , I went ich ftaub, I stood ich 30g , I pulled
bu g ingfi bu fianbfi bu gogfi
er, fie, es ging er, fie, es fiaub er, fie, es 509mir g ingeu mir fianben mir gogeuihr g ing t ihr fianbet ihr 3og i
fieg ingen fiefianben fie309m
60 THIRTEENTH LESSON
4. megffihreu (with theac cent on meg ) is a com
pound verb, c ompo sed oi theadverb weg (away) and
theverb ffihren (h, to lead). That part of a compoundverb wh ich precedes theverb proper is called thePrefix (bieDorfilbe) . See78, 3.
Therearetwo c lasses of prefixes : (a)Moresyllables ,not u sed independen tly as words , as in belafieu, to leavea thing at rest, entlafien, erfchredeu, gefallen, mififallen,to displease, uerlafieu, to leave, quit, serfallen, tofall to pieces .
Theseprefixes be, cut,er, ge, mifi, Der, set , arenever
ac cented. (b ) \Vords also used independently, as megin wegffihreu. Thefollowing is a list of words wh ich
areused as prefixes
ab, of , down, away gegeu, againstan, on, at heim,
homeauf, up , upon
‘
her, toward oneaus
,out, from hiu, from one
bei, by, beside, with hinter , behindba (bar), at, thereburch, throug h mit, with
eiu,in, into uach, after
empor, up , aloft uieber, down
eui3mei, apart, in two ob, over, on
fort, forth , away abet , over. above
Of these32 prefixes the22 in large-faced typemaybeused with theverb ffihren ; each compoundverb so
formed having a difierent meaning . Th is oneexamplewell illustrates how by theuseof prefixes thelang uageis enriched in flexibility and delicateshading of meaning .
5 . eigenes ; theadjec tiveis eigeu, eigene. It precedesand modifies theneuter noun pferb and thereis no
um,around, about
uuier, underroll, full
nor , beforeweg y “Wmihet , againstwieber, againyu, to
aurad , back
yuiammeu , logatka'
THIRTEENTH LESSON 61
artic leor other word wh ich indicates thegender of thenoun. To sh ow that thenoun is of theneuter gender,thelast letter of theneuter artic le(5 ) is attached toeigene.For thesamereason , whereno artic leor other word
indi cates thegender of thenoun , er is attached to theadjectivewhen themodified noun is masculine, and e,when it is feminine' (see28, 3 and thu s eis attachedto theadjectivewhen it modifies theplural of a noun
of any gender : eigeneStdbte, eigenememe, eigeneDferbe.Thevocabulary of someof thesucceeding lessons shows thesedings of theadjectives . Thestudent sh ould learn theadjectives
with their endings ; thus : gut, good : guter, gute, gutes , pl. gute.
6. pferbebieb is a c ompound noun, madeup of thenoun s pferb and Diet) (bet Dieb, pl. —e, thief) . Theformer is called theQualifying Word (Beftimmung swort) and thelatter theRadi cal Word (Grunbwort) .
Theaccent is on theformer . Thegender of thec om
pound noun is the sameas th at of theCrunbwort;thu s : bas Dferb, ber Dieb, ber pferbebieb.
ORAL AND WRITTEN EXERCISES
75 . 1. Conju g ate thePresent, Imperfect, Perfect,Pluperfec t and Futureactiveof werben , gehen , siehen,benten , wegffihren (see and thePresent and Imperfect passiveof hbreu, fehen, rufeu, wegfiihreu,erfchredeu.
2. Completethefollowing ph rases by insertin g theproper endin g s of theadjec tives :
62 THIRTEENTH LESSON
ber reich mann biereich Srau bas reich mdbcheuein reich manu eiuereid) gran eiu reich Imibchenreich mauu reich Srau reich mbbchenreich mliuner reid) staueu reich Illéibcheu
Similarly u sethefollowing fiveadjec tives with thenouns Oppositethem
faIt berwinb, pl. —e, wind bieZlacht bas wafier
fleifiig ber Dater biemutter bas Kinb
g liicfl ich ber morgen bieHacht bas 3ahr
mube ber (EfeI bieGlaube bas (t ieralt ber Niger bieurbeit bas B Iatt
3. Translate, g iving compound nouns :
”
1. Theh orsethief. 2 . Then ig h ttime. 3. Thepeasant boy . 4. Thesch oolroom . 5 . Theleaf of a tree. 6. Theleg cy
"an
animal. 7. Theh and of a father. 8. Thehand of a
mother. 9. Thehand of a g irl. 10. Theschool forboys. 11. Thesch ool for g irls. 12. A teacher for boys.
4. Translate: 1. Themother becameill. 2. Thewoman
sudden ly becameold. 3. Thewater becamec old qu ickly.4. By diligent work themerchant becamerich . 5 . Theyoung horse became wild from (but ch) the noise.6. Thepupil was scolded by theteacher . 7. Thedoctorwas called. 8 . Theiron is bein g forged. 9. Theold
man was led into theroom. 10. Themother is lovedby thech ildren . 11. A new teacher is in thesch ool.
12. A foolish ch ild speaks foolish ly. 13. A dili gent h andmakes [theowner] * rich . 14. Theth ief ran away ; hehas run away ; hewill run away. 15 . Thec ity burnsdown ; it burned down ; it will burn down.
Words in squarebrackets areto beomitted in translation ;
th osein round brackets indicatetherendering required.
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CONVERSATIONAL EXERCISES
76 . wieuieIepferbehatteeiu Bauer i> IDer ftahlbas Dferb? warm wurbees gefiohleu ? mohiu g iugber Bauer ? IDanu g ing er hiu ? warum g iug erhin
’
P wohin g ing er in ber S tabt? was wurbeihmauf bem mari tegeseigt? IDeIches Dferb {ah er 191615Iich ? was o teer thun
’
x> Konnteer es thuu ?IDarum nicht ? mieuielemanner o lten bas Dferbhaben ? was tag teber Bauer ? llub was iag tebermam ? Der mann iag te, bag er bas pferb feitwarmhabe? IDienannteer ben Baueru ?
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READING LESSON
Der pferbebieb (Sortfeguug)
77. J hr S treit wurbefehr heftig , uub ber Richtermarbl gerufen
’. (Er fagte3u bem Baueru : "Du warbfi
‘
verfl ag t’; fage, warum ? “ Der Bauer autwortete:rvarb1 non biefem mari neEugner gefcholten
’
. Kun
werbeich euch geigen, bag er ein { figner unb Dieb ift.f r 509
“{einen Rod aus
’
unb marf ihn fiber ben Hopfbes pferbes . an. ifibas pferb blinb,
“ rief er, "auf
64 FOURTEENTH LESSON
bem rechten ober Iinteu h uge? “ Der mauu autwors
tete: ”2 q bem rech . §alfch l“unterbrach‘
ihn
ber Bauer. j ct) wolltefageu auf bem [inteu 2Iugel“
idyrieber mann . wieber falfch l rief ber Bauer ;..bas pferb ift gar nicht blinb 1“
Der Richter unteriuchte‘bas pferb ; es war nicht
blinb. Der Bauer erhielt feiu pferb, uub ber Diebwurbebefiraft.
bas zluge, pl . —u , eye heftig—er, e, es , pl. —e,ausgieheu, 309 aus , ausgegogen, ber Kopf, pl. Kbpfe, headh, to takeof linten, left
befirafen, h, to punish ber Richter, pl. j udge
blinb—er, e, es , pl. —e, blind ber Rod, pl. Bbde, coat
biefem, this ber Streit, pl. —e, quarrelerhaIteu, erhielt, erhaIten, h, to unterbrecheu, uuterbrach, untersreceive brachen, h, to interrupt
falfch—er, e, es , pl. —e, wrong unterfucheu, h, to examine
gar, at all verflagen, h, to sue
NOTES
78. 1. id) warb, bu warbfi, er warb areolder forms
of the Imperfec t sin g u lar of werben ; theplural of
theseforms is mir wurbeu, ihr wurbct, fiewurben.
2. ich warb gefcholten, bu warbfi uertlagt, er (berR ichter) warb gerufen ; theImperfect passivemay bemadeeither of theolder forms of theImperfect of
werben,or of its moremodern form s id) wurbe, bu
wurbefi, er wurbe.
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Theprincipal parts of theseverbs are: uuterbrechen,unterbrach, unterbrochen, unterbrochen haben ; unters
inchen, unterfuchte, unterfudyt, unterfucht haben .
Thec onjug ation of inseparablecompound verbs is
liketh at of simpleverbs.
ORAL AND WRITTEN EXERCISES
79. 1. Study both forms of theImperfect of werben.
2. Constru ct sentences of thefollowing words : 1. f in
Dieb, haben, ein Dferb, fiehlen. 2. (Er, werben, ergreis
fen, (erg riff, ergrifien, h, to seize) . 3. man (indefin itepersonal pronoun of theth ird person sin g . and may betranslated by we, you, they, or people), bringen , ihn,vorben Richter. 4. fj ier, werben , er, uerflagen. 5 . Der Richter, unterfuchen, nicht Iange. 6. (Er, befirafen, ben Dieb.
3. Translate, using both forms of theImperfect of werben1. Theman g rew (werben) old. 2. Thebook was (werben)bou g h t by thepupil. 3. Thehen becamefat. . 4. Thepupils were (werben ) dismissed. 5 . Thewoman was
(werben) frig h tened. 6 . Thesmith th rew down (bin)theiron . Theiron was (werben) thrown down . 7. Thehorseis (werben) led away. Thepeasant led theh orseaway. 8 . Theteacher c alled thech ildren together . Thech ildren were(werben) c alled together by theteacher .
9. Theg irl bring s in (herein ) thesoup. Theg irl h adbroug h t in thesoup. Shewill bring in thesoup. Thesoup was (werben) brou g h t in by theg irl. 10. Thepupil will bring thebook here(her) . Thepupil h as
FIFTEENTH LESSON 07
brou g h t thebook here. Thepupil was bring ing thebook here. Thebook was (werben) broug h t herebythepupil. Thepupil is bring in g thebook here.
CONVERSATIONAL EXERCISES
80. mic wurbeber S treit ? we: wurbegerufen5 u wem forach ber Richter ? was antworteteberBauer ? was o Iteber Bauer seigen ? was 309 eraus ? wohin warf er ben Rod ? IDen frag teer nun?
was frag teer ihn ? lionateber Dieb antworten ?
was iag teer ? IDo mar bas Dferb blinb? Iver wufitees ? was that ber Richter ? was erhielt ber Bauer ?was that ber Richter mit bem Dferbebieb ?
15 . iei tion
READING LESSON
Der Giel unb ber wolf
81. Der fife? traf einfiben wolf'. "3ch’bittebich‘
,
erbarmebich‘ mar bas erfiewort bes (Eiels‘.
"hilf mir”! J ch habeeinen Dorn in meinem sufie.
B itte, befreiemich’baron .
“
Der wolf“ wolItefich‘in wirtlichteit feiner“ nicht era
barmen‘
; aber erls antwortetebem (EfeI‘
: "Du‘bift mirt
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Iich 3u bebauern. 3ch werbemich beiner‘ erbarmen
unb bir‘ helfen .
“
DiefeIDortebes . IDoIfes’ beruhig ten ben (Eiel‘. (Er
trautebem wolfe’,trat nc
’
iher unb seigteihm“ben Sufi.
Zlber ber wolf serrifiihn“.
bebauern, h, to p ity meiner, of me, on mehefreien, h, to free mich, me
beruhigen, h, to quiet feiner, Qf him. on him
bitten, bat, gebeten, h, toentreatbitte, please trauen, h, to trust
bacon, of it, from it treten, trat, getreten, f, to stepbeiner, of you, on you biewirtlichteit, realitybiefe, these bas wort, pl. wasteand was.ber Dorn, pl. —en , thorn ter
,word
einfi, oneday 3errei§en, 3errifi, serrifien, h, toerbarmen, refl . to takepity tear in p iecesbet {inf}, pl. Siifie, foot
NOTES
82. 1. wer traf ben wolf? Der Qiel traf ben wolf.
wefien erfies wort war es ? Des (Efels erfies wort war es.went antworteteber wolf? Dem fifel antmorteteber wolf.
men beruhigten biefeworte? Den (Z iel beruhigten bieteivorie.Thewords wer, mefien, wem, men areequivalent to
who, whose, to whom and whom respectively. Der (Efel,bes (Efels , bem fifel, ben fifel arethefour c ases of
thenoun . Thefirst case, wh ich answers thequestionwet ? is thewerfall or Nominative(N. ) It correspondsto theEng lish Nominative. Thesecond case, whi ch
FIFTEENTH LESSON 69
answers thequestion mefien is theIDefienfaII or Genitive(G ) ; it is much liketheEng lish Possessive. Thethird c ase, wh ich answers thequestion mem is thewemfall or Dative it c orresponds to theEng lishObjec tivewith to or for. Thefourth case, wh ich an
swers thequestion wen is thewenfall or Ac cusativeit c orresponds to theEng lish Objective.
This ch an gein theform of nouns is called Declension. It will benoticed that themasculinenoun file!does not ch angeits form except in theGenitive, theDativeand Ac cusativeremainin g thesameas theNominative. On theother hand theform of thearticlechanges in every case; thus :
N. ber,the
G. bes,of the
D. bem,to or for the
A. ben,the
RuleI .—TheDativeand Ac cusativeof a masculine
noun are liketheNominative, if theGenitiveendsin s .
2 wer moIItefich nicht er: Der wolf moIItefich nicht erharmen? barmen.
wefien morteberuhigten? Des molfes worteberuhigten.
wentvertrauteber fifel ? Dem wolfevertrauteber (Eiel.wen trafeinfiber Gfcl? Den wolf trafeinfiber Gfel.
TheGenitiveof themasculinenoun wolf ends ines
, and theDativein e, wh ileits Ac cusativeand Nomi
nativearealike.RuleII .
—Nouns whoseGen itivesin g ular ends in es ,haveein theDative, wh iletheAc cu sativeis liketheNominative.
70 FIFTEENTH LESSON
RuleIII .—Nouns ending in 5 or es in the
sing ular areof theStrong Dec lension.
SINGULAR
N. ber GfclG. beeQfelsD. bem fife!A. ben Gfcl
3. we: bittet? 3d? bitte.mefl
'en foII ber wolf fich erhars meiner (mein) foIIer fid? erbar=men ? men.
IDem fol! ber wolf helfen ? Mir fol! ber wolf helfen.
wen foII ber wolf befreien ? mich folIer befreien.
Pronouns also changetheir form by dec lension . Thefour c ases of thepersonal pronoun of the1. pers . s in g .
are: ich, I, meiner (mein) , of me, mit , to me, mid) , me.
4. wer tft 3a bebauern ? Du bifi3u hebauern.
weifen werbeich mid; erbars Deiner (bein) werbeich mich er.men ? barmen.
mem werbeich helfen ? Dir werbeich helfen.
wen bitteich? Did) bitteich.
Thefour cases of thepersonal pronoun of the2. pers.
sing . are: bu, thou, beinet (bein ) , of thee, bit , to thee,bid), thee.
5 . Iver antwortete? (Er antwortete.weffen wollteer fich nichterbars Seiner (fein) mollteer fich nichtmen erbarmen.
IDem 3eigteer ben Sufi? 3hm geigteer ben gug.
wen gerrifibet wolf? 3hn gerrifiber wolf.
FIFTEENTH LESSON 71
Thefou r c ases of thepersonal pronoun of the3. pers .
sin g . masc . are: er, he, feiner (kin), of him, ibm, to h im,
ihn, him.
6 . fid) erbarmen is a ReflexiveVerb . A reflexiveverbh as for an objec t a pronoun wh ich refers to thesubjec tas its antecedent and ag rees with thesubjec t in personand number ; thus : id) erbarmemid) , I takepity.
ORAL AND WRITTEN EXERCISES
83. 1. Dec linethefollowing nouns : bet Bruber, berf fel, ber ber Echter, ber £figner, ber morgen ,ber R ichter, ber Sch il ler, ber Dater, ber Dogel, berwanberer ; ber Baum, ber Dieb, ber b orn, berHopf, ber farm, ber mann , ber merit, ber Rod, berSohn , ber S treit, ber Gag , ber Eraum, ber minb;ber Sufi, ber IDunfcb.
Thefirst eleven nouns, bein g polysyllabic and endingeither in el, en or er
,form their Genitivesing u lar by
addin g 5 ; thenext th irteen monosyllabic nouns form
their Genitiveby addin g es or 5 ; wh ilethelast twonoun s ending in a h issing sound form their Geni tiveby addin g es .
2. Thefollowing questions sh ould beanswered byu sing thenouns in parenthesis : 1. met fing t ? (DogeU2. Iver fdyiefit ? 3. [Der fdfiii ? (Dater.)4. was iff laug ? (Eag ) 5 . was ift alt ? (Roch )6. IDeffen pferb iff fcbwars? (IDanbererJ 7. mefienfii iff flein ? (Dogel.) 8. IDeffen Eeftion iff lang
’
?
(Sch il ler) 9. IDeffen g immer iff flein ? (Sohn )
73 FIFTEENTH LESSON
10. IDeffen Sohn ift reich ? 11. IDeffen Blatster ftnb neu ? (Baum ) 12. IDem hilft ber better ?(Bruber) 13. [Dem antwortet ber Richter ? (Didi )14. IDemvertraut bieSrau ’
? (GraumJ 15 . [Dem ges
bbrt bas Dferb ? (IDanberer.) 16. men Iiebt berlinabe? 17. was fcbiefit ber Jager ? (wolf)18. was fauft ber Kaufmann ? (Rock ) 19. was be:
ftraft ber Richter ? (Streit.) 20. was bbrt ber Echter ?
3. Verbs requirea noun or pronoun either in theGenitive, in theDative, or in theAc cusative, or in two
of thesec ases. They aresaid to g overn thesecases.
Hereafter (Gen .) and (Dat.) following verbs in thevocabulary indicateth at thelatter g overn theGen itiveor Dative. Transitive‘verbs govern theAc cusativean d arenot marked.
Of theverbs of theprevious lessons, noteth at fid)erbarmen g overn s theGenitive; antworten, gefallen,gebbren, belfcn, vertrauen g overn theDative; acbten,aussieben, beftrafen, binben, entlaffen, ergreifen, erbals
ten, erfcbrecien, weg fuhren , fuhren, beren, bitten , faufen,fennen, Iegen, lieben, machen , méiften, nennen, preifen,retten , fchelten, fdfiefien, fcbmieben, fegnen, feben, fenben,fingen , ftecben, fteblen, tabeln, t5ten, tragen, treffen,unterbrechen ,veri lagen, werfen , wiffen, gieben g overn theAc cu sative; bringen , fagen , fenben, wiinfcben, geigen g overn theAc cu sative(of theth in g ), but also requirethe
Dative(of theperson ), either expressed or understood.
Construc t sentences of theseverbs with nouns in therequired cases.
74 FIFTEENTH LESSON
helfen IDem felIteer helfen 3n meffen sufiewarein Dorn Iver hatteeinen Dorn mo roar berDorn men fellteber wolf non bem Dornebefreien ?mer war hungrig wollteer fich bes (Efels erbar=
men ? was fagteer bem fifel ? Bebauert er ihn
wirilich? was thaten biewortebes wolfes ? wenberuhig ten biewortebes wolfes ? weffen IDorteberuhig ten ben fifel ? IDem trauteber (Efel ? was
seig teer ihm ? half ihm ber wolf ? was that berwolf? men serrifiber wolf?
ADDITIONAL EXERCISES
3. PARTS OF THE BODY
85 . 1. Wir haben einen Kopf. 2. Auf dem K0pfeist das Haar. 3. Das Haar ist braun , blond, rot, weiss,etc . 4. Wir haben zwei Augen und Augenlider. 5 . Un
ter der Nasesind dieLippen. 6. In dem MundeistdieZ unge. 7. Unter dem Mundeist das Kinn. 8. An
den Seiten des Kopfes sind dieOh ren . 9. An demKinn h at der Mann einen Bart. 10. DieOh ren habenOhrlappchen . 11. Der K0pf ist iiber den Schultern .
12. An den Seiten der Schu ltern sind Arms . 13. Wirhaben zwei An ne. 14. Am Arm ist der Ellbogen und
dieHand. 15 . An der Hand sind fiinf Finger. 16. DieFinger haben Knochel. 17. In der Brust sind dieLun gen , das Herz etc . 18. Wir haben zwei Beine.19. Am Bein ist das Knieund der Fu ss . 20. Wir h aben Blut, Galle, Nerven ,
Fleisch und Muskeln.
16. ieftion
READING LESSON
Der S trei t ber Clerc
86. (Einft wollten bieEiere’ ihren Rang beftimmen ;aber jebes Eier wollteben erften Rang haben . Da
fag tebas Dferb‘: "mir wollen bem menfchen' ben S treit
uortragen ; er foll ben Rang ber I iere’ beftimmen.
“
llnb bas Schaf fag te: ..Der Rat bes Dferbes‘ift gut.
Der menfch'mirb ben Eieren’
helfen l macht ihn sum
Richter l“
2Iber ber fuchs fchrie: ..3ft ber Derftanb bes menfchen
’
fcharf genug , bieguten Gigenfchaften ber Eiere
3a erfennen ?
Diefeworteteilten bieEiere’ in smei Darteien .
(Einigeriefen : "mir o Ien bem pferbel
folgen l IDir
wolIen bas pferbl
sum menfchen fchiclen l“ Dielei erewollten es aber nicht thun, unb bieRagefchrie: "3d?fenneben menfchen’
l 3d) fenneauch ben Derftanb besmenfchen l (fir ift nicht fcharf genug l
Da antworteteber [junbz ..lInb biemenfchen‘rennen
bich, bu falfches f ier l weffen Sachenicht gut ift, ber‘
traut bem R ichter nicht !
76 SIXTEENTH LESSON
beftimmen, h, to determine bieRage, pl. —n , cat
bieGigenfchaft, pl . —en, quality ber menfch, pl. —en , manerlennen, erlannte, erfannt, h, biepartei, pl. —cn, partyto recognize ber Rang , rank
folgen, f, to follow ber Rat, adviceber suchs , pl. sitchfe, foe bieSadze, pl. —n, thing , casegenug , W ient fcharf—er,e,es , pl.—e, 8ham,awte
gut—er, e, es , pl. —e, good fchiden, h, to send
ber hunb, pl. —e, dog teilen, h, to divideihren, their vortragen, trugvor,vorgetragen,ieb’et'e, 35 , pl. _e,M
NOTES
87. 1. Thefour c ases of theneuter noun Dferb and
of thedefin iteartic lebas are:
N. bas pferbG. beepferbesD. bem pferbeA. bas pferb
Noticethat theAc cusativeof theneuter noun and
of theneuter definiteartic leis thesameas theNominative. TheGenitiveof bas and ber and theDativeof bas and ber arealike. Theinflection of neuter nounsin theGenitiveand Dativearelikethoseof masculinenoun s of thestrong dec lension.
RuleI .—All neuter nouns areof theStrong De
clension.
2. bief iereis theplural of bas Tier. Thepluralof f ier and of thedefin iteartic leis dec lined as follows:
SIXTEENTH LESSON 77
N. bie(t itreG. ber GiteteD. ben fiierenA. biefiiere
Noticethat theDativeplur. of thenoun ends in n,
theother th reecases arealike, and theNominativeandAc cu sativeof theplural artic learealike.Ru leII .
—Theplural of thedefinitearticleis dec lined alikein all genders.Ru leIII .
—TheDativeplur . of all noun s , irrespec tiveof gender , ends in n, and theGenitiveand Ac cusativeplur . arel iketheNominative.
S trong Declens ion‘
smGULAB
m scunmn m u n
ber ffunb ber S chuler bas Kinb bas é immerG. bes Ezunbes bes Schulers bes Kinbes bes é immersD . bem Ejunbe bem S chiiler bem Kinbe bem g immerA. ben fiunb ben Schiiler bas Kinb bas g immer
PLUBAL
N. bieffunbe bieS chiiler bieKinbet bieg immerG . ber fiunbe ber S chuler ber Kinbet’ ber g immerD . bcn hunben ben S chiilern ben Kinbern ben g immern
bieEjunbe bieS chiller bieKinbet biesimmer
3. Thedec lension of themasc ulinenoun menfc‘h isas follows
N. ber menfchG. bes menfchenD . bem menfchenA. ben menfchen
PLURALbiemenfchenber menfchenben menfchenbiemenfchen
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Noticethat all thecases, both sing ular and pluralend in en, except theNominativesing . ; thedec len sionof theartic ledoes not differ from that of thestrong
dec lension.
RuleIV .—A noun endin g in en in theGenitivesing .
retains th is ending in theDativeand Ac cusativesing .
and th rou g h out theplural.
4. Theword ber in th is sentenceis to berenderedby he. It is not theartic le, but a pronoun.
ORAL AND WRITTEN EXERCISES
88. 1. Dec linethesing ular and plural of thefollowin g nouns : bas (Eifen, bas Zl
'
tc'
ibchen, bas sener, basIDaffer, bas g immer ; bas Bein, bas B latt, bas
Buch, bas (Z i, bas 3ahr, bas Itinb, bas pferb, basS chaf, bas Gier, bas wort.Thefirst fivenouns arepolysyllabic and their Geni
tivesing . ends in s ; theother ten nouns aremono
syllables, and their Genitivesing . ends in es .
2. Declinethesin g ular and plur al of themasculinenouns in 83, 1.
3. Dec linethemasculineand neuter definiteartic lesing . and plur .
4. Dec linethefollowing nouns, whi ch arethemost
frequently occurring masculinenouns of theweak de
clension : ber 21hn, forg'
ather; ber Bar, bear; ber Burfch,fellow; ber Chrifi, Christian; ber Sfirfi, p rince; bet Gu lf,
SIXTEENTH LESSON 79
count; ber fielb, hero; bet fierr, gentleman, master; betfj iri, shepherd; bet menfdy, man; bermohr,Moor; berHart , fool; ber Spat} , sparrow; ber Thor, fool.
5 . Translate: 1. Thepupils respec t theteacher . 2. Theleaves of thetreeareg reen (gain) . 3. Thefather believed (Derirauen) thewords of theson. 4. Thebrotherof theg irl is rich . 5 . Themother of t hech ild is happy.6. Thehunter’
s g un shoots well (gut). 7. Theeyes of
thedog areblack. 8. Thefather buys thebooks forthec h ildren 9. Thewishes of thepupils do not
please (gefallen nicht) the teacher. 10. Thehuntersh oots thebirds and brin g s them to themerchant.11. Theboy’
s words arefoolish . 12. TheMoors arebrown . 13. Thedog obeys hi s (feinem) master. 14. The
gentleman tru sted thefellow. 15 . Theh unter shot thebear . 16. Thebear toretheshepherd’
s ox to pieces.
17. Theprinces and counts praisetheir (ihre) forefathers.
18 . Not every quality of men is g ood. 19. Theadviceof thefool is not wise. 20. Thehead of thesparrow issmall.
CONVERSATIONAL EXERCISES
89. was wollten bieEierebeftimmen IDann wells
ten fieihn beftimmen ? was molltejebes Qier haben ?IDem fellten fieihren S treit nortragen ? was felIteerbeftimmen ? weffen Rat war bas ? IDem gefiel berRat bes pferbes ? wem aber gefiel ber Rat bes Dfers
bes nicht ? 3n wievieleparteien teilten fich bieGiere?Iver gehortegur partei bes Dferbes ? llnb wer ge
SEVENTEENTH LESSON
hortesur partei bes suchfes ? mic nannteber fiunbbieHaze? IDeffen Derftanbvertrautefienicht ? Der
hunb fag te, bafifieihm warum nichtvertraut ?
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READING LESSON
Der S treit oer Giere(sortfehung)
90. Der menfch wurbeRichter. Gin wort nur,“
fag teber £6we’ 3a ihm. "Hennemir bieRegel’
,
menfch, nach welcher bu ben Rang ber t ierebeftimmen wirft. “
mutig fah ber menfch ben Ebmen‘an. "Du achteft
ieineRegeln’
unb wirft natiirlich bieGerechtigfeit berRegel
’
, welcher ich folge, n icht anerfennen, antworteteer bem Semen‘
. 3ch folgeber Regel’
, bafibem mi t}
Iichften i ereber erfteRang gehért.Da blisten bie2lugen bes Sowen’
. "wahrlich, bieRegel
’ift gut, fag teer ; "nach ihr te
’
ime‘ ia“ber f fel
nor mir l Du bift entlaffen, menfch ; entfernebich lDu fannft
‘
nicht unfer R ichter fein i“
llnb ber menfch entferntefi ch . Siehft bu, Dferb ?rief bieRage. "Der { owefagt auch, bag ber menfchnicht anfer Richter fein llnb ber Suchs fchrie
82 SEVENTEENTH LESSON
RuleIL—Nouns ending in en or n in theGenitivesing . areof theWeak Dec lension.
2. Thefemin inenoun Regel and its definitearticlebiearedec lined as follows :
N. bieRegelG. ber RegelD. ber RegelA. bieRegel
Noticethat theNominativeand Ac cu sativeof theartic le, and its Genitiveand Dativearealike. Thefeminine noun itself underg oes no change in thesing ular.
3. Regeln is theplural of bieRegel. Theplural isformed by theending n of theweak dec lension ; bieRegeln, ber Regeln, ben Regeln, bieRegeln arethefour cases of theplural.Rule III .
—Almost all femininenouns areof theWeak Dec lension.
swam
ber 5e ber Knabe biegranG. bes fielben bes Knaben ber stauD. bem fielben bem Knaben ber Srau
ben fielben ben Knaben bieSrau
PLURAL
N. biefielben bieKnaben biegrauen bieli chenG. ber fielben ber Knaben ber stauen ber KagenD. ben fielben ben Knaben ben Stauen ben KagenA. biefielben bieKnaben bie5rauen bieKagen
SEVENTEENTH LESSON 88
Declension of theDefiniteArticle
SINGULAR PLURAL
fame. Th is word is formed from fam, theIm
perfec t of tommen ; it is theSubjun ctiveform of theImperfec t :
id? fame, I mig htbu l'c
'
imefter, fie, es {time
Herefameis used to express condition and is to betranslated would come.
Observethat theImperfect Subjunctiveis formed bythellmlaui and theending e. But theImperfec t Subjun ctiveof someverbs of thestrong conju g ation is
formed with out theUmlaui : gehen, Imperfec t Indi cative; id) g ing , Imperfect Subjunctive
id) ginge, I might gobu g ingefter, fie, es ginge
5 . ia is used to emph asizetheverb ; it sh ou ld bepronoun cedvery lig h tly and is to betranslated by certainly, truly, indeed, surely, etc .
SEVENTEENTH LESSON
6. fann, fannft areparts of thePresent of fo'
mien.
PRESENT IMPERFECTich form, I can
bu l’annft
er, fie, es fann
mir ibnnenihr l
‘bnnt
fiel‘bnnen
7. ienne, fannten are respec tively forms of
Present and Imperfec t of theverb tennen.
PRESENT ru m or
ich Penile, I know id) fannte, I knewbu fennft bu fanntefter, fie, es l’ennt er, fie, es iannte
mir tennen mir fanntenihr tenni ihr fanntet
fiefennen fiel‘annten
ORAL AND EXERCISES
92. 1. Dec linethesing ular and plural of thefollowing mascu linenouns : ber Zlffe, monkey; bet Bote, messenger ; bet f rbe, heir ; ber Sinfe, finch ; bet fiatte
,hus
band; ber Qafe, hare; ber"
Knabe, boy; ber Serve, lion;ber Scheute, c upbearer ; ber Gefc
'
ihrte, companion ; ber®efelle, j ourneyman, fellow; ber Deutfche, German; ber
Sransofe, Frenchman; ber Baier, Bavarian; bet ungar,Hungar ian .
ich fonnte, I could
bu ionntefter, fie, es fonnte
mir fonntenihr fonntet
fiefonnten
SEVENTEENTH LESSON 85
Someof thesemasculinenouns end in e; others havetheprefix Ge; and thelast four arenouns of nationality,endin g in eor r; they areall of theweak dec lension.
2. Dec linethesing ular and plural of thefollowingfemininenouns : biefl rbeii, biefrail, bieéeil ; biefiigenfchaft, biegortfesung , biefierechtigl'eit, bie11nwahrheit, biepartei, biej firftin (pr incess) ; bie(eftion , bieuniverfi tc‘it (university), biemelobie(melody) ;
bieB iene, bieQenne, bieHate, bieSachs, bieS chmiebe, bieSchule, bieSuppe, bie¢aube, biewort
folge; bieRegel, bieSchwefter.
Noticeth at many femininenouns areformed with
thesufl ixes fdmfi, ung , heit, feii, ci, in and aredec linedin theplural with en. Words derived from otherlan g uages and ending in ion, fit, is arefeminineand
aredeclined in theplur al with en. Nouns endin g inearegenerally feminine(for someexceptions see92, l )and aredec lined in theplural with n . Femininenoun s ending in el or er form their plural by adding
n . Exceptions : biemutter, biemutter ; bieGochter(daughter ), bieEddj ier.
3. Translate: 1. Thework (pl. of lirbeii) of thewomenis (pl. ) praised. 2. TheGermans respec t theprincess of
thecountry (bas £anb, pl. 3. Liars tell (fpre=Chen) untruth s. 4. Thejourneymen work at theforge
5 . Thesisters know themelodies. 6. Thesistersarec oming from (aus bet ) sch ool. 7. Finches, doves and
hen s arebirds. 8. Themothers lovetheir dau g h ters.
9. Thelions belong to the[family of] c ats . 10. Thepupils (if theuniversities arecalled students (ber S tu
86 SEVENTEENTH LESSON
bent, pl. —en ) . 11. Themen aredivided (teilen fictj )into many parties. 12. Theth ou g h ts of theboy arefoolish . 13. Thejustness (fieredytigfeit) of thejudgeis (werben) praised. 14. Thesons aretheheirs of thefather. 15 . Theboy is themessen ger of thejourneyman. 16. Themarried couple (bie6 atten, pl. ) arecompanions. 17. Thebees work diligently (fleifiig ) .18. Many pupils arein theschools 19. Themother wishes th at thedoctor would c ome. 20. Theboys wish that (the) nig h t would come.
CONVERSATIONAL EXERCISES
93. was wollteber Somenon bem menfchenwiffen ? IDelcheRegel follteber menfch bem Semenfagen ? IDiefah ber menfch ben Ebmen an ? IDeIcheRegel nannteber menfch ? bfiefiel bieRegel bemSemen ? Iver fc’imenach ber Regel bes menfchen nor
bem Semen ? was fag teber Somesu bem menfchen ?was that ber menfch? wenannteber i bwebenS treit ber Ciere? IDeIchen Rang wollteer haben ?was that ber Some? IDeIcheQ
'
iereg ingen auch fort ?Iver entferntefich nicht ?welcheGiierefinb bemmenfchen nuglich?
S inb bieniiglichen (fieremilbeGZiere?melche¢ierefinb milbeEiere?melchefiZieremiiffen mir tbten, bafifieuns anglich werben ?S inb allemenfchen niiglich?
was thun biemenfchen, welchenuglich finb?
18. tettion
Drel 5 ragen
94. fiinfl tam ber liaifer mit feinen Rittern an einl i lofter. 2ln ber Ehfirebes li lofters las er biemorte:"mir finb nur swei [jeller c
'
irmer’, als ber liaifer unb
leben ohneSorgen .
“
Der Kaifer lebtenicht ohneSorgen, unber bachteEriel fallen and; nicht ohneSorgen leben. 3d) will fie
‘
fehen unb werbeihnen‘ Sorgen bereiten, bag fieihrer‘
immer gebenien follen.
arm, poor immer, alwaysbereiten, h, to cause ber liaifer, pl. emperorbrei, three bas Klofter, pl. li lbfter, mmiasterybiefrage, pl. —n, question leben, h, to livegebenfen, gebachte, gebacht, h, lefen, las , gelefen, h, to read
to remember ohne, withoutber Eyeller, pl. fat
-thing ber Ritter, pl. knight
ihnen, than feinen, hisihrer, of them bieSorge, pl. —n, care
bieQhure, pl. —n , door
NOTES
95 . 1. Thefour c ases of thepersonal pronoun 3. pers.plur . are
88 EIGHTEENTH LESSON
N. fie, theyG. ihrer, of themD. ihnen, to themA. fie, them
Besides theu seof thesewords as pronouns of the3. pers. plur ., they arealso employed in direct address
as pronouns of the2. pers., both sing . and plur . To
di sting uish them in th is twofold use, they arealwayswritten with capitals when employed as pronouns of
the2. pers.
N Sie, youG shu t : QfW“
D 3hnen, to youA S ie, you
id} fehefie, I seeher ; ich febeS ie, I seeyou; ichvertraueihnen, I trust them; ichvertraue3hnen, I trustyou, etc .
Thepersonal pronouns of the2. pers. sing . (bu, bei=ner, bir, bich) and plur . (see99, 2) areused only infamiliar address, i . e. between husband and wife, parentand ch ild, among relatives, friends and children, or by
superiors toward inferiors, etc . In letters thesepronouns of familiar address arewritten with capitals ,wh ileas abovestated thepronouns of formal addressarealways written with capitals.
2. c'
irmer is thec omparativeof theadjec tivearm
and is formed by theaddition of er to thepositivearm and by thechangeof thevowel a to theHmlaut6. (Many adjec tives h aving thevowel 0 or u form theircomparativeby theumlaut 6 or it respec tively. )
90 EIGHTEENTH LESSON
bas Hinb ift (jung ) , als biemutter. 4. Der fufiiffbie[janb ift (flein) ; biefjanb iff (flein) , als
ber fins; ber 5 nfi ift nicht fo (flein) , wiebieQanb.
5 . Der Suchs ift (wilb) ; ber Someift (wilb) ; ber Sachsift nicht fo (wilb), wieber Some; ber Someift (wilb),als ber suchs .
In thefollowin g exerc ises you is to betranslated by thepronounof formal address (S ie) ; you“ by thesingular pronoun of familiaraddress (bu) ; you
" by theplural pronoun of familiar address (ihr).
5 . Translate: 1. Themother remembered me. 2. Theteacher h as tru sted you
*. 3. I wish you [a] g ood
nig h t. 4. You** h avetold h im a falseh ood (llnwahr=heit). 5 . Thefather has called (rufen) h im. 6. Themother will bless you
*. 7. Hetru sted him. 8. Areyou
older or youn ger than I ? 9. Did you hear (haveyouheard) me? 10. Hehad seen you. 11. Theteacherknows them . 12. Themessen ger followed them. 13. Theprincess has had pity upon them and upon h im.
14. Thedog is moreusefu l to [the] man (Dat. ) than
thecat. 15 . Thewiseman is happier than therich .
16. Thelion is smaller th an thehorse, but larger and
stron ger (fiatt) th an thebé’ar . 17. Theocean (bas
meer, pl. —e) is deeper (tief) th an theriver (ber Slug,pl. sliiffe) . 18. Theyounger boy is moredili gent th antheolder g irl. 19. Thewords of thesong (bas f teb,pl.—er ) aremorebeautiful (fctfbn) than themelody.
CONVERSATIONAL EXERCISES
97. Iver fam an ein Klofter ? IDohin tam berKaifer ? IDer tam mit ihm ? IDas fah er an ber
NINETEENTH LESSON 91
Ghiirebes Klofters ? was that ber Haifer ? welcheworteIas er ? weIebten menfchen ohneSerge?IDer aber hatteSorgen Der Kaifer mollte, bafi biemenfchen im Klofter was haben follten ? was wollteer than ? was wollteer ihnen machen ? wem wollteer Sorgen bereiten ? IDeffen follten fiegebenfen ? micIangefellten fteber Sorgen gebenfen ?
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READING LESSON
Drei sragen (gortfegung)
98. Der Kaifer begab fich‘ mit feinen Rittern ins
Klofter unb fprach gu bem 2Ibteunb ben mbnchen :"meineRitter unb ich, mir
1 heten, bag ihr’ nichts 3uthun habt. 3d) bebaureeuch
’unb will mich eurer’ er
harmen . 3hr werbet bann immer unfererl
gebenfen.
J ch ftelleeuch’brei j ragen. Diefefolli ihr nach acht
filagen beantworten . firftens’
: [Dietief tft bas mm ?
é weitens’
: [DievieleS terneftehen am himmel ? llnb
brittens’
: IDieweit Don einanber finb ®Ificf unb Hus
i icP? Konnt ihr unslbiefefiragen nicht beantworten,
bann fbnnt ihr, herr Zlht, nicht [linger 2lbt bleibenunb auch euch, ihr monche, werbeich heftrafen. Rachacht Eagen feht ihr uns
1wieber.
11nb ber Haifer g ing baron .
92 NINETEENTH LESSON
ber 21m, pl. fine, p rior stageftellen, t, to ask a
acht, eight
beantworten, h, to ow ner
begeben, begab, begeben, ma ,
to betalcc one’
s self, go
bann, then
einanber, oneanother
erftens , firsteurer, of you ; mich eurererabarmen, havep ity upon
NOTES
99. 1. Thefour c ases of thepersonal pronoun of
the1. pers. plu r . are:mir, we
G. anfer of us
D. uns , to us
A. uns , us
2. Thefour c ases of thepersonal pronoun of the2. pers. plur . are
ihr, yo u
G. euer (eurer) , qf youD. end), to youA. euch, you
3. erftens , sweitens , brittens . Theordinal of ein(one) or eins is erfte. Theordinal sweiteis formedfrom thecardinal smei by theaddition of te. Theordinal of brei is britte. Theordinals from Dier to neun z
sehn (see143, both inc lu sive, areformed by the
bas filiid, happ iness
ber fiimmel, pl. heavenber mbnch, pl. —e, monkfichen, flanb, geftanben, fand h,
to stand
ber S tern, pl. —e, star
bas ung liid‘,misfortune
unferer, of us
non einanber, apartmeit—er, e, es , pl. —e, far
94 NINETEENTH LESSON
2. Commit to memory thefollowing cardinals : eins ,one; smei, two; brei, three; Dier
, four; funi, five; fechs ,six; fieben, seven; acht
,eight; neun, nine; sehn, ten.
3. What aretheordinals of thesenumbers
4. Wh at aretheordinal adverbs of thesenumbers
5 . Conju g atethePresent, Imperfec t, Perfec t, Plu
perfec t, and Futureof fi ch erbarmen, fich entfernen, fichbegeben.
6. Translate: 1. Haveyou learned (Iernen, h) thelesson well ? 2. How many lessons haveyou learned ?3. How do you liketheGerman (beutfch—er, e, es , pl.—e) lang uage(bieSprache, pl. —n ) ? 4. Weh avemuch
to do ; first, wemu st read ; sec ond, wemu st write
(fchreiben, fchrieh, gefchrieben, h) ; th ird, wemust (folIen) learn new German words ; fourth , weh aveto (milizfen) understand (verftehen,verftanb, oerftanben, h) therules of thelan g uage; fifth , wemu st translate(fiberfegen,h) En g lish (eng lifch—er, e,es , pl. —e) senten ces (ber Sag,pl. sage) into German (bas Deutfche) ; and sixth , wemust answer German questions in (auf) German. By
all theseexerc ises (bieubung , pl. —en ) weareto (fol:ten) learn to write, read and speak German . 5 . Themother remembered u s. 6. Thejudgetook pity upon
you . 7. He quieted you. 8. Heh as punished us .
9. Webrin g h appiness to you. 10. You please(gefalIen) u s. 11. Theteacher remembers meand you
*.
12. Thedoc tor knew thelaborer (ber urbeiter, pl.and h is wife (bieSrau, pl. —en ) ; hetook pity uponh im and upon her . 13. As you
*[do] to me, so I [do]
to you*
. 14. Sir (mein fjerr), I sh all always remember
you , becau seyou h avein stru c ted (unterrictyten, 17) me.
TWENTIETH LESSON 95
CONVERSATIONAL EXERCISES
101. was war an ber Ghfirebes li lofters su lefen ?IDohin g ing ber Haifer ? IDer g ing mit ihm hinein ?men fahen fiein bem li lofter ? Iver fprach ? 5 awem fprach er ? IDier iele5ragen ftellteer ? IDelcheswar bieerftegrage? Diesweite? Diebritte? IDann
follteber 2Ibt biefebrei gragen beantworten micfollteer beftraft werben ? wann follteer nicht Iibi besli lofters bleiben
20. tertion
READING LESSON
b rei sragen (d 1116)
102. Der 21ht. bes li lofters war wegen‘ feiner Klugheit fehr geachtet. 3mmer hatteer ihr‘vertraut. Jestbeburfteer ihrer‘ ; aher jeht half fie
‘ihm nicht. Die
brei Sragen bes“
Haifers machten ihm oieleSorgen.
f r tanntebie2lntwort nicht unb fanb fie‘ wahrenb‘
ber acht Gagenicht.
3t war bie5eitvergangen . Der 2Ibt fah fein 11n
g liici tommen . Schon fah er es’nor fi ch. f r founte
ihm’ nicht entgehen unb fchc
'
imtefi ch feiner’
; benn es’
machteihn Ic'
icherlich.
96 TWENTIETH LESSON
Da fagtefein S chafer 3u‘ihm : "herr 2Ibt, o It ihr
’
mir eureKleiber geben, fo will ich bem Haifer ant=
worten .
“ Der 2lbt gab ihm feineKleiber, sog bieKleiber bes Schcifers an unb fagte: "Jest bin ich berS chc
‘
ifer, unb bu bift ber Rbt. (Beh, mein Sohn , ant
wortefo gut bu fannft.Der Haifer tam unb fag te: nherr 2Ibt, wietief ift
bas meer ? “ Der Schafer antwortete: "Rur einenS teinwurf, herr Haifer.
“ Da Iachteber Haifer unb
fagte: "Gut; aber wievieleS ternefinb am himmel ? “
llnb ber Schafer antwortete: ..So oiele, wieB lc'
itter an“
allen Bitumen .
“,.IDieber gut, rief ber Haifer. " j est
aher fog t mir, wieweit non“einanber finb Glad unb
llng liicl ?“ Da antworteteber Schc
'
ifer : Rur eineDiertelftunbe; benn nor einer Diertelftunbewar ich nur
ein S chc'
ifer, unb jest bin ich nur swei Seller c’
irmerals ber Haifer.
“
3t fah ber liaifer, bag es nicht ber 2lht mar, berihm geantwortet hatte. mo ift ben 2Ibt ? “ frag teer.Diefer trat in
“ben Kleibern bes S chc
'
ifers 511 ihm. Da
fagteber liaifer : .B leibt heibe, was ihr jest feib I“
So machteber Haifer ben 2Ibt sum S chc’
ifer unb benS chc
'
ifer sum 2Ibt bes li lofters .
bie2lntmort, pl. —en, answer entgehen, entg ing, entgangen, f,an3ichen, 30 g an, angegogen, h, to escape
to put on finben, fanb, gefunben, h, tofindbebiirfen, beburfte, beburft, h, fragen, h, to ask
to need geben, gab, gegeben, h, to g ive
98 TWENTIETH LESSON
6. an, in are‘ prepositions. Thewords an allenBitumen and in ben Kleibern areadverbial phr ases of
placeand answer thequestion mo (where) . When so
used theseprepositions g overn theDative.
ORAL AND WRITTEN EXERCISES
104. 1. Commit to memory thedec lension of all thepersonal pronoun s : id) , bu, er, fie, es , mir, ihr, S ie, fie.
2. Supply theomissions indi cated by in thefollowing and tran slate: 1. Der Dieb wurbewegen bThat (bieThat, pl. —en ,
deed) Don b Richter he:
ftraft. 2. mir arbeiten wc'ihrenb 3. Das '
mc’
ibchen fchriefehr wegen 4. Diembncheleben in li lofter. 5 . Der S tubent ftubiert(ftubieren, h, to study) auf b Rniverfitc'it. 6. Das
Hinb lieft in 7. Der 5t (pl. —e, fish )fchwimmt (fchroim
o
men, fchwamm, gefchwommen, f, to
swim) in filuff 8. Diesurftin fpricht 5u
Silrft . 9. Das Kinb ift 5u b mutter geeilt.10. Der Dottor wurbe3a b . . limb” gerufen . 11. DieB latter werben non b B c
’
iume fallen . 12. DieItinber hatten non b . . S chulegetrc
’
iumt. 13. DieSchiffer (ber S chiffer, pl. sailor ) ersdhlen (h, to tell
,
narrate) Don 14. Der Baum hat anIDaffer geftanben. 15 . Der S chmieb fanb bas f ifenin S chmiebe. 16. DieS terneftehen an
himmel.
TWENTIETH LESSON 99
3. fiberfeeen S ie: 1. Thedeed was not noble(fchbn) ;thec h ild is ash amed of it. 2. Theh orseis usefu l ; thepeasan t needs h im. 3. Thedress (bas B leib) of thesister is new ; it pleases her. 4. Theanswer shows
intelligen ce; it pleases h im. 5 . Theteacher has a book ;hereads it. 6. Theboy obeys (folgen) themother ; heloves her . 7. Many men arelu cky (haben Glfid) ; theyrely (vertrauen) upon it (barauf). 8. Work durin g theday. 9 . The judgewill punish theth ief becauseof
thedeed. 10. Theteacher spoketo thechild.
4. Constru c t complete sentences of the following
words : 1. Der hunb, haben , heffer, fiigenfchaften, als,
biel iaise. 2. Diemohren,fein, braun, menfch. 3. 3n,
bas maffer, fchroimmen, niel, g rog, unb, flein, sifch.
4. Das llng liicl, fommen, fchnell. 5 . Der hirt, huten,bieS chafe, wdhrenb, ber Tag . 6. Der, fleifiig , Schiller,lernen, S c
’
ihe, machen .
CONVERSATIONAL EXERCISES
105 . IDem hatteber 2lbt immervertraut ? IDeffenbeburfteer jest ? IDer half ihm jest nicht ? was
machten ihm biebrei Stagen ? was faub er nicht ?IDienieleQagenerg ingen IDer wollteihm helfen ?was wollteber Schc
'
ifer thun ? was follteber Zlbtihm gehen ? was that ber S chc
'
ifer mit ben li leibern ?IDer antwortetebem Haifer ? was war bieerftefiragebes Kaifers ? was antworteteber S chc
’
ifer ? was war
biesweiteStage? was roar bie2l ntmort bes S chc'
ifers ?
100 TWENTY-FIRST LESSON
was frag teihn ber Kaifer bann ? was erfannteberliaifer an ber 2Intwort? Ziach wem frag teer bann ?J n weffen Kleibern trat ber 2lbt nor ben Haifer ?
was beftimmteber Kaifer ? Iver blieh jest 2lbt?was blieb ber an ?
ADDITIONAL EXERCISES
4. FOOD AND DRINK
106. 1. Wer Hun ger h at, der will essen. 2. Wiressen Brot mit Butter und Salz. 3. Wer Durst h at,der will trinken. 4. Wir trinken Wasser, Milch , Kafiee,Thee, Ch okolade. 5 . In Katfee, Theeund Chokoladethut man Z ucker. 6. Im Sommer thut man Eis in das,
was man trinkt ; das Eis mach t alles kalt. 7. O1 und
Pfeffer thut man in den Salat. 8. Wir essen den Hon ig
von den B ienen. 9. Apfel, Orangen und Pfl aumen gebenuns dieBitume. 10. Saureoder bittereBeeren sind
ni ch t reif.
21. iettion
READING LESSON
swei Eotenfchti bel ‘
107. fiin‘ Eotenfchabel’wurbein bieRaheeines l
anberen Schc’
ibels’
geworfen . IDer biff bu frag tebiefer
’
. war, antwortetejener’
, "ein Selbarbeiter‘.
102 TWENTY FIRST LESSON
plural ; thus : biefer, jener (mann ) , biefe, jenebiefes , jenes (Buch) ; biefe(these), jene(those) (manner, Eauben, B iicher) .4. Totenfchc
’
ibel, j elbarbeiter ; see74, 6.
ORAL AND WRITTEN EXERCISES
109. 1. Dec linethefollowing nouns with theindefin itemasculineartic le:
‘ Bauer, B ruber, getbarbeiter,herr, i drm,
£ehrer, mann, menfch, Rarr, Schc'
ibel,Tag , Gotenfchabel.2. Supply theproper ending s in thefollowing and
translate: 1. Dief huub ift alt unb nicht mehr (longer)wachfam (watchful). 2. Ben Buch enthc
'
ilt (enthalten,enthielt, enthalten, h, 4, to contain) einefchbnef rsc
‘
ihs
lung (pl. —en ,tale, story). 3. Dief fjbhle(biefjbhle,
pl.—en ,
cave) ift fehr tief. 4. 3en Rc'
iuber (berRc
’
iuher, pl. robber) wurbeergriffen . 5 . J enKinber wohnen (I) , to dwell, reside) nahebei (near) berSchule. 6. Dief. . mabchen hatvielegutef igenfchafaten. 7. 3en . . IDaffe(bieIDaffe, pl. —n , weapon) trifft
ficher (sure). 8. Dief. . Diehewurben beftraft. 9. Dief. .
fibungen finb leicht (easy).
3. Translate: 1. Theleaves of a treearefalling down(herab) . 2. A son remembers hi s (feiner) mother .
3. Th is book tells (ersc'
ihlen) of (Don) a seaman (Sdfiffer) .4. I translatea senten ce. 5 . Many fish livein a river .
6. A man took pity upon a dog . 7. A knight was killed
TWENTY-SECOND LESSON 103
in (wdhrenb) a quarrel. 8. This boy interrupted thestory. 9. Yonder h ouse(bas fiaus , pl. hdufer ) is new(neu) . 10. Th osejourneymen arediligent. 11. Th is an
swer was wrong . 12. Th at question was easy. 13. Thisdress is
,brown. 14. Th at man, th is woman, th is g irl,
and theseboys area family (bieSamilie, pl. —n ).
CONVERSATIONAL EXERCISES
110. IDer murbegeworfen ? mohin murbeer geworfen ? 3n meffen Rahewurbeer geworfen ? IDerfprach 3u ihm ? was frag teihn ber anbeteSchc
'
ibel ?was antrvorteteber erfteSchc'ibel ? [Dem hatteer genbient ? mar ber Bauer ein guter ober ein fchlechterherr ? IDieviel 3ahlteer fiir bie2lrbeit? mu Iebtefein 2Irbeiter ? was that berebeiter gern ? hatteerGlad ober llng liicl, wc
'
ihrenb er lebte?
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READING LESSON
swei fic tenfchabel (Sortfegung)
111. "Sort, hinweg Don mir l“ rief jeht ber anbereSchc
'
ibel. " (Eine‘ Berfihrung’von bir ift fur mich ieine
fihtel 3c!) bin im Befiheeiner1 befferen Dergangens
heil’t 3d) gehbre
‘ einer1 uprnehmen gamilie’an
“. Sch
104 TWENTY-SECOND LESSON
bin reich ! 3d) habeeinel
fchbnewohnung’
,habe
Diener"BCh bin J ch habe unterbrach ihn ber erfte
Schc'
ibel. war, ich hatte, muBt bu fagen. Du haft
ia nichts mehr non biefen Dingen . fiin’
Grab‘ift wie
bas anbere, unb im Beftheeines‘
6 rabes‘bin ich auch .
2 q ber Grbewarft bu reich ; hier haft bu nicht mehrals ich, unb hier bin ich fo reich wiebu. hier ift beinSchc
'
ibel wiemein“ Schc’
ibel unb wiealleSchc'
ibel. 2115
ich noch lebte, vertrauteich einem’ morte‘, unb hierhabeich es als ein’
wahres mort‘ erlannt: Der Globmacht alles g leich l
“
anbete, otherangehbren, h, to belong gleich, equalbieBeruhrung , pl. —eu , touch bas (Drab, pl. Q ui lter , graveber Befig, possession hinweg, awayber Diener, pl. servant mehr, more
ber Tob, pl. —e, deathbas Ding , pl. —e, thing bieDergangenheit, pastbieQhre, honor vornehmen, distinguishedbiefirbe, earth mahr—er, e, es, —e, true
biewohnung, pl. —en, dwelling
NOTES
112. 1. Theindefinitefemininearticleis dec linedas follows
N. cine,a
G. einer, qf a
D. einer, to a
A. eine, .a
106 TWENTY SECOND LESSON
Rule11.—Tho sing ular of thepossessiveadjec tives
is dec lined liketheindefiniteartic le; their plural c asesareformed by theending s e, er, en, e.Thepossessives arealso u sed as pronouns, i . 3 . they
refer to a noun understood : Bft biefer Brief beluar, oberbet meine, ober bet feinige. Possessivepronoun s whenpreceded by thedefiniteartic learedec lined likeadjectives, and aredec lined likethedefini teartic lewhenu sed with out it ; th us
bermeine(meinige) biebeine(beinige) bas feine(feinige)bes meinen (meinigen ) bet beinen (beinigen) bes feinen (feinigen)bemmeinen (meinigen) bet beinen (beinigen) bem feinen (feinigen)ben meinen (meinigen) biebeine(beinige) bas feine(feinige)
meiner beine feinmeines beiner feinesmeinem beiner {einemmeinen beine fein 1c.
6 . angebéren ; theprinc ipal parts of th is verb areangebéren, gebbrtean, angebbrt, angebért baben . The
gein theword angeboren is not thepartic ipial prefix,
bu t is part of theverb itself. Thelatter is c omposedof theprefix an and theverb gebbren, wh ich is madeof theinseparableprefix geand theverb béren. Becau seof th is in separableprefix thepast partic ipledoesnot takethepartic ipial prefix. Su ch doubly compoundwords as angebéren arevery numerou s in German
,6 . g .
anoertrauen, mitbenusen, fi ch wegbegeben, 5ubereiten, 1c.
ORAL AND WRITTEN EXERCISES
113. 1. Commit to memory thepossessiveadjectivesand pronouns and their dec lension .
2. Dec linethefollowin g noun s (a) with theindefiniteantic le, (b ) with thepossessiveadjectives sing ular
TWENTY-SECOND LESSON 107
and plural : ber Baum, bieBiene, bas Blatt, bas Gi,biesortfesung , biefienne, bas -d af, ber Scbiiler, biefianbe, bas Ger, ber llmlaut, bieunwabrbeit, berBogel, ber wolf, bas 5 immer.
3. Substitutein thefollowing sentences theindefiniteartic lefor thedefinite: 1. Der Befis erfreut (etfreuen, I) , to p lease) ben menfdyen. . 2. Der Qirt meibel(weiben, I) , to pasture) Schafeauf bet mieje(biemiefe,pl.
—tt , meadow) . 3. Sufi (almost) niemanb (no one)will ben guten Rat benusen (i), to use). 4. Der Ring(pl. —e, ring ) non ®olb (bas fiolb, gold) iii teuer (dear,expensive). 5 . Das (Ei ber Eyenneiii weig (white).
6. Das 5 immer bes S tubenten iii flein . 7. Das Kinb
bes Doftors fag tebem Sebrer biellnmabrbeit. 8. Diemutter erhielt ben Brief (ber B rief, pl. —e, letter) besmc
'
ibcbens . 9. Der Baler nertraut bem mortebesSohnes . 10. DieSchiller fangen bas Sieb.
4. Supply theproper endin g s in thefollowing and
translate: 1. IDc'
ibrenb ein Gag fann Glue! unb
Hngliicf ein menfcb treffen. 2. Dein familiewohnt in unfer . . Qauf 3. 3n 3br . . SchuleerbaltennieIeS chiller ibr llnterricbt (ber llnterricbt, instruotion) . 4. mein ” Schweiler fanfic ein . . ffaube. 5 . Die
grau mein . . Bruber . . bat immer eiBig gearbeitet.6. Sein . . [junb n finb wacbfam. 7. (Eur . . Ring . . non
fiolb finb teuer. 8. DieRt’
iuber wurben wegen ihr “
fibatvon ibr . . Richter beftraft. 9. 3n ben IDC'
ilbern
108 TWENTY-SECOND LESSON
unfer £anb . . leben milbeEiere. 10. IDc'
ibrenb ein
Sener ” belfen mir einanber.
5 . Translate: A mou se(biemans , pl. mfiufe) wished(wollen) to swim ac ross (fiber) a river, but could not.
A frog (bet Steid) , pl. firsfdje) g aveher (an ) advi ce.
Hesaid to her : Bind your* foot and my foot together ;then I sh all swim and brin g you
*across thewater.
Themou setru sted thefrog and bound her foot to hisfoot. When they werein thewater, thefrog wantedto kill themouse. Hedrew her under thewater. But
a bird of prey (bet Raubvogel, pl. RauvgeI) saw
them . Heflew thereand seized themou se. Hepu lledthefrog out of thewater with her. And thebirdkilled both .
CONVERSATIONAL EXERCISES
114. 1. was fag teber anbeteScbc'
ibel ? IDem ge=berteer an
‘
P was batteer, als er Iebte’
P was fag teer ? was antworteteber 5 cbc
'
ibel bes felbarbeiters ?IDec emortenannteer bierechten ? mo war berreichemann reich ? wefinb alleg leich ? IDer mad)taIIemenfdjen g leich ?
2. IDelcbes (t ier o Itefiber einen Slug fcbwimmen ?IDarum fcbwamm biemans nicbt fiber ben slug ?[Den fab biemaus ? was gab ibr ber Srofcb? IDem
gab ber frofcbeinen Rat ? was fag teer ? was ioll
biemaus sufammenbinben ? IDeffen gufiefoII fie5u=
fammenbinben ? was o Iteber firofci'
p bann tbun ?
110 TWENTY-THIRD LESSON
wann aber bift bu fatt ? “ fra9teber S cbc'
ifer Diebéfen
’ waneunb ber 65ei3 werben niefatt . f inem
g ierigen’ Rauber foil id) trauen ? Ilein, einen g ierigen
'
Rc'
iuber te’ teid) . Sort !“
Der ID0If entferntefi ch unb tam 3u bem nc'
icbftenScbc
'
ifer. "Du baft bid) oft ber béfen’ malfenicht er
webren fennen, S cbc’ifer, fagteer. IDiIIfto
bu mir
jebes Jabr fecbs S ciyafegeben, {0 will id) ben béfen’
IDéIfen bie5 am 3ci9en . Du fannft bann bie[j unbeabfcbaffen unb fi cher fcblafen.
“
Sechs S cbafe’
P“ rief ber Scbc’
ifer ; ..bas°ift ia eine
9an5efyerbel“ Zi un, weil bu es bift, {0 bin id) mit
fiinf sufrieben,“ fa9teber IDoIf. Der S cbc'
ifer fcbiittelteben Horf. "Zlucb nicht b ier ? 5 um?I i icbt eins , antworteteber Scbc
'
ifer. 3d) fiirclytebid)unb bieanberen‘
bo’
fen’ mélfenicbt ; benn id; bin
wacbfam.
abfcbaffen, l), to do away with biefierbe, pl. —n , herdbbfe, wicked hungrig , hungryentlebigen, refl . , to get rid mifitrauen, b, to distrust
erwehren, refl to guard
agains t
ber sreunb, pl. -e, friend
ber (friebe, peace
furcbten, b, to fear
gan3, entire
bet fieis, greediness
9ieri9, greedy
nie, neveroft, often
fatt, satisfied with food
fcblafen, fcblief, gefcblafen, b,to sleep
fcbutteln, I} , to shake
wenn, whenber g abn, pl. édhne, tooth
TWENTY-THIRD LESSON 111
116. l . alt; th is adjectiveis used predi catively withroar geworben, henceit is not inflec ted.
RuleI .—Adjectives used predi catively remain unin
flected.
2. Theadjectivebbfemodifies themasculinenoun
wolf, i . 6 . it is used attributively.
Rule11.—Adjectives used attributively always pre
cedethenoun s wh ich they modify and underg o ch angesof dec lension by taking on certain ending s.
An adjectiveused attributively may bepreceded bythedefiniteartic le, in wh ich c asewhen modifying a
masculinenoun it is dec lined as follows
SINGULAR PLURAL
N. ber bbfewolf biebbfen welfeG. bes biifen wolfes ber bbfen mblfeD . bem bbfen wolfe ben bbfen mblfenA. ben bbfen wolf biebbfen mblfe
3. ein g ieriger Rduber ; theadjec tiveis hereusedattributively and is preceded by theindefiniteartic leein. Thelatter does not indicatethemasculinegenderof thenoun ; in order that its gender may beindicated,theadjec tiveends in er. Otherwisethedec lension of
theadjec tiveis thesameas th at of bbfeabove.SINGULAR
N. ein gieriger BduberG. eines g ierigen BtiubersD. einem g ierigen BtiuberA. einen g ierigen Bduber
112 TWENTY-THIRD LESSON
RuleIII .—When an adjec tivemodifies a noun of
mascu linegender wh ich is u sed with its artic leor otherword dec lined liketheartic le, it is dec lined likea mas
culinenoun of theweak dec lension ,i . e. it ends th roug h
out in en, except in theNominativesing ular. In thelatter c asetheadjec tiveends in ewhen preceded bythedefiniteartic le(or biefer, jeber, jener, mancher, folcber,weldyer, berjenige, berfelbe), and in er when preceded bytheindefiniteartic le, a possessiveadjective, or fein .
4. bieanberen bofen mélfe; when several adjec tivesor other words modi fy a noun , theinflection of all is
thesame, th ussmaou n
ber anbetebbfewolf ein anberer bbfer wolf
bes anberen bbfen wolfes eines anberen bbfen wolfesbem anberen bbfen wolfe einem anbeten bi fen wolfeben anbeten bbfen wolf einen anberen bbfen wolfP
9
95
PLURAL
N. bieanbeten biifen wblfeG. ber anberen bbfen maneD . ben anbeten bbfen mblfenA. bieanberen bbfen wblfe
a preposition g overn ing theDative.hereu sed as a demonstrativepronoun.
ORAL AND WRITTEN EXERCISES
117. 1. Dec linethefollowin g mas c ulinenouns and
theadjec tives (a) with thedefin iteartic lesing u lar and
114 TWENTY-THIRD LESSON
g ood friends. 6. Our own trees areyoun g . 7. Your"
young trees aresmall. 8 . No onehas seen her expensiverin g . 9. A truefriend helps whenever (me) hecan. 10. A g ood servant obeys (gebordxn, I) , Dat. ) h ismaster. 11. Thefox lives in a g reat forest. 12. Thesheep fear thewild wolves. 13. Theeyes of (the) man
are small but they see the broad (weit) heavens.
14. The-boy h as sent many fl owers (bieBlume, pl. —n )to h is sick friend. 15 . Theteeth of men and animals
arewh ite. 16. Themother takes ofi thecoat of thetired boy (usetheDative) .
CONVERSATIONAL EXERCISES
118. IDann wollteber béfewolf in St ieben leben ?lTiit wem wolIteer in 5 rieben leben ? mo wohnteber wolf ‘
P IDer wohntenabebei ber fiéble? was thatber S chc
'
ifer, aIs ber wolf 3u ibm tam ? warum er:
griff er feineIDaffe’
x> IDem mifitrauteber Schdfer ?IDarum miBtrauteer bem IDoIfe? lDas fa9teberwolf ? IDann batteer 5 d)afe9et6tet
'
P mietann berScin
’
ifer fid) ben wolf sum fireunbemachen ? IDoIIteber S chiifer ibm Schafegeben ? 5 u wem g ing berwolf ? IDienieleSd)afeo lieer non ibm haben ?was fag teber S chiifer ba3u
‘
P mit wievielen S chafeno Iteber wolf bann sufrieben fein ? [DieoieIeabero Iteber S cbc
'
ifer ibm geben ?
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READING LESSON
Der aItewolf (gortfegung)
119. Der wolf tam su einem britten Sd)dfer. Die
9r06el
fierbebesfelben'weibeteaufeiner IDiefe.
"3d) weifi, Sd)dfer,“
fprad) ber wolf, "bag mid) biemenfd)en ein 9raufames Eier nennen . Du, montan
fierr ber grofienlf)erbe, fiir weld)eeinefrud) tbare
miefefafi 3u flein ift, follft beffer non mir benten .
G ieb" mir jdbrlid) ein 5 d)af, f0 foil ber 9r06enl
fierbeniemanb B éfes
“tbun. wiewenig 9raufam id)
bin ; id) bittebid) , wdbrenb"id) mir ia ein 5 d)af aus
ber f)erbenehmen tenute'. Du lad)ft ? IDarum lad)ft
bu,
"wiealt bift bu, guter Sreunb fra9telad)enb'ber
Sdn'
ifer.
"marum fra9ft bu nad) meinem 2IIter ’
P 3d) bin
nod) j un9 unb ftart 9enu9, bir foviele5 d)afe3u tbten" ,bag bu einer fold)en
‘
frud)tbaren’IDiefenid)t meI) r be
barfft’l“
" (firsfirnebid) nid)t, alter 3fe9rim,
“
fprad) ber Sd)a
fer. ..Du bitteft jest, weil bu mufit. Du iommft einer
frud) tbaren’ miefemit einer f)erbenid) t mei)r 3u
nabe“. 3d) barf’ir9enb einefrud) tbare
’IDiefebenusen
116 TWENTY-FOURTH LESSON
unb braud)ebid) nid) t 5u fiird)ten mit beinem D0r=
fd)la9efommft bu einige3dbre3u fpc'
it“
. Deineaus
9ebiffenenlo
Q3c’
ibnewerben mir bieg roge‘
fierbenid)tfleiner mad)en
“.
bas l ter, age ir9enb sine, anyausbeifsen, big aus , ansgebiffen, ber 3 fe9rim, nameg iven to thel) , to biteout wolf in fables
ausgebiffen, worn-out jdbrlid) , annuallyB iifes , evil fold), such
braud)en, l), to need fplit, latebesfelben, his ber Dorfcblag , pl. Dorfd fldge,er3urnen, refl to beangry propos ition
fruchtbar, fertile wdbrenb, while
9raufam, cruel 3u, too
NOTES
120. 1. Thefollowing is thedec lension of an ad
jec tivewhen u sed with a femininenoun and its
artic le
SINGULAR PLURAL
N. biegrofiefierbe biegrofien fierbenG. ber grofien fierbe ber 9rofien fierbenD. ber 9r0§en fierbe ben grofien fierbenA. 010 gregefierbe biegrofien fierben
2. Thefollowing is thedec len sion of an adjec tivewhen u sed with a femin ine noun and its indefiniteartic le
118 TWENTY-FOURTH LESSON
But when fold) precedes theartic leein, it remainsundec lined ; thus : fold) ein fiunb, fold) eines Sunbes, xc . ;
fold) eineIDiefe, fold) einer IDiefe, re.5 . Béfes is a derivativenoun , from theadjec tive
5 5 5 . When an adjectiveis used substantively with thedefinitearticleand eis added to it in thesing ular and
en in theplural, it becomes a masculine, feminineor
neuter noun , as thec asemay be; thus : be]: Béfe, bieBéfe, bas Béfe, pl. bieBank — When u sed with theindefiniteartic leor with out an artic lethemasculineends in r, thefemininein e, and theneuter in s : einBdfer, eineBéfe, ein Bdfes ; B6fer, Bdfe, Bdfes .
Such adjec tives when dec lined with an artic leareof
theweak dec lension, and when dec lined without
artic leareof thestrong declension ; thus :
smeumN. ber ®ute ein (EnterG. bes (Buten eines GutenD. bem (Buten einem (butenA. ben (Buten einen (Eaten
PLUBAL
N. bie(Saten (fluteG. ber (Buten (Butet’D. ben (Euten GutenA. bie(Eaten Gate
6. g ieb and fi t!) aretheImperativesing . of theverbs geben and feben. Both belong to thec lass of
strong verbs wh ich havethe2Iblaut i or iein the2. and 3. persons sing . of thePresent and in theIm
perativesing . (see61, thus : bu g iebft, er g iebt,9ieb ; bu fiebft, er fiebt, fiei) .
TWENTY-FOURTH LESSON 119
7. lad)enb is thePresent Partic iple of theverblad)en .
RuleI .—ThePresent Partic ipleofverbs is formed
by addin g enb to thestem.
8 . Thefollowing is theImperfect Tenseof theSubjun c tiveof 161mm
id) tbnnte, I might beable mir fbnntenbu fbnntefi ihr tbnnteter, fie, es tbnnte fie(Sic) tbnnten
9 . Thefollowing is thePresent Tenseof bebi'ltfen(to bein need) and bfirfen (beallowed)
id) bebarf mir bebiirfen id) barf mir biirfenbu bebarfft ihr bebiirft bu barfft ihr biirft
er, fie,es bebarf fie(Sic) bebiirfen er, fie,es barf fie(S ic) biirfen
10. ausgebiffen is thePast Partic ipleof ausbeifien.
It is u sed likean adjective; in thi s senten ceit is u sedattributively, and henceis '
dec lined likean adjective.- 11. suein, 3u nabe, 3u fre’it ; theword gu before
an adjectiveis to betranslated by too.
12. 311 film, 511 flit cbten ; theword 3u beforetheInfinitiveof averb is generally to betranslated by to
13. wc'
ibrenb in th is sentenceis not used as a preposition , but as a c onjun ction, and introduces a dependentsentence(fiebenfag) .
120 TWENTY-FOURTH LESSON
ORAL AND WRITTEN EXERCISES
121. 1. Decline: gut (Eigenfdmft, [int fianb, fd)wad)flein firau (a) with thedefiniteartic le, sing . and plur . ;
(b ) with theindefiniteartic le; (0 ) with thepossessiveadjectives , sing . and plur. ; (d) with fein, sing . and plur. ;
(s ) with biefelbe, sin g . and plur. ; (f) with einefold)e.
2. Dec linein thesing . and plur. : berfelbeSebrer,berfelbemutige£)elb, berfelbefd)5neniitglid)eBaum.
3. Form nouns from thefollowing adjectives : (a) withthedefinite artic le; (b) with the indefinite artic le;(c ) with out artic le: arm,
blinb, beutfd) , fleifiig , 9ut,jun9, franf, mutig , reid) , fd)0
'
n.
4. GivetheImperativesing . , Present Participle, andPast Partic ipleof thefollowing verbs : geben (fid) be:geben ), belfen, lefeu, fd)elten, feben (anfeben), fprecben,fted)en, flehen , fterben, treffen , treten, unterbred)en (bresd)en, brad) , 9ebr0d)en, l) , to break), werfen .
5 . Substitutethepersonal pronouns as subjects of
thefollowing sentences in placeof man : man bebatfbes Dottors , man barf nid) i Bbfes tbun.
6. GivetheImperfect, Indicativeand Subjunctive,of biirfen (to beperm itted), fbnnen (to beable), m69en(may, like), miiffen (to beobliged, haveto).7. Translate: 1. Help thepoor ! Giveh im money,
when heis in need of it (basfelbe) ; but you [will ]help h im more(beffer), if (wenn ) you g iveh im work.
2. Always (fiels ) h onor (ebt‘en, b) theaged (ber, bie,bas l te, pl. —n ) ; you [wi ll] not always remain a
25 . teftion
READING LESSON
Der a ltewolf (gottfegung)
123. IDc’
ire" id) nid) t 3u alt, nid)t ein Iebenbiges
’
5 d)af wfirbe‘ bir bleiben,“ rief ber wolf. llnb er tam
sumvierten‘
Sd) c’
ifer.
3d) bin ein wolf,“
fprad) er 3u ihm,bie
fireunbfdmft jebes Sd)dfers nerbient. Du fbnnteft mid)in ber Zldheeines Iebenbi9en
’5 d)afes Iaffen, unb id)
wiirbees nid)t freffen ; benn id) Iebenur nom'
g leifd ntoter 5 d)afeunb 9eheeinem Iebenbigen
’
Schafeaus‘
bem IDege. t bas nid)t fd)0n ? Sag mid) barum su
bir tommen , wenn id) hungrig bin, bag id) mir
nid) i etwa ein Iebenbi9es’5 d)af, fonbern ein totes
nehme.SparebeineIDorte, fa9teber 5 d) c
'
ifer. Ilur wennbu aud) ieinetoten 5 d)afefreffen wiirbeft, fb
’
nnteid)bein Sreunb fein . (Ein (t ier, weld)es tote5 d)afefrifit,Iernt burd) hunger, franfe5 d)afefiir tot unb aefunbe
fiir franf anfehen. Geh lDa bad) teber IDoIf: 3t bleibt nur nod) bas Ietete1mittel. 2IIIein was
"fann id) bafiir, bag id) mid) bes
Ieigten1 mittels bebienen mug ? llnb wer" mug fid)
beffen fd)c'
imen ? Diemenfd)en, aber nid) i id) .122
TWENTY-FIFTH LESSON 123
lInb er tam gum fiinften"
Sd)dfer. "fibre, Schdfer,“
fprad) er, ..id) bin alt unb hung t i9 unb mug mein let;tes mi ttel benuhen, um su leben . ®ich mir bis su
meinem Kobesu freffen ; bann foll mein sell bir 9e
hbren.
2Iber ber Sdn’
ifer lad) ieunb fprad) : "Sd)0n nielehaben bem Ietsten
1 mittel, weld)es fiehatten, 5u fehrvertraut . 21nd) bu thuft bas . Dein sell ift nod) 9ut.Du wilIft mir bas Iehte
‘ mittel geben, um 5u leben
9ieb es mir jest ; id) 9ebebir ben Eob bafiir.
“ llnb
er erg riffeineHeule. 2IlIein ber wolf entfloh.
allein, but fl iehen, floh, geflohen, f, to flee
aus bem megegeben, to avoid freffen, frafi, gefreffen, h, to debebienen, refl . to help one’s vourself biegreunbfdmft, pl. —en, friendbafiir, for it
bafiir fbnnen, can help it ber hunger, hungerbes legten mittels bebienen, to bielieule, pl. —n, club
resort to thelast expedient lebenbig , livingbeffen, of it legt-er, e, es , pl. —e, lastetma, indeed bas mittel, pl. meansbas sell, pl . —e, pelt fparen, h, to savebas sleifd) , meat t om, of the
NOTES
124. 1. Thefollowing is thedec lension of an ad
jectivewhen used with a neuter noun and its definitearticle
TWENTY-FIFTH LESSON
PLURAL
N. bas legtemittel bielegten mittelG. bes legten Illittels ber legten mittelD. bem legten mittel ben legten mittelnA. bas legteIllittel bielegten mittel
2. Thefollowin g is thedeclension of an adjectivewhen u sed with a neuter noun and its indefinitearticle
SINGULAR
N. ein lebenbiges S chafG. eines Iebenbigen S chafesD . einem lebenbigen S chafeA. ein Iebenbigee5 d)af
Noticeth at an adjec tiveu sed attributively with a
neuter noun and theartic le, or a word dec lined likeit,h as theendin g en in all cases except theNominativeand Ac cusativesin g .
, in wh ich cases it ends in ewhenpreceded by thedefiniteartic lebas (or blefes , jebes,191105 , mand)es , folches , weld)es , basjenige, basfelbe) , andin es when preceded by theindefiniteartic leein, a
possessiveadjec tive, or fein .
Synopsis of theending s of theAdjectiveSINGULAR PLURAL
3. nom is thecontrac tion of Don and bem.
4. aus is a preposition g overn ing theDative.5 . wareis theSub jun c tiveMood (see91, 4) of war.
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pronoun s , sin g . and plur . ; (d) with fein, sin g . and plur . ;
(e) with basfelbe, sin g . and plur . ; (f) with ein fold)es .
2. GivetheImperfec t, Indicativeand Subjun ctive,(see124, 5 and 6) of thefollowing verbs : binben, bitsten, bred)en , effen, finben, freffen, 9eben , haben, helfen,tommen , lefen, fd)eIten, fehen, fingen, fpred)en, fted)en,flehen
, ftehlen, fterben, thun, tra9en, treffen, treten, werfen ; fliegen, fliehen , fried)en, giehen.
3 . Supply theproper ending s in thefollowing and
translate
Diepfauen (ber pfau, pl. —en , peacock) unbbiel i rdhe(pl. —n , crow) .
Qin 11015 ” (proud) lirc'
ihefd)m1'
idtefid) (fid) fd)m1'
ifs
ten, to adorn) mit b ausgefallen (aus fallen, fielaus , au5 9efallen, f, to fall out, shed) geber (biegeber,pl. - n , feather ) ber bunt . . (gaily colored) pfauen unb
g ing 3u S iewarb erfannt. 5 d)neII fielen biePfauen mit ihr . . fd)arf. . (ber 5 d)nabel,pl. Sdma
'
bel, bill) fiean (anfallen, fieI an, angefallen,h, to attack) unb riffen ihr bie5ebern ab (abreifien, rigab, abgeriffen, h, to tear of ). Genug l hbrt auf l“
(aufhbrcn, l) , to stop ) fchriefieenblid) (at last). 3hrhabt nun alleeuregebern wieber l ZIIIein biePfauen hatten einigenon b . . eigen . . 915in3enb . . (9Ic
’
in
gen, h, shine) geben . ber lirc'
ihe9efehen, unb fieantworteten : "Zlein, Il c
'
irrin (bieZlc'
irrin, pl. —nen , fool) ,and) biefe9eh6ren bir nid)t !
“ llnb fieriffen ihr biefelb aud) aus (ausreifien, rig aus , ausgeriffen, h,to tear out) .
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4. Translate: 1. 3d) c‘
ifie, wenn id) , hun9ri9 wire.2 . DieD69el wiirben nid)t non uns fortfliegen, wennes ihnen bei uns nid)t 3u fall uni te. 3. Der mam:
wdresufrieben, wenn er nur 2Irbeit fc'
inbe. 4. (Es wareber f ob ber mutter, wenn bas Kinb fterben wiirbe.5 . l lnfan9s (atfirst) wollt
’
id) faftversagen (f, despair),unb id) g laubt
’
(91auben, h, th ink) id) triig’ es nie, unb
id) hab’ es bod) getragen , aber fra9t mid) nur nid) t:
wiel 6. Der Dieb wiirbefliehen, wenn bieGhiireoffen
(open) mdre. 7. Die"
Hinber fprdd)en 9ern, unb fiewiirben fpred)en biirfen, wenn fiejest feinen llnterridnerhalten wurben .
5 . Translate: 1. A diligent pupil can learn mu ch
(Did ) . 2. A bad man often bring s mis fortuneon (fiber)many g ood men . 3. Let not your* rig h t h and know
wh at your * left does. 4. Giveto thepoor man and
tell no oneof it. 5 . Honor thy father and thy mother .
6. Thebeautiful fl owers will pleasethepoor, sick man.
7. The g ood master h as a g ood servant. 8 . A trueword is a g ood word.
CONVERSATIONAL EXERCISES
126. was bebauerteber wolf ? was wiirbeer 9ethan haben, wenn feineé dhnenid) i ausgebiffen 9eroefen wdren ? 5 u weld)em tam er nun
’
x> (Er
fag te, bag berfelbeihn in meffen Zlc'
iheIaffen tbnnte?mas wiirbeer nid)t than ? IDarum ? IDeffen guns)
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nur friifieer ? fir bat, bag er wann 3u bem Sd)dfertommen bfirfe? lInb bag er fid) was nehmen bfirfe?warm nur wollteber Sd)dfer ihn tommen Iaffen ?was fag teer non einem Eiere, weld)es tote5 d)afe
frifit? men miirbees fiir tot anfehen’
x> llnb meld)eSd)afemiirbees fiir franf anfehen ?
was mollteber wolf bem fiinften Sdn'
ifer geben ?was o Iteer fur basfelbenon bem Sd)dfer haben ?wann wollteberfelbebas Sell haben ? was o Iteermit bem IDoIfethun ? was erg riffer ? was wollteer mit ber lieulethun ? IDarum tbteteer ihn nid)t?
ADDITIONAL EXERCISES
5 . THE HOUSE
127. 1. Wir wohnen in einem Hause. 2. Es ist
keineHiitte, aber au ch kein Palast. 3. Ein Hau s fiir
kr ankeMenschen nennt man ein Hospital. 4. In einemHospital sind jungeDoktoren . 5 . Unter dem Hau seistder Keller. 6. In der Kiicheist ein Ofen . 7. In demOfen brennt das Feuer. 8 . Das Feuer brennt Koh lenzu Asche. 9. BrennendeKoh len geben nur einekleineFlamme, aber g rosseHitze. 10. Das Lich t der Lampeist besser als das Lich t der Laterne. 11.Man h at Gaslampen und Ollampen. 12. In dem Hau sesind vieleDinge. 13. In dem Keller ist eineAxt, ein Bohrer,ein Hammer , eineSichel, ein Spaten , eineSch aufel, einSieb . 14. In der Kiichesind Kessel, Pfannen, Haken,
Glaser . 15 . In anderen Z immern sind Betten . 16. Die
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llnb er rannteguriid, um biejenigen‘Sd)dfer su
beftrafen, weld)e’
(bie’) er ner9eblid) um hilfegebetenhatte.
benen, to whom biefiilfe, helpberen, whose biehoffnung , pl. —en, hopebeter, those 0 ! oh !
heffen, whose fogar, evenbieienigen, those iiber, atehe, before um, for
geraten, geriet, geraten, f, to get; umfonft,vergeblid) , invainin mut geraten, to becomeen vernichten, h, to destroyraged mert, worth
bas pl.—en , heart biewut, rage
NOTES
129. 1. TheRelativePronoun weld) (which, what,
who) h as theending er when it refers to a mascu linenoun or pronoun as its antecedent. It h as thefollowing threec ases
N. welcherG.
D. welchemA. welchen
Theplural of therelativepronoun in all genders
N. melcheG.
D . welchenA. melche
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3. In placeof weld)er and its cases theword bermay beu sed ; but when so u sed, ber is not theartic le,bu t a pronoun. Its dec lension difiers somewhat fromth at of thearticleber :
SINGULAR PLURAL
Ru leI .—TheGenitives beffen and beren areused as
Genitives of weld)er, sin g . and plur. respec tively.Ru le11.
—A comma shou ld precedetherelativepronouns , except when they arepreceded by the c on
junc tion unb.
RuleIII .—Sentences introdu ced by a relativepro
noun aredependent sentences ; in thesethetransposedorder of words (see5 3, 5 ) is u sed.
4. berer ; thewords ber, bie, bas biemay beu sedas relative, determinative, or demonstrativepronouns.
Their dec lension does not differ, except th at theGenitiveplural of thedemonstrativeand determinativeisberer.
5 . When mach—er, e, es , pl. —e, precedes a noun , it
is not therelativebut thein terrog ativepronoun. Theinterrog ativedifiers from therelativein two respec tsber, bie, bas , pl. bie, c an not besubstituted for it, and
it h as a GenitivePLURAL
m. f. 11.
G. roaches melcher melches 9
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7. biejenigen, a determinativepronoun , is composedof bieand jenig , wh ich consists of jen (yon) and theendin g i9. Th is ending i9 is also attached to thepossessiveadjec tives , form ing thederivatives meinig , beinig ,feini9, ihrig , unferi9, euri9, 3hri9. Theserequ irethedefin iteartic leand h avetheendin g ein thesin g .
, and
en in theplur . : ber meinige(my own, mine), biebeinige(your own, yours), bas feinige(his own, his ) ; bieibrigen (their own, theirs), etc . (see112, They arewritten as two words, whileberjeni9e(he), biejeni9e(she),basjenige(it) ; biejenigen (they, those) arewr itten as oneword and dec lined likeberfelbe(see120, thus :
SINGULAR PLURAL
N. berienigeG. bes ienigenD . bemienigenA. benienigen
8. 0 1 is an
ORAL AND WRITTEN EXERCISES
130. 1. Commit to memory thedeclension of therelatives weld)er and ber in thesin g . and plur . ; also
of theinterrog ativeweld)er and thedeterminatives ber=felbe, biefelbe, basfelbe, berjenige, biejeni9e, and bas=
jeni9e.2. Writeand study thedec lension of ber meinige,
biemeini9e, bas meini9e biemeinigen and of thecorresponding forms of theother possessivepronouns .
S
134 TWENTY-SEVENTH LESSON
who is always satisfied with you. 8. If you arehappy,then think of thosewh o arenot h appy. 9. Thenobleminded (ebel) man does g ood (noun ) to thosewho
havedoneevil to h im.
CONVERSATIONAL EXERCISES
131. lDiewaren bielllenfd)en, weld)ebem wolfenid) t helfen wollten ? weld)ehoffnung blieb bemIDolfe? 11m was hatteer bieSd) c
'
ifer 9ebeten ? Da
er fiener9eblid) gebeten hatte, was wollteer ihnenthun ? f r fiird) tete, bag er burd) was fterben wiirbe?IDeffen wollteer fid) nun nid) t erbarmen ? IDarum
wollteer fid) ber 5 d)c'
ifer nid)t erbarmen ? 5 u wemrannteer barum ? was wollteer thun ? meld”5 d)c
'
ifer wollteer beftrafen ?
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READING LESSON
Der a ltewolf (Schlufi)
132. 21m megeftanb ein haus , rveld)es1 (bas’
)
einem 5 d)c'
ifer 9eh0rte. Der wolf lief in bas f)aus,
beffen‘
Ehiireoffen roar unb fiberfiel bas mdbd)en,weld)em
‘
(bem’
) ber 5 d) c'
ifer bieSor9eflir bas haus
TWENTY-SEVENTH LESSON 135
mit allem, was“ es enthielt, iiberlaffen hatte. Das
mdbd)en, weld)es‘
(bas‘
) ber lDolf we9en feiner aus s
9ebiffenen é dhnenid) i fd) limm oerwunben tonnte, fd)rielaut um hilfe. Da eilten bieSd)dfer herbei, unb mitihren Heulen tbteten fieben wolf.
Dann aber fprad) einer ber Sd) lifer : "DieS trafe,weld)e
’
(bie‘
) uns bebrohteunb weld)e’ (bie‘) mir oer:
bieni haben, hat uns g liidlid)erweifenid)t getroffen .
3eb0d) mir allemollen uns bieEchtemorlen, beren‘
IDahrheit mir heuteerfannt haben‘
unb weld)er’
(ber‘
)
mir in 5 utunft f019en wollen : IDer‘
fid) beffern will,bem helft
‘l
bebrohen, l) , to threaten fd flimm nerwunben, wound seheffern, refl . , to rq -m verelygliidlid)ermeife, fortunately bieStrafe, pl . —n, punishmentherbei, hither iiberfallen, iiberfiel, uberfa llen,jebod) , nevertheless l), to fall upon, attack
laufen, lief, gelaufen, f, to run uberlaffen, iiberliefi, iiberlaffen,Iaut, loud l) , to leaveto someoneelsebie£ehre, pl . —11, lesson vermunben, l), to woundmetlen, refl . , to mark biewahrheit, pl. —en , truthfchlimm, bad bieé ui‘unft, future
NOTES
135 . 1, 2, 3, 4. Thefollowing is thedec lension of
theneuter and feminineforms of therelativepronounweld) and their equ ivalents bas and bie
136 TWENTY-SEVENTH LESSON
1.
N. weld)esG.
D. weld)e:n welcherA. melches melche
TheGenitives beffen and beren areu sed as Gen itivesof weld)es and weld)erespec tively.
5 . wer, was areu sed with ou t a definiteantecedent ;in a previous lesson (see123) thesewords areu sed as
interrog atives , but here they are relative pronouns .
wer refers to persons, was to th ing s . Their dec len s ionboth as relatives and as interrog atives is liketh at of
thepronouns ber and bas
N. mer, who was , what
G. meffen, whose weffen, of whatD . 1132111, to whom
A. men, whom was , what
These pronoun s h ave no plural and was h as
Dative.6. helft is theImperativeplural of helfen .
Ru leI .—Theplural of theImperativeis formed
addin g 1 or cl to thestem of theverb .
ORAL AND WRITTEN EXERCISES
136. 1. Memorizethedec len sion of all therelativepronouns
meleher melche weld)esber bie bas
wer was
138 TWENTY-SEVENTH LESSON
meri t, beffertefid) , fd)miidt fid) , nerwunbet, nernid)tete,befahl
,mag, hoffte,vertrautean, hbrt auf.
8. Translate: 1. IDer iftein unbraud)barer (unbrauchs
bar, useless) mann ? Der nid) t befehlen unb and) nid) t
9eh0 rd)en tan . 2. weffen 21u9en fd)rvad) finb, berbleibein ber Dunfelheit (bieDunfelheit, darkness) .
3. men erfennt man 9ern an ? Denjenigen, ber anbere
9ern anerfennt. 4. was nerfiirst (verfiirsen, h, to shorten )biegweEhdtigfeit (bieEhc’itig leit, pl. —en , activity) .5 . Der ift fein weifer mann, bem Golb alles ift.
6. was fiir (what Icind Qf ) ein Seben ift bas , weld)esniemanb erfreut ? 7. Thu anbern bas , was fiebirthun follen . 8. fibreniel, unb fa9ewenig . 9. Berg ig(vergeffen, nergafi, ner9effen, h, to forget) nid) i, bag bufterben mufit. 10. ®eh0 rd)et euren Eehrern, unb f0 l9etihnen . 11. 3d) bitte, mein fierr, fpred)en S ielaut l12. 3d) bitte, meineherren , fpred)en S ienid) t f0 laut l
9. Translate: 1. [He] wh o seeks (fud)en, h) friendsdeserves (ift wert) to find them ; [he] who h as noneh asdesired (be9ehren, h ) none. 2. Thefutureis brig h t
(offen) to him wh o is satisfied with thepresent (bie®e9enroart). 3. Noth in g wh ich is not g ood is g reat.4. Hedoes not livea h appy (froh) lifewhose lifemakes no onehappy. 5 . Do (politeaddress) not to
others wh at they arenot to do to you . 6. Theindependent (frei) man is hewh o needs no other man .
7. Go seek an unfortunate(ber llng liicflid n, pl. —n ),if you
*are happy yourself. 8. Let us be wise.
9. Children, h onor your** parents . 10. Sac red (heilig,)
TWENTY-EIGHTH LESSON 139
to us (uns ) bethetime. 11. Enjoy every moment (betuugenblid, pl. —e) of your“ existence(bas Dafein).
CONVERSATIONAL EXERCISES
137. [Das ftanb am [Degebes [Dolfes 9 [Dem 9ehbrtebasfelbe? [Das ftanb offen
'
P [Dohin lief ber[Dolf
’
i’ [Der war in bem [j aufe'
x’ [Das that ber [Dolfbem mdbd)en 9 [Dienerwunbeteer basfelbe? [Darumfounteer bas mdbd)en nid) i fehr [DerPam bemfelben 3a hilfe? [Das hatten bieSd)c
'
ifer inihren f)c
’
inben ‘
9 [Das thaten fiebem [Dolfe9 [Derfprad) 5u ben Sd)dfern
'
9 (Er fag te, bag fiewas nerbient hatten ? [Darum hdtten fieS trafenerbient?[Das
’ follen fiein 5 ufunft than ? [Dem foll man
helfen 9
28. iettion
sprudze
1.
138. f bel‘ ift’
s‘
, niemanb betriiben,(Ebler1 ifi’
s , fid)’im [Dohlthun
'iiben’
,
21m ebelften1
jebod) , aud) Seinbelieben.
140 TWENTY-EIGHTH LESSON
2.
f inen 9uten me'
nfd)en finben, ift ein fd)6ner’(fies
winn ; ein fd)6nerer’fiewinn ift
’
s , einen menfd)en g ut
3u erhalten , unb ber fd)6nfte’unb fd)werfte, einen irren s
ben“menfd)en 3u retten .
Der menfd) biirftet am 9r66ten'
5 reubenbed)er nad)
einem 9r63eren'unb sulest nad) 9r06en
’
fidffern.
hod)‘ift ber Berg , hbher
‘ber himmel, am hbd)ften‘
bie®ebanfen bes menfd)en.
Diel‘ banf’
id) bem greunb,mehr”aber bem geinbJener seig t mir milb, was id) fann leiften ;Diefer 3min9t mid) unb mist mir am meiften
‘
.
ber Berg , pl. —e, mountain irren, l), to errbetriiben, l) , to grieve Ieiften, l), to accomplish
banten, l) , to thank milb, gentlyburften, l) , to thirst, long for nutjen, l), to help , be
erha lten, erhielt, erha lten, l) , to fat to
preserve fchmer, diflicultbas Safi, pl . gaffer , cask fid) uben, to practiseone
’
s selfber Seinb, pl. —e, enemy ber Sprad) , pl. Sprii che, saying
ber 5reubenbecher, pl . cup of bas mohlthun, beneficence
j oy 3ulet5t, finallyber (beminn, pl . —e, gain, profit 3min9en, 3wan9, 9e3wun9en, h,hod) , high to force
142 TWENTY-EIGHTH LESSON
changed, but thesuperlativehas theending en and is
preceded by theword am.
7. Das [Dohlthun is an abstract noun, formed fromtheInfinitiveof theverb wohlthun (to do good) and
thearticlebas . TheInfinitive of every verb c an in
likemanner beused as an abstrac t noun . (As themeaning of theword remains unchanged, thevocabulary g ives themeaning either of theverb or of theabstrac t noun , but not of both . )
8 . irrenben is thePresent Partic iple of theverbirren (to err ). Thepartic ipleis hereused as an ad
jectiveand thereforedec lined as su ch .
ThePresent Partic ipleexpresses ac tiveagency, and
when used attributively or predicatively, it lends to thewholeph rasetheidea of ac tion in thepresent or of a
continuing stateor c ondi tion .
Wh ilethePresent Partic ipleh as themeaning of thePresent Tenseof theverb , thePast Partic iple, espec ially of transitiveverbs, expresses past timeand
passivec ondition ; thus : ber rettenbe[Ilenfch means theman who is rescuing ; ber gerettetemenfd) means theman wh o has been rescued.
9. fid) fiben ; thetransitiveverb liben (I) , to practise)is u sed reflexively.
RuleI .—Any transitiveverb may beused reflexively.
ORAL AND WRITTEN EXERCISES
140. 1. Wh at arethedeg rees of comparison of thefollowing adjectives : bunt, falfd), fett, flein , mutig ,neu, reid) , fatt, fd)nell, ft0 l3, thbrid) t, wahr ; alt, arm,
TWENTY-EIGHTH LESSON 1“
sefunb. inns, falt. lane, fcbarf. fcbwadt. thwart fiat!g rog, g ut, hod) , nah, niel.2. Constru ct sentences, using thedeg rees of com
parison of these adjectives, both attributively and
predicatively.
3. Translatethefollowing phrases, rendering theEng lish partic ipial nouns by German abstrac t nouns :
1 . Thelau g hing of theg irls . 2. Theshouting of theboys. 3. Theanswering of thepupils. 4. Thecomingof thewinter (ber winter, pl. 5 . Thebreathing of
air (bieSufi, pl. Eiifte). 6. Thebreath ing of thelung s
(bief unge, pl. —n ) . 7. Theflyin g of thebirds . 8. Thecreeping of theinsects (bas a eft, pl. —en ). 9. Thefallin g of thesnow (ber Schnee). 10. Theaiming of
theh unter . 11. Thesing in g of thech ildren.
4. Translate: 1. Theyoung ch ild plays (fpielen, h).Theplayin g ch ild is youn g . 2. Theman helps h is
friend. Thehelping man is a friend. 3. Thewoman was
frig h tened. Thefrig h tened woman becameill. 4. Theleaves fall to theg round (bieGrbe) . Thefalling leavesc over (bebeden, h) the g round. 5 . Theword was
spoken . Thespoken word is heard. 6. Thepupil an
swers well. Thepupil wh o answered well“was praised.
7. Thedoctor saved thepatient (ber Hranfe, pl.Thepatient who was saved by thedoctor* was g rateful (bantbar) . 8 . The th ief was detected (entbeden,h) . Theth ief wh o was detected* ran away. 9. Timepasses by. Timewhi ch h as passed* never returns (sus
rfidfehren, f) . 10. This mother loved her ch ild ; but
thebeloved child died.
Translatetheseclauses by dependent sentences and also by
parti c ipial attributes.
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CONVERSATIONAL EXERCISES
141. [Das ift fd)wer 9 [Das ift fdmerer ? [Das ift
am fd)merften 9 [Der ift ftolg ? [Der ift ftolser ? [Derift am ftolgeften ? [Das ift 3hnen [Das ift
j hnen [Das ift J hnen am
[Deld)es Tier ift niislid) 9 [Deld)es Eier ift nfislid)er’
9
[Deld)es ift bas nfihlidfiteEier ? [Dieift ber gefunbemenfd)
’
9 [Deld)er menfd) ift 9liidlid)er, ber reid)e,ober ber 3nfriebene9 [Der ift 9liidlid)er, als ber reid)e[Ilenfdfi’ [Dieift ber fiud fi? [Deld)es (t ier ift wilber ?[ lennen S ieein Eier, weld)es nod) wilber ift? [Deld)esnon biefen brei Eieren ift bas wilbeftei’ Das (Drab,bas meer unb ber Slug finb tief ; finb fiealle9leid)tief, ober ift eins non ihnen tiefer als bas anbere?Sa9en S ienom [ larren, Dieb unb Rauber, meld)er
fd) c’
iblid)er unb wer ber fd)dblid)fteift.
29. tettion
READING LESSON
Ghrebas utter
142. Dater l Dater l S ieh l [ iur elf‘ [lpfel n'
aarenauf unferem Baumel (Er ift fd)0n 5u alt unb fdmaad) .[Dir wollen ihnvernichten unb einen jungen Baum an
feineS tellepflangen.
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NOTES
143. 1. Thecardinal numerals eins , swei, brei, b ier,fiinf, fed)s , fteben, ad)t, neun, sehn (see100, elf and3:1)b aresimplein their form.
2. All other c ardinal numerals (except hunbert, taufenb,million) arec ompound : brei gehn are(13) breigehn , nier 5ehn are(14)viergehn, fiinf+ sehn are(15 )ffinfsebn, fedts sebn are(16) fedtsebn (not fedissebn) ,fieben + 3ehn are (17) ftebgehn (not ftebensehn), ad) i
5ehn are(18) ad) tgehn, neun sehn are(19) neunsehn.
3. 20 is 3man3i9, 21 is ein unb 5man5i9, 22 is smeiunb 5man5i9, 23 is brei unb 5man3i9, 24 is vier unb3man3i9, 25 is fiinf unb 5man5i9, 26 is fed)s unb 3man=
3i9, 27 is fieben unb swansig , 28 is ad)t unb swansig ,
29 is neun unb swangig , 30 is breigig (not breisig ) ,40 is nier5i9, 50 is ffinf5i9, 60 is fed) 5i9 (not fed) 5 5i9),70 is fieb5ig (not ftebengig ) , 80 is ad) t3i9, 90 is neunsig .
4. 100 is hunbert, 101 is hunbert (or ein hunbert)unb eins , etc ., as in En g lish . 200 is greet hunbert.1000 is taufenb (or ein taufenb) . is gehntaufenb.
is hunbert (or ein hunbert) taufenb.
is einemillion, pl. —en.
eins is u sed on ly in numeration ; when used with a
noun , thes is dropped and thenumeral is thesamein form as theindefin iteartic leand is dec lined likeit ;thus : ein f ag , oneday; eine[ lacht, onen ight; ein Bud) ,onebook. When u sed aloneit is dec lined likebies(see108, 3 and 15 2, 1) thu s : swei finb ba sur zlrbeit
TWENTY-NINTH LESSON 147
unb einer sum f fien. When preceded by thedefiniteartic leor other qualifying word, it is dec lined likean
adjec tive; th u s : bas (Blind bes einen ift bas llng lildbes anbern. Der £ehrer fra9tenur biefen einen Sd) iiler.5 mei and brei h avea Genitive(smeier, breier) and a
Dative(sweien, breien) ; thu s : Dreier 5eu9en (ber 5eu9e,pl. —11 , witness) munb (ber munb, pl. —e, mouth)mad) t bie[Dahrheit tunb (known). man fann nid)t
sweien f)erren bienen. In placeof thenumeral smeitheword beibe(both ) is frequently used ; th u s : fir tft
auf beiben 21u9en blinb.Theother c ardin al numerals arerarely dec lined ; but
when they aredec lined, their c ases will bereadilyrec og ni zed as Nominative, Dative or Ac cusative, theNom inativeand Ac cusativeendin g in e, and theDativein en.
5 . trot} is a preposition g overning theGenitive.6. Doriiber is frequently u sed as a separableprefix;
th u s : norfibergehen (to pass by), voriiberlaufen, norfiberseilen 2c.
ORAL AND WRITTEN EXERCISES
144. 1. Memorizethenumeration in German .
2 . Translatethefollowing questions and an swer themin German : 1. Wh at numbers (bie5 ahl, pl. —en ) or
fig ures (bieé iffer, pl. —11) areon a watch (bieHhr,pl. —en ) ? 2. Wh at time (wiefpc
'
it) is it when thesmall h and (ber geiger, pl. is between (5mifchen) oneand two, and thelargeh and poin ts (seigen) to three?
148 TWENTY-NINTH LESSON
3. Fifteen minutes (bieminute, pl. —n ) arewh at part(ber Qeil, pl. -e) of sixty minutes ? 4. Wh at do wec all sixty minutes ? bieStunbe, pl. 5 . How manyminutes does onehour c ontain ? 6. Wh at part of oneh our is fifteen mmu tes ? 7. Wh at is thefourth partof anyth in g (etmas ) c alled ? 8. Wh at expression (ber[ lusbruch pl. uusbrfide) c ould beused instead (anftatt)of 15 minutes after one? 9. Wh at timeis it when thelargehand of a watch points to four, and thesmall oneis between fiveand six? 10. Express (ausbrficfen, h) thesamein (auf) a different (Derfd) ieben) way (bieweife,pl. —n ). 11. Tell thetime, expressing it in thesetwodifferent ways, when thesmall hand of a watch is between eleven and twelve, and thelargeonepoints tosix. 12. When it points to eig h t.
.
13. When it pointsto nine. 14. Wh at timeis it when both hands pointto twelve? 15 . Oneyear h as 365 or 366 days. 16. Ayear has twelvemonth s (ber monat, pl. —e) . 17. Ayear has 5 2 weeks (biemoche, pl. —n ). 18. A weekh as 7 days . 19. A month h as 28, 29, 30 or 31 days.
20. A day h as 24 h our s .
CONVERSATIONAL EXERCISES
145 . [Das tru9 ber Baum ? [Dienennt man einenBaum,
ber fipfel tre’
ig t ? [Dienennt man biefalteSufi bes winters ? DieEuft auf Bergen ? Diefireubebes Dafeins ? Diehoffnung ber menfd)en ? Das hersber menfd)en ? Diehilfeber menfd)en ? Das [Dohl
ber [lienfd)en ? [Das tru9 ber 2lpfelbaum ? [Dievieleilpfel tru9 berfelbe? [Darum tru9 er nur fo wenige
150 THIRTIETH LESSON
l les‘
Sd)0neift fanft. l le‘ menfd)en miiffen fter=ben. Diefleifiigehaub erwirbt Brot in jebem
‘Eanb.
Rebemit wenigen‘[Dorten niel,
‘aber nid) t mitvies
len‘[Dorten wenig .
‘
®eteiltefireubeift boppelte‘
greube, geteilter 5 d)mer3ift halber
“5 d)mer5.
Die(Erften’ follen biefichten' fein.
bas B rot, pl . —e, breadboppelt, doublebas Grbe, inheritanceerjagen, l) , to overtakeerwerben, erwarb, erworben, l) ,to earn
bie5 reube, pl. —n , j oy
9ebeihen, 9ebiel) , 9ebiehen, f, to'
thrive9elten, ga it, gegolten, l), to havevalue; menn es 9ilt, when it isa question of
ber (Befetj geber, pl. leg is lator
gewifi, surelybas (But, pl . (b itter , p ropertyhalb, half
bief iige, pl. —11, liemand) , many a one
ber Z'iame, pl. —n, name
bieHot, pl . Zlbte, necess
fanft, gentleber S chmer3, pl. —en , pain
bas Sprichwort, pl . Spridnvbrter,proverb
unred)t, wrong ; unrecht (but, ill
NOTES
147. 1. Theordinals areformed from thecardinals
g iven in thepreceding lesson .
The,formation of theordinals of eins and brei, erfte
and britte, is irreg ular (see99,
2. sweites , legte; theordinals of thenumbers two
to nineteen , both inc lusive, areformed from thecardi
THIRTIETH LESSON 151
nals by adding teto thelatter (see99, Thus also
leg te(last) is formed. Theordinals of all numbers aboveneunsehn areformed from thecardinals by theaddi
tion of ftc.
3. ber erfte, ben britten , ein sweites , ber lehte, feinererften ; theordinals aredec lined likeother adjectives.
4. mand)er, feiner, alles (alle), jebem, weni9 (menisgen) , niel (vielen) arepronominal adjectives. Thefollowing words wh ich haveoc curred in previous lessons,arealso pronominal adjectives : einige, mehrere, gang,nid) ts , etwas .
Thefollowing pronominal adjectives areu sed withouttheartic leand thereforeunderg o
‘
thech anges of thestron g dec lension : eini9e, mehrere, mand)er, e, es , pl. -e,fein (er) , e, fein (s ), pl. -e, aller, e, es , pl. —e. 6 am,
niel, wenig , jeber, e, es, pl. —e, may be used eitherwith or with out an artic le; in theformer casetheyaredec lined ac c ording to theweak declension, in thelatter ac cordin g to thestrong .
5 . boppelteis a multiplicativeadjec tive. Other multiplic atives are: sweifacl) or sweifc
'
iltig (double), com
pounds of smei and fad) or fdltig (fold) .
Thewords fad) and fc'
iltig areattached to other car
dinals to form their multiplicatives ; thu s : einfad) , ein=
faltig (simple), sehnfad) , 3ehnf€ilti9 (tenfold), hunbertfad) ,hunbertfdltig (a hundredfold), etc . , and : Dielfaci) , Dielfc
'
il
ti9 (multifarious), mehrfad), mehrfdltig (manifold).Other numerals, called variatives, are formed by
attach in g erlei to thecardinals ; thu s : einerlei (of onekind), sweierlei, breierlei, gehnerlei, allerlei (of various
152 THIRTIETH LESSON
kinds) , beiberlei (of both kinds ), mand)erlei (qf severalkinds), verfd)ieb[e]nerlei (of difierent kinds), vielerlei (ofmany kinds) .
6. halber ; halb is a fractional adjectivemeaning half .
Al l theother frac tionals arenouns and areformed bydroppin g thefinal 1 of theordinals and attach in g tel(thec ontraction of Qeil, part) ; th us : Drittel (not Drilltel) , Diertel (not Dierttel), 5 man3i9ftel (not 5 man3i9ft=tel) , Dreifiigftel, hunbertftel.
7. bie(Erften, biefesten ; ordinals likeall other ad
jectives may beu sed as nouns .
8 . ber f rbe(theheir ), bas f rbe(theinheritance) .Somenoun s havemore than onemeaning , in wh ich
casethey h avea twofold gender . Among such nouns
with a doublemeanin g and gender thefollowing h aveoc curred in previou s lesson s : ber Ghor (fool), bas Ehor(gate) ; ber { eil (part), bas Ceil (share) .
9. unred)t in stead of unrechtes ; in proverbs and in
poetry the terminations of adjec tives, not precededby thedefin iteartic leand followed by a neuter noun,
areoc casionally dropped.
ORAL AND WRITTEN EXERCISES
148. 1. What aretheordinals from 1 to 100 ?
2. Express themu ltiplicatives from 1 to 100 by using
fad) and fc'
iltig .
3. Givethevariatives from 1 to 100.
4. Express in German
and c ontinueto
154 THIRTIETH LESSON
Sams tag , pl. —eor ber Sonnabenb, pl. —e) is theseventh or last day of theweek. 13. Theyear h as 365 or
366 days . 14. Theyear h as 12 month s . 15 . Thenamesof thetwelvemonth s are j anuar, Sebruar, mars,l lpril, mai
, 3uni, Buli, 21u9uft, September, t ober,November, Desember.
CONVERSATIONAL EXERCISES
149. [Das tft ein Gefesgeber ? 5 0 fann man aud)
einen menfd)en, weld)er Rat 9iebt, mienennen ? lInb
einen, weld)er 21rbeit 9iebt, nennt man ? [Dienenntman einen menfd)en, weld)er eine£i
’
19efag t ? j ft basein (Ehrenname? [Das ift ein f hrenname? [Das flirein [ lameift ber [ lamemenfd)enfreunb? [Den nenntman einen menfd)enfreunb? [Den nennt man einenGhrenmann ? [Das flir ein [lameift ber [ lame(Shrenmann [Das ift [ llenfd nnleben menfmeng lfid ?Glfidsjc
'
iger ? Daterlanb? Eanbesvater ? [Derviele[Dortebenusen fann , ift reid) an [D0rten ; wieift er ?[Der ift wortarm ? [Deffen Eeben freubenarm ift, ber
hat was ? [Dieift ein Seben, bas reid) an freubenift ? [Deffen liebenvoll non 5 d)mer3 ift, ber lebt wasflir ein Eeben ?
ADDITIONAL EXERCISES
6. THE CITY AND ITS VICINITY
150. 1. In jeder Stadt sind Straszen. 2. Der Markti st ein freier Platz. 3. An dem Marktesteh t das Thea
THIRTY-FIRST LESSON 155
ter . 4. Auch ein Hotel ist am Markte. 5 . In diesemsind oft vieleGi ste. 6. Hinter dem Hotel ist eing rosser Garten. 7. Er wird der Hotelpark genannt.8 . VieleschbneFusswegesind in dem Park. 9. Auf
ih nen geh t man an Rosenb iischen voriiber. 10. Sieh aben sch arfeDornen. 11. Kommt man aus dem Dik
kic h t, so sieh t man eineMiih le. 12. Uber c ineBrilckekommt man in das Feld. 13.Man wandert eineMeileweit. 14. Da kommt man an einen Forst oder Wald.
1 5 . In diesem wohnt der Fbrster. 16. An dem Wegezu seinem Hausesteh t ein Kreuz. 17. Der Weg ist
dorn ig und steinig . 18. Der Fbrster ist ein freundlicher19. Jeder Gast ist ihm willkommen.
31. ieftion
READING LESSON
Dottor unw ifienb‘
15 1. f in Bauer, [ lamens’ Krebs , war fehr arm
,
unb mand)mal mufiten er unb firete, feineSrau, hun=
9ern. Diefer1 Bauer fuhr eines ¢a9es hols in bienaheSlabi unbverfauftees an (to) einen Dottor. Derfelbefagallein bei Eifd)e, als ber Bauer eintrat, um fein 6e3u erhalten. Da fah Krebs bieguten Sveifen auf bemCifd)ebes Dottors, unb er hc
‘
itte’ fieaud) 9ern 9e9effen.
156 THIRTY-FIRST LESSON
Der Dottor, ber ihn beobad)tete, bad)te: 2Ius bem(Befidnebiefes
‘ Bauern fprid)t ber hunger. 3d) habemehr, als id) effen will, unb biefem
l Bauern mirb es g ut
fd)meden.
'
[Inb er fag te5u Krebs : ”Ses’
bid) unb ig .
“
Krebs festefid) unb as. (Er afiviel unb fd)nell, unbber Dottor bad)te: 3d) fiird) te, bag id) biefen
’l Bauernnid) t fatt mad)en tann .
allein, alone ber Krebs , pl. —e, crab
allmiffenb, omniscient mand)mal, often, sometimes
bei Eifchefitjen, sit at thetable Hamens , by nameofbeobad)ten, l) , to watch fchmeden, h, to taste; gut fchmefs
eintreten, tratein,eingetreten, f, ten, to tas tegood ; es mirb ihmto enter gut fd)mecfen, hewill enj oy it
fahren, fuhr, gefahren, h, to fid) fet3en, to s it down
drive, ride figen, fag, gefeffen, l) , to sit
bas (beficht, pl . —er , face bieSpeife, pl . —n , foodbas 5 013, pl. asset , wood ber and) , pl . —e, tablehungern, l), to behung ry verlaufen, h, to sell
NOTES
15 2. 1. Thefour c ases of themasculineform of thedemonstrativepronoun bies (this, that; see108, 3) are:
N. tiefer , this or that
G. biefes , of this or that
D . biefem,to this or that
A. biefen, this or that
Observeth at bies h as thesameending s in its four
cases as themascu linedefin itearticle(er, es , em, en) .
160 THIRTY-SECOND LESSON
ben Doftor Iangean. g nlest fra9teer : ”Sag t, f)err,fb
'
nnteid) aud) ein Dottor werbenDiefe
1
5 rage'
mad) teben Dottor lad)en. [ lber er erfannteben Grunb biefer
l
grage, unb er fag telad)enb2) ja l verfag t aud) biefer
’l meiner sweiten
srageeure21ntrv0rt nid) i, fprad) Krebs ; "was mug
id) thun , um Dottor 5u rverben llnb ber Dottor,nod) immer lad)enb, beantworteteaud) biefe
l
sragebesBauern . (Er fag te: "Derfaufebeinen [Dagen famt
’
beiner Kuh unb was bu fonft 5uverl’aufen haft . 5fir
bas Gelb, weld)es bu einnimmft, taufebir ein 2Ibcbud),bas auf feinem erften Blattebas B ilb eines hahnes
hat. [Inb 9uteKleiber faufebir, unb non einemler lag bir ein Sd) ilb malen .
bas Kbcbud) , pl. Kbcbiicher , ber maler, pl. painter
primer bas meffer, pl. knife
bas Bilb, pl . —er , p icture fami, together with
einnehmen, nahm ein, einges bas Schilb, pl . —er , sig n
nommen, l) , to receive fonft, besides
bie(babel, pl . —n , fork ber Geller, pl. plateber fiahn, pl. fiahne, cock verfagen, l) , to refuse
hinlegen, l) , to lay down ber lDagen, pl. wagon
bieKuh, pl . Kiihecow 3urud’fd) ieben, fd)0b 3urud , 3u=
ber i bffel, pl . rudgefchoben, l) , to push backmalen, h, to paint
NOTES
156. 1. Thefour cases of thefeminineform of
bies are:
THIRTY-SECOND LESSON 161
N. biefe, thisG. biefer, qf thisD. tiefer , to thisA. hide, this
In likemanner aredec lined
folcbe iebefoldyer iebet'
felcher iebet‘
foldye iebe
famt is a. preposition g overning Dative.
ORAL AND WRITTEN EXERCISES
15 7. 1. Study thedeclension of biefe, jene, fold”,jebeand alle.
2. Dec line the following : biefegortfeeuug , biefe(Begeuwat t, hiefeQoffuung ; jeuestage, jeueRoble,jeneHuge; ielche(Ersc
'
ibluug , foldyeHeule, foldyeEuugejebeSrau, jebeHranfe, jebeEuge; alleDunfelbeit, alle(fibre, alle6 credytigfeit; fold) eine(g igenfdyaft, fold) eine
fierbe, fold) einefyilie; eine{oldieg rudyt, eiuefolcbe
banb, eiuefolcbeKlug heit ; einejebeSfirftiu, einejebeHrdbe, einejebeSebre.
3. Supply theproper endin g s in thefollowing and
tran slate: 1. J et) ” Zinftreuguug (bieZluftreng ung , pl.—en ,
exertion) ftdrft beiu . Kraft (bieKraft, pl. Krafie,streng th , force) . 2. Don jeb . . Eyébe(bieEyobe, pl. —n ,
162 THIRTY-SECOND LESSON
heig ht) gehteiumeg in bie(Z iefe(pl. —u ,depth ) . 3. fiidyt
jeb . . Hobie(bieHobie, pl. —n ,coal) ift fcbwars, unb
nid)t jeb . . Kobleg iebt weifieZifcbe(bie2Ifd1e, ashes) .4. DieSiebe(love) einer mutter iff eiuefold) bag
jeb . . manic!) fienur eiumal (once) befiaeu (befafi, bes
fefien, b, to possess) farm. 5 . Eb“ bein n Dflidyt nid)t
in bief . . unb jeu . . S tuube, fonbern immer. 6. é u
jeb . . 5eit tbu beiu . . pflidyt. 7. madpeaII . . 2Irbeit
gut. 8. Sdmu (fcbauen, b, to attend) auf bas , was su
tbun iii, nid) i auf jeb . . Ebat, welcbebu gelben bail .
9. Sei treu (faithful ) gegen jeb (Ace) meufdyeu ;fold) ” fireue(bieEreue, fidelity) erseugt (erseugeu, l) ,to produce) Greue. 10. j eb . . (Begenmart war eine
é ufunft uub mirb eineDergangeubeit.
4. Translate: 1. Many a storm blows with su ch force
th at it sh atters (serbridyt ; from serbrecben, serbrad},setbtod nn, (7) trees. 2. Not every dish (bieSpeife)whi ch werelish streng thens u s. 3. (The) lifeis sh ort ;
every experiencemakes it longer. 4. Theair in (auf)themountains is pureand thereforeis very g ood (biebefte) for everyone, espec ially (befonbers ) for thesick (betKranfe, pl. —n ). 5 . Discomfort often follows pleasure;every oneshould remember th is truth . 6. Work g ladly ;su ch ac tivity is blessed. 7. Thesick woman and thepoor [one] hope; theformer (jene) h opes for (auf) rec overy (biefienefuug ), thelatter (blefe) for deliverance(bi
’eReining ) from her misery (biefiol) . 8. Every evildeed receives its pun ishment.
33. tettion
READING LESSON
Dol tor unw ifienb (Sortfegung)
159. Diefes 1 d ilb, “
fo fubr ber Dottor fort, "mug
g rog unb weififein . (firefie, fdywargeB udyftaben mfifs
fen baraut gefdyrieben fein . Diefiuffdyrift biefesl d ils
bes mufi Iauten : n j dy bin ber Doltor Kllmifienb.
“
llnb bamit alleEeutees gut Iefeu f’
o’
nnen, g ieb biefeml
d ilbeben beften plat; an beinem Qaufe. DieDums
men fterben nid)t aus unb wenn bu (filud bait, fo
Iaufen fiebir 3u.
Krebs banttebem Dottor febr berslid) , tbat alles ,was berfelbe5u tbun ibm geraten batte, befteIItebasScbilb bei einem maler, unb nacb einigen Gagen be:
feftig teer biefesl
d iIb an feiner Gbiire. llnb er batteG lad ; benn fd) 0n nadpfurser Q3eit fpradyen alleBauernnon bem Doltor ZIIIwiffenb.
Diefe’ Bauern bat ten cinit non einem reid)en Eyerrn,weldyer in ibrer fiabewobnte, bag Diebeibm niel6e geftobIen batten . Da fag ten fieibm non bemDoitor Kllwiffenb, non feiner KIugbeit, burd) meldyeerin wenigen Eagen Dottor geworben war unb bag erbas geftoblene<5egemififinben fennte. 2115 ber reid)emann biewortebiefer
“ Bauern bbrte, Iad) teer. Balb
164
THIRTY-THIRD LESSON 165
aber fag teer 5u fid) : IDarum follteicb biefen’Bauern
nid)t g lauben ? IDabrfdyeinlicb bat ber Dottor Kflwifienbmancbes getban, was biefe
’ Bauernveranlagt, an feineKIugbeit 3u g lauben .
llnb am folgenben Qfagefubr er su ibm.
bieZluffcbrift, pl.—en , inscription bet3licb, heartilyausfterben, ftarb aus , ausgeftors fur3er, shortben, f, to dieout lauten, b, read
balb, soon bie{ cute peop le
befeftigen, b, to fasten ber plats, pl . pldge, p lace; benbeftellen, b, to order heften play, themost consp icubet Bucbftabe, pl. —n, letter (of onepla ce
thealphabet) raten, riet, geraten, b,bamit, in order that to advisebarauf, on it veranlafien, b, to cause
ber (bie) Dumme, pl . —n , fool mabrfcbeinlicb, probablyfortfabren, fubr fort, fortgefabz 3ulaufen, lief3u, 3ugelaufen, f,ren, b, to continue to fl ock to
NOTES
160. 1. Thefour cases singular of theneuter formof bies are
N. biefes , thisG. biefes , of this
D. biefem ,to this
A. biefes , this
In likemanner aredec lined
166 THIRTY-THIRD LESSON
N. jenes folcbesG. ienes foldzesD. ienem foldyemA. ienes folcbes
2. Thefour cases of theplural of bies are
N. biefe, theseG. biefer , of these
D. biefen , to thesehiefe, these
jen fold), and all (jeber h as no plural) form theirplural in likemanner
ORAL AND EXERCISES
161. 1. Study thedec lension of theneuter form of
bies , jener, fold), jeber and all, and review thedeclension of their masculineand feminineforms, both in
thesin g ular and plural.
2. Dec linethefollowing : blefes E llb, blefes mefiet ,biefes £7013; biefeEilber, biefel effer, biefebblser ;jenes Gefidn, jenes 6 m, jenes fi ber ; jeneGefidyter,jene®uter, jeneEbore; jebes Spridywort, jebes gag,jebes 3nfeft ; foldyes berg, folcbes mag, foldyes fell ;{old7efiergen, foldyemafie, foldyeSelle; alles Gelb,
168 THIRTY-THIRD LESSON
(bas Sicbt, pl. —eand —er ) ; thelatter g ives u s li g ht
during theni g h t, theformer during theday . 4. [He]who d oes everything qu ickly, does not do (ma6ben)everyth in g well. 5 . (The) youth (bieBugenb) passesaway quickly ; useth is timewell. 6. Not every animal
is u seful to us. 7. Many animals areh armful ; su ch
h armful animals wemay kill. 8. But wecannot let all
u seful animals live; for many of theseareu sefu l tous only (erft) after their death . 9. Horses areb lackor wh itein (9 0 11) color (bieflarbe, pl. —n ) ; th osewhich arewh itearec alled SCbimmel (bet S cbimmel,pl. in German
, and th osewh ich areblack arecalledRappen (ber Rappen, pl.
CONVERSATIONAL EXERCISES
162. was fagteber Dottor non ber 5arbebes Sd7il=
bes ? Don weldyer garbefollten bieBudpftaben fein ?meldyer Sag iollteauf bem d ilbe3u lefeu fein ?meldyen plat; iolltebas d ilb erbalten ? IDarum falls
ten bieBudyftaben fd)roar3 unb bas Scbilb weifi fein ?IDarum follteb as d ilb ben beften plat; an ber Ebfireerbalten ? Der Dottor g laubte, bag wer bem neuenDoitor gulaufen mirb? IDieiollteber neueDottor fid)nennen ? IDer fprad) balb non bem Dottor l lwifienb?IDer wobntein ber Hdbeber Bauern ? was bbrtenbiefe? Don wefien KIugbeit fpradyen bieBauern 3ubem Reidyen ? IDas tbat ber Reidye, als er ibnen
glaubte?
Dottor unwi iienb (fortfegung)
163. l s ber Dottor 2l llwiffenb ben IDagen lommen
fab, bad)teer : Reid)“llierr
'
x> was will er '
t> Der
IDagen bielt. ..S inb S ie’ ber Doitor 2Illmifi'
enb'
x>
frag teber berr. So t ommen S ie‘ mit mir, unb fin s
ben S ie‘ bas (Belb, weld7es mir geftoblen wurbe.Reidyes
l
berru wort ill iiberall Befebl, unb Krebs
fagte: n3a, aber bieGrete, meine5 rau, mug mit mir
geben .
“ Der berr nabm fiein feinen magen , unb fie
fubren gufammen fort. Krebs furdytetefid) nid)t ; benner bacbte: Zfieidyeml
berru bient’
s‘(filfid gern .
l s fiean bas Qaus bes berru famen , eilten Diener
berbei, balfen ibnen aus bem IDagen unb fiibrten fiein ein fdybnes (Simmer. 3n ber mittebesfelben ftanbeiu Q
'
ifd) mit berrlidyen Speifen. Der Bauer bad)tel‘ieidyen
l
berru bebient alles gern. llnb ber fyerr feste
fid) unb Krebs unb fireteaud) .Reidye
’
betren effen mcbr unb beffer, als armeBauern ; bas meri ten ber Dottor 2lllu> iffenb unb feine
frau Gretebalb. llnb ibnen gefiel bas (Effen reid)er’
berren febr g ut. 2Ils nun ber erfteDiener mit einerSdn
’
ifi'
el tam, fag teKrebs 5u feiner Srau : "firm, bas
169
170 THIRTY-FOURTH LESSON
war einer. “ f r meinte, bas fei einer ber Diener,weld7ebas fifien bringen ; benn er wufitefd)0n, bagmebrereDiener notig frub, um reid)en
’
berren bieSpeis
fen auf ben Eifcb 3u fegen . Der Diener aber mein te,bag ber Dottor fag te: Das war einer ber Diebe. ll nb
weil er wirilid; einer berfelben mar, wurbeer c'
ingftlid)
unb {dilidy binaus . l s er 5u ben anberen Dienern
binaustam, fagteer 5u ibnen : "Zl iewerben mir wieberreid)e
’
berren bebienen ! Der Dottor fag te, icb me'
ireeiner ber Diebel (Er weifialles l“
lingftlicb, timid, frightened ; murbe binaus lommen, l'ambinaus , binlingftlicb, was frightened ausgefommen, f, to comeout,
bebienen, b, to serve go out
ber Befebl, pl. —e, command meinen, b, to thinkbas f en, meal biemitte, themiddlefubren, b, to conduct nehmen, nabm, genommen, b,balten, bieli, gebalten, b, to
810?
berbeieilen, f, to hasten up
berrlicb, splendid
binaus , out of
lid? furditen.
NOTES
I. swam
N. reicber fierr reicbefierrenG. reicbes berru reicber fierrenD. reicbem fierrn reicben PperrenA. reicben berru reicbeEperren
n5tig, neces saryfdileidien. Wide. geldi lidien.to slink
bieS cbiiffel, pl. —n , dishto beafraid
172 THIRTY-FOURTH LESSON
fdyledj t ” IDege. 4. € rfabrung mad) t welf . . menfdyen.
5 . d nell “ Rat ijl balb . . Ebai. 6. Gut “ Rat
tommi fiber Zladyt. 7. £ieb . . menfdjen, fréblid) “
(j olly) ®afte(ber (Daft, pl. 6 666 , g uest) finb im baujebas 2lllerbefte(pl. —n , best of all) . 8. 3n gut . . Qagen
gebenieber fdj lecbten. 9. Gut” Spriidye, meif. . Eebrenmug man uben, nid) t nur boren . 10. [Dir bliden (b, tolook) neu . . mutes (ber mut, courage) in bie5 ulunft.
3. Translate: 1. Noble(ebel) men th ink g ood th oug h ts.
2. Onec an easily c ount theapples on (of) old trees.
3. Youn g , staunch (feft), strong trees develop into (wet :ben) g reat trunks (ber S tamm, pl. S lamme). 4. In
sh ort sayin g s [there] is often morewisdom (biemei$=beit), th an in th ick (bid) books. 5 . Do not pass a poorman (bet arme, pl. —n ) with [a] cold g lance(bet B licl,pl.
—e). 6. [A] g reat [th in g ] may c ome (werben) of
[a] small beg inning . 7. Thesun sh ines (leucbten, b) on
g ood and bad men . 8 . Even g ood trees sometimes bearpoor ([cblecbt) fru it. 9. [A] g ood nameis g reat wealth
(ber Reidfium, pl. 10. Remember h appy(gut) days in bad ([cblccbt) [times] .
CONVERSATIONAL EXERCISES
166. was frag tefid) ber Dottor Kllmiffenb, als erben IDagen nor feinem [jaufejab? was wollteberReicbenon ibm ? IDarum follteer mit bem Reidyenfabren ? Krebs jag te, bag wet mitfabren follte? IDars
um'
ffirdj tetefid) Krebs nicbt ? woraufvertrauteer ?
THIRTY-FIFTH LESSON 173
IDer eilteberbei, als fienor bem baufebes Reidyenbielten ? was lbaten bieDiener ? IDobin fiibrten bieDiener fie? was ftanb in ber mittebes g immers ?was ftanb auf bem Qijdye? was follten Krebs unb
firetemit ben Speifen ibun ? IDo follten fiebieSpeis
fen efien ? [Dienennt man ein é immer, in melcbembiemenfcben einer Samilieeffen ? IDeil man anftatt
efien aud) fpeifen jag t, fann man bagefisimmer aucbwienennen ? [Dienennt man bas é immer, in weldyemman wobnt ? [Diebasjenige, in meldyem man fdyIc
'
ift?
3 11 meldyes g immer fiibrten bieDiener bes Reidyen benDottor 2l llwifienb unb feineg rau ? IDer bebientefie?IDas bradyteber erfteDiener ? was fag teKrebs sufirete? was meinteer mit biefen IDorten ? micverjtanb ber Diener bieIDortebes Dottors ? [Datum
murbeber Diener c’
ingftlid) ? [Der maren bieanbetenDiebe? wem ergdblteber erjieDiener, was ber Dots
tor gejag t batte?
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READING LESSON
Dottor ullw i jjenb (Sortfetaung)
1l 6'
7. 2l ls ber sweiteDiener mit einer d iifi'el ber
einfam’
, jag teKrebs 3u feiner Srau : bas ift
ber sweitel“ Der Diener erfdyraf"
, ersabltees feinenKameraben, unb fieallewurben c
'
ingftlid7.
174 THIRTY-FIFTH LESSON
Der britteDiener bradyteeineoerbedted iiffel. Da
jag teber fjerr 3u Krebs , er folleeinmal‘ feineKunft
3eigen unb erraten, was in ber Sdfiifiel fei. (f s warennamlid) Krebfebarin . ) Der Bauer bad)te: was foll id)tbun ? (Brofie
1fiefabr brobt mir t llnber feufste
"Zlcb, id) armer Krebs l“ llls ber berr bas wort
Krebs borte, rief er : ”(fir weifies wirflidyl Ziun weifier aud) , wer bas 6ebat l“mdbrenb Krebs fid) fiber bieg lfidlidyeBefeitigungfold) grofier
lGefabr freute, erfannteber Diener, ber
alles ’
gebbrt batte, bafier unb feineKameraben g rofier‘
fiefabr ausgefegt feien. f r jag tebesbalb leifegumDottor, er modj teeinmal binausfommen
’. Der Dottor
tam binaus . Da geftanben ibm bieDiener, bag fiebieDiebefeien unb bag fienun erfannten, weld) g rofie‘
(Befabr fiefid) bereitet batten .
acbl alas freuen, refi. , to rq’
oiceausfegen, f, to expose bie(Befabr, pl. —en , dangerbieBefeitigung, pl.—en , removal gefteben, geflanb, geftanben, b,barin, in it
besbalb, therefore bereinlommen, tam berein, betsbroben, b, threaten eingefommen, f, to entereinmal berauslommen, to comeoid ber Kamerab, pl. —en ,
comrade
j ust a moment bieKunft, pl. Kaufte, skill, art
erraten, erriet, erraten, b, to leife, soft, in a lowvoicegues s ndmlid) , as a mattereffecterfcbreden, erfcbrad, erfcbrod‘en, fei, was ; feien, were
f. to befrighterwd feufsen. h. to sigh
verbeden, b, to cover
176 THIRTY-FIFTH LESSON
ORAL AND WRITTEN EXERCISES
169. 1. Dec linethesing ular and plural of thefollowing femininenouns and adjec tives (a) with thedefiniteartic le, (b) with theindefinitearticle, (c ) with outartic le: naturlid) Sarbe, tboridyt stage, g liicl
’lidj j ugenb,falfdy Kobe,
“
[Cb5 l’l febre, blinb Eiebe, falt Euft, jungmaus,
‘
weij ,S trafe, alt IDaffe, neu wobnung , reid)
autunft.
2. Supply thepreper ending s in thefollowing and
tran slate: 1: Deuteberrfc'
bt (berrfcben, b, to prevail)g rog ” greube, morgen (tomorrow) fd)0n bitter . . (bitter)5 d7mer3. 2. Gut 5eit unb fdylecbt” 5 a: gebu oor=
fiber allebeib’
. 3. 2m: fleifiig ” banben fann man
nieles beenben (b, to finish). 4. mit fdywer n 2Irbeitvertreibt (vertreiben, vertrieb, vertrieben, b, to driveaway) man jcbmer . Sorgen . 5 . 2lucb nad) Iang . .
I lacbt tommi ber frag . 6. IDeif. . Rat ift oft mcbr,als g ut . . Qbat. 7. (Ein Gebidj t (bas 6ebid7t, pl. —e,poem) braudj t mebr, als nur fdybn ” Sorm (bieform,
pl.—cn , form) . 8. mit Zlntt t bienft bu nur
bem weifen (ber roan, pl. —n , wiseman). 9. mitfcbarf” IDaffebaut (bauen , b, to build) man feinebc
'
iufer.
10. Rein” (pure) Dergangenbeit unb rein . . Gegenz
wart finb‘
ber Boben (soil), woraus (from which ) besSebens idjon fireuben fpriefien (fprofi, gefprofien, f,to sprout) .
3. Translate: 1. A qu ick resolve (bet f nt blufi, pl.
THIRTY-FIFTH LESSON 77
fintfcbluffe) often saves from g reat dangers. 2. [A]h appy youth wins (erwerben) virtue(bieEugenb, pl.—en ) . 3. True wisdom seeks instruc tion. 4. (The)summer is a g ood painter ; it paints everyth ing in (mit)brig h t (bell) colors. 5 . Wh iteashes areproduced (ent:
fteben, entftanb, entftanben, i) from black coal. 6. Thepatien t wishes (wiiMCbt ficb) [for a] h appy recovery andrenewed (erneuen , b ) stren g th . 7. Do (the) rig ht, not onlyonce, n ot on ly ten times, but always. 8. Thecoward (ber
Seig ling , pl. —e) is frig h tened beforethedanger, thec ourageou s [man] after it. 9. No dan ger frig h tened thecou rageous sailor. 10. Good advice(biefebre, pl. —n )g oes intp (the) oneear (bas Qbr, bes Dbres , pl. —en )of a fool and out of theother .
CONVERSATIONAL EXERCISES
170 . was jag teber Dottor 2l llroifl'
enb, als ein smeiter Diener eined fiffel in bas Speifesimmer bradyte?IDem ersdbltees ber Diener ? wer wurbedngft=lid) ? was fur eined iiffel bradpteber britteDiener
berein ? was fonnteber Dottor nid)t leben ? was
aber jag teber Reidje3u ibm ? was war in beroerbedten d fifiel ? was jag teKrebs leije3u fid) ?weldyes IDort bbrteber Reidje? was g laubteer ?IDer g laubtebasfelbe? was jag teer besbalb bemDoltor leije? IDas geftanben ibm bieDiener, als er
binausfam
178 THIRTY-SIXTH LESSON
ADDITIONAL EXERCISES
7. THE SKY AND THE WEATHER
171. 1. Am Himmel istvielerlei zu sehen : Am TagedieSonne, in der Nach t der Mend und dieSterne.2 . Diese sind Planeten und Fixsterne. 3. Manchmal
steh t au ch ein Komet am Horizont. 4. Nach Regensieh t man auch manchmal einen Regenbogen . 5 . In
man chen Lendern kommt dieNach t schnell nach demTag s . 6. In anderen Landern herrsch t Zwielich t, bevordieNach t kommt. 7. Wenn dieSonneim Zenith steh t,so h aben wir Mittag . 8 . Nachmittag s ist es im Som
mer sehr heisz. 9. Dann su ch t man den Sch attender Baumeund Hiiuser auf. 10. Der Morgen ,
und derAbend sind im Sommer diekuh lereZeit. 11. Oft folg t
einem heiszen Tageein Sturm. 12. So nennt man einenheftigen Wind. 13. Sturm und Regen nennt man einenRegensturm . 14. “(as ist ein Hagelsturm ? 15 . Im
Winter h aben wir au ch Sch neestiirme. 16. Wenn esdonnert, nennt man es n ich t Donnersturm, sondern einGewitter . 17. Im Sommer ist es warm , oft heisz, imWinter ist es kalt. 18. Warmes Wetter im Winter und
kaltes im Sommer ist unnatiirlich .
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READING LESSON
h otter unwifienb (Scblufi)
172. 2l ls bieDiener ibm ben Drt seigten, webasgeftoblene(5e lag unb ibm fiir fein Scbmeigen eine
180 THIRTY-SIXTH LESSON
bas Zlebengimmer, pl. adj oin verbanlen, b, to beindebted foring room serraten, berriet, verraten, b,
bet (Drt, pl. —e, p lace betraybas Sdzmeigen, silence eerfprednn, eerfpracb, verfprofid) erfreuen, to enj oy eben, b, to p romise
fog leid) , immediately bas Derfpred nn, pl. thepromise
bieEafdn, pl. —n, pocket bas wifien, knowledge
NOTES
173. 1.N. fluges BqG. fluges (llugen) Bud)esD. tlugem Bud)eA. fluges Bud)
Thecases of an adjec tivewh ich is used attribu tivelywith a neuter noun not preceded by an artic leor pro
noun areformed by theaddition of thefinal letters of
theneuter artic lebas : S, 5 , m, s .
General Ru lefor theDec len sion of Adjectives : Adjec tives aredec lined either ac c ording to theweak or
ac c ordin g to thestron g dec lension . When preceded byan artic leor pronoun (see116, 2, 3 ; 120,
1, 2 ; 124, 1,they aredec lined ac cordin g to theformer , otherwiseac cording to thelatter.
2. g rofien Reid)tums and grofies Reid) tums arebothform s of theGenitive, theformer being themoreeu
ph oniou s ; n is added to theadjectiveinstead of s to
avoid thesametermination (es ) in two suc cess ivewords.
For thesamereason theGen itiveof theadjec tivepreceding a neuter noun may have two forms : flugesBud)es and flugen Bud)es .
THIRTY-SIXTH LESSON 181
er werbeis the3. pers. sing . Present SubjuncThePresent Subjunctiveof werben is :
icbmerbe, I may become mir werbenbu werbefi ibr werbeter, fie, es werbe fie(S ic) werben
A c omparison of thePresent Subjunctivewith thePresent Indicativeshows th at theSubjun ctiveis formedmorereg ularly, as it h as no 2Iblaut and no c onsonant
is om itted. Observethat the1. and 3. persons sing .
end in eand the2. person in eft. Theplural is likethat of theIndi cative.Thesamereg ularity is found in theformation of the
other auxiliaries of time, baben and fein, and of theauxiliaries of mood, biirfen, fc
'
innen, laffen , mbgen, mttffen, fellen, mollen . (For a synopsis of theIndicativeand Subjun ctivetenses of theseauxiliaries see240,241, and
baben fein
id) babe, I may have icb {ei, I may bebu babefi bu feieft or feifier, fie, es babe er, fie, es feimir baben mir feienibr babet ibr icici
fie(Sie) baben fie(S ic) feien
Noticethat theending of the2. pers. plur. is not t,whi ch is theending of the2. pers. plur. of theIndi cative, but et.Thefollowing th reesimpleSubjunctivetenses are
formed from batte, rear and murbe, theImperfec t Indi cativeof thethreeauxiliaries of time
182 THIRTY-SIXTH LESSON
ich batte, I mig ht have icbmate, I mig ht be id) wii rbe, I might becomebu bdttefi bu mdrefi bu mii rbefier, fie, es bri tte er, fie, es mc
'
ire er, fie, es miirbemir bdtten mir mdren mir miirbenibr bc
'
ittet ibr mdret ibr wiirbetfie(S ie) bri tten fie(S ie) mitten fie(Sic) wiirben
Thesimpletenses of theauxiliaries, thePresent and
Imperfect Subjunc tive, areu sed likethesametenses of
theIndicativeto form compound tenses.
ThePresent Subjunc tiveof baben or fein with thePast Participleof themainverb forms its Perfec t Subjun c tive; th at of werben with theInfinitiveof themain
verb forms its FutureSubjunctive.bri tte, mc
’
ireand wiirbeareu sed as thePresent Tenseof theConditional Mood. ThePresent Condi tional of
baben and jein (bc’
itteand retire) with thePast Partic ipleof themain verb forms its Perfect Conditional ;wh ilethePresent Conditional of werben (wl
'
irbe) withtheInfinitiveof themain verb forms its FutureCondi tional.
For a synopsis of theSubjun ctiveand Conditional see243—249;for theSubjun ctiveand Condi tionalMoods ofverbs of thestrong
conjugation see9 1, 4 .
4. bag er fienid)tverraten werbeand bag ber Dottor ibn meine. In thesedependent sentences thespeakerrepeats, but does not quoteliterally, thestatements of
another person , and expresses no opinion as to whether
or not heag rees with thestatements . Th is form of
statement is called Indi rec t Statement. In indirec t state
ment theSubjunc tiveis u sed, espec ially when benfen,g lauben , beffen, [agen te., or their equivalents are‘
theverb s of theprinc ipal sentence.
184 THIRTY-SIXTH LESSON
I let, jtillen (b, to allay) . 8. 21uf, gut, plat} , fitgen (Imperative), feft. 9. Eapfer (brave) , berg,vergagen, nid)t.10. Eren, S inn (ber S inn, mind) , gefdfidt (dem ons) ,
banb, belfen, burd) , all, Eanb.
4. Correc t thefollowing sentences by substitutin g
theSubjunc tivefor theIndi cativein theindirec t statements and translate: 1. Der Eebrer g laubt, bafi berKnabefleifiig ijl. 2. Der Dottor frag t, ob ber Knabefront ift. 3. Der Dater wiinfdn, bafiber Sobn fommt.4. DieEodfier antwortet ibrer mutter
,bag fieein
Bud) fud)t. 5 . (Es ift gu wfinfd nn, bag jeber fpart.6. Der Kaufmann bat gebofft, bafier vielverbienenmirb. 7. Der Kirbter jag te, bafiber Dieb feineS trafeerbalten bat. 8. gfirfien benten, bag fieetmas Befferesals anbereZilenfd)en finb.
5 . Translate: 1. Every onehas many friends in g ood
times. 2. Youth is themost beautiful timeof life. 3. Theteacher asks thepupil whether heh as learned h is lesson(biezlufgabe, pl. - n ). 4. After (nad)bem) (the) work isdone, rest is welcome(willfommen). 5 . Precoc ity (bieSriibflugbeit, ultflugbeit) does not always bec omewisdom . 6. Brig h t star s sh inebrig h tly. 7. Diligent precticemakes (one) a master (ber ZlIeifter, pl. 8 . Beau ti
fu l melodies touch (ergreifen ) theheart. 9. Dismissed
servants arenot friends of their former masters . 10.
Small ch ildren, small trouble; g rown (grog) ch ildren,
g reat trouble.
CONVERSATIONAL EXERCISES
175 . meld)en Drt geig ten bieDiener bem Doftor
2Illmiffenb ? wasverfprad)en fieibm fiir fein 5 d)wei=
THIRTY-SEVENTH LESSON 185
gen was oerfprad) er ibnen 3a weld)es g immerging er bann wieber ? was jag teer gu bem reicbenmanne? was nabm er aus ber ¢afd)e? was
jag teKrebs gu bem Bud)e? mas mollteer ben Reisd)en g lauben macben ? mer borte{cinemorte? wewar ber Diener ? was ibot bcr Doltor mit bem llbc
bud)e? warum blc'
itterteer barin ? was rief er, alser ben babu nid)t fogleid) faub ? was g laubteberDiener im Ilebengimmer ? was ibai er ? was bad)teer non bem Bud)ebes Dottors llnb was non bie:
fem ? was tbat ber Dottor mit bem babue, als eribn enblid) fanb ? IDarum fab er ibn Iangean ?
mobin fiibrteer bann ben Reid nn ? was jag teerbemfelben nid) t? Don teem erbielter eineBelobnung ?was gaben ibm ber berr unb bieDiener als Belebsnung ? IDefi
’
en erfreuteer fid) nad) J abren ?
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READING LESSON
S chmer) , g reubeunb Reno
176. f in J fing ling batteDater unb mutter eerloren . Der fiebanfel an feinen Derluft oerliefiibn nid)t,
unbvergeblid) bemfibten fid) feinefireunbe, ibn non
bem fiebanfen1 gu befreien unb ibn gu trbfien
186 THIRTY SEVENTH LESSON
fprad) er, "bes bergens’IDeb beilen feineIDorte. 3br
meint es gut; id) weiBes , unb id) fd)ritgeeure{freunbs
fd)aft febr . l lein sreunbfdmft g iebt bem bergen’
feinenErfatg fiir filternliebe. Eafit mid) trauern um meinetoten f ltern. 3d) fann nur leben menu meine®ebanteu‘
bei ibnen finb.
Diegreunbefaben, bag fieben j fing ling eon bermad) t biefes Gebanfens l nid) t befreien fonnten, unb
aud) ibrebergen’
wurben traurig .
bieGliernliebe, parental love fid) bemuben, to endeavorber Grfag, substitute trauern, l) , to mournbeilen, b, to heal traurig , sad
ber 3ung ling , pl.—e, youth , trbfien, b, to comfort
young man verlieren, oerlor, berloren, b, tobiemad)t, power losebieReue, remorse ber Derlufi, pl .
—e,1033
febligen, b, tovalue bas web, woe
NOTES177. 1. SINGULAR m mu .
N. ber (Bebante bie(bebanfenG. bes (Bebanl'ens ber GebautenD . bem (bebanfen ben GebantenA. ben Gebauten bie(bebauten
Thenoun bet fiebanfeh as theending of theweakdec lension (n), except that theGenitivesing . ends inus . Th is ns c onsists of thecharac teristic endin g s of
theweak (n) and thestrong (5 ) dec lensions.
Nouns wh ich in theGen itivesing . h avethech arac
teristic endin g s of both dec lensions areof themixeddeclension.
188 THIRTY-SEVENTH LESSON
fiebt gutesrudn. 10. ms befi. . IDilIe. . fann man
fid) oft bes 5 d)abe nid) t erwebren.
3. Changethedependent sentences of thefollowin gto their equ ivalent Infinitiveform and translate: 1. DerDater befabl bem Sobne, bag er gu bauje(at home)bleibe. 2. Diemutter erlaubte(erlauben, b, to permit) berEedfier, bag fiemit ibr ausgebe(ausgeben, to go out
walking ) . 3. Der Sd) iiler befft, bag er feine2 q gabegurred)ten (Seit beenben werbe. 4. [Dir allemi’infd)en, bagmir ein g liidlid)es Seben fiibren mogen . 5 . Gs ifinid)t
mog licb (possible), bag man allen menfd)en gefalle.4. Translate: 1. It is theduty of [the] man to do
even dificult th ing s thedifficult [th in g ] 2. It is
not useful always to beoc cupied (fid) befcbc'
iftigen) withone’
s self. 3. It is thech arac teristic (f igenfcbaft) ofyouth to c onsider (balten) itself (ficb) happier or nu
happier th an it really is . 4. To lovelifeand not to
fear death , th is is thereal (wirflicb) life. 5 . Theair
is powerful (ftarf) enoug h to destroy (gerbred)en) trees,yet (jebocb) often too weak to carry a leaf. 6. Thepower of thewill works (fcbaffen) mirac les (bas munber,pl. 7. Aid (bilf Imperative of belfen, balf,gebOlfen, l) , Dat. ) no bad cau sewith your g ood name.8. Thedeepest sorrow of theheart does not expressitself (fid) ausbrfiden) by means of (Dermittels ) thetong ue.9. Hewh o is strong ,
not hewho is weak, enjoys peace.
CONVERSATIONAL EXERCISES
179. mu nennt man Dater unb mutter mit einemworte? [Der battefeinefilternverloren ? was beifit
THIRTY-EIGHTH LESSON 189
bas , er battefieoerloren mer jud) leben j fing ling
gu trofien IDiemeinten es feineSreunbemit ibm ?was aber tonnen IDortenid)t beilen ? g i
'
ir was ift
freunbfdmft fein f rfas ? IDefien Derluft bebriidtebas
berg bes 3fing lings ? was mad)tebiefreunbetraurig ?[Dienennt man bieSiebc ber (filtern ? Der mutter ?
Des Deters ? wiebeifit bieEiebebes Kinbes ? IDie
beigt bieSiebeber (b atten ? Diejenigebes menfdnngum menfd)en ? [Diebiejenigebes menfd nn gum
Daterlanbe? Diejenigegur IDabrbeit ? 5 ur greibeit?
cSum firieben ? g um Bruber ? 5 ur Sdnbefier ? QSur
fibre? 5 u fid) felbfi? é ur Kunft ? g um Zi c'
id flten ?
é ur weisbeit? IDiebeifit bies i iebeber (Eltern, weld)eibr Kinb lieben, miebieZlffen bas ibrige?
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READING LESSON
s clzmer) , g reubeunb Reue(Sortfegung)
180. Had) einigen Eagen erfubren fie, bag ber Detater1 ibres Sreunbes aus ber fiernefomme, um feinemung lfidlicben Dermanbten gu belfen
’. l s fiebas (be
fid) t bes Dettersll erblidten, erfiilltebiefireunbeneue
bofinung . S iebad)ten : IDenn jemanb belfen fann,
190 THIRTY-EIGHTH LESSON
wenn jemanb ben llng liidlidnn Selbfibeberrfdwng im
5 d)mergelebten fann, bem Detter‘ mirb’
s‘
gelingen ; ermirbmad) t fiber unfern greunb gewinnen.Iiacbbem fieibn begriifit batten, fiibrten fieben Bets
ter‘
gu bem oerreaifien Sobue. 5 d)merglid) unb innigwar bieBegrfifiung beiber. Die5reunbeentfernten fid)unb bieDetternll blieben allein .
begriifien, b, to greet innig , lovinglybieBegriifiung, pl. —en, greeting jemanb, anyoneerbliden, b, to see lebten, b, to teacherfabren, erfubr, erfahren, b. to biemad)t, pl. mad)te, infl uence,learn power
erfiillen, b, tofill fibmerglid) , painfulbieserne, pl. - n, distance bieSelbfibeberrfcbung , self restraint
gelingen, gelang , gelungen, f, ungludlicb, unhappy
(used impersonally with the oermaifen, f, to orphan
to succeed ber Dermanbte, pl . —n, relativegewinnen, gewann, gewonnen, ber Better, pl. —n, cous in
to win, gain
NOTES181. 1. SINGULAR PLURAL
N. ber Detter bieDetternG. bes Detters ber DetternD. bem Detter ben DetternA. ben better bieDeflern
Thesing ular of ber Detter is dec lined liketh at of a
noun of thestrong dec lension, theplural liketh at of
a noun of theweak. Nouns thus dec lined arealso of
themixed declension.
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Ziad)bar . . baus brennt. 8. DieleSee. . mad)en basEanb frud)tbar. 9. stir bieempfinbfame(sensitive) Seele(pl. —n ,
soul) ift bas Seben b oll non S tad)el 10. was
biellntertban bebriidt, ibut ben berren nid)t web.
3. Changethedependent sentences to their Infini tiveform and translate: 1. man mug [till (quietly) leben,bamit man nid)t verfolg t (verfolgen, b, to persecute)werbe. 2. was bu ererbt (ererben, b, to inherit) benbeinen Bateru baft, erwirb es , bamit bu es befiseft.3. Der wabregreunbeerg ifit (vergeffen) fid) gern, bamiter filt feinen 5 reunb leben ténue. 4. DieHatur (nature)gab uns ben Derftanb, bamit mir red) t benten . 5 . man
erfteig t (erfteigen, erftieg , erftiegen, b, to mount) bie
bobebes Eebens , bamit man oben (on high) fterbe.6. DieZiatur gab uns bas berg, bamit mir red)t bans
beln (b, to act) .
4. Construc t sentences of thefollowing words and
translate: 1. DieKinber, fabren, in, bet IDagen. 2. Die(filtern, erfabren, ber i cb, ber Sobn. 3. Der Diener
,
bienen, fein , berr. 4. Der Diener,verbienen, fein, f obn(wages) . 5 . Der Kranfe, biirfen, nid) t, all
, Speife, effen .
6. Der Kraule, bebiirfen, biebilfe, ber Doftor. 7. DerIDagen, balten, nor, bas baus . 8 . Das mdbd)en, balsten, bas Kinb. 9. Der 2lrme, fid) balten, flir ung liid=
lid) . 10. Diefe2lufgabe, entbalten, fein, neu, wbrter.
5 . Translate: 1. Thepainter often represents (bars
ftellen, b) u g liness (bas bdfiliée), in order to make
THIRTY-NINTH LESSON 198
thebeautifu l morebeautiful. 2. Bemaster of yourself,in order to bemaster of other s. 3. Help for thesakeof (um gu) helping , but not in order to win g ratitude(ber Dani ). 4. Eat in order to live, but do not livein order to eat. 5 . No man sh ould becalled happy(g lfidlid) preifen) beforeh is death (finbe). 6. Whateverpleases theheart is sou g h t by theeyes . 7. If you
"
wish to know wh at (mer) you* are, provoke(ergfirne)two or th reeof your neig hbors. 8. Friendship doesnot always exist between cousins.
CONVERSATIONAL EXERCISES
183. was erfubren bieSreunbe? IBann erfubrenfiees ? IBober tam ber Better ibres freunbes ? IBa
rum tam ber Better aus ber gerne? was fiiblten bieg reunbe, als fieben Better erblidten ? S iebefften, bager ibren fireunb was lebten werbe? 5 u wem fiibrtenfieben Better ? mann fiibrten fieibn gu ibrem
fireunbe? IBiemar bieBeg riifiung beiber ? IBer benben greunben blieb bei ben Dellern ?
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READING LESSON
5 d1mer ) , g reubeuno neue(Sortfetgung)
184. Had) einiger geit erfiilltefid) biebeffnung ber
freunbe. Der S>d)merglbes 3fing ling s wurbemilber ;
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es gelang bem Better, biebeftigfeit bes Sd)merges‘
gu
Iinbern. fir battebes J fing ling s Eeilnabmefiir biemenfd)en unb Dingefeiner umgebung ermedt unb ibnbaburd) nad) unb nad) bem Sd)merge
‘ entgegen . Had)
bem ber j ang ling feineSelbftbeberrfcbung’wieber ers
lang t batte, riet ibm ber Better, eine[angereReifeangutreten. Diefefellteben 5 d)merg
1bes 3ang lings
gang beilen .
Diefireunbefreuten fid) ; benn fiebefiten, bag bie-3cl)mergen
llbes Bang lings neuer Eebensfraft weid)en
wiirben.
antreten, trat an, angetreten, b,to go upon
baburd) , therebyentgieben, entgog , ent gen, b,
erlangen, b, to attain
ermeden, b, to awaken , arouse.biebeffigteit,violencebieiebensl'raft, pl. iebensirdfie,
NOTES185 . 1. SINGULAR PLURAL
N. ber Sebmerg bieScbmergenG. bes 5 d)merges ber Sd)mer3enD. bem Sdnnerge ben 5 d)mergenA. ben Scbmerg bieSebmergen
Der 5 d)merg, likeber Better, of thestrong deelen
linbern, b, to lessen, soothenacb unb nad) , gradually
bieReife, pl. —n , j ourneyfid) erfiillen, to berealizedbieEeilnabme, interes tbiellmgebung , pl.
—en,
surs
rounding
weidnn,mid) , gemicben, f,to yield
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2. Supply theproper ending s in thefollowing and
translate: 1. 3m eignen Belt [Cbldft fid)? am heften .
2. Zluf bartem Bett . . fd) l<'
ift man mobl (well) . 3. ZBilIfibu ber Rofen (bieRefe, pl. —n , rose) bid) freuen, barfi
’
t
bu bieDorn nid)t fd)euen (b, to fear) . 4. DieHatur
bat ben Cieren bemb gegeben, bem 5 d)afebie[Belle(wool), bem Bogel bieSebern. 5 . Das Eeben bes 3n=
felt . ift Purg. 6 . man Iernt mebr mit ben als
mit ben 2lug . . 7. Den (Efel erfennt man an benan ben IBorten ben Cber , . 8. Der matrefe(pl. n ,
sailor) llettert (tlettern, f, to climb) bis an bieSpitge(pl. —n ,
top ) bes mafi 9 . DieBereinig ten (ner=
einigen, b, to unite) S taat finb ein grefies Eanb.
10. Zln ben maft . . finb bieSegel (bas Segel, pl.sail) . 11. DieStrabl . . ber Sonne(bieSonne, pl. 11,sun) geben uns Eid) t unb IBdrme(bieIBc
'
irme, warmth).
3. Form nouns of thefollowing words and g ivethemeanin g of thederivativenouns : With ung : anerfennen, atmen, beantworten, bebienen, benusen ; with beitfrant, flug , berfibmt, febbn, rein ; with feit : c
'
ingftlid) ,innig , empfinbfam,
traurig , mog lid) ; with e: lang , ftill,bart
, frifd), treu, bid, fd)reer, grofi; with fd)aft : Bitter,Bbll‘er, wiffen, baubel(n ) , Kaufmann ; with in :ebeiter,Eebrer, Sd) iiler, Bauer, IBolf; with ci z Kinber, (Efel,5 d)c
'
ifer, Rc’
iuber, maler.
4. Translate: A kin g (ber Konig , pl. —e) becameill.Many dbc tor s were called. They examined h is eyes.
THIRTY-NINTE LESSON 197
his ears and hi s lung s ; they counted h is heart-beats(bet d lag , pl. Schlc
'
i ge), but they could not help h im.
Finally oneof thedoctors said to him : YourMajesty (Qert Honig ), let [your servants ] seek a happy[man ] in your dominions . Put on his sh irt ; then you
will becured (gefunbTheadviceof thedoc tor g avetheking new hope,
and hesent h is servants to seek oneof h is h appy sub
jec ts. Even in thesmallestvillage(bas Dorf, pl. Db:fer ) of his statethey soug h t a happy [man ] and foundh im not.
Sadly they turned h omeward.
They were g oing th rou g h a forest (bet walb, pl.
walber ) . Suddenly they heard a man exc laim (rufen) :Oh , h ow h appy I am 1
They hastened to theplacewhence(wober) thevoice(bieS timme, pl. —n ) of theman c ameand found a
shepherd, wh o was rollin g (fid) tollen) in the g rass
(bas firas , pl. (firmer ) with h is dog . At thesametime (babei) heexclaimed : “
I am happy ! Oh , how
h appy I am !
The servants told h im wh at advicea wisedoctorh ad g iven theking and asked (bitten) theshepherdfor (um) h is shirt, that their king mig h t becured byit. But thehappy [man ] an swered : Our poor king !I cannot help h im, for I h aveno sh irt.
When theservants arrived (anfommen) at home, thekin g died.
CONVERSATIONAL EXERCISES
187. was wurbeerfiilIt’
P IDann wurbebieQofis
nung erffillt? wefien fzoffnung wurbenad) einiger
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geit erfiillt? mic wurbeber d mers bes j ung lingsnad) einiger geit ? was gelang bem better ? wefienfieilnabmebatteer erwedt? j fir was gewann berBung ling wieber Ceilnabme? g iir weldyemenfcbenunb Dingegewann er wieber Geilnabme? wem tourbeer baburd) entsogen
‘
P was erlang teer wieber ? was
iff Selbftbeberridyung was iii Selbftreg ierung ? Selbftsliebe? Selbftbelebrung ? Selbftunterricbt
‘
P Selbftbilfe?Selbfttbc
’
itigfeit? was riet ber Detter bem 3ung linge,nacbbem berfelbefeineSelbftbeberrfcbung wieber erlang t
batte? was fiir eineReifeiollteer antreten ? was
bofiteber Detter non biefer Reifefiir ben 3ting ling ?IDer bofi
'
tebasfelbe?
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READING LESSON
s chmery, g reubeunb acne(Scblnfi)
188. d on feit einigen monaten reifteber 3fing ling
non Eanb 5a Eanb, non S labi 3u S labi. Da traf ereines Gages smei mc
‘
ibdyen. Dieeinewar {Chan unb
fab q tig unbvergnfigt aus ; bieanbereaber war 1755:lid) unb traurig . Da fra9teber Jung ling : "mer biftbu, {dybnes mabdyen ? “ S ic antworteteladyelnb: "361
200 FORTIETH LESSON
reifen, f, to travelfd)0n,evenfd)0n ber 2Inblid, thevery s ight
lid? entsieben, éntsog fid) , ltd:ent309en, to withdraw
NOTES
189. 1. SINGULAR PLURAL
Qanb is of themixed dec lension : its sing u lar is of
theweak declension, i . e. likeall femininenouns thesing ular h as no inflec tion theplural is of thestrong
declension, i . e. thevowel is changed to its Hmlautand theending eis added.
Thefollowin g nouns of themixed dec lension aredec lined likeQanb: bieBani (bench ) , bieBruit (breast),bieQaut (skin), bieKunft (art), bieEuft (air), bieEnit(j oy), biemagb (maid-servant) , biewanb (wall) , biemurft (sausage) . In biemutter (pl. matter, mother ) ,biefilocbter (pl. { ad)ter, daughter), thevowel is ch an gedto its llmlaut, but eis not added.
2. bieBeg leilerin ; th is femin ineword is madebytheaddition of thesuffix in (see185 , 2) to themas
culinenoun bet Bealeiter.
tud7tig , good
unangenehm, disag reeable
ungertrennlid) , inseparablevergniigt, g ladweiter geben, to go on, proceed
FORTIETH LESSON 201
ORAL AND WRITTEN EXERCISES
190. 1. Commit to memory with their meaning s thenouns in 189, 1, and dec linethem in thesing ular and
plural.
2. Completethefollowing sentences, u sing thepropercaseand number of thenouns inc losed in parenthesisand translate: 1. Diel (fianb, plur . ) macben [dwell eina e. 2 . mit bem Qute(ber but, pl. Qii te, hat) in
tommi man burd) bas gansei anb. 3.
(Bruit, sing . ) bes mutigen fennt feinegurd) t (bieSurdfi
fear) . 4 . 2Ius (Qaut, plur . ) ber Gieremad) t man gelle.5 . Der meifter
.
(eineliunft, sin g . ) ernc'
ibrt (ernc‘
ibren, l),to sum rt) fieben Kinber ; aber ein meifter aller fichen
(Kunft, plur . ) ernc’
ibrt fid) felbft nid)i. 6. Don (Euft,sing . ) fann niemanb leben. 7. was einem Dergniigen(bas Dergm
‘
igen, pleasure) mad) t, basu bater (Euft,8. mic biefirau, fo (wagb, barum baben 9ute
5 rauen aud) gute(magb, 9 . 2 q (mutter,sing . )
5 d)ofi(ber Sd)ofi, pl. Sdfifie, lap ) werben Hinber grog.
10. Bauenid) i (wanb, plur . ) unter bas Dad) (pl. Dt'
i s
roof ), fonbern bas Dad) fiber (wanb, plur . )
3. In placeof themascu linenouns u setheir feminineform and translate: 1. Der Sebrer lebt t. 2 . DerSdn
’
iler Iernt. 3. Der Bauer (fem. B ii uerin ) ift~ flei6ig .
4. Der wolf (fem. wslfin ) iii wilb. 5 . Der (Z iel iftfaul (lazy) . 6. Der Efigner Ifig i (Iiigen, 109, gelogen,l), to tell a lie) . 7. Der Qunb iii treu. 8. Der £)irt unb
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ber f)err, ber firaf (fem . Griffin ) unb ber 5am, berf)eunb ber Iiarr (fem . t
'
i rrin ), ber Kaifer unb beruntertban, fieallemfifien fterben. 9. I i iemanb fannvielefreunbebaben . 10. Seinbelieben einanber nid)i.
4. Translate: A long timeag o beforelon g time)thereweremany brownies (basQeinselmdnndwn, pl.in Colog ne( [bas] libln) . Then thejourneymen and themasters, thewomen and theservant-girls had littletodo. For whoever had work to do went (fid) Iegen) tobed and slept. Whi leheslept thebrownies cameout
of thewalls, theearth , and theair.
They werefamiliar with (Derfteben) all trades (bas
fianbwerl‘
, pl. —e). They madebenches, tanned (9er=ben, I7) h ides (5am), filled (ftopfen, b) sausages, in
sh ort (furs) they did everyth ing that was to bedone.And when theworkmen and workwomen opened (bfiz
nen, b) their eyes, their work had been doneby dili
gent h ands. But no onewas allowed (bfirfen) to seethebrownies.
Oneday a foolish woman (fem. of Zi arr) wished to
seethem . But the littlemen saw her, disappeared(nerfdnninben, nerfdnoanb,verfdmunben, f) and never(niemals) cameback.
CONVERSATIONAL EXERCISES
191. Seit wann reifteber 3fing ling ? Don mo unb
wobin reifteer ? wen traf er eines Q'
ages ? [Diewar bieeineunb wiefa!) fieaus ? IDieaber warbieanbereunb miefat) fieaus ? men fra9teber j ung ;
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von einem Kontinent zum andern . 12. Auf dem Landeg iebt es Berge, welcheVulkanesind. 13. Au ch man
chen schonen Wasserfall g ich t es . 14. W0 das Land
von Sand bedeckt ist, da ist es ni ch t fru ch tbar. 15 .
Fruch tbares Land ist von g runem Gras bedeckt. 16.
Allerlei Pflanzen, Korn, Weizen, Wein, Flach s gedeihendarauf.
41. tei tion
READING LESSON
Der tingeS taar
193. f in burfiiger Staar fanb eineg lafd)emitfer. f rverfudfie, aus
lber Slafd)e5u trinfen ; aber bas
wafier war augerl feinem Bereid) , benn er fonntees
mit1 feinem larsen 5 d)nabel nid) i erreid)en. Da oer:
fud)teer, bieflafcbemit [einem 5 d)nabel 5u 3erbred)en,bann, fieumsuwerfen ; aber er war basu 3u fd) rvad) .f r fonntenid) i mehr fteben unb fegtefid) auf bie
firbe. 3bm’
gegenfiberl
fianb bieSlafd n. (Er batteauf ein Ianges Eeben gebofit ; aber feiner Qoffnung
’
entgegen‘brobteibm ein frr
’
iber Ecb. Das mittel 3u‘
feiner Rettung fianb nabebeilibm, unb bod) mufiteer
fiird)ten, bag er binnen‘wenigen Stunben fterben werbe.
fiofinungslos Iieg er Hopf famll
j lfigeln 5ur (Erbefinten.
FORTY-FIRS'I‘ LESSON 2“
So lag er fd)0n feit‘ einigen minuten . Da erblidte
er fleineS teineunb 2Ifd)enebfi‘ einigen Koblen nebenfid) . llnb plbslid) bad)teer: IDenn bieS teineunb KobIen in bieSlafdn fielen, fiiegebas wafier in bieEbbe,unb id) tbnntees erreid)en unb trinten.
fibg leid) bie2Infirengung ibm’
sumiber‘ mar, fianberauf unb tbal feinem (Bebanfen’
gemc’
iB‘. fiinen S tein
nad)‘bem anbern warf er in bieflafdn. Zlad) unb
nad) fiieg bas wafier, unb enblid) tonnteervon bemfelben trinten. mam: feiner
“
KIugbeit nerbantteer [einem fleifiefein ieben.
auffieben, fianb auf, aufgefian nebfi, withben, f, to arise fink n, fant, gefunten, f, to sink
auger, beyond, bes ides bet Stadt , pl. —e, starting
bet Bereid), pl. —e, reach fieigen, fiieg , gefiiegen, f, to risebinnen, within bet Stein, pl. —e, stoneburfiig , thirsty trinten, trant, getrunten, b, toentgegen, contrary drink
bieslafcbe, pl. —n , bottle umwerfen, warf um, umgemorsber sliigel, pl. wing fen, l), to overturngegeniiber, opposite verfucben, I) , to trygemdfi, in accordancewith gumiber, contrary ; gumiber fein,nc
'
idpfi, neat to to dislike
neben fid) , at his side
NOTES194. 1. aus, out of, from, of, bei, about, among , at, by, during ,
by, for, on, upon, on account for , near , to, on, with
binnen, within , in thecourseofauger, out of , outsideof , without , entgegen, against, in faceof, opbesides , beyond, excep t posed to, towards
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gegeniiber, opposite, in presenceqf, nebfi, with , along with , bes ides, in
gemdfi, according to, in accordance fami, with , together with , and
mit, with, along with , together with , non, of, from, by, in, on, up on, con
in company with , by, at, to
nad) , after, behind. to, towards , ao 3u, to, unto, in addition to , at, in,
cording to, by, at, in, for , con~ on , by , for , in order to
sidering , liketo gumiber, contrary to, against, re
“ad)ft, W » to: W pugnant
Thesewords areprepositions . They areused to express a relation between a person or thing and an ac tion,
a quality, or another person or th ing . Prepositions aresaid to g overn or to requirethecaseof a noun or
pronoun. Theaboveinvariably requiretheDative.2. entgegen, gegeniiber, gemc
'
i'é, nad) and suwibermay either precedeor follow thenoun or pronounwhich is g overned by them ; theothers precedeit.
ORAL AND WRITTEN EXERCISES
195 . 1. Commit to memory theprepositions g overning theDative, with their En g lish equ ivalents (194,2. Supply theproper endin g s and translate: 1 . wabreReuefr
’
ibrt lirieg (ber Krieg , pl. —e, war) mit b S iinbe(bieS iinbe, pl. —n , sin) . 2 . I iad) getban arbeit ift
gut rubn. 3. DieB ienefang t (fangen, I), to suck) 5 0a
nig (ber Qonig , honey) aus b B lame” 4 . 5 11
ieb . . Reifeiii aufier b 6e aud) geit nbtig .
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self you may well besatisfied with yourself. 3. Friendsh ip seldom dwells with theg reat of theearth . 4. Lin
ooln was wounded and died with in [a] few h ours.
5 . Many fl owers turn toward thesun . 6. In [the] presenceof a fool sh ow your g ood sense(bet Derftanb) by (mit)silence. 7. Hewh o wishes to remain in g ood health
(gefunb) should liveacc ording to the[laws of] nature.8. Thebrig h test day ofte
'
n follows thedarkest (buntel)nig h t. 9. War destroys thepeaceand thewealth of a
country. 10. (The) death th reatens us from thebeg inning of our life. 11. But welivefrom year to yearand do not fear it. 12. Somemen act contrary to
their own judgment (ber
CONVERSATIONAL EXERCISES
196. was fanb ein Staar ? was war in berflai
fcbe? was nerfud fleber Staar ? IDarum wollteer trin =
fen ? IDarum fonnteer bas IDaffer nid)t trinfen ? wiewar fein Sdmabel ? was oerfudfieer mit ber flafdw
su tbun ? IDarum fonnteer es nid)t thun ?
mobin legteer fid) ? warum festeer fid) auf bief rbc ? IDo fianb bieslaid)e? Zluf was batteer ges
bofft? was brobteibm jest ? was war bas mittel3u feiner Rettung ? mo war es ? was aber fr
’
irdfieteer ? Ib aram mufiteer fiird)ten, binnen wenigen S tunsben 3a fterben ? IDarum liefier Hopf [amt filfigeln
gur Grbefinfen ? was beifit : er war hoffnungs los ?
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wieifijemanb, weld)er ol)nemut ifi? wieifijemanb,ber ol)ne2Irbeit iii ? IDieifieinegran, weld)eobneHinber iii ? IDer ifimittellos ? Kraftlos ? furdfilos ?
Teilnabmlos ? Seelenlos ? mad) tlos ? Silflos ?wieIangelag ber Staar hilflos unb hoffnungslos auf
ber Grbe? was fab er neben fid) ? was bad)teer,als er bieS teineunb Hoblen erblidte? was tbnnteertbun, wenn bas matter in biefibbeftiege? was tbat
ber Staar ? mobin fiieg bas matter ? was tonnteber Staar nun tl)un smei f igenfdmftenverbanlic er fein Seben
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READING LESSON
Zln einen Sreunb
197. Durd)‘bid) ifibiewelt mir fd)bn ; obne‘ bid)
wiirb’
id) fiebaffen.
fur‘bid) leb
’
id) gan3 allein ; um1 bid) will id) gernerblaffen.
fiegen‘bid) foll
’fein Derleumber ungefiraft‘ fid) jevergebn,
wiber‘bid) fein Seinb fid) waffnen : id) will bir sur
Seitefiebn.
Hildert.
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erblafien, f, to grow pale, die ungeftraft, unpunished
bafien, l) , to hate bet Derleumber, pl. slander-er
fid) oergeben, verg ing fid) , fid) biemelt, pl. —en , worldvergangen, to inj ure, wrong 3ar Seiteftehen, to stand by, sup
fid) waffnen, to arm one’s self port
NOTES
198. 1. bard) , through. by. by
means of, across , throughout,
flit , for , instead of, in favour of,
for thesakeof, against, in behalfof, in return for, as
gegen or gen, against, towards , to,in thedirection of, about, opposed
aretheprepositions g overning theAc cusative.
2. Theauxiliaryverb of mood ioll is implied in the
next sentence: wiber bid) (ioll) tein feinb fid) waffnen.
3. ungeftrafi is thePast Participlegeftraft with the
prefix un, expressing neg ation . Other examples of a
similar u seof un are: ungelehrt, ungeehrt, ungebbrt,ungefeben, ungelefen, ungefcbrieben.
Theprefix un may also beused with adjectives : uns
fd)6n, unwabr, unred)t, ung liidlid) ; and with nouns
llnmafi, llnnatur, llnbant‘
, Hnwahrheit 2c.
to, before, for, in return forobne, without, apartfrom, hai j or ,
m ep t, save, besidesfonber, withoutum,for, about, around , near , because
of, in a changofor, by, at. with
mihet , against, contrary to, in op
position to
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teilen, l) , to distribute) feinefiaben (biefiabe, pl. —n ,
gift) jebeIDabl (bieIDabl, pl. —ett , choice) . 4 . Diele
Selben g ingen jebe5mmin ben gewifien Tab.
5 . fianbleniemals — bas fiefes (pl —e, law). 6 . KeinRid)ter follte ben fieifi (ber fieift, pl. —cc , spirit)
bes ficietes urteilen (l) , to j udge). 7. Diefirbc unb
vieleanbereS ternebewegen fid) bieSonne. 8. DieKinber trauern ben Qfob ihrer Gitern. 9. Dielellntertbanen bemiiben fid) bie®unfi (favor) ihresgfirfien. 10. (5etan man niel i‘aufen, aber mantann nid) i alles basfelbetaufen .
4. Translate: TheStorm and theSun wished to as
certain (ausfinben, faub aus , ausgefunben, b) wh ichof them was thestrongest. TheStorm was comin g
th rou g h theforest and on h is way met a traveler (berwanberer) . Hetried to rob (berauben, b) him of h is
mantle (ber Iilantel, pl. mantel) . But thewandererwrapped (wideln, b) it about h is limbs (bas G lieb,pl. —er ) morefirmly and walked ag ainst thewind.
TheStorm, it is true(swar), snatched away (entreifien,entt ifi, entriffen, b) h is hat, but heproceeded with out it.When theStorm saw that hecould not tear ofi the
traveler’
s mantle, hedi sappeared and theSun appeared(erfd)einen,erfd) ien,erfd) ienen, f) in theheavens. Soon
thetraveler felt warm it becamewarm to thetraveler) . Grateful for its warmth , hedirected (rid)len, b)h is g lances toward theSun . Therays of theSun becamewarmer. Then thetraveler took ofi his mantle, whichhad protected l) ) h im ag ainst theStorm, and
with ou t fear proceeded [on h is way] .
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CONVERSATIONAL EXERCISES
200. 21n wen ifibiefes fiebidfigeridfiet? IDieerfd)eint uns biemelt burd) ben freunb ober burd) bie
sreunbin ? Dbnewen wiirben mir biewelt bafl'en ?
Stir wen leben mir ? 3a: wen wiirben mirerblaffen ober
fterben ? wiewiirben mir flir ben Sreunb (biefireunbin) fierben ? mer fall fid) gegen il)n (fie) nid)tvergeben ? wiefall fid) fein Derleumber gegen ben fireunb(biegreunbin)vergeben ? was wollen mir bem Derleumber bes fireunbes (ber greunbin) tbun ? mer follfid) gegen ibn (fie) nid)t waffnen ? was mollen mirtbun, wenn fid) ein Seinb gegen ben freunb (biefireunbin) waffnet ? was beifit, mir wollen ibm (il)r) sur
Seitefteben ? was fiir ein 5reunb (einefreunbin)banbelt fo gegen ben greunb (biefireunbin) ? Don meld)er freunbfdmft fpridfibiefes Gebidfi?
43. tettion
READING LESSON
21a ben fernen g reunb
201. 2In‘bir id) beineEreue;
2ln bid)’bent’
id) filt unb fiir.
Zluf‘ bid)
‘
boff’
id) fiets aufs‘ neue;
214 FORTY-THIRD LESSON
meineSieberubi auf bir’.
IDeil’ id) swifd)en‘ Blumenbeeten’
,
S tellt bein B ilb fid) smifcben fie’
;
Zi ieift’
s binter‘ mid)
“
getreten,binter Sonnen
’
fd)wanb es nie.
J n‘bid)
‘
feb’
id) mein Dertrauen,f inb
’
in bir’
gan3 meinen Sinn .
libnnt’
id) norl mir’
bid) bod) fd)auen lErdtefibu jestvor mid)’ bin,Heben‘
bir’wollt
’
id) bann wanbeln,lieben bid)
’ fe’int’
id) 3ur Rub’
.
2i ber unterl j rembe’
sogefi,Hnter ibnen
’weilefibu.
fiber1 bir’
g liibn anbreS terne,liber bid)
‘webt anbreSufi.
f inmal nod) bid) febn unb gerneS tieg
’
id) bann in meineGruft.Kadet t.
aufs neue, anewbas B lumenbeet, pl. —e, fl owerbed
ber Steinbe, pl . —n , stranger
fur unb fiir, for ever and everg luben, l) , to shinebiefiruft, pl. firfifte, gravebintreten, trat bin, bingetreten,f. to step up
ruben, l) , to rest
idnvinben, fdnvanb, gefcbmunben, f, to disappearfegen, l) , to placefieigen, fiieg, gefiiegen, f, to descend
fiellen, toplace; fid) fiellen, to comebas Dertrauen, trustmanbeln, f, to walkmeilen, l) , to tarry, be
gieben, gog , gegogen, f, to move
216 FORTY-THIRD LESSON
ORAL AND WRITTEN EXERCISES
203. 1. Commit to memory theprepositions g overning theDativeand Ac cusative, and their Eng lish equivalents (see202,
2. Supply theproper ending s in thefollowing and
translate: 1. Das 2l lter eines Rcfies (bas 8 08, pl.
steed) erfennt man an {ein . . 5 6bne. . 2. 3n
fireng . . (severe) wort” lieg t oftviel £iebe. 3. Derlad)e(verlad)en, b, to laugh at) nid)t bieemen unb
llng litdlidnn, fonbern bbreauf ibr . . lilage” (plur . )
(bieKlage, pl. —ti , lament) unb bilf ibnen. 4. wer fid)fiber b Zilenfd) (plur . ) betlagt (fid) beilagen, tocomplain), fiber b . . beilagen fid) biemenfd)en. 5 . £ 5
itt befannt (well known), bag unter b . . Did)ter . . (plur . )
(ber Did)ter, pl. poet) jebes Dolfes guteunb fd)led) tefinb. 6. Das mit ten (efort) bes red)ten mannes seig t
fid) in {ein . . Q'
bat” 7. Grog ibres Gifers(ber (Eifer, zeal) bleiben mand)eSd)iiler binter ibr . .
Hamerab (plur . ) gurud. 8. wer jemals (ever ) nor
b . 5einb . . geftanben bat, bafit ben“
lirieg . 9. Derfrc
'
iftige(strong ) Qiger (ber Tiger, pl. tiger) [lebtneben b £bwe. . an S tarte(bieStc
’
irie, streng th), tiberib an li lugbeit, aber tief unter ib an mut.
10. S ieb neben bi . . unb nor fonft jagfibu blinb
in b . . IDelt babin (babinjagen, f, to race).
3. Completethefollowing sentences by inserting an
appropriatepreposition and translate: 1. Der mufel
FORTY-THIRD LESSON 217
mann (pl. mufelmdnner , Mussulman) gebt biemaid)“ (pl. —n , mosque) . 2.viele, bienid)i reitentonnen, fflrdfien fid) nid)i bem Dferbe, {anbernbem Reiten (riding ). 3. wenn es bligi (bliben, b, tolighten), fo ift ber t urm (pl. t u rme, tower) grbfiererGefabr, als bas baus . 4. IDillfibu beineseinbejagen(b, to put tofl ight) ? mufit bid) mutig fiewagen (fid)wagen, to dare) . 5 . ben Seiten mand)er IDegefiebenBe‘tume; ein,
fold)er meg beifit 2lllee(bieZillee, pl. —n ,
avenue) . 6.
‘
S tellebid) wdbrenb eines Gewitters nid) i
Q
einen Baum ; bort (there) bifi bu g rbfierer Ge:
fabr, als freiem felbe. 7. IDer bas urteilt, waser nid)tverfiebt, ber ifi. tbbridfi, ober fred) (impudent) .8. Eur ber red)temann wag t (wagen, b, to dare) biered) leIDabl feinem llng liid unb bem unred)t. 9. Hrs
teilenid)t biet bat, fonbern ben IDillen. 10. was
mir Seben aud) g reifen (g riff, gegriffen, to seize) unb
fafl'en, I obemiifl
'en wir’s ber Grbelaffen.
4. Translate: 1. Theripefruit lies next to thetree.Theripefru it falls next to thetree. 2. Thefather sits(figen) at thetable. Thefather sits [down] (fid) leben)at thetable. ‘
3. Thedog run s behind thehouse. Thedog lies behind thehou se. 4. Onebook is (fteben)above the other. I place (ftellen) onebook abovetheother. Thi s work is (geben) beyond my strength5 . Thebird’
s nest is on thetree. Theboy c limbs
[on ] thetree. I shall cometo you for (auf) a fewdays. 6. Theg irls g o into theschool. Theg irls arein theschool. 7. Thehouseis between two avenues.
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Plant th is fl ower between theroseand theviolet (basDeild)en, pl. 8 . Thewag on stands in front of thedoor. Thepupil c omes to sch ool too early (nor béeit) . Hedoes not fear (fid) ffircbten nor) theteacher.
Thech ild runs in front of thehouse. 9. Thedogsleeps under thebed. Thedog crawled (friedml ) underthebed.
CONVERSATIONAL EXERCISES
204. ZIn was fiir einen greunb itt biefes ®ebid)t
geridfiet ? Zln wem fd)t ber Did)ter bieGrene? 2ln
wen bentt er ? IDeld ns anberewort fann man anfiatt
fiir unb fiir benutgen ? 2 q men bofft ber Did)ter ?IDann bofft er auf ben fireunb? weld”IDbrter fannman fiir fiets benuben ? 2luf wem rubi bieSiebebes
Did) iers ? mobin fiellt fiefid) bas B ilb bes fireunbes ?IDo weilt ber Did)ter, wenn fid) bas B ilb bes 5 reunbes
,wifd nn bieB lumenbeetefiellt ? IDobin ift bas B ilb
niegetreten ? IDo fd)rvanb bas B ilb bes 5reunbes nie?
3n wen feet ber Did)ler fein Dertrauen ? 3n wem
finbet er feinen eignen Sinn ? wembd)teber Did)terben greunb fd)auen ? IDobin follteber {freunb treten ?mo wiirbeber Did)ier bann wanbeln ? mobin wiirbe
er gur Rubefinfen ? IDobin aber iii ber {freunb ge:
5ogen ? IDo weilt er ? mo gliiben anbereS terne?fiber wen webt anbetei uft? was mbd)teber Did)tet;nod) einmal ibun ? I
'
Dobin’ (liegeer bann gern?
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Bebient cud)‘meinetbalben‘
bes Hamels .
Dad) wifi’t : 3d) will um
‘ eures baffes‘millen‘
B idntbbrid)te®efet5ejeerfullen l“
bas Damast, Damascus (tings , along
biesfeit, on this sideof laut, in accordancewith
einbiegen, bag ein,eingebogen, f, meinetbalben, for aught I care
to turn into her pafiba, pl. —6 , pashaerfragen, b, to inquire fibleifen, l) , to dragber fiafi, hatred bet Eiirte, pl. —1i, Turkinnerhalb, within ungead)tet, in sp iteqfienfeit, beyond unweit, notfar frombas Hamel, pl. —e, vermittels , throughtraft, byvirtueof vermbge, by dint qf
sufolge, in consequenceqf
NOTES
206. 1. The following prepositions g overn theGenitiveunweit, notfar of or from
mittels orvermittels , bymeans of ,through, by thehelp of, by
fraft, byvirtueof, on thestrength
of, by authority of
mlibrenb, during , in thecourseoflaut, according to, by theterms of,
invirtueofvermbge, by dint of, invirtueof,in conformity with , according to
ungead)tet, notwithstanding , in
sp iteOfoberbalb, above, at theupperpart ofunterbalb, below, beyond, under, at
thelower end ofinnerbalb, within, on theinside
aufierbalb, without, outs idebiesfeit, on this sideqfienfeit, beyond,
an thefurther or
other side
PORN -FOURTH LESSON 221
halben (or halber),for, for thesake fiatt, anfiatt, instead of, in p laceofof, on account of, becauseof ldngs , along
megen, on account of, becauseof, sufolge, in consequenceof, accord
for , for theealceqf, with regard ing to, invirtueqf, in pursuanceto, respecting Qf
um willen, on account of, for trot, in spiteif, desp ite, notwiththesakeof
2. bes ungead)tet ; bes is theold Genitiveof thepronouns ber and bas, themodern form being befien.
Thepreposition ungead)tet herefollows its Genitive,th ou g h as a ruleit precedes thelatter ; th us : ungeadrtet aller 2Irbeit and ungead)tet befien.
meinetbalben ; theproposition balben or balberfollows its Genitive. When a pronoun precedes balbenthes of its Genitiveis changed into a t for thesake
of euphony : meinetbalben, beinetbalben, feinetbalben,ibretbalben, unfertbalben, euretbalben, 3bretbalben, bets
fentbalben, berentbalben. balber is theform of the
preposition when used with a noun ; thus : bes lieben
griebens balber.
45 um willen ; thepreposition is um and willen,
thenoun or pronoun is placed between thetwo parts.
When a pronoun is g overned by theproposition it endsin t : um meinetwillen .
5 . wegen when used with a noun may either precedeor follow it : wegen [eines Sobnes , {eines Daters wegen ;but with a pronoun wegen is used likebalben and
willen : meinetwegen.
222 FORTY-FOURTH LESSON
6. sufolgemay precedeor follow its noun ; but in
thelatter caseit g overns theDative: sufolge{einesBefebles, feinem Befeblesufolge.7. [ring s and trotfig overn either theGen. or Dat.
8. Names of c ities and c ountries areneuter. Exceptions : bieSd)wei5, Switzerland; bieEddet, Turkey.
ORAL AND WRITTEN EXERCISES
207. 1. Commit to memory thepropositions g overningtheGenitive, and their Eng lish equivalents (see206,2. Supply theproper ending s of thefollowing and
translate: 1. zlnfiatt b . Dferb (plur .) werben immorgenlanbe(bas morgenlanb, Orient, East) bdufig
(frequently) Kamelegebraud)t. 2. mand)eBc'
iumebasben Ziabeln (bieHabel, pl. - n , needle) fiatt b. . Blc
‘
itter.3. DieleB c
'
iumepflanst man ibr Studnebalb4. 3d) bin bein 5u meinem greunbegegangen.
5 . DieHatur fd)eint (fd)einen, icbien, gefd) ienen, b, toseem) nur um ibr . . wiHen su wirten ; ber l iiinfiler(pl. artist) wirft als menfd) um b menfd) ” wil
len. 6. lingeadnet all bilfebes estes (ber 2lr3t,pl. 21r3te, physician) ift ber li taniegeftorben. 7. Derlinabewurbefein 5 lei5 . . wegen gelobt, aber wegen
(ein . . Betragen . . (bas Betragen, behavior) murbeergetabelt. Der febrer g ing aud) fein . . wegen 3u feinenfiltern. 8. 5 ufolgeibr . . Befebl . . mufiteer feinenSebrer um Derseibung (bieDerseibung , pardon) bitten(to beg ) . 3br . . Befebl . . sufolgeibai er es . 9. fang s
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their children in spiteof all endeavors (bieunfamgung , pl. en ). 4. Themerchant often snfiers g reat 10 8 8instead of theexpected (boffen) profit. 5 . Trees arevalued less for their leaves than for their fruit. 6. In
accordancewith [the] experienceweadvan ce(weiterbringen) ch ildren moreby means of kind (freunblidfiwords than by severepunishment. 7. In spiteof thebest laws the g overnment of a peoplemay bebad.
8. But a truly (mirflid fl freeand vig ilant (wadn’
am)
peoplecan freeitself from a bad g overnment by mean sof its laws. 9. To awaken dead men to new lifeliesbeyond theskill of thephysic ian. 10. Try to win theloveof men, but [beready to] let them h ateyou for
thesakeof [the] truth .
208. weberrfd)teJ brabim paid)a S tatt wefienberrfd)teer in Damasfus ? berrfdneer bort wdbrenbfurser ober Ianger geit ? lDer beflagtefid) bei ibm ?wefientwegen beflagtefid) berfelbebei ibm ? was
burftetein (fibrifilaut bes ®efe§es wagen ? lDo burtietein i brifi reiten ? worauf burftefein (Zbrifi inners
balb ber Stabt reiten ? worauf nur burfteer innerbalbber Stabt reiten ? was batteungead)tet biefes Gefetsesein (fibrifi5u tbun gewag t ? mo war ber IDeg , Icingsbefien er babin iagte? was tbat ber (fibrifijenfeit berS labi ? lDobin ritt er biesfeit bes Gurmes ? was ioll
J brabim sufolgefeiner Gbat bem { britten tbun ? Der
mbgewefien ioll er ibn fd)rver befirafen ? Denn wen
FORTY-FOURTH LESSON 225
unb was foil erverlacht baben ? was beftimmt 3 5m
bim fiber ben i briften trot biefer li lagen bes mufelsmannes ? Kraft wefien Befehl bleibt be: (thrift ftei
‘
x’
was fiir einen Rat g icht er bem mufelmann, wennberfelbebabe: als be: (t hrift reiten wolle? was ffir
ficicgewill er nid)t erffillen ? G: will biefelben and)
um mefientwiflen nid)t erfiillen ?
ADDITIONAL EXERCISES
9. ANIMALS, PLANTS ANDMINEBALS209. 1. Auf der Erdeg ich t es vielerlei Tiereund
Pflanzen. 2. Z ahmeTieresind : DieKatze, das Schaf,das Lamm, der Pudel, dieKuh , der Och s etc . 3. DieHenne, dieGuns, der Schwan , dieLerche, dieSchwalbe,der Fink, dieNach tig all, der Storch , der Kucku ck, derBabe, dieKrahe, dieEulesind bekanntevogel. 4.Manchedieser Vogel wohnen in einem Neste. 5 . Im Wasserleben Aale, Walfische, Krokodile, Froscheund Fische,z. B . Karpfen, Flunder, Sardinen,
‘
etc . 6. Auch WildeTiereleben auf der Erde: der Wolf, der Fuch s, derBar, der Leopard, der Tiger, dieHyane, der Elefantetc . 7. Z n den Pflanzen geboren dieRose, dieLilie,das Verg iszmeinnich t, dieKresse, dieNessel etc . 8. Es
g ish tvieleversch iedeneBaume: dieLinde, dieEspe,dieUlme, dieCeder, dieAkazieetc . 9. Z n den Metallen gehoren : das Gold, das Silber, das Kupfer , dasQuecksilber. 10. Steine, Kohlen, Salpeter, Rubinen,Dia
‘
manten etc . sind Mineralien.
SUPPLEMENTARY READING MATTER
2 10. 2Infangs o i’
id) faftversagen,llnb id) g laubt
’
, id) triig’ es nie;
llnb id) bab’ es bod) getragen ,
2Iber frag t mid) nut nid) t : wie?Seine.
211. Steunb unb geiub
iii mir bet freunb, bod) aud) ben feinb farmid) niisen ;
mit bet g teunb, was id) farm, Iebrt mid) bet
feinb, was id) foil
mumbu immer weitet fdmeifen ?Siel) , bas (fl utelieg t fo nal) !
Eernenut bas ®Iiid erg reifen ,Denn bas Glad ift immer ba.
G oethe.fd eifen. h. to m y
213. Geiellid mft
2Ius einer grofien Gefellffiaft beraus®ing einft ein {tiller Gelebrter Md) [7man frag te: wiefeib ibr suft ieben gewefen ?"IDc
'
iren’
s Bud)er, “ fogt’ er, ,, id) wfirb
’
fienid) i lefeu.
“
G oethe.bieGefefifdmft, pl. —en, company bet (Eelebrte, pl. —u , scholar
226
228 SUPPLEMENTARY READINGMATTERDu bift wieeineBlume
So boIb unb fd)6n unb rein ;3d) id)au
’
bid) an, unb wehmutSd)Ieid)t mir ins tiers hinein.
mir iii, als ob id) biefidnbe2 q s Qaupt bir Iegen foIIt
’
,
Betenb, bag ®ott bid) erI)aIteSo rein unb id)bu unb I)oIb.
[ieine
holb, als , as
anfdmueu, to look at bas fiaupt, headbiemehmut, sadness beten, l) , to pray
ber Gott, pl. t ter , God
217. ieifegiebt burd) mein fiemuli ieblid)es Gelc
'
iute.Klinge, fleines frfiblingslieb,Kling
’ hinaus ins ZDeite.
HIing’ hinaus bis an bas E)aus
mo bieBlumen fpriefien.
wenn bu eineRofefd)auft,Sag
’
,id) Iaff
’
fiegrufien.
lieine.
bas fiemut, pl. —er , mind ,soul bas 5ruhiings lieb= bas Sieb uber
Iiei d) , lovely ben Sriihlingbas Gelfiute, chime bas meite, pl. —u, distanceflingen, Hang , geilungen, l) , to grufien, i) , to greetring , sound
SUPPLEMENTARY READINGMATTERlint Ieud) tenben Sommermorgen
Get)’
id) im Garten berum.
Gs fififtem unb {pred)en bieBlumen,3d) aber, id) waubleftumm.
Gs flfiftem unb {bred)en bieB lumeu,llnb fd)aun mitIeibig mid) an..Sei unferer Schwefter nid)t bbfe,Du trauriger, blafier mann l“
ber Sommermorgm eiu mo:
gen im Sommer (summer)ber Gartm, pl. Garten, garden
hemm,
219. mai lieb
wieberrlid) Ieud)tetmir bieRatur iwieg Idnst bieSonne!wie[ad)t bieslur !
Gs bringen Bluten2Ius jebem éweigHub taufenb S timmenZlus bem Geftrc
’
iud)
llnb fireub’
uub Ivonne2Ius jeber Bruit.D Grb
’
, o Sonne!2) Glud, o Suit !
G oethe.
299
Seine.
fliiftern, l), to whisper
fiumm, silently, mutemitleibig , sympatheticallyblafi, pale
230 SUPPLEMENTARY READINGMATTERbas mama, pl.
—er , a ein bieB lfite, pl. —n , blossomSieb fiber ben mai ber émeig , pl. —e, twig
bieSlur, pl. —en , field bas Gefirliud) , pl . —e, shrubberybringen, brang , gebrungen, f, to bieIvonne, pl. —n, blissspring forth
Das geei aub ersittert,Gs fallen bieBlatter berab ;21d) , alles, was balb unb Iieblid) ,Dermeltt unb fini t ins Grab.
DieIDipfeI bes walbes umfiimmertGin fd)mer31id)er Sonnenfd nin ;Das mbgen bielesten HfifieDes fcbeibenben Sommers fein .
Sei ne.
gelb, umflimmem , l) , to surround
bas i aub, foliageer3ittern, f, to tm nblc ber Sonnenfcbein ber Sebeinvermelien, f, to wither ber Sonneber wipfel, pl. tree4op ber Kufi, pl. Kfifie,
febeiben, fcbieb, gefcbieben, f, to part
221. S ternemit ben golbnen gfigcbenIDanbeIn broben bang unb {ad)t,
Dafifienid)t bieGrbeweden,Dieba fd) I<
'
ift im 5 d)ofiber Had)t.
232 SUPPLEMENTARY READINGMATTERber B lumenfeld) ber Held) bieIlacbtigall, pl. —en ,
nightin
(pl. —e, cup) ber Blame gale“fit": lit toMM: send out fblagml Wing , geié tagenl blperfume to sing
ber 2lbenbfd7ein, twilight, ber fiifi, sweetScbein (shine. light) bes 2lbenbs ber Gefang , pl. Geft
'
inge,(ber libenb, pl. —e, evening ) bang , anxious
mein, depressed
21d), was foil ber menfd)verlangen ?3ftes befier, rubig bleiben ?l ilammemb feit fid) angubangen ?
3ft es befier, fid) gu treiben‘
P
5 011er fid) ein fidusd nn bauen ?Soil er unter éelten leben ?Soil er auf bie5am trauen ?Selbft biefeften j elfen beben.
Gines fd)idt fid) nid)t fiir aIIelSebejeber, wieer
’
s treibe,Sebejeber, mo er bleibellnb mer fleht, bag er nid)t faIIel
G oethe.verlangen, l), to desire fid) treiben, trieb, getrieben, l),ruins. quid to rush about
llammern,rea. , to clutch bas fiduscben, pl. bas l'leineanhangen, bing an, angehangen, bas écu, pl. —e, tent [fiaus
i), to hang to beben, b, to shake
SUPPLEMENTARY READINGMATTER 233
224 . Gefunben
3d) g ing im IDaIbeSo flir mid) bin,llnb nid) ts 3u fud)en,Das war mein Sinn.
3m Sd)atten fa!) id)Gin B liimd)en flehn,IDieS terneIeud)tenb,IDieflug lein id)on.
3d) o It’ es bred)en,
Da fag t’ es fein
Soil id) sum IDeIfenGebrod)en fein P
3d) grub’
s mit allenDen wfirslein aus,
g um Garten trug id)’
s
Zlm bfibfd)en Sans .
llnbwanst’ es wieber21m ftillen DrtZiun sweig t es immerlInb bIfibt {0 fort.
G oethe.
ging fiirmid) bin strolled along bas ilug lein, pl. bas Iiebezlugebas B liimdxn, pl. bielleine bred)en, brad) , gebrocben, l) , toober liebeB lume pluck
234 SUPPLEMENTARY READINGMATTER
fein, softly bas wiiq lein, pl . biefleinebas melien, withering mursel (pl. —n, root)
ausgraben, grub aus , ausgegra s hiibi'
d) , prettyben, l) , to dig up smeigen, I) , to branc hblflht (blithen,v,
225 . S prudze
Dag weisheit nad) ber 2Inmut ftrebt,I“)at man auf Grben ofterlebt ;Dod) bag bie2Inmut gem ibr Dbr
Der weisheit Iei[)t, lommt felt’ner nor.
3d) lam in einegrofieStabt,Diemand)ebbfeg ungebat,llnb fiber alles, fiber jeben
fibrt’
id)viei’ argeDingereben .
DieEeutefd)impften aufeinanber gang unfdg lid)llnb Iebten mit einanber gang,vertrc'ig lid) .
bie2lnmut, grace
ftreben, i) , to strive names ,
Grben (Erbeleiben, l), to lendvoriommen, tam nor,vorgeiom:
men, f, to happen
arg , wicked, bad
{Qimpfeml) , to abuse, call
scold
ufl ffig lid), unspealoablyvertrlig lid), peaceably
236 SUPPLEMENTARY READINGMATTER
J n f)od)mut fiberbeb’
bid) nid)t,
llnb lag ben mut nid)t {inten tmit beinem IDipfeI reid)
’
ins Sid)t,
unb IafibieIDurseI trinlen !R iider t.
ber S innfprud) , pl. S innfpriicbe, ber fl ocbmut, haug htinessfiberbeben, refl . , fiberbob fid) , fid)
im ftillen, silently iiberbbben, to beoverbearing ; inbet Grieb, pl. —e, drift, current liocbmut iiberbeb
’
bid) nid)t, do
unten, not beoverbearingreid)en, l) , to reach
227. verg lnmeinnldztGs blubt ein fd)6nes B liimdmt
Zluf unf’
rer griinen 2Iu’
;
Sein 2Iug’
ift wieber f) immel,So better unb {o bIau.
Gs weifinid)tviel 3u reben,llnb alles, was es {prid)t,3ii immer nur basfelbe,311 nur: Derg ifimeinnid)“
fioffmann (non fi lers leben) .
bas Derg ifimeinnicbt verg ifimein nid)t beiter, pleasantbieZine, pl . —ll , meadow blall, blue
SUPPLEMENTARY READINGMATTER228. Qeibenrbs leln
Sal) ein Knab’ ein Rbslein ftebn,
Rbs lein auf ber beiben ;war {0 jung unb morgenfd)6n,i iefer fd)neII, es not) 5u fehn,Sab
’
s mitvieIen 5 reuben .
Rbslein, Rbslein, Rbs lein rot,
Rbs lein auf ber beiben.
Knabefpracb: 3d) bred)ebid),Rés lein auf ber Qeiben lRbs lcin fprad) : 3d) flechebid),Dag bu etvig benlil an mid) ,11nb id) will
’
s nid) t Ieiben .
Rbs lein, Rbslein, Rbs lein rot,
Rbslein auf ber f)eiben.
llnb ber milbeKnabebrad)’
s Ros lein auf ber beiben ;Rbslein webrtefid) unb ftad) ,balf ibm bod) lein we!) unb Zld),mufit
’ es eben Ieiben .
Rbs lein, RbsIein, Rbslein rot,
Rbs lein auf ber f)eiben.
G oeti)e.bas beibenrbslein bas Ros lein
bielleineRofeaufber fieibe
(biefieibe, pl. —n ,heath)
morgenfcbbn fcbi'
m wiebermorgen
287
rot, redemig , everIeiben, Iitt, geli tten, t) , to safer
fid) meinen, to defend one’s selfeben, j ust
238 SUPPLEMENTARY READINGMATTER229. Der g ut
'
eKamerab
3d) batt’einen Kameraben,
Ginen ben'ern finb
’
ft bu nit.
DieGrommel id)lug sum S treite;Gr g ing an meiner Seite3n g leid)em Sd) ritt unb Grill.
Ginelingel tam geflogen ;Gilt
’
s mir ober g ilt es bir ?3bn bat es weg gerifi
'
en ;Gr lieg t mir nor ben fifteen,zlls wiir
’
s ein S tudvon mir.will mir bir Saub nod) reid)en,Derweil id) eben lab
’
:
..liann bir bieQanb nid) i geben ;B leib’
bu im ero’
gen Sebenmein guter Hamerab l“ ll blan b.
nit nid)t megreifien reifien, rifi, gerifbieGrommel, pl. —ll , drum fen, l) , to tear ; meg , awayfcblagen, to beat bas Stiid, pl. —e, partber Scbritt, pl. —e, step reid)en, l), to giveber Gritt, pl. —e, step bermeil milbrenbbieKugel, pl. —n , bullet laben, lub, geloben, l), to load
230. Der wirtin abdzterlein
Gs sogen brei Burid)ewobl fiber ben Rbein ;Bei einer firau wirtin, ba lehrten fieein :
"frau IDirtin, l)at Siegut Bier unb mein ?IDo bat S ie3br fd)6nes d nerlein ? “
240 SUPPLEMENTARY READINGMATTERbiemaib, pl. -en, maiden beben, bob or bub, geboben, b,3ubeden, l), to cover to raise
fid) ablebren, to turn away liiiien, b, to kissmeinen, b, to weep bleid) , pale
bieGwig l’eit, pl. —en, eternity
231. h as S d) loi) am meere
bait bu bas Sd)lofigeieben,Das bobeSd)lofiam Zl
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leer ’
t>
Golben unb roiig webenDiemolten brfiber ber.
Gs mbd)tefid) niebemeigen3n bieipiegelllareslut ;Gs mbd) teitreben unb iteigen3n ber Zlbenbwolfen Glut.
..IDobl bab’
id) es geieben,Das bobeSd)lofiam meer,llnb ben monb bariiber itebenllnb Hebel
'
weit umber. “
Der IDinb unb bes meeres mallen,Gaben fiefriicben li lang ?Demabmit bu aus boben £)allenSaiten unb
,feitgeiang'
x>
"DieIDinbe, bieIDogen allei agen in tiefer Rub
’
;
Ginem lilagelieb aus ber fialle
bbrt’
id) mit Gbrc’
inen su.
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SUPPLEMENTARY READINGMATTER 241
Sabeit bu oben gebenDen libnig unb iein Gemabl ?Der roten mantel IDeben,Der golbnen ' Kronen Strabl
‘
P
ffibrten iienid)t mit IvonneGineicbb
'
neJung frau bar,wieeineSonne
Strablenb im golbnen baar ?
"wobl fab id) bieGltern beibeDbneber Kronen £id) i
3m id)war3en GrauerlleibeDieBungfrau fab id) nid)t.
bas Sd)lofi, pl. Sd)lbiier , castleroiig , rosybariiber, on hig hbiewolie, pl. —n , cloud
nieberneigen, neigen, b, to bendipiegell’lar ilar wieein Spiegel(bet Spiegel, pl. mirror)
bieslut, pl. —en , fl ood
bieZlbenbmolle, pl. —n biemolten am zlbenb
bieGlut, pl. fl it, glow
ber Hebel, pl. mist
umber, aboutbas wallen, swanber Klang , pl. mange, sound
ubiana
vernebmen, nemabm, rememmen, to hear
biefialle, pl. —n , hallbieSuite, pl. —lt, string
berseitgeiang einGefang beim,feite(bas sefi , pl. —e, festival)
biewoge, pl. —n , wavebas filagelieb, pl. —cv,i ieb ber Klage
bieGbrline, pl. —lt , tearbas Gemahl, consortbieKrone, pl. —n , crown
bieJ ungfrau, pl. —en, maidenitrablen, b, to gleambas Saar, pl. —e, hair
bas Erauerlleib bas B leib ber Grauer (bieGrauer, mourning)
242 SUPPLEMENTARY READINGMATTER
232. Diet orelei
3d) weifinid)t, was ioll es bebeuten,Dag id) io traurig bin ;Gin mdrdnn aus alten geiten,Das tommt mir nid)t aus bem S inn.DieSuft iit li
’
ibl, unb es bunlelt,llnb rubig fliefit ber Rbein ;Der Gipfel bes Berges funfelt
3m 2lbenbionnenid)ein.
Dieid)6nitej ung frau iisetDort oben munberbar
3br golbnes Geid)meibeblibet,Sieitimmt ibr golbnes baar .S iefc
’
immt es mit golbenem Kammellnb fing t ein Sieb babei ;Das bat einewunberiame,Gewaltigemelobei.
Den Sd)iffer im fleinen Sd)iifeGrgreift es mit milbem web;Gr id)ant nid)t bieselienriffe,Gr id)ant nur binauf in biebbb
’
.
3d) g laube, bieIDellenverid) lingenZlm a eSd) iffer unb Kabn,llnb bas bat mit ibrem S ingenDieEorelei getban. beine.
244 SUPPLEMENTARY READINGMATTER
was lauft ibr, mas rennt ibr nad) frembem Dienitunb i anb
‘
P
Gs bat’
s eud) niemanb gebeifien ! Dient ibr bem DaterI‘m“ Do l l s l ieb.
bas Strafiburg , Strassburg anbers , otherwisewunbericbbn, magnificent ber fiauptmann, pl . fiauptleu te,barinnen barin, therein, in it captain
begraben, begrub, begraben, b breit, wideand i, to bury bas
,felb, pl. —er , field
manid)er mand)er fremb, foreig nber Solbat, pl. —en , soldier bet Dienit, pl. —e, servicebbslid) , with evil intent beifien, biefi, gebeifien, b, to
verlafien, verliefi, verlaiien, b, command
to leave bas Dolis lieb, pl. —4‘ r, falk qsong
234. B it , bu lieg it m ir am berm»
Du, bu liegit mir am bergen,Du, bu liegit mir im S inn !Du, bu mad)it mirvie! Sd)mer5en,weifit nid)t, wiegut id) bir bin !
Bar jar jar id !
weifit nid) i, roiegut id) bir bin !
So, io wieid) bid) liebe,So, ia liebeaud) mid) !Die, biegdrtlidfiten Griebe
gfibleid) einsig fiir bid) .
30 , id , id , ia l
gableid) eingig fiir bid) !
SUPPLEMENTARY READINGMATTERDod), bod) barf id) bir trauen,
Dir, bir mit leid)tem S inn i>
Du, bu iannit auf mid) bauen,meifit ia, wiegut id) bir bin.
3d , jar jar j“!IDeifit ia, wiegut id) bir bin !
llnb, unb wenn in ber gerne,Dein, bein B ilb mir erid)eint,Dann, bann benl
’
id) io gerne,Dag uns bieSiebevereint.30 , id , in, id !
Dag uns biei iebevereint !Do l l s lieb.
gut fein, love bauen, b, to build, depend
3&rtlid) , tender gerne gem, with pleasure
ein3ig , alone vereinen, b, to unite
235 . S priabworter
2i ller 2Infang lit id) tver.
It is thefirst step th at c ounts.
2lufRegen folg t Sonnenid)ein.
Every c loud has a silver lining .
2lus bem Regen unter bieGraufetommen.To jump out of thefrying pan into thefire.
2Ius ben 2Iugen, aus bem S inn .
Out of sig h t, out of mind.
245
246 SUPPLEMENTARY READINGMATTER
Zlus ber Hot eineGugenb mad)en.
To makeavirtueof necessity.
2Ius Kinbem werben ieute.Thech ild is father to theman.
Zlus nid)ts mirb nid)ts .
From noth in g nothing c omes.
Bei Had)t ii nb alleHagen g rau.
All cats areg ray in thedark.
Beiier unred)t leiben, als unred) t ibun.Better sufier wrong than do wrong .
Borgen mad) t Sorgen.
Hethat g oes borrowing g oes sorrowing .
BbieGeiellid)aftenverberben guteS itten .
Evil communications corrupt g ood manners.
Das Glien id)mieben, io Iangees warm iit.
To strikewh iletheiron is hot.
Den Baum erlennt man an ben grad flen.
A treeis known by its fruits.
Der gerabeIDeg iit ber beite.Honesty is thebest policy.
Der menid) benlt, Gott lenit.Man proposes, God disposes.Der meg sur bbfleiit mit guten Doric
‘
isen ge
pflailert.—Theroad to hell is paved with g oodintentions.
248 SUPPLEMENTARY READINGMATTER
Gleid) -unb g leid) geiellt itd) gem .
Birds of a feather fl ock together.
bans in allen Gaiien.
J ack-of-all-trades.
beutemir, morgen bir.Every dog has h is day.
bunger iit ber beitelied) .Hunger is thebest sauce.
j eber iii feines Gliides Sd)mieb.Every man is thearch itec t of h is own fortune.
34. j ung gervobnt, alt getban.
As thetwig is bent thetreeis in clined.
Heine2Intwort iit aud) eine2lntwort.Silenceg ives consent.
HeineRoieobneDornen .
Every rosehas its th orn.
lleiu meiiter falltvom bimmel.Thereis no royal road to learning .
Kinber unb Barren iagen biemabrbeit.Children and fools speak thetruth.
li leiber mad)en Eeute.Finefeathers makefinebirds.
man mug iid) nacb ben Deden itreden.
Cut your c oat ac cordin g to your c loth
morgenitunbebat Golb im munbe.Theearly bird catches theworm.
SUPPLEMENTARY READINGMATTER 249
Ziot brjd)t Giien.
Necessity is themother of invention.
riot lennt fein Gebot.Necessity knows no law.
S tilleIDaiier flub tief.Still waters run deep.
fibung mad) t ben meiiter.
Prac ticemakes perfect.
Dielelibd)everberben ben Brei.Too many c ooks spoil thebroth.
Die! Geid)rei unb wenig IDolle.Much cry and littlewool.
Die! Earm um nid)ts .
Much ado about noth ing .
maid) mir ben Dels, unb mad) mid) nid) t nafi.
To handlewith g loves.
was bdnsd)en nid)t lemt, Iernt bans n immersmcbr.—It is hard to teach an old dog new tricks.
IDenn bas li inb in ben Brunnen gefallen iit,mad) t man ibn 5n.
—To shut thestabledoor after
theh orseis stolen.
wenn Sd)elmefid) ganfen, lommen ebrlid)eEeute511 ibrem Gelbe.—When thieves fall out, honest
men get their due.
mer erit tommi, malt eril .First come, first served.
250 SUPPLEMENTARY READINGMATTER
mer nid)ts wag t, gewinnt nid)ts.
Noth ing venture, nothing g ain.
IDieber berr, io ber lined) i.Likemaster, likeman .
é ur Beiierung iit es nie3u int'
il.
Never too lateto mend.
é uvie! iit ungeiunb.Too much of anything is g ood for nothing .
252 APPENDIX
17. Weak Declension
swoun s f.
ber Solbat ber Knabe biefrau bieGaicbebiez'labelG. bes Solbaten bes Knaben ber frail ber Gaicbeber ZlabelD. bem Solbaten bem Knaben ber gran ber Eaicbeber IlabelA. ben Solbaten ben Knaben bie{gran bieGaidn bieliube!
PLURAL
bieSolbaten bieKnaben biegrauen bieGaidnn biezlabelnG. ber Solbaten ber Knaben ber 5rauen ber Gaicben ber ZlabelnD . ben Solbaten ben Knaben ben grauen ben Gaicben ben ZlabelnbieSolbaten bieKnaben biefrauen bieGuichen bieHabeln
swam smsumn 1mm
Strong Weak Weak
N. ber maii biemailen biebanbG. bes maites ber maiten ber banbD . bem maite ben maiten ber banbben mail bieIllaiien biebanb
ber music! biemusleln bieIllutter biematterG. bes mus lels ber musleln ber Illutter ber matterD . bemmusic! ben musleln ber mutter ben miitternA. ben Iiiusle! biemusleln biemutter biemam:
Weak
bas Bett ber Zlame bieHamenG. bes Bettes bes zlamens ber HamenD . bem Bette bem Hamen ben ZlamenA. bas Bett ben Zlamen bieHamen
APPENDIX 253
240. TheAuxiliaries baben, iein, merben.
PRESENT SUBJ UNCTIVE
murbe(marb)wurbeit (warbii)d urbe(marb)wurbend urbetwurben
PERFECT
id babegebabt, bu bait gebabt 1c. id babegebabt, bu babeit gebabt 2c.id bin geweien 2c. id iei geweien 2c.
id bin geworben 1c. id iei geworben 2c.
PLUPERFECTid battegebabt 1c. id battegebabt 1c.id mar gemeien 2c. id mliregemeien te.id war geworben 2c. id mliregeworben 1c.
idwerbebaben, bumirii baben 1c. idmerbebaben, buwerbeitbaben 1c.id werbefein, bumirit iein 1c. id) werbeiein, bu werbeit fein zc.
id werbewerben, buwirftmerben id werbewerben, buwerbeitmerben
IMPERATIVE8ing . : babe, baben Sie iei, ieien S ie werbe, merben S iePlum: babt, baben Sie ieib, ieien S ie werbet, werben S ie
254
babenPerfect : gebabt baben
Present: babenb, ieienb, merbenb
APPENDIX
feingemeien fein
su rmou n t
THE AUXILIARIES OF MODE
PRESENTid barf fann mag mufi iollbu barfft lannit magil mufit follfler barf fann mag mufi iollmir biirfen lbnnen mbgen miiiien iollenibr biirft ibnut mbgt miifit iollt
iiebiirfen lbnnen magen miiiien iollenIMPERFECT
id burile ionnte modte mafite iolltebu buriteit ionnteit modteii mufiteii iollteiter burfte ionnte modte mafite iolltemir burften lonnten modten mufiten iolltenibr burftet tonntet modtet mufitet iolltetfieburften lonnten modieu mufiten iollten
PERFECTid babe geburft getonnt gemodt gemufit geiollt
0 1'
id babe biirfen tbnnen mbgen miiiien iollenbu bait 2c.
id batte geburi't gelonnt gemodt gemufit0 1
'
id batte biirfen lbnnen mbgen miiiien iollenbu batteii 1c.
id werbe biirfen lbnnen mbgen miiiien iollenbu mirit 1c.
Past : gebabt, gemeien, geworben
gewollt
molten
molten
molten
APPENDIX 261
REFLEXIVE VERBS
247. iid) freuen, to rej oice(one’
s self).
Princ ipal Parts : iid freuen, freuteiid, iid gefreut.mmcs rivn
m u mSUBJ UNCTIVE
id freuemid id freuemidbu freuii bid bu ireueit bider freut iid er freueiidmir freuen uns mir freuen uns
ibr freuteud ibr freneteudiiefreuen iid iiefreuen iid
m ann erid freutemid id freutemidbu freuteit bid 2c. bu freuteii bid 2c.
PERFECTid babemid gefreut id babemid gefreutbu bait bid gefreut 1c. bu babeit bid gefreut 2c.
PLUPERFECTid battemid gefreut id battemid gefreutbu batteit bid 1c. bu blitteit bid 1c.
FUTUREid merbemid freuen id merbemid freuenbu mirfibid te. bu merbeii bid 1c.
INFINITIVESing s freuebid freuen S ieiid Present: iid freuenPlnr . : frenet end freuen S ieiid Perfect: iid gefreut baben
PARTICIPLEPresent: iid freuenb Past: iid gefreut
SEPARABLE VERBS
248. fortffibren, to lead away Doriragen, to statePrin c ipal Parts
fortfubren, fubrtefort, fortgefiibrt vortragen, trug nor,vorgetragenINDICATIVE PRESENT SUBJ UNCTIVE
id fiibrefort tragenor id fubrefort tragevorbu fiibrii fort trligit car i t bu fiibreit fort trageitvor te.
262 APPENDIX
IMPERFECTid fiibrtefort trugvor id fubrtefort trfigenorbu fiibrteit fort trugii bet i t . bu fiibrteit fort triigeii not re.
PERFECTid babefortgefiibrt vorgetragen id babefortgefubrt vorgetragenbu bail to. bu babeit 2c.
PLUPERFECTid battefortgefiibrt vorgetragen id blittefortgefubrt vorgetragenbu batteii 1c. bu blittefi 2c.
FUTUREid merbefortfiibren vortragen id werbefortfubren vortragenbumirit 1c. bu merbeit 2c.
IMPERATIVESins-zfall“ fort tragenorP10 13 : tiibret fort tragetvor ifuhren 5 “ fort tragen 5 “ 9“
INFINITIVEPresent : fortfiibren vortragenPerfect: fortgefiibrt baben vorgetragen baben
PARTICIPLEPresent: fortfubrenb bortragenb Past: fortgefubrt vorgetragen
bebeden, to coverPrin cipal Parts : bebeden, bebedte. bebedt
mmcs rrvn SUEJ UNCTIvnPRESENT
id bebede id bebedebu bebedit bu bebedeiier bebed‘t er bebedemir bebeden mir bebedenibr bebedt ibr bebedetiiebebeden fiebebeden
IMPERFECTid bebedte1c. id bebedte1c.
PERFECTid babebebedt id babebebedt
bas trauteKinbG . bes freuten RiabesD. bem freuten XinheA. bas trauteKinb
N. biefreuten Kinbet trauteKinbetG. bet h anlen Kinbet h auler KinberD. ben freuten Kinbern franfen KinbernA. biefronten Kinbet trauteKinbet
swam2. 3. person. 1.
pets . in. f. n. pet s.
N. id bu er fie es mir ibr (Sie) fiemeiner beiner
feiner feiner unier euer
mein bein ein ibrer fein unferer eurer (3brer) ihrerD. mir bir ibm ibr ibm uns end (3bnen) ibnenA. mid bid ibn fie es uns end (S ic) fie
252. Possess ivePronouns1. pet s. 2 . pu s . 3 . s ing . I .
pars. 2 . pets. 3 . pers .
amg . m.En. f. p ar.
plur .
mein bein fein ibr unfer euer (J br) ibrG. meines beines feines ibres unieres cures (3bres) ibresD. meinem beinem feinem ibrem auferem euremObi-em) ibremA. meinen beinen feinen ibren unieren euren (3bren) ibren
FEM. smo.
N. meine beine feine ibre unfere eure(3bre) ibreG. meiner beiner feiner ibrer unierer eurer (3brer) ibrerD. meiner beiner feiner ibrer unierer eurer (3brer) ibrerA. meine beine feine ibre uniere eure(3bre) ihre
mein bein fein ibr unier euer Gbr) ibrG. meines beines feines ibres unieres cures (3bres) ibresD. meinem beinem feinem ibrem auferem eurem (3brem) ibrem
mein bein iein ibr unfer euer Obren) ibr
Neutersms ULAR
ein frank s Kinb frank s Kinbeines frank s (en) Kinbes ironies (en)
“
Kinbeseinem freuten Kinbe h anlem Niubeein ironies Kinb frank s Kinb
PLURAL
APPENDIX 265
PLURAL, ALL GENDERSmeine beine ieine
G. meiner beiner feinerD. meinen beinen feinenA. meine beine feine
ibre uniere eure(3bre) ibreibrer unierer eurer (3brer) ibreribren unieren euren (3bren) ibrenibre uniere eure(3bre) ibre
DemonstrativePronounsSINGULAR PLURAL
fem.
biefebleierbieferbiefe
Determ inativePronounsPLURAL
266 APPENDIX
N. folderG. foldesD. ioldemA. iolden
(See25 3,
PLURAL
N. melderG (beilen)D . meldemA. melden
ber
(See25 3,
25 6. Interr og attvePronounsSINGULAR PLURAL
mas c . fem.
melderP meldePG. meldes P melderPD . meldemP melder ?
meldenP melde
25 7. IndefinitePronounsman , einer, etwas , iebermann, jemanb, feiner, nidts , niemanb.
RelativeP ronounsSINGULARfem.
melde weldes(beren) (beifen)melder meldemmelde weldes
GERMAN-ENGLISH VOCABULARYSeparablecompoundverbs aremarked with an asterisk after the
separableprefix: ab‘reifien. Theparts of strong and irregularverbs ,
marked will befound, in their uncmnpounded form only , in theAlphabetic List, pages 267—272 , immediately preceding thevocabulary .
21d , m . ,-e, eel
ab, away, down , ofubcbucb, n .
,-es , “er, primer
ubenb, m . ,-s ,
-e, evening2Ibenbfcbein, m . ,
-s ,-e, twilight
aber, butab‘ fehren, fid) , I} , turn awayZlblaut, m . ,
-s ,-e, changedvmoel
ab‘ lauten, b, changethevowel ;ablautenbeDerben , verbsof thestrong conj ugation
zlblautnng , L ,-en, changeof
vowelab‘
reifien, b tear 017ab‘fcbaffen, I} , do away with
ubt, m .,-es , “e, prior
ad? ! ah ! alas ! ad) anb web,loud lamentations
od)t, eightad)ten, b, heed, attend, pay attention, respect, watch
ad)tens , eig hthly21a 9, f. , respectacbtselm, eighteenad)tsig , eightyubam, m . ,
-5 , Adam
llffe, m . , 4 1, m , ape, monkey211m, m. ,
-en, -en, forefatherulagie, f. , -n, acacia
all, all
afl(er,e,es) , every one, any amountof ,everyth ing ; a l les was , what
everuflee, f. , -n, avenueallein, indec . adj . and advalone;conj . , but
allerbefte, best of all
aIIerlei, ofvarious kindsaflwifienb, omnis cientals , as , than, whenaIfo, so, so then, thusalt, old , aged, ancientzum , m .
,
‘e, altar2IIte, m . and f 4 1,
-n, old man,
old woman
filter, n . ,-s , age
l tllugbeit, f. , precocityam an bem, on theXmerila, n . ,
-5 , America21m, 11
-es , l ler, qflicean (Bat. and at, on, about,
in, agains
t, along , bes ide, by,
near , till, to, of, towards , withzla id, m . ,
-s ,-e, sight ; fd) 0 n
ber unbl id, thevery sight
ember, anber(er, e, es), otherlinbern, h, changeanbers , otherwisean
‘ertennen, h appreciate,
unerlennung , f. ,-en, acknow
ledgement, recognition
274 VOOABULABY
an‘faflen, h attack
uniti ng , m . ,-s ,
“e, beg inningan
‘fangen, h (25 8) beg in
anfangs , atfirstan
‘
geben, b tellan
‘gehen, h concern
an‘
gelfdren, b, belonglingftlidp, am ioudly) , timid; tin9fl:
l id; merben, bealarmedZlngftlidzfeit, f. , tim
an‘bangen, h hang to (Dat.)
unfer, m .,-S , anchor
an‘ fommen, f arrive
fl nmnt, f. , graceans an bas , on thean
‘fcbauen, h, behold, look at
an‘feben, h behold , look at
anftatt ins tead of , inplaceofunftrengung , f.
,-en, endeavor ,
exertionan
'treten, h go upon
zlnmefenbeit, f. , presencefl atwort, f.
,-en, answer
antmorten, I} , answeran
‘vertrauen, h (Bat. andconfide, intrust
an*3iehen, h put on
upfel, m .,-s , apple
lipoftroph, m . ,-s ,
-e, apostrophefl pt il, m.
,-5 ,
-e, Aprilutbeit, f. ,
-en, work , lessonarbeiten, b, workebeiter, m . ,
-s , laborerurbeiterin, t men, warlo
arg , bad(ly) , wicked [womanarm, poor
em, m .,
-e, arm2lrme, m . and f -n,
-n, poor,
poor man, poor woman
emee, f. ,-n, army
zlrmut, L, poverty
first, m-es , ”e, physician
afi, seeefi'en
zlfdye, f.,
-n, asheszltem, m .
,-s , breath
atlantifcb, Atlanticatmen, b, breathezltmung , f. , breathingaucb, also, too ; n i d) t, nor
2lue, f. ,-n, meadow
auf, on,at, by, in, of, to, up,
upon;
bafi, becausefl ufgabe, f. , 4 1, lessonauf
‘hbren, I) , stop
aufmerfiam, attentive(ly)fl ufmerlfamleit, -en, attentionzluffcbrift, f. , -eu, inscriptionauf
’
s neue, anewauf
‘ftehen, f arise
zinge, n .,-s ,
-n, eyeHugenblid, m . ,
-s ,-e, moment
lingenlib, n . ,-er, eyelid
fl ugIein, n . ,-s , littleeye
zlnguft, m. ,-s ,
—e, Augustaus out, out of, among ,amongst, at, by, for ,from, in, of,on, on account of, upon
aus‘beifien, [1 biteout
aus bem wegegeben, avoidfl usbmd, m . ,
-s ,“e, arpression
aus‘briicfen, I), express
aufier out of, bes ides , beyond, ac cept, outsideof, without
aufierbem, besidesaufierhaib outside, withoutaus
‘fallen, f fall out, shed
aus‘finben, b ascertain
ansgebiffen, worn out
aus‘
gehen, f go out
aus‘
graben, h dig up
ans‘reifien, h tear out (Bat.
and Ace.)
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bemiiben. iid) , b.MW
benagen, I) , useBenugnng , f. ,
usebeobadpten, 17, watchberauben, h, robBereidp, m. ,
-e, reachbereit, readybereiten, 11, causebereits , alreadyBerg , m .
,-es , -e, mountain mount
Beruf, m . ,-e,vocatwn
bernhigen, b , quietberiihmt, celebrated, famous(ly) ,
greatBeriibmttpeit, f. , -en, celebrityBeriibrnng , f. , -en, touchbefcbtiftigen, fid), it, beoccupied,occupy oneself
befcbtimt, ashamedbefeitigen, do away with
Befeitigung , f. ,-en, removal
Befig , m . ,-es , posses s ion
befigen, I} occupy, have,
possessbefonber(s) , especial(ly)befier, better, moreheffern, fid) , h, to reformheft, bestheftchen, I) cons ist, existbefleuen, I) , orderbeftimmen, (1, determineBeftimmnngswort, n
“er,qualifying word
befttafen, h, punishbeten, h, praybetradpten, h, beholdBetragen, n . ,
-s , behaviorbetragen, {id} , [1 behavebettiiben, h, grieveBett, n -es , -en, bedbewegen, 11, move; {i cb tomove
VOCABULARY
bewegt, movedB ibel, f.
,-n, Bible
B iene, f. ,-n, bee
Bier, n . ,-es , -e, beer
B ilb, n . ,-es , -er, picture
bin, seefein ; id? b i n, I am ,I j sel
binben, h bind,tie
binnen in thecourseof,within
his , till, until
bift, seefeinbittel please!bitten, h beg , entreat, request, aslc, bid
bitter, bitter5108. paleB latt, n . , 4 5 ,
“er, leafbIlittern, h, turn theleaves ofa bookblau, bluebleiben, f remain, bebleich, paleBlid , m . , 4 5 ,
-e, glancebliden, I} , lookblinb, blind
B linbbeit, f. , blindnessBug, m .
,-es , -e, lig htning
“item , (1, flash , lighten, sparkleblonb, blond, fair
bliihen, b, blossom , b i n bt fo
fo r t, continues to blossomBIiimcben, n . ,
-s , fl oweretB lame, f. ,
-n, flowerBInmenbeet, n . ,
-e,flowerbedB lumentelcb, m .
,-e, calyw
B lut, n . , blood
bIntbnrftig , bloodthirstyB liite, f.
,-n, blossom
blutg ierig , bloodthirstyBoben, m . ,
-5 , soil, ground
Bohrer, m -s, borerBoot, n . ,
-es , -e, boat
VOCABU'
LARY
bbs , bbfe, angry, wicked.May).evil ; anf (ii ber) einen bbfefein, beangry with one
Bbfe, m . and f. , -n,-n, evil
bas ins, with evil intentBote, m .
,-n,
-n, messengerbrand)en, need, employbrauen, h, brewBrauer, m .
,-s , brewer
braun, brown
bred)en, t; break , pluck
breit, broad, widebrennen, h burn
Brief, m . ,-es , -e, letter
Brille, f. ,-n, spectacles
bringen, h bring , carry,
fetch , causeBrot, n .
,-es, -e, bread
Briide, f.,
-n, bridgeBruber, m .
,-s , brother
Brnft, f. ,
“e, breast, chest, heartBud) , n . ,
-es , “er, bookBuchbinber, m . ,
-s , bookbinderBa ftabe, m .
,-n,
-n, letterbunt, gaily coloredEnid) , m . ,
be, bush , thicketBurWe). m . , fellowButter, f. , butter
i eber, -n, cedarCht ifl, m . ,
-en, -en, christian
Chotolabe, f.,
-n, chocolate
3
ba, as , then, therebabel, with it, at thesametimeDacb, n . ,
-e5 , “er, roofbachte, seebentenbabnrdz, thereby
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bafiir, for it; fbnnencan help it
baher, so thenbahin, therebahin
‘iagen, s . , race
Damast, n . ,-s , Damascus
bamit, in order that, so that
Dani , m . ,-es , gratitude
bantbar, grateful(ly)banlen, b, thankbann, thenbat , therebaranf, on it, upon itbarf, seebiirfenbat in, in it, thereinbarinnen barin
bar‘fteflen, I) , represent
baraber, above, on high , over itbarum therefore, so thenbas (Nom . and Ace. of theneat ) ,def. art. , the; rel. pron . , which ,
that; dom. , that, it, that oneDafein, n
-s , existencebafi, that; n id) ts an bi r iii,tha t you areincapable
bavon, from it,of it
ba3u, also, thereto, to thisbed , n .
,-e, deck
beden, 17, coverbein -e, pl. -e), poss . adj . , thy,th ine, your ; poss . pron .
, thine,yours ;
-er, -e, -es , pl. -e; ber(bie, bas) -i ge, pl. bie-i gen,thine
, yours , thy (your) part
beiner, Gen . sing . of bit, of thee,of you
beinet balben, avegen, -willen,forbem, Dat. sing . of bet and bas ,def. art. and rel. pron .
278 VOCABULARY
bemienigen, Dat. sing . of bet sand basienige
bemfelben, Dat. sing . of bet s andbasfelbe
ben, Acc . sing . of bet (def. art. ,
dem . and rel. pron . ) and Dat.
pl. of Der, bie, bas (def. art. )benen, Dat. pl. of ber, bie, bas(rel . and dem . to whom,
whom
benienigen,Acc . sing . ofberienige,and Dat. pl. of bieienigen
benten, b th ink
benn, forbenfelben, Aco. sing . of berfelbe,and Dat. pl . of biefelben
bet , Nom . sing . of def. art., the;
Nom . sing . of dem . pron he,it, that, this , that oneetc . ; Nom .
sing . of rel. pron that,which ,
who ; Gen . and Dat. sing . and
Gen . pl. of bie(def. art. )beren, Gen . sing . f. and Gen . pl .
m . f. and n . of bet , bie, bas(dem . and rel. pron . )
berent-halben, -megen, -miIIen, f.sing . , for her sake, on her ac
count , onwhoseaccount; 3d pers .
pl . for their sake, on their ac
count
berer, Gen . pl. of ber, bie, bas(dem . those, of those
berienige(bieienige, basienige, pl .bieienigen), dem . pron . , that
,
those, they, such ; (beforea rel .
pron .) he, she, itberfelbe(biefelbe, basfelbe; pl . bie:felben), dem . pron . ,
thesamebermeil miibrenb, whilebes , Gen . sing . of def. art. betand bas , of the
besbalb, hence, thereforebes legten mittels bebienen, toresort to thelast acpedient
befien, Gen . sing . of therel . anddem . pron . bet , bas , whose, ofwhom
, of wh ich , of that,of it,
whereof; Gen . sing . of re] . pron .
welcher, melcbe, welcbesbeffent-halben, -willen, on that account
beulich, GermanDentfdye, m . and f.
,-n,
-n, GermanDeutfd n, n .
,-n, German language
De3ember, m . ,-s , December
Diamant, m -en, -en, diamondbicb, Acc . sing . of bu, thee, thyDid)ter, m -S , poetbid, th ick , largeDide, f. , thicknessDictidzt, n -e, thicketbie, Nom . and Ac c .
, f. sing . of
thedef. art. and rel . pron . ,
Nom . and Ac c . pl . of bet , bie,bas
Dieb, m 435 ,-e, thief
bienen, b serve, work
Diener, m . ,-s , servant
Dienn, m -es , -e, serviceDienstag , m -e, Tuesdaybies biefesbiefer (biefe, biefes , pl. biete) ,dem . pron th is
,that
,these
,the
latter , this onebiesfeit, on this s ideofDing , n .
,-es , -e, th ing
bit , Dat. sing . of bit, to thee, thybody, but, yetDottor, m -5 ,
-en, doctor , physician
bonnern, h, thunderDonnerstag ,m .
,-e, Thursday
280 VOCABULARY
enblid) , finalily) , at last
eng liicb, Eng lishentbeden, b, detectentfernen, iid) , h, leaveentgegen against, contraryto, in faceof, opposed to, to
wards
entgehen, f avoid, escape(Dat. )enthalten, b contain
entlafi‘en, b dismis s
entlebigen, iid) , b get ridentreifien, b snatch away
(Bat. and Ace.)Gntfcblnfi, m. ,
-es, ‘e, resolveentiteben, f comeforth ,
entsiehen, b remove(Dat.and { i cb to withdraw
entsmei, apart, in two
Grfahrnng , f. , -en, experienceerfragen, h, inquireerfreuen, h, g ivepleasure, gladden,please; lid? “
I enj oyetfiiilen, b, accomp lish , fill, fulfill,realize; fid) to berealizedergreifen, h catch, clutch ,
seize, touch
erbalten, b get, receive, preeriagen, b, overtakeertennen, b recognizeertlliren, b , explainerlangen, I} , attain, geterlauben, b allow, let, permiterleben, b, experienceerndhren, (1, supporterneuen, h, renewernft, earnest(ly) , serious(ly)ernten, b, earnerraten, b gues serreichen, b, accomplish , attain
Qrfag, m . ,-es , substitute
erfcbeinen, f appear (Dat.)erfcbred‘en, h, frightenerfcbreden, f to befrightenedern.first. onlyerfteigen, b mount
ertragen, h bear , endureermed’en, b, awaken, rouseerwehren, fid) , 1} guard
against
emerben, b earn, win, get,obtain
er3liblen, b, narrate, tellGrsl
’
ihlnng , f. ,-en, narration,
story, taleer3engen, I) , produceergittern, f, tremble”same", It provoke; iid? becomeangryes , it ; subject of impers .verbsthere
Gfel, m -s , ass
Gfelei, f. ,-en, asininebehavior
Gfelin, f. ,-nen, she-ass
es geht fabledzt, farepoorlyes g iebt, thereare, thereis<Espe, f -n, aspen
VOCABULARY
effen, h eat; gern to relish(Effen, n . ,
-s , mealetma, indeedetwas, any, anything , some, something
eucb, pers . pron . Ace. and BM.pl. ibr (2d you, to you ,
yourselves , oneanother ,each othereuer, Gen . pl. of ihr (2d
you, your ; pose. adj . bet (bie,bas) cute, enter, cute, cures ,
Gale, f. ,-n, owl
euret—haiben, -megen, -miiien, foryour sake
(Europa, n . ,-5 , Europe
(Eva, f. ,-s , Eve
emig , eternal(ly) , everGwigieit, f. ,
-en, eternity
40 012, fold
ffihig . ablefahren, 1
'
drive, rideSail, m . ,
“e, casefallen, f fall
falldb falseawowrong
-fliItig , fold
familie, f. , -n, familysorbe, f. , 4 1, color
fafien, I} , catch , takehold offafi, almost
306, n .,-ffe5 , “
fier, caskfoul, lazySebtuar, m.
,-s ,
-e, Februarygeber, f.
,-n, feather
seig ling , m -s ,-e, coward
feimfine. sq?seinb, m -es , —e, enemySeinbin, f. , men, enemysew, n .
,-es , -er, field
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Selbarbeiter, m . ,-s , field-laborer
selbmarfcball, m . ,
”e, field
seur nu'er fur»pelt
sets, m . ,-fen, -fen, rock
fern, distant, farserne, f. , -n, distancefernet , furtherlefty fimfl y). f“3L swam ; fefimad)en, to fix
fefi, n .,-e5 , -e, fes titxil
fett, fat; fett mad)en, fattenlfetter, n .
,-s , fire
finben, h findsinger, m . ,
-s , fingershi t, m -en, -en, finchfinfter, darkSilde, m 425 .
-e, fishfifteen, 11, fishsifcber, m -s , fisher , fishermansigftem, m . ,
-e, fixed star
slacbs , m"-feS , flax
Slamme, f. , -n, flameslafdye, L,
-n, bottlesleifdp, n .
,-es , flesh , meat
Sieifi, m .,-es , diligence
fleifiig l diligentay)fliegenl f fl y
flieben, f fleefliefien, f fl ow
slime, f. , -n, gun
sliigel, m. ,-S , wing
slunber, m . ,-s ,
-n, flounderSlur, -en, field.
£1116, m -fies , ”fie, river
fliifiem, h, wh isperslut, f. , -en, flood, flood tidefolgen, f follow, obeySeem, f. ,
-en, form, mould
sorft, m -eor -en, forestSfitfter, m . ,
-S , forester
fort, away, forth , gone, hencefort
‘ bliihen, I) , continueblossomfort
‘fahten, b continue; f,
carry away, driveoffort
‘fiihten, b, lead away
gortfetj ung , f.,
-en, continuationstage, f.
,-n, question ; ftels
(en, h, ask a questionfragen, I} , ask , inquirestan3ofc, m . ,
-n,-n, Frenchman
gran, f. , -en, wife, womanfrech, impudent(ly)frei, free, independentay) , open
greitag , m . ,-s ,
-e, Fridayfremb, foreignstembe, m . and f -n,
-n, strangerfrefien, h devoursteube, f.
,-n, j oy
greubenbecber, m .,-s , cup of j oy
freuen, fid) , h, rej oice
greunb, m . ,-es , -e, friend
freunblicb, friendly, good, kind
greunbfcbaft, f.,
-en, friendship5riebe(n) , m .
,-ns , peace
trildv. cheerftday). cool. freshay).vigorousst ifdve, f.
, freshness , coolnessft ifcbet mat, cheerful mindtroll, chemfid ). glad. happyfrfiblidv, gay. glad. j olly. menuStofcb, m . ,
-es , ”e, frogstucbt, f. ,
“e, fruitfrudztbar, fertileft iib, earlySt iibflugbeit, f. , precocityst iihling , m .
,-s ,
-e, springSachs , m .
,-fes , “
fe, foafiihlen, hl feelfiihten, h, conduct, bring , carry, leadfiillen, [b fill
lauft five
VOCABULARY
taufte. fifl hfiinftens , fiftidyfiinfsehn, fifteenfiinfsig .fifl ysuntan), m . ,
-ns ,-n, spark
funieln, I) , sparkleflit agains t, at, for thesakeof, in behalf of, in favor of , in
futdzt, f. , fearfiirdzten,mfear ; fid? beafraid.fear ; fid) vet , to fearglint , m .
,-en, —en, prince
siirftin, f. , -nen, princessflit unb flit , for ever and everSufi, m .
,-es , l le, foot
Siificben, n . ,-s , littlefoot
geben, h give, bestow (Dat.
and her‘ I} i n* g ive;w iebc i ‘
3n r ii d"giveagain;
toeg* g iveaway; I)et a n S*311 t ii d
’“g iveback ; auS* g ive
out; es g iebt, thereis , therearegebraueben, I) , useGebanle, m .
,-ns ,
-n, thought
gebeihen, f thrive
(Babe, f.,
-n, g ift(Babel, f.
,-n, fork
Galle, f. ,-n, gall
(Bans , f.,
“fe, goose
gan3, all, entire(ly)gar, all
Gotten, m.,-s , garden
(Banner, m -s , gardenerfies , n . ,
-fes , -fe, gas(Bait, m . ,
-es , “e, guest(Bette, m . ,
-n,-n, husband ; pl.
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Gewitter, n . ,-s , thunderstorm
g ierig , greedyging , seegebenfiipfel, m .
,-5 , mountainptop ,
g llin3en, l) , glisten, shinefiles , n . ,
-fes , “fer, g lass
(Blanbe, m .,-ns , belief
g lauben, I) , believe think
g leid) , alike: W ay) , even;like:
g leid f fommen, f equal (Dat. )(Elieb, 11 -e5 , -ci' , limbfiliicf, n . , fortune, goodfortune, luck , happiness
Gliid baben, beluckyg liid
‘licb, happy, lucky; m0 chen,bless ; ptei fen, call happy
g liidlicbermeife, fortunatelyg liiben, l], sh ine(Blut, f. ,
-en, glow(Boll) , 11 -e5 , goldgolben, golden(Bott, m .
,-es , ‘et , God
Gouverneur, m . ,-s ,
-e, governor(Etc h, n . ,
-es , ”ct , grave
graben, h dig
CBraf, m . ,-eu, -en, count
firlifin, f. , -nen, countess(Bras , n . ,
-fes , “fer, grass
granfam, cruelgreifen, h grasp , seize(Breis , m .
,-fes , -fe, aged man
(Breifin, f. ,-nen, aged woman
gtofi, large, great , big , grand , tall,
grown
Gtfifie, f. , greatness , tallnessfitofieltetn, pl . , grandparentsGtofimuttet , f. , grandmotherGrofivater, m . ,
-s , grandfatherGraft, f.
,
“e, grave
VOCABULARY
(Bate, f favor , goodness , kindness
g riin, green(Bruno, m -es , I‘e, ground , reason(Brnnbmort, n . ,
-es , “er, radical
word
g t iifien, h, greet; laffen, sendregards to
fiunfl, f., favor
(Eat, n -es , “er, property ,earthly
things
gut, good. fitGy). happy, kind. well;fcbmecfen , tas tegood ;
fein lovefiute, m . and f. , -n,
-n, onewho
5
5 aar, n . ,-es , -e, hair
baben, I} , have, get5 afen, m . ,
-s , harbor
fl agel, m .,-s , hail
fl agelfturm, m . ,
”e, hailstormfiahn, m .
,
“e, cockEaten, m .
,-S , hook
balb, halfhalben, halber becauseof,for , for thesakeof, on account of
fialle, f. ,-n, hall
balten, i] hold, keep , stop;
fii t , cons iderfiammer, m -s , hammerEganb, f. , e, handhanbeln, b, act, tradefianbelfcbaft, f. , tradefianblung , f.
,-en, act
fianbfdylag , m -s , shaking hands
fianbmerl’, n -s ,-e, trade
g affer fa ‘
0-fl , ham
hart, hard
5 am, f. , harshness
VOCABULABY
fiafe, m -n,-n, hare
hafien, I} , hatefl ag, m -ffes , hatred
filifiltcbe, n . ,-n, ug liness
hat, batte, blitte, seebabenfiaucb, m . ,
-es , -e, breathbfiufig , frequents!)fiaupt, n . ,
-es , “er, headfpauptleute, pl . of fiauptmann
5 auptmann, m . ,-le11te,
fiauptteil, m .,
-e, principalpart
fiaus , n . ,-fes , “
fer, house; n adp
fiaufe, home; 311 fiaufe, athome
filiuscinn, n . ,-s , littlehouse
5 a11t, f. ,
“e, hide, skin
heben, b raiseheftig ,violentfieftig ieit, f.
,violence
Byeibe, f.,
-n, heathbeilen, l] , hea lheilig , holy, sacred(ly)beim, home
fieim, n .,-5 , home
heimmlirts , homeward5 cin3elmlinnd7en, n . ,
-s , Brownieheiraten, b, marrybeifi, hotbeifien, b call
,becalled,
command, bid
heifer, brigh tly). cinem as) , gay.
glad, pleasantfielb, m . ,
-en, -en, herohelfen, h help , assist, aid
(Dat.)bell, bright(ly) , broad , clearfiellet , m .
,-s , farthing
Elemb, n . ,-en, shirt
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Pfenne, f. ,-n, hen
her, here, h ither , this way, towards
hetab, downbemb‘
fteigen, f des cendberan, toheran‘
nahen, f, approachherauf, up , upward
beraus , out, out ofheraus‘
geben, l) returnheraus ‘ lommen, f comeoutberbei, hitherherbei‘eilen, f, hasten up
fietbfl, m .,-es , -e, autumn
fierbe, f.,
-n, herd, flockherein, in, into
berein‘ lommen, f enterfiet t , m -n,
-en, gentleman, mas
ter ,Mn ; mein sir; meine-en, gentlemen
fiet t Kbnig , YourMajestybet t licb, glorious (ly), splendid(ly)hetrfcben, h, rule, prevailhetnm, around
hernm‘
gehen, f walk about
herunter, downberanter‘
fteigen, f descendherm it, forth
hei ‘mchen, I) , movetowardsn .
,-ens , -en, heart
bet3licb, heartily, s incere(ly)Eyeq fcblag , m . ,
“e, heart-beatnersu, toheute, to—daybier, here, thereEpilfe, f. ,
-n, help , aid
hilf, seehelfenfilmmel, m . ,
-s , heavenbin, from one, that way, thither ;bin unb her , backwards and
binab, downbinan, on, up
binauf, up, upward
binaus , out, out ofbinans
‘ tommen, f cameouthinbntd) , throughout
hinein, in,into
binein‘fdpleidzen, f (25 8), steal into
hin‘
gebtn, f so to ; til t
l‘dl —IMM
hin‘ legen, b, lay down
hinter (Dat. or after , inback of , beh ind,
in thercar qfhin
‘treten, f step up
hinweg , away, hencebingn, to
fl irt, m .,-en, -en, shepherd
fiige, f. , heathodh h ighfly). grandEpocbmnt, m -5 , haug htinessbficbft, superlativeof bodybone“, h. hope. expectEjoffnnng , f. , -en, hopefifihe, f. ,
-n, height
bfihet , comparativeof bodyfibhle, f. ,
-n, caveholb, sweetE1013, n . ,
-es , “er, woodfionig , m -s , honeyhorchen, b , listenbbren, I) , hear , attend, listen5 0ri3ont, m . ,
-e, horizonfiofpital, n . ,
-eor “er, hospita l
fiotel, n . ,-s ,
-5 , hotelhiibfdh prettyfinbfon, m . ,
-5 , Hudson
5 111121, m .,-es , -e, dog
hunbert, hundredhunbertfad) , a hundredfoldhunbertfliltig , a hundredfold
VOCABULARY
finnbertfiel, n .,-s , hundredth
finnget , m . ,-5 , hunger
bungetn, b, hunger , behungry[lungfig rMWtint, m . ,
-es , ‘e, hathiiten, b, herd, guard, watch
fii’
itte, f -n, hut
fitam i £0 ‘
I‘ nlMm
icb, I. m, felbfl, I mysezfihm (Dat. sing . ofer andes) , him,
to h im,it, to it
ihn (Ace. sing . of et) , him, it
ihnen (Dat. of fie, them, to
them; felh it, to themselves3hnen, you, to you
ihr (Nam . pl. of bu) , you, ye;(But . of fie, f. sing ) , to her to
it;-
.poss adj . (ihr, ihre, 1ht ,
pl. ibre) , her , its ; their ; poss .
pron . (ihrer, ibre, ihres) , hers ,
Sine, your , yoursihrer, pers . pron . (Gen . of fie,3d pers . of her , of it; (Gen .
of fie, 3d pers . pl. ) of them;poss . adj . (Gen . and Dat. sing .
and Gen . pl . of ihr) of her, toher , of theirBitter, Of you. Of yourthiet-halben, -megen, -willen, 3dpers . f. sing . , for her sake; pl.3d pers .
, for their sake
3hret-halben, -megen, -willen,foryour sake
ihrige(bet , bie, bas pl . bie-n),hers ,
its,theirs , their own
Sbt ige, yours
288 VOCABULARY
Ifefl'el, m . ,
-s , kettlelleale, f. , 4 1, club
Kiel, m . ,-e, keel
Kinb, n 425 , -et , childKinberei, f. , -en, childish matterKinn, n -e, chinli lage, f. , -n, lamentKlagelieb, n . ,
-ci'
, mournfulsong
flammern, fid) , h, to clutch
Klang , m . ,-es , “e, sound
flat , bright(ly). broad, clearKleib, n. , 4 5 ,
-et , dress , gar
llein, little, narrow, small
fleinet , lesstiettern, f, climbi lingen, l) ring , sound
li loftet , n . ,-s , clois ter , monastery
ling , wise, knowingKIugbeit, f. , shrewdness“Knabe, m . ,
-n,-n, boy
linedyt, m . ,-es, -e, servant
Knie, n ., knee
Knodyen, m .-s , bone
linodyel, m .-s , knuckle
Hod) , m . , cook
Komet, m . ,-en, -en, comet
lommen, f come; lzinaus‘
f, 90 out
Kbnig , m. ,-5 ,
-e, kingKbnig in, f. , -nen, queenibnnen, l] beable, can, may,
know lad)en, I) , laughliontinent, m. ,
-s ,-e, continent llicbeln, h, smile
Kopf, m . ,-es , “e, head llicberlid) , ridiculous
Korn, n . ,
“er, corn laben, l) load
li btpet , m . ,-s , body i amm, n . ,
“ct, lamb
Kraft, f l le, force, power,streng th
ftaft by authority of, on thestreamof. byvirtueof
ft liftig, strong (ly)Krlibe, f. , -n, crow
trant, ill, sick
Ktanl‘e, m . and f -n,-n, patient,
s ick,s ick man, s ick woman
Kraniheit, f. , -en, illness , sickness
Kraut, n .,-es , “er, herb
Krebs , m . ,-fes , -fe, crab
Kteffe, f. , -n, cressKtenj , n . ,
-es , -e, cross
friedzen, l (258)l crawl creepKrieg , m . ,
-es , -e, warKtol’obil, n -e, crocodileKrone, f.
,-n, crown
Kiicbe, f. ,-n, kitchen
Kudnd‘, m . ,-e, cuckoo
Kugel, f. ,-n, bullet
Kuh, f. ,
“e, cowlillfl, cool
funb, known
Kunft, f. , “e, art, skillKiinftlet , m. ,
-s , artist
Kiinftletin, f. , -nen,femaleartistKupfer, n . ,
-5 , copper£1113, briefl ly) , short, in short, littleKufi, m . ,
-ffes , “fie, kis s
liiffen, l] , kissKiifte, f. , -n, coast
VOCABULARY
Sampe, f. , -n, lampSana, n . ,
-es , “er, land , country
long , longSlinge, f. , -n, lengthIanger, longerllings (Gen . and along
Sli tm, m ., noise
lllrmen, h, benoisylaffen, l) let
, allow,makedo
,
cause, causeto bedone, leaveSatei ne, f. , -n, lanternSaul) , n . ,
-es , foliagelaufen, f run
laut according to, in accord
ancewith , by theterms oflaut, adj . , loud , audible; adv. ,loudly
£a11te, f. ,-n, lute
lauten, h, readleben, 17, live, exist, fareSeben, n .
,-s , life
lebenbig , living£ebensiraft, f. , “e,vitalityled, leakyfed“, m . or n -e, leakSeber, n . ,
-s , leatherIegen! i] , lay: put; fi Cl? -
r 90 to
bediei ne, f. , -n, advice, les sonleln'en, If, teachiebrer, m .
,-s,
-ln, pl .-nen
,
teacherieib, m . ,
-et , bodyleicht, easy, eas ily ,
light
ieib, n .,
sorrow
leiben, h bear , endure, suffer ,tolerate
leiben, l] lend (B at. and
Acc . )leife, gently, in a lowvoice, low,
soft
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leiften, l) , accomplishSeltion, f.
,-eu, lesson
ieopatb, m -en or -s ,
leopardSerclze, f. , -n, lark
lernen, I), learnlefen, h readIetfl er, -e, -es), lastlegter(et , -e, -os) , thelatterIeud)ten, l), g leam,
shineIeud)tenb, bright(ly)Sente, pl. peop leieutnant, m .
,-s ,
-s , lieutenanti idyt, n .
,-eor -et , light
lieb, dearlieb baben, to lovei iebe, f.
, lovelieben, h, lovelieblici) , lovelySieb, n. ,
-et , songliegen, l] liei ilie, f. , -n, lily
Sinbe, f. , -n, lindenIinbetn, l} , lessen, soothelint, leftIint’s , on thelefti ippe, f. ,
-n, lip
leben, lf, praisei bffel, m . ,
-s , spoon
Sohn, m“e, reward, wages
Sorbeet , m .,-5 ,
-en, laurelforelei, f.
,Loreley
Same, m . ,-n,
-n, lion
£1tft, f. ,“e, air
f iige, f. ,-n, lie
lllgen, 11 lie, tell a lie
i iignet , m . ,-S , liar
funge, f.,
-n, lung
£1111, f.,
”e, j oy, pleasureluftig , gay, j olly, merryivi a, f. , pl. Eyren or -s , lyre
290 VOCABULARY
mad)en, I) , make, cause, domad)t, f. ,
l le, might, influence,
mlibdyen, n . ,-s , g irl
magh, f. ,‘e, maid-servant
mai, m . , or Maymaib, m . , e(n), maidenwallich, n . ,
-er,May-songmajor, m -e, maj ormal, timesmalen, point
malet , m .,-s , painter
malerei, f.,
-en, paintingman, one, theymancb(et , -e, -es , pl. -e), many a
mand)et lei, of several kindsmand)mal, many a time, often,
mann, m . ,
I‘et , manmantel, m . ,
-s , mantle, cloak
mlirdzen, n .,-s , fairy-tale
mat it, m . ,-es , “
c, marketmag , m . , or -en, -e,Marchmag, n . ,
-es , -e, measure, moderation
maft, m -es , -en, mastmtiften, h, fattenmatrofe, m. ,
-n,-n, sailor
maner, f. , -n, wall
mans , f. , ‘
fe, mousemeet , n .
,-es , -e, ocean, sea
mehr, more, longermehrfach, manifoldmehtfliltig , manifoldmehrere, many, severalmeile, f.
,-n, mile
mein -e, pl.-e), poss . adj . , my,
mine; poss . pron . , mine; bet
(bie, bas) -e-i ge), pl. bie-en -igen), my own; -er, -e,-es , pl. -e, mine
meinen, if, mean, think
meinet-lfalben, -megen, m ilieu,for ought I care, for my sakemein tjere, Sirmein, mostIlleiflet , m. ,
-s , mastermelobief. , meld yillenfdz, m -en, -en, manmenfcben, pl. , peoplemenfcblfeit, f. , mankind
met len, b, attend ; fi d; (withBut. of mark
mefl'en, 11 measure
meffer, n . ,-s , knife
metall, n . ,-e, metal
mid? (Ace. of ich), me, myselfmild) , f. , milk
milh, mild(ly) , gentlemilbetn, b, moderatemillion, f. , -en, millionmineral, n . ,
-eor -ien,mineralminute, f. , -n, minutemit (But. of icb) , me, to me, myselfmifcben, l] , to micemififallen, if displease(Dat. )mifittauen, l] mistrust, aistrust
mit with, along with , togetherwith , at, by, to , in, in companywith , by means ofmit‘benngen, l), to sharein theuse,
mit‘geben, f to go alongmit‘ lommen, f to comealongmitleib, n . ,
-s , pitymitleibig , sympatheticallyll
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littag , m3-e, midday
292
neuntens , ninthlyneun3ebn, nineteennenn3ig , ninetynid)t, no not ;
not but;
bern, not only . but.
nid) ts , nothingnie, nevernieber, downnieber‘
neigen, fid) , b, bend downniemals , neverniemano, no one, nobodynit nid)t
nod) , still, ever , nor
nod; ein(er, -e, (c)s , anothernod? einmal, againHome, f. ,
-n, nun
Herbert, m -5 , north
not, f. ,
“e, distress , misery,neces s ity
nbtig , necessaryNovember, m . ,
-s , Novembermm, nowmi r, but, onlyniit3en, b help , use, beusefulniiglidz, useful
fonbern,ion s
0 1oh !
ob, whether , if, on, overoben, above, on hig h; na chward
ober, upperoberhalb above, at theupper
-fen, -fen, oez
®fen, m .,-s , oven,
stoveoffen, open , bright(ly) , broad
(f i3ier, m -e, ofiicerbfinen, h, open
VOCABULARY
aft, Ofimohne, prep. w ept, apartt'
rom, besides , save; conj . butfor ,
(Dbr, n .,-es , -en, ear
Ohrllippdzen, n -s , ear-lapmftobet , m . ,
-s , October(bl, n . ,
-e, oil(Dnl‘eI, m -s , uncle(Drange, f.
,-n, orange
(Dtbmmg , f., order
(Dd , m . ,-e, place
Often, m . ,-5 , east
0 mehl alas !0 3mmm. ,
-s ,-e, ocean, sea
P
paIaft, m .,
“e, palacepapiet r n . ,
“er paperpart, m -eor -5 , park
partei, f . ,-en, party
pafdlar m “ 5 :”S r pa'Sha
pfanne, f. , 4 1, pan
pfau, m -es , -en, peacockPfeffer, m -s , pepperpfetb, n -es , -e, horsepferbebieb, m .
,-e, horsethiq
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pflanse, f.,
-n, plant
pflansen, 11, p lantpflaume, f. , -n, plum
pflicipt, f. , -en, dutypfliicfen, I] , pluckpia(ni)no, n . ,
-s ,-s , pia(ni)no
planet, m . ,-en, -en, planet
plug, m . ,-es , “e, place; her
befte themost conspicuous
ploglicb, sudden(ly)prlibilats3eitwort, n
I ler,predicate-verb
VOCABULARY
w ife", I? W eW e
priefter, m . ,-s , priest
pring, m -en, -en, princeprin3efl
'
in, f. ,-nen, princess
pubel, m .,-s , poodle
Q
Quedfi lbet , n .,-s , quicksilverR
Rube, m .,
‘ nr“n! raven
Rang , m 435 ,at : rank
Happen, m . ,-s , black horse
Rat, m .,-es , advice
raten, I] advise(Bat )tauben, h, robB linber, m .
,-5 , robber
Rfinberei, f.,
-en, robberyRanbvogel, m . ,
-s , bird Of preyw ith right. properRedyt, n .
,‘ (e)5 r ‘er right
reben, 11, SpeakRegel, f.
,-n, rule
Regen, m -s , rain
Regenbogen, m . ,-s , rain-bow
Regenfiurm, m“e, f ain
Reg ierung , f. , -en, governmentreid) , richreicben, h (Dot. and reach
,
g iveReichtum, m . ,
-5 ,“er, wealth
reif, riperein, clean, clear , pureReinheit, f. , purityReife, f. ,
-n, j ourneyreifen, f, travelreifien, h tearreiten, I] ride, on horsebackBetten, n . ,
-s , riding
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rennen, f run, raceretten, h, rescue, saveReining , f. ,
-en, deliveranceRene, f.
, remorseRhein, m .
,-s , Rhine
rictzten, I] , directRichter, m . ,
-s , j udgeRifi, n .
,-es , -e, reef, clifl ’
Ring , m .,-es , -e, ring
Hitter, m -s , knight
Ritterfcbaft, f. , knighthood
Rod, m . ,-es , ‘e, coat
roIIen, I) , roll; fid) berollingRofe, f.
,-n, rose
torts, rosy3 06, n -fl
'es , -fl'e, steed
rot, redRubin, m . ,
-e, rubyrufen, h call, cry, acc laim
,
shout
Rube, f. , restw hen, (1, lie, restwhig , calm(ly) , quiet(ly)
Sadye, f. , 4 1, case, matter , thingfcwbt, sOfiUy)fa9en, h, sayfah, see{ebenSaite, f. , 4 1, stringSalat, m -e, saladSalpeter, m. ,
-s , saltpeterSal3, n .
,-es , -e, salt
Same(n), 111 -ns ,-n, seed
Samstag , m . ,-e, Saturday
famt and, together with , withSanb, m sand
Sanbbanf, f.,
ne, sand-bankfanft, . calm(ly) , gentle, gentlyStinger, m -S , s inger
294 VOCABULARY
Satbine, f. ,-n, sardine
fatt, satisfied with food5 09, m .
-es , “e, sentence.fanet , sourfaugen, I] , suckSdzabe(n) , m.
,-ns ,
“11, damage,
harm
Sd)libel, m . ,-s , skull
fcbaben, h inj ureWiblidvfa raway)Sdpaf, 11 -e5 , -e, sheepSd)lifer, m. ,
-S , shepherdd lifetei, f. , -en, sheep-farmfdvafien, it, workfdvafien, h create1325 111011, fidlr bl be“MMfdparf, sharp , (W i ldly)
d atten, m .,-S , shade, shadow
fcbfigen, I), app rec iate, valuefdjauen, b , behold ,
look , attendSchaufel, f.
,-n, shovel
fcbeiben, h depart, partSchein, m .
,-e, shine, light
fcbeinen, h g leam,seem
, look ,
shinefcheitern, f, founderfibelten, b scold
Sd)enle, m. ,-n,
-n, cupbearerfdnnfen, 11 (Bat. and bestow1112011011, ht fearfebidem it, send ; ii d? become
.
befittingfdtid
’lidh fittingfdfleben, b push
fdpiefien, b shoot, fireSdpiff, n . ,
-es , -e, shipScbifiet , m . ,
-S , seaman,sailor
Sdzilb, n . ,-es , -et , sign
Schimmel, m -s , whitehorsefdtimpfen, b, abuse. call (one)names , scold
d laf, m . , sleepfdflafen, b sleep. bead“?
d lag , m . ,
“e, beat, blowWage“, b beat. hit. my
Wade, buddy). evil. poor. widwdfd fleidpen, f creep ,
s link
Sd)leier, m .,-s , veil
fdtleifen, h, drag{dilimm' bad ly). evil. severelySdzlofi, n . ,
-fl'es , ‘
fl'er, castle
d iufi, m . ,-fles , “
fie, conclusionfcbmed'en, h, tas te; g ut tastegood ; es w i rb i bm g u t
hewill enj oy itSdnnerg, m .
,-es , -en, pain
fdzmetslidvpaia y)Schmieb, m . ,
-e, smithSd)miebe, f. , -u, forgeid)mieben, h, forgefcbmiiden, h, adorn; {i cb adorn
oneselfSchnabel, ui. , -s , bill
Sdznee, m .,-s , snow
Sdzneeflurm, m . ,
l le, snowstorm
fcbneiben, b out, carvefd)rie“.fast. News!)fd)0n, already, even ; bet 2111 sb l id, thevery sight
{678mbecame). fair. fine. nice.noble
Sdpiine, n -n, beautifulScbbnheit, f. , -en, beautyScbofi, m.
,-es , ‘e, lap
fdzteiben, I) writefdpteien, h cry, screamS chrein, m .
,-e, casket
Sdzritt, m .,
-e, stepSdfilb, m-
o“er
Schuhmacher, m. ,-s, shoemaker
296 VOCABULARY
fieb3eim, seventeenfiebsig , seventyfight “fir “tr 39° lebenS ilber, n .
,-5 , s ilver
finb, seefein ; es thereor
i nsert , it sineS ingen, n . ,
-S, sing ing
finicn, f sink
S inn, m .,
-e, mind ; a u s
bem l ommen, beforgottenS innfprucb, m
“e, saying ,
ilgen, b and f s it; beiQ ifdfe s it at thetable
fo, so, as , such , then, thus
Socfe, f. , -n, sock
Sofa, n .,-s ,
-s , sofa
fogar, even, nay, yet
fog leicb, immediatelySobn, m .
,
“e, son
fold) , such ; foldfler, -e, -es , -e),such a
,those
Solbat, m -en, -en, soldierfoil, -te, oughtfoIIeu, b, shall
,must, beto, be
said to
Sommer, m -s , summer
fonber without
Sonnabenb, m .,-s ,
-eSaturdaySonne, f. ,
-n, sun
Sonnenfdzein, m . ,-s , suns hine
Sonntag , m -5 ,-e, Sunday
fonft, bes idesSorge, f. ,
-n, care, troublefparen, I} , savefpiit, late, tardy; 3u fommen,betardy
Spaten, m . ,-s , spade
Spats, m . ,-en, -en, sparrow
Speife, f.,
-n, dish , food
Spiegel, m .,-s , mirror
ftatt ins tead, ins twd of , in
placeof
S teuermann, m ”er, helmsman
ftiII, calm(ly) , quiet(ly) s ilent(ly)S tille, f.
, quietness ; tm ft i l len,
s ilentlyftillen, b, allay
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Stimme, f. , -n,voice
Strafe, f.,
-n, punishmentStrabl, m . ,
-en, rayftrahlen, I} , g leamfttanben, f, strandS trafiburg , n . ,
-s , Strassburg
Strafie, f. , -n, streetflechen, h, striveftreden, h, stretchStreit,
1
m -e, battle, quarrelftreug , severeStrom, m . ,
l le, streamStiicf, n . ,
-e, part, p ieceStubent, m . ,
-en, -en, studentftubieren, (1, studyftumm,
mute, silentfiumpf, dullS tunbe, f. ,
-n, hour
Sturm, m .,
“e, stormfucben, 11, search , seekSiiben, m . ,
-5 , south
Siinbe, f. , f , -n, sin
Suppe, f. ,-n, soup
G
tabeln, I} , blame, criticise, reprovefl ag , m.
,-e, day
iagen, I1, dawntiig licb, dailyforfeit. bravely)Eafcbe, f., -n, pocket
QeiI, m .,
..e’ part; 11 shareteilen, I} , divide, partEeilnahme, f. , interestGeller, m . ,
-5 ,vPlate
teuer, beloved, dear(ly),expens iveay)Qhat, f. ,
-en, act, deedEhlitigteit, f.
,-en, activity
i beater, n . ,-s , theater
Ebce, m . ,-5 , tea
Ebor, m .,-eu, -en, fool
Qhor, n .,
-e, gatethbridjt, foolish(ly)Ehrline, f. ,
-n, teartbun, b do
t ide), f. , -en, doortief, deep(ly)Eiefe, f. ,
-n, depth(t ier, n . ,
-e, animalmiger, m . ,
-s , tigermild) , m .
,-e, table
r btet , f., daughter
m -es , -e, deathtot, deadtbten, I) , killfiotenfdziibel, m .
,-s , skull
tragen, h bear , bring , carry,endure
Erani, m”e, drink
trauen, I} trust
Girauer, f.,
mourningtrauern, I} , mourn(fraum, m
“e, dreamtrdumen, h, dreamtraurig , sad(ly)Eraurig leit, f. , sadnesstreffen, b hit
treiben, b drive; fi d)rush about
treten, h and f steptreu, faithfl day)fireue, f.
, faithfulness , fidelityErich, m . ,
-e, current, drift,
sentimenttrinien, b drink
Eritt, m . ,-e, step
298 VOCABULARY
Erommel, f. , -n, drum
t rompete, f.,
-n, trumpettrbften, b, comforttrot (Gen . and despite,
fuchtig , goodmugenb, f.
,-en,virtim
Qiirle, m .,-en, -en, t urf
i iirlei, f murk yt urm, m . ,
‘e, tower
ll
tiben, by, m iss, practise; i i 6?practise
fiber (Dab. or above, over ,across , at, beyond, cross , in, of,
liberali, everywhereiiberfailen, b to attack , fallupon
fiberflufi, m . ,-fi
'es , abundancefiberbeben, fid) , b beoverbearing
fiberiaflen, b haveto some
fibermufi, n . ,-es , m ess
iiberfegen, h, translateiiberminben, h aim-bear , overfibuug , f. , -en, exercise, practiceli br, f. , -en, watchulme, f. , -n, elmum about, around , near , at,becauseof, by, for, for thesakeof, in exchangeof, in order , of,with
umflimmern, b, surround with a
gleamumgeben, b surround
umgebung , f.,
-en, surrounding ,
umgelebrtewortfolge, invertedumber, aboutum‘ lebren, b, invertlimlaut, m -e, modifiedvowel
umfonft, invainum‘werfen, b overturnum milieu, for thesakeof, on
unangenehm, disagreeableunbraucbbar, uselessunb, and
lluhani , m . , ingratitudeunfc
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ibig , unablellngar, m . ,
-n,-n, Hungarian
ungeachtet in spiteof ,withs tanding
ungeehrt, disregardedungeflibr, aboutungebbrt, unheardungelehrt, illiterate(ly)ungelefen, unreadungefcbrieben, unwrittenungefeben, unnoticedungeftraft, unpunishedllugliicf, n
-s , misfortuneung liidlicb, unhappyung liidlicbe, m . and f -n,
-n,
unfortunateuniverfitdt, f. ,
-eu, univers ityunluft, f. , dislikellnnatur, f. , something contraryto nature
unnatiirlicb, unnaturalunrecbt, wrong ; fi a t , iagotten
llnredyt, n . , wrong ; un recbltbun, do wrong
uns , Bat. and Ace. sin g . of mir,
800
verfteben, b understand ,be
”t riadic“: ll: tryverteilen, b, distributeDertrfig licb, peaceablevertrauen, h rely, believe,trustDertrauen, n . ,
-s , trus tvertreiben, b dr iveawayverurteilen, b, sentencevermaifen, f, orphanDermanbte, m . , f. ,
-n,-n, relative
vermellen, f, withervermunben, b, woundvergagen, f, despairvergeibung , f. , pardon
Detter, m .,-s ,
-n, cousin
viel, greatly, a great deal, muchviele, manyvielerlei, of many kindsDiel-facb, -fliltig , multifariousvielleicbt, perhapsDiet , fourviert(e), fourthDiertel, n . ,
-s , quarterviertens , fourth lyvicr3ehn, fourteenvier3ig , fortyDogel, m . ,
-s , bird
Dbgelein, n . ,-s , littlebird
Doll, n . ,
“er, peopleDblierfcbaft, f. , -en, peopleDolls lieb, n .
, (e)s , -er, folk-songvolt, fullvom von bemDon from, at, by, concerning , in, of, on; bi t , of theevon einanber, from each other
nor (Det. or before, at, for,ago, becauseof, from, infrontof,with ; ein i gen i agen, a
few days ago
VOCABULARY
w
medfiam, vig ilant, watchfulmadden. f grow
mafie, f. ,-n, weapon
wafinen, b, armwagen, m . ,
-s , wagon
wagen, fi cb magen, I) , to darewabl, f. ,
-en, choicemebr, truemlihrenb during , while, inthecourseof, inwabrbeit, f. , -en, truthwabrfcbeinlicb, probablywall) , m .
,-es , “er, forest
mama, m .,
-e, whalemolten, n .
,-s , swell
wanb, f. ,“e, wall
manbeln, f, walkmanbern, f, wandermanberer, m.
,-s, traveller,
wanderermann, whenmar, seefeinmarb, seewerbenwere, f. ,
-n, goods
voraus , aheadvor‘ bereiten, I] , preparenor be: éeit, too earlyvor‘berrfdzen, I] , prevailvor‘ fommen, f happenvornehm, distinguished
Dorfdzlag ,m. ,
“e, prop os itionDorfilbe, f. ,
-n, prefixvor‘ tragen, b submit
voriiber, pastvoriiber‘geben, f pass , pas s
byvormfirts , aheadDullan, m. .
-e,vulcano
VOCABULARY
ware, seefeinwarm, warm
meme, f. , warmth
marten, I} , wait; anf, ecpeetmatum, whywas , inter . pron . , what, whatever;rel. pron .
, what, that which ,
whatever; fli t , what kind Qfmafier, n .
,-s , water
wafierfall, m . ,
“e, waterfallmeden, h, awakenmeg , m .
,-e, way
meg , away, hence, ofmeg‘begeben, fid) , h departmegen becauseof, for , forthesakeof, on accountof, respecting , with regard towet), n . , griefe, woemeh(e), depressed, woe; tha n
grieve, hurtmehen, I), blow, flutter , movemehen, n . ,
-s , wavingwebmut, f.
,sadness
wehren, fid) , h, defend oneselfmeib, n .
,-es , -et , wife, woman
meiblid), femalemeicben, f yieldmeiben, I) , pasturemail, becausemeilen, h, tarrymein, m .
,-e, wine
meinen, h, weep , cryweifi, whitemeife, wiseweife, f. ,
-n, manner, waymeife, m . ,
-n,-n, wiseman
weisheit, f. ,wisdo m
weit, broad,dis tant
, far , wide;umber, all about
weite, f.,
-n, distancemeitet , forth , further
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weiter‘ bringen, h advancemeiter‘
gehen, f proceedIDei3en, m .
,-s , wheat
meld) -sr,-e, -es , -e), inter . pron
which,what; rel. pron . (Gen .
sing . m . and n ., heffen, f. ,
beten, Gen . pl . , beren), which ,
what, who, that
warm, n .,-s , withering
moxie, f.,
-n, wavewelt, f. , -eu, worldwem, But. of mer, to whomwemfall, m .
,Dative
men, Ace. of wet , whomwenhsu, fid) , h turn
IUenfaII, m .,
Accusativewenig(e), few,
littleweniget , lesswenn, if, whenwenn es g ilt, when it is a questionam, who, hewho, whoevermerben, f became
,be
,shall,
develop into, will, get, growwerfafi, m . , Nomina tivewerfen, b throw, cast, hurl
meet, worthmert fein, to deserveIDefcn, n . ,
-s , beingwefien, Gen . of mer, of whomwefienfafl , m Genitive
wideln, h, wrapmihet against, contrary to,
in oppos ition to
wiber‘ftehen, I; withs tand
(Dat.)wie, as , howwieber, againwieber“lommen, f comeag ainIDiefe, f. , -n, meadow
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wiefpllt, what time
milbelm, m.,-s ,
-e, WilliamIDilIe(n), m. , 4 15 , will
willlommen, welcomeIb inb, m -es , -e, windwinter, m . ,
-s , winterIDipfel, m . .
-s , treetopmit (pet s . pron . l st pers . we,
felb it, weourselvesmitten, I}, workmitten, n .
,-s , effort
mit llicb, real(ly), trulymirllidzleit, f.
, realitymirfl, seemerbenmitt, m .
,-e, host
wintu, f. , men, hostessmifl
'en, b know
wifien, n .-s , knowledge
wifienfcbaft, f. -en, knowledgemo, where, whenever
mohl, well, indeed, yesmobl
*tbun, [7 do good (Dat. )wohlthtitigleit, f.
,-, beneficence
wohlthun, n -5 , beneficencewohnen, h, dwell , live, res idewohnung , f. ,
-en, dwellingwolf, m .
,
“e, wolfwblfin, f. , men, she-wolfmatte, f. ,
-n, cloud
IDOIIe, f. , wool
molten, b intend ,want
,will
,
monfle, fa, 4 1, bliss
worauf, on what
VOCABULARY
morons , from which
wort, n . ,-e(butwhen s ignify
ing unconnected words ,
net ) , wordwortfolge, f. ,
-n, order ofwordsmunber, n . ,
-s , miraclemunbetbar, wonderfulmunberfam, wondrouslymunberfcbbn, mag nificerday)wunfcb, m . ,
-es , ‘e, wishmiinfcben, I] , wish . des ire; lid?
muroc, mnrbe, seewerbenIDnrf, m
‘e, throwmum, f. ,
”e, sausagemugel, f. , -n, root
mat, f., fury, rage; in ge
t oten becameenragedmiitenb, furious
5 0111, f. , -en, numbersablen. h. pay36mm , count
3ahm, tame5 am, m . ,
“e, toothslittlicb, tender-(ly)gebn, tengehnerlei, of ten kindsst int-fad»tame. tenfoldgehntaufenb, ten thousand3elmt, tenthgehntens , tenthly3eigen, point, show
geiget , m . ,-s, hand
geit, f.,
-en, time; nor hertoo early5elt, n -e, tentéenitb, m . ,
zenith3erbrecben, b break , destroy,shatter
ENGLISH-GERMAN VOCABULARY
a, an, ein, eineable, flihig ; to beable, lonnenabout, prep. an, bei, gegen, gen,
again, wieber, nod; einmal; tocome mieberl‘ommen
against, an,entgegen, fiir, gegen,gen, mihet , 3umiber
age, bas l terum; adv. ungeflibrmmher; all aged, alt, bet (bie) zllte; man
meit umberabove, prep. fiber; adv. bariiber,broben, oben, oberbalb
abundance, bet llberflufiabuse, fcbimpfenacacia, biel lla3ieaccomplish , erfiillen, erreidpcn,leiften
according to, gemlifi, laut, nach,vermbge, 3ufolgeacknowledge, anerfennenacknowledgement, bieZlnet lennung
across , bard) , uberact, banbeln ; biefianblung , bie(that
activity , biefibdtigteitacntefly). fdtarfAdam, 2lbam
adioining room,bal eben3immeradorn, fdzmiid
‘en, fid) fdzmiid'enadvance, meiter bringenadvice, bet Rat, bieSeineadvise, totenafraid, bange;fiirdyten
after , prep. binter, nod) ; adv.nacbbem
afternoon, bet Zlacbmittagafterwards , nadpber
tO bO -y fid?
(woman), bet Gteis , bie(Breifin3 80»”013ah ! ad) !
ahead,vormllrts ,vorausaid, helfen ; bieEpilfeaim, takeaim, 3ielen ;aimed at, gelten
air , bieSaftalas , ad? ! 0 web!alike, g leid)all, adj . all; adv. gang, goabout, meit umber
allay , ftillenallow, lafien, erlauben ; beal
lowed, biitfenalmost, faft, beinahealoft, emporalone, allein, ein3igalong , an, (tings ; with , mit;to go , mitgehen; to comemittommen
already , bereits , fcbonalso, and) , beanaltar , bet mmaltogether , gufammenalways , immer, {letsam, bin
America, Xmerifaamong , amongst, bei, aus , unter,3mifcben
to be
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anch or , bet 2lntetancient, altand, unb, famtanew, aufs neueangry , bbls, 3ornig ; to be 3m :
nen; to be with one, out(iibet) einen bofeiein ; to become fid) et3iitnen
animal, bas filletannual (ly). ifibrlid?another , nod; ein(et , -e, -es), ein
-e, anberer -e, -es)answer , antworten, beantmor=ten ; bieuntuwtt, bieBeam:
mortung ; -ing , bieBeantuwt :tung
anxiousay), bang (e), tingftlicbany , itgenb ein -et , -e, -s), et:was ; not tein(et , -e, -s) ;one, iemanb; amount of,
all(et , -e, -es)anything , etmasapart, ent3mei, von einanber;from, ohne
ape, bet Zlfieaph orism, bet S innfptucbapostrOphe, bet zlpofttopbappear , erid)einenapple, bet upfelappreciate, anet lennen, fdpligenapproach , (hetan)nahen, {i cb nc
’
isbetn
April, bet 21pt ilare, feib, finbarise, aufftehenarm, bet 2ltmarm, mafinen ; to oneself, fid)waffnen
army , bie2Itmeearound, adv. betum; prep . umarrive, anlommen
B
back, gurucf; in of, hinterbackwards , gut iicf; and for
wards , hin unb bet
art, bieKunftartist, bet Kunftlet ; femalebieli iinftlerin
as , als , fo, mie, baas certain, ausiinbenash amed, befcbtimt; to be fid?fdplimen
as hes , bie2lfcbeasininebehavior , bieGfeleiask, bitten, fragen; to a question, einestageftellen
as leep, fcblafenb; to be fcblafenaspen, bieGspeas s , bet (Efel; she bie(Efelinassis t, helfenat, an, auf, aus , bei, fut , gegen,in, mit, nocb, iibet , um, Don,
not , 311
Atlantic, atlantifcbattack, anfallen, iiberfallenattain , erlangen, erteidpenattend, met len, bbren, adzten,id)auen
attention, biezlufmetffaml’eitattentive(ly ), aufmet tfamaudible, lautAugus t, bet 2luguiiauthority , bieGemalt; by of,
ftaftautumn, bet fietbftavenue, bieIl lleeavoid, entgehen, aus bem IDegegeben
awaken, meden, etmecPenaway , ab, fort, hinweg , megaxe, bie21gt
808 VOCABULARY
buddy).are.fcbledzt.wimm.balebake, badenbaker , bet d etbakery , bieB lidereiball , bet Ballbarber , bet Barbie:
bay , bieBaibe, fein, merben, bleibenbear , bet Batbear , etttagen, ttagen, leibenbeard, bet Buttbeat, fcblagen; bet Sd) lagbeauty , bieScbbnbeitbeautifulfly ), fcbbn; bas Sdzbnebecame, seebecomebecause, meil, aufbafi; of, bat.
ben, halber, um, not , megenbecome, merben, {icb fdzidenbed, bas Bettbee, bieB ienebeen, gemefenbeer , bus B ierbefore, ehe, gegen, gen, norbeg , bittenbegin, anfangen, beg innenbeginning , bet Zinfangbeh ave, ficb bettagenbehavior , bas Betragenbehind, hinter, nocb, sarattbeh old, anfeben, anfcbauen,ttacbten, etblicfen, id)auen,ben
being , bin, mat ; bas wefenbelief, bet (Blaubebelieve, g lauben,vetttauenbelong , angebbten, gehbtenbeloved, geliebt, tenetbelow, unten, untet , unterhalb
bench , bis 8 0 11!bend, neigen, nieberneigenbeneath , unten, unterbenefic sncs , biemobltbdtigfeit,bas wobltbnn
berry , bie8eetebeside, an, bei, nebenbes ides , auger, neben, nebfi, ohne,fonft, aufierbem
bes t, befi ; of all, bas 2l llerbeftebestow, geben, {dpentenbetakeoneself, fid) begebenbetr ay,verratenbetter, befierbetween, swit
'
chenbeyond, auger, ienfeit, iiber, umterbalb
Bible, bieB ibelbid, befehlen, beifien, bittenbier , bieBabrebig , grofibill, ber Scbnabelbind, binbenbird, ber Dogel; of prey , betRaubvogel
bite, beifien; out, ausbeifienbitter, bitterblack, fcbmar3blame, tabelnbless, fegnen, g lucflicb mad)enblind, blinb
blindness , bieBlinbbeitbliss, bieIvonneblond, blonb
blood, bas B lut
bloodthirsty, blutgierig , bluts
biirftigblossom, bliiben; bieB liite; continueto bliibt {0 fort
blow, meben; bet Seblagblue, blau
908 VOCABULARY
ch ange, anbern ; -dvowel, betllblaut ; ofvowels , bie21h:lautung
characteris tic, eigen; bie(Eigensfdzaft
Charles , (bet) Karlcheerfulay), ftoh, heifer, ft ifcb;
mind, frifdpet mut
chest, bieB ruftch ild, bas Kinb
childish matter , bieKinbereich ime, bas (Beléiutechin , bas Kinnch ocolate, bieGhofolabech oice, bieIDablch ristian , bet Ghriftcipher , bieg iffercity , bieS tabtclean, reinclear , flat , hell, reinclifi, bas Riffclimb, Plettetncloak , bet mantelcloister , bas Kloftercloseto, nebencloud, biewolfeclub, bieKeuleclutch , ergreifen, fid) flammerncoal, bieKoblecoast, bieKiiftecoat, bet Roe!cock, bet fiahncoffee, bet liaffeecold, falt
Cologne, (bas) Kolncolor , biesarbecomb, bet Kamm; fammencome, fommen, fid) ftellen ;forth , entfteben ; out, hersausPommen, binaus l’ommen
comet, bet Komet
comfort, trbftencommand, heifien, befehlen; betBefehl
companion, bet (Befabrte, bet Beg leitet , bieBeg leiterin
company , bie(Befellfdyaftcomplain, fid) bePlagencomrade, ber Kamerabconcern, angebenconcerning , conconclusion, bet Sdzlufi, bas (Enbeconduct, fiihrenconfess , geftebenconfide, anvertrauenconsider , halten fiit ; -ing , nod?cons is t, beftebenconsort, bas (Bemahlcontain , enthaltencontent, guft ieben ; -ment, bieg ufriebenheit
continent, bet Kontinentcontinue, fortfubrencontinuation, biegot tfelymgcontrary to, entgegen, wibet , 3amibet
cook, bet Kodz; fochencool, Pilbl, frifdp; -ness , biest ifcbec0pper , bas Kupfercorn, bas Korncount, bet (Braf; -ess , bie(Erdfincount, 3&hlencountry , bas { anb
courage, bet mat
courageousay ), mutigcousin, bet Dettetcover , beden, babed’en,verbed‘en,3ubecPen
cow, bieKuhcoward, bet seiglingcrab, bet Krebscrawl, friedzen, fdyleidqen
VOCABULARY
create, fcbaffencreep, friecben , fdzleicbencress , bieKtefiecriminal, bet Derbtecbetcriticise, tabelncrocodile, bas Ktol’obilcross , basKteu3; 3ichen uber, ubetcrow, bieKt iihecrown, bieKronecruel, g tanfamcry , fdzteien, rufen, meinencuckoo, bet
‘
Kncfncl'
I
cup, bet Beeber, ber Keld?cupbearer , bet Sdzenl'(e)current, bet Erichcut, fcbneiben
D
damage, bet Schabe(n)Damaskus , (bas) Damasfdanger , bie(Befahtdare, biirfen, magen, fid) magendark, banfel, finftetdarkness , bieDnnfelheitdaugh ter , bieEocbterdawn, iagenday , bet (tag ; daily , tfig lidz; a
few -s ago, noreinigen (i agendead, totdear(ly), Iieb, tenetdeath , bas (Enbe, bet GlobDecember , (bet) Degembetdeck, bas Ded"deed, bie(thatdeep(ly), tiefdefend, fdziigen; oneself, fid)fdpiitgen, fid) mehren
deliver, befreiendeliverance, bieRettungdemand,verlangendepart,eiben, iid? wegbegeben
309
depend, fid) uerlafien, bauendependent sentence, ber Hebensfat
depressed, meh(e)depth , bie(Ziefedescend, berabfteigen, hetuntet s
‘
fteigendeserve,verbienen, wett feindesire, begehren, miinfcben,vet slangen
despair ,verj agendespite, trogdestroy , vernichten, 3erbred7endetect, entbecfendetermine, beftimmendevelop into, werbendevour , ftc{fendexterousfly), gefdzidtdiamond, bet Diamantdie, fterben,etblafl
'en; out, aus
fterbendifferent, vetfcbiebendifi cult, fd7mer; -y , bas Sdpmetedig , graben; up, ausgrabendili gent(ly), fleifiigdil igence, bet Sleifidint, bie(Bewalt; by of, net smiige
direct, ridztendisag reeable, unangenehmdisappear , fdnvinben, oetfcbmin:ben
dish , bieSdpiifl'el, bieSpeife
dis like, biellnluft; 3umibet feindismis s , entlafl
'endi splease, mififallendi sregard, nid)t ehren; -cd, nu
geehrtdistance, biegerne, bie(bas)IIDeite
dis tant, fern, meit
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dis tinguished, vornehmdistres s, bieHot; bebt iidendistribute, verteilendistrust, mifstranendivide, teilendo, tbun, mad)en ; to awaywith , abidyafien, befeitigen; togood, woblthun ; not like
it, es nid)t gern {ebendoctor , bet Doltordog , ber finnbdominion, bet Staatdoor , bieEbiit (e)double, boppelt, smeifacb, 3meizfii ltig
dove, bieEanbedown, ab, herab, herunter, binab,nieber, unten; -ward, nad? um
tendrag , fdpleifendraw, siebendream, bet Etoum; trdumendress , bas Kleibdrift, ber Criebdrink, trinfen; bet (Iran!drive, treiben, fahren; away ,
uertreibendrum, bie(I tommeldry , biirt , bntitigdull, ftumpfduring , mlibtenb, bei, butchdust, bet Stanbduty , biepflichtdwell, wohnendwelling , biewohnung
E
each , ieb-et , -e, -esear, bas QDht ; -1ap, bas ®brltipp=
chenearly , frnb; too vor ber éeit
VOCABULARY
earn, ernten, erwerben, oetbienenearnestay), ernftearth, bie(Erbe; earth ly th ings,bieQ3iiteteas-ily , -y , leichteast, bet (t en, bas morgen:lanb
eat, efl'en
ebb, biefibbeeel, bet 2lalefl '
ort, bas mitteneg g , bas Gieight, adzt
eigh teen, acbt3ebneightly , ad) tenseigh ty , admigelbow, bet Glibogenelephant, bet Glefanteleven, elfelm, biell lmeemperor , bet Kaiieremploy , braudzenend, bas a eendeavor , fid) bemuhen ; bie2In=
ftrengungendure, ertragen, leiben , tragenenemy , bet feinb, bieseinbinEnglish , eng lifcbenjoy , geniefien, fid) erfreuen; hewill it, es mirb ibm gut
fdpmed‘enenoug h , genngenrage, wiitenb mad)en ; to become-d, in mm geratenenter , eintreten, einfebren, bet :eini‘ommenentirefly ), gan3entreat, bittenequal, g leich, g leidzfommenequally, g leich
812
fidelity , bie¢tenefield, bas Selb, bieslur; -mar
shal, ber selbmarfcballfierce(1y ), milbfifteen, fiinf3el1nfifthly ,
“
fiiuftens
fill, erfiillen, fiillen, ftopfenfinal(1y), enblicb, 3nlet5t, ama eFinch , bet 5 inl’(e)find, finbenfine, fein, fd)0nfinger , ber singerfinish , beenbenfire, bas gener; fcbiefienfirmly). feltfirst, erft, suerft; at anfangsfish , bet sifcb; fifdpen; -er , -erman, bet sifcbet
fit(ly), gut
fitting , fdpidlicb; be fid) fcbicfenfive, fiinffix, befeftigen, feft mad)en; -cd
star , bet Sigftetnfiame, bieSlamme
fiesh , bas sleifdpfiock, biefierbe; to, 3nlanfenflood, -tide, bie{flatflounder bet Slunberfiow, fliefienfiower , bieB lame; -bed, bas B lumenbeet; -et, bas B liimcben
flutter , mebenfiy , fliegen, eilenfold, -facb, -f£i ltigfoliage, bas Saul)
VOCABULARY
folk-song , bas Dolfs liebfollow, folgenfood, bieSpeifefool, bet Hart , ber (that , betDumme
foolishay), thbt idpt; foolish woman, bieHat tin
foot, bet $116for , benn, aus , bei, fiit , gegen,gen, halben, halber, nadp, feit,um, nor, megen, 311; augh t
I care, meinethalben, meinetzmegen, meinetwillen ; everand ever, fiit unb fiir; hersake, ihretwegen, berentmegen,ihretwillen, betentrvillen, ibretsbalten, berentbalben ; his
sake, feinethalben, feinetmegen,
feinetmillen; it, bafiir; mysake, meinethalben, meinetme:gen, meinetwillen; our sake,nnferthalben, nnfertmegen, an:
fertmillen; thesakeof, fiit ,balten, balber, um, um
millen, megen, 3a ; their sake,ihrethalben, ihretwegen, ibretzmillen, berentbalben, berentme=gen, berentmillen ; your sake,beinet(eutet= , Bhtetzmalben, bei:net(eutet= , J btetshvegen, beinet(eurets , j bret=)millen
force, bieKraft; 3wingenforefather , bet Kimforeign, frembforest, ber sorft, ber walb; -er,bet forftet
forge, bieSd)miebe; fcbmiebenforget, uergeffen ; to beforgotten, aus bem S innefommen
forget-me-not, bas Detg ifimeinnidzt
VOCABULARY
fork, bie(Babelform, bie(formformer , ien-et , -e, -es , pl. -eforsake,vet laffenforth , fort, bet ter, meitetforty , nier3igfortunately , g lncflidzetmeifefortune, bas (Bliicffounder , fdyeitetnfour ,vietfourteen, uier3ebnfourth ,viert(e) ; -ly ,viertensfox, bet stubsfree, adj . frei;v. befreienFrenchman, bet Stansofefrequentfly), hfiufigfresh (ly), frifcb; fi'eshness , biest ifcbe
Friday , bet greitagfr iend, bet ,fteunb; -ly , freunblid) ; -sh ip, biefireunbfdzaft
frigh ten, etfdztecfen; to be-cd,
v. etfcbrecfen; adj . éingftlicb;was -cd, mntbeiingftlid?
frog , bet srofdpfi'
om, aus , but ch, feit, non,vet ;it, bavon; one, bin ; whi ch ,
moraus
fruit, biestudptfulfil , etfiillenful] , coll
fur , bas sellfurther , meiter, fetnetfury , bieIDutfuture, bieéufunft
G
gain, bet (Beminn ; gewinnengall, bie(Ballegarden, bet (Batten; -sr , bet 6 5 11snet
313
garment, bas Kleibgas , bas ®as
gate, bas Ebotgay , beitet , luftig , frohlich ; -lycolored, bunt
general, ber (Benetalgentle, fanftgentleman, bet fiet t ; -men, bie
fiet ten, meineberrengently , leife, milb, fanftGerman, beutfdz; bet Deutfcbe;
language, bas Dentfcbeget,erhalten,erlangen,erwerben,verbienen, nehmen, baben,mer:ben, geraten; to rid, fid)ent:lebigen
g ift, bie(Babeg irl, bas miibcbeng ive, geben, hergeben, hingeben,reicben; to again, wiebergeben, gut iicfgeben ; to away ,weggeben ; to back, beraus :geben, surnd‘
geben ; to out,ausgeben ; to pleasure, etzfreuen
g lad,vetgnugt, frob , beiter, ftoblicb; -den, erfreuen; -ly , gern
g lance, bet B licfg lass , bas (Blas
g leam, fttahlen, fcbeinen, lencbteng listen, gdingeng lorious (ly), bet t lid)g low, bie(Blutgo, geben, fid) begeben; to on,
meitet geben; to out, hinaus =
geben, binausfommen ; to out
walking , ausgeben; to go to
bed, ficb Iegen, 311 Bett geben;to upon, antreten
goad, bet S tachelGod, (bet) (Bett
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godh ther, bet (Bevattergold, bas Golb; -en, golbengone, fortgood, gut, freunblidp, tiidptig ;fortune, bas (Bliid ; sense,bet Derftanb; -ness , biefiiite
goods , biewaregoose, bie(Bansgovernment, bieRegierunggovernor, bet (Bouoerneurgrace, biezlnmutgradually , naeb unb naebgrand, g tofi, bocb; -father , betG tofioatet ; -mother , bie(Brofiz
mutter; -parents , bieGrofielterngrasp, greifengrass , bas (Bras
gratefulay), banfbatgratitude, bet Dan!grave, bas Grab, bie(Bruftgreat, grofi, bet iibmt ; -ly , fehr,viel; deal. viel; -ness , biegreediness , bet Geig [fitdfiegreedy , g ieriggreen, griingreet, griifien, begtiifien; -ing ,
bieBeg t iifiungg rief, bas webgrieve, betriiben, meb(e)tbunground, bie(Erbe, bet Grunb, berBoben
grow, wacbfen,werben ; to dark,bunfeln; to old, altwerben;to pale, erblaffen
grown. groliguard, hiiten; to against. fid)erwehren
guess , erratenguest, bet (Baitguilty . fdzulbiggun, bieSlinte
hail , bet 5 agel; s torm, bet 6a:
gelftutmhair, bas Emathalf, balbhall, biefiallehammer , bet bummerhand, biefianb, bet geigethang to, anhangenhappen, oorl'ommenhappiness , bas (Bliid'
h appy . g liid‘lidz, gut. frolz
harbor , ber fiafenhard, butt, fcbmethardly , faum
hare, bet 5 afeharm, ber Schaben; fcbdb=
[icbharp, biefiarfeharshness , biefidrteh asten, eilen; -up, herbeiei lenh at, bet fputh ate, haffenhatred, bet fiafihaugh tiness , ber Bocbmuth ave, baben, befitjen ; to to,
miiffen ; to pity , ficberbat smen; to recovered, gefunbwerben; to value, gelten
he, er, bet , berienige; wh o, methead, ber Ko p bas 5 auptheal, beilenhealth , bieGefunbbeithealthy , gefunbhear, bbten, 3ub6ren,vernehmen,erfahren
heart, bas fiet3, bieB tuft; -beat,bet fiergfcblag ; -ily , berglid?
heat, bieEyigeheath , bieEyeibe
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fur ; front of, nor ; good interrupt, unterbred)enhealth , geiunb; it, bat in,
barinnen; Opposition to,
wibet ; order , um; orderth at, bamit; order to, um3u; placeof, anftatt, fiatt;presenceof, gcgcniiber;
pur suanceof, gufolge; relation to, gegeniibet ; returnfor , fiit , gegen, gen; sh ort,
fur3; spiteof, trog, unge=achtet; the, im, ins ; thecourseof, binnen, miihrenb;theJdirec iu
'
on of, gegen, gen ;therear of, hinter; two,
ent3mei; vain, umfonft,vet .geblich; virtueof, laut, net smbge, 3ufolge
indebted, fd7ulbig ; to be for ,
verbanl’enindeed, ia, etma, mohlindependentdy ), freiinfl uence, biemachtingratitude, bet unbanfinherit, (er)erbeninheritance, bas Grbeinjure, fchaben, ftchvergeheninquire, fragen, erfrageninscr iption , bie3nfchrift, bieZluf.insect, bas J nfeft [fchriftinseparable, un5ettrennlichinstead, anftatt; of, anftatt,ftatt, fur
instruct, unterrichteninstruction, bet ll ntet richt, bieBelehrung
instrument, bas 3nftrumentintelligence, bie(Einfidjt, bet Der:
fianbintend, molleninterest, bieEeilnahme
into, in, hinein, cinz ; the, insintrust, anvertraueninvert, umfehren ; -ed order , umgefehrtewortfolge
iron , bas Gifenis , ift, mirb; (to be) about to,wollen; (to be) sai d to, fol:len; (to be) to, fallen
it, es , basienige; is true, youits , fein,
-e, ihr, -e, beffenitself, fich, felbft, es felbft
J
J anuary , bet 3anuatjewelry , bas (Sefchmeibej oin, gefellenj olly , frbhlich, luftigj ourney , bieReifej ourneyman, bet Gefellej oy , biesreube, bieSuftj udge, bet Richter; urteilenj udgment, bet DerftanbJ uly , bet 3ulij ump, fpringenJ une, bet 3unij ust, eben, einmalj us t-ice, -ness , bie(Eerecbtigfeit
K
keel, bet Kielkeep, haltenkettle, bet Keffelkill, tbten,kind, gut, freunblicb; -ness , bie(Biite
king , bet Kbnigkiss , bet Kufi; fuffenkitchen, bieKiicheknee, bas Knieknife, bas meffet
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knigh t, bet B itter; -hood, B ittersfcizaft
know, fennen, fiinnen, wiffenknowing , Plugknown, funb
knowledge, bus wifien, bieIDif=fenidvaft
knuckle, bet Knocbel
laborer , bet zlrbeiterlake, bet Seelamb, bus i amm
lament, bieKlugelamp, bie{ umpeland, bus { anb
language, bieSprachelantern , biei utetnelap, bet S cbofilar ge, g rofi, bicf, fturl
'
lark, bie£erd7elast, legtet , -e, -es ; at enblich
latter , bief(er, -e,-es) ; legtet (et ,
-e, -es)laugh , ludzen ; to at,verlachenlaurel, bet f orbeetlaw, bas
lay , Iegen; down, hinlegenlazy , fuullead, fiihten ; away , fortfuhrenleaf, bus B lattleak , bus ietf; -y , letflearn, lernen,erfahten ; -edman,
bet (Belehtteleather , bas £eberleave, laffen,verluffen, fich ent=fernen ; to a th ing at rest,belaffen ; to to someoneelse, iibet luffen
left, lini’; on the linfs
leg , bus Beinleg islator , bet (Befeggeberlend, leihenlength , bieElinge; at um(Enbe
leopard, bet Seapurbless , fleinet , wenigerlessen, linbernlesson, bie21rbeit, bie2lufgabe,bie£ehre, biefeftion
let, laffen, erlaubenletter , ber B rief, bet Buchftubeliar , bet i ugnerlie, biei iige; liigenlie, liegen, rubenlieutenant, bet Eeutnuntlife, bus {ebenligh t, bus Sicht, bet S chein; adj .leicht
ligh ten, blitjenligh tning , bet B lit;like, g leich, wie, mbgen, gefallen,gern baben, getn fehen; to,
mbgenlily , bief ilielimb, bus (Blieblinden, biei inbelion, bet Somelip, bieSippelisten , ho
'
ten, horchen, 3uhorenlittle, flein, wenig , fut3; bird,bus Do
'
g lein; eye, bus 2lug =lein; foot, bus ,fiifschen ;h ouse, bas [j auschen
live, leben, wohnenliving , lebenbigload, lubenlong , lung ; -er , Ianger, mehr;to verlangen ; to for wa
ter , biirften
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look, fcbuuen, blid'en, fehen, feheisnen, uusfehen ; to at, an:
fchuuen, unfehenLoreley , bieforeleilose, cerlierenloss , bet Derluflloud(ly), luut; loud lamentations, ucb unb meh
love, bieSiebe; lieben, lieb hasben, (einem) gut fein
lovely , lieblichlovingly , inniglow, leije; at the-er end of,
unterhulbluck, bus (Blucf
lucky , g liicflich; to be (Blur!
habenlung , bieSungelute, bie£autelyre, bieivru
magnificentay), munbetfchonmaiden, biemaib, biej ungfraumaid-servant, biemugb
maj or , bet majormake, mad)en ' do, laffen; to
useof with another ,mitbenut3en
man , ber mann, bet menfch;-kind, biemenfchheit
manifold, mehrfach, mehrfu’
ltigmantle, bet mantelmany,viele, mehrere; a (one),munch-er, -e, -es ; a time,manchmalMarch , bet mdr3
mark, fi ch merfenmarket, bet murft
married couple, bie(Batten
marry , heiratenmast, bet maftmas ter , bet meifier, bet fierrmastery , bieBehetrfchungmatter, bieSuche; as a of fact,néimlicbMay , bet mai
may , biirfen, fc'
innen, mbgenme, michmeadow, biemiefe, bieZluemeal, bus (Effenmean, meinen, bebeutenmeans, bus mittel; by of, mit,butch, mittels ,vermittels
meas ure, bas mafi, meffenmeat, bus sleifdpmelody , biemelobie, biemelobeimention, nennenmercantileclass , bieKaufmannid)aft
merchant, bet Kaufmannmerry , luftig , friihlichmessenger, bet Botemetal, bus metullmidday, bet mittagmiddle, biemittemidst, mittenmigh t, biemachtmild(ly), milbmile, biemeilemilk, biemild?mill, biemiihlemillion, biemillionmind, bet (Beift, bus (Bemut, betmut, bet S inn
mine, mein, -er, -e, -s ; bet (bie,bus) meinige(meine)
mineral, bus mineralminute, bieminutemiracle, bus wunbetmirror , bet Spiegel
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n-er, -e, niemanb; more,genug
nobody , niemanbnoble, fchbn, ebel; -minded, ebelnoise, bet { firmnoisy , to be ldrmennone, fein, -er, -e, -esnor , nod) , uuch nichtnormal order , gerabewortfolgenorth , ber Horbennose, bieZlufenot, nicht beautiful, unfchiin ;not but, nid) t fonbern ;far from, unweit; far off,
unweit; fine, unfchon; onlybut, nicht nut fonbern
notwith standing , ungeachtet, trot;noth ing , nid)ts
November , bet Novembernow, nun, ietj tnumber , bieé uhlnun, biellonne
0
oath , ber S chwurobey , gehorchen, folgenoblige, 3mingen ; to be-d, muffenobtain, erwerbenocean , bet O) scan, bus meetoccupy , befttjen ; to oneself,to beoccupied, fid) befchéiftigen
October , ber (t obetof, non, aus , an, uuf, butch, fut ,um, unter, in, 3u, iiber; both
kinds, beiberlei ; difl‘erent
kinds ,vetfchiebenet lei; him,
feiner; it, bavon, busfelbe,beffen; many kinds , vieler:lei; me, meiner; onekind,einerlei; several kinds , mun:
chet lei; the, bes ,vom; thee,
beiner; them, ihrer;ous kinds , allerlei ;3hret
of , ab, megofice, bas zimtoficer, bet Q) ff131etoften, oft, manchmaloh ! 0 !
0.
oil, bus (DI
old, ult
omniscient, ullmiffenbon, an, auf, bei, aus , con, su,unter, hinan, ob; account
of, aus , hulben, halber, megen,
um millen; her (their )account, berenthalben, berent:megen, berentmillen ; hi gh ,
oben, but iiber; h or seback,reiten; it, butuuf; that
ac count, beffenthulben, beffent:millen ; the, am, ans ; thefurther (other ) side, ienfeit;theinside, innerhalb; the
strength of, ftaft; th is sideof, biesfeit ; wh at, worauf;wh oseaccoun t, berenthulben,berentmegen, berentmillen
once, einmalone, ein, eine, ein, eins , mun;
another , einanber; day,
einftonly , erft, nutOpen, adj . offen, frei;v. offnenopposed to, entgegen, gegen, genoppos ite, gegeniiberor, obetorange, bie(Drungeorder , bie(Dtbnung ; beftellenorient, bus morgenlunborig inate, entftehenorph an, uermuifen
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other , unbet , -et , -e, -es ; otherwise, anbers
ough t, foll, follte, mug, mufiteour , unfer, unfere, unfer; own ,
bet (bie, bus) unfere(unferige) ;-selves, (mit) felbft, uns , uns
felbft; -s , unfere, bet (bie, bus)unfere(unferige)
out, uus , hinuus , heraus ; of,
aus , uufier, hinaus , herausoutside, uufierhulb; of, angeroven, ber (Ufenover , iiber, ob; it, buruberoverbearing , to be fi ch iibet =heben
overcome, uberminbenovertake, erjagenoverturn, umwerfenowl, bie(Euleowing to, but chown, eigen,
-er, -e, -es ; pl . eigeneox, bet (Debs
P
pain, bet S chmer3painfulay ), {dimerafidrpaint, mulenpainter , bet muletpainting , biemalereipalace, bet paluftpale, blufi, bleichpan, biepfannepaper , bus papierpardon, bieDet3eihungparental love, bie(Elternliebeparents , bieGltetnpark, ber put l‘
part, bet (Zeil, bus S inef; teilen,fcheiben
party , bie(Befellfchuft, biepatteipash a, ber pufchu
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pass ,vergehen, norubergehen;away, vergehen ; by , vetgehen, ooriibetgehen
past, bieDergangenheit ; adv.uoruber
pasture, meibenpatient, bet Krunfepay , 3ahlen; attention, achtenpeace, bet st iebepeaceable, uertriig lichpeacock, ber pfuupeasant, bet Bauer; -
’
s wife, bieBu
'
uet inpelt, bas 5 c“people, bieIllenfchen, bieSeute,bus Doll’, bieDbll’et fdpaft
pepper , bet pfefferperh aps ,vielleichtpermit, erlauben ; to be-ted,biirfen
persecute,verfolgenph ysician, bet e3t, bet Dol’torpiano, bus pia(ni)no
picture, bas B ilbpiece, bus S tiicfpity , bas mitleib; bebauernplace, bet plug, bieS telle, betQDrt; fetjen, ftellen ; themost
conspicuous bet befteplat;planet, bet planetplant, biepflun3e; pflun3enplate, bet Gellerplay , fpielenpleasan t, heiterplease, gefallen, erfreuen, bitte;to be-d with , gefallen
pleas ure, bieSuft, bus Detgnugenpluck, brechen, pfl iicfenplum, biepflaumepocket, bieGafchepoem, bas (Eebicht
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poet, bet Did)terpoint, geigenpoodle, bet pubelpoor, adj . arm, fchlecht, fchmuch ;bet urine; man , ber Krme
possess , befigenposses sion, bet Befigpossibility , biembg lichfeitpossible, miig lichpoverty, bieKrmutpower , bieKraft, biemacht
powerful, fturf, gewaltig
éeitmortprefix, bieDotfi lbeprepare, gubereiten, uorbereiten
presence, bieKnmefenheit, bieGegenmatt
present (tense), bieGegenwart
preserve, erhaltenpretty , hubfchprevail,vorhet tfchen, herrfchenpriest, bet prieftetprimer , bus Kbcbucbprince, bet prin3, ber surftprincess , bieprin3effin,
biegut sfrin
principal part, bet Ejauptteil
prior , bet uhtprobably , muhtfcheinlichproceed, meitergehenproduce, er3eugenprofit, bet Gewinnpromise, bus Detfptechen ; net sfptecben
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proper , techtproperty , bus Gut
proposition, bet Dorfdylugprotect, fdziigen
proverb, bus Sprichwortprovoke, er3iirnenpull, siebenpunish , beftrufenpunishment, bieStrafepupil, bet S chiilet , bieSdziilet inpure, rempurity , bieReinheitpush , fcbieben; to back, guriids
fdyiebenput, legen, fegen, fiellen; to on,
an3ichen; to to fl igh t, iagen
Q
qualifying word, bus Beftimmungsmort
quality , bieGigenfchuftquarrel, bet S treitquarter , bus Diertelqueen, bieK
'
o'
nig in
question, biestagequickfly), {dwellquicksilver , bus Quecffilberquiet, beruhigenquietfly ), flill, W higquietness , bieS tillequit, net luffen
B
race, buhiniugen, rennenradical word, bus Grunbmort
rage, bieIDutrain, bet Regen; -bow, bet Regenbogen; -storm, bet Regenftutm
raise, hebenranger
’
s house, bie3&gerei
324 VOCABULARY
sardine, bieSurbinesati sfied, 3ufrieben; —with food,fatt
Saturday , bet Samstag , bet Sonn:
ubenbsausage, biemurftsave, retten, fpuren; prep. ohnesay, iagensaying , bet Spruchsch olar , bet Gelehrteschool, bieS chulescold, fabelten, fchimpfenscream. fd neiensea, bieSee, bas ni cer, bet (D3eunseaman , bet S chiffersearch , fuchousecond, 3meitsee, fehen, fchuuen,erblid’en; -n,
gefehenseed, bet Sameseek, fuchenseem, fcheinenseize, ergreifen, greifenseldom, feltenself, felbft, felber ; -restraint,bieSelbftbehetrfdjung
sell,verfaufensend, fenben, fchicfen ; to kind
regards to, g t iifsen laffen ;out perfume, buften
sense, bet Derftunbsens itive, empfinbfamsentence, bet Sutj ;verurteilensentiment, bet Griebsentimental, empfinbfum ; -ity ,
bieGmpfinbfumfeitSeptember , bet Septemberserious (ly), etnftservant , ber ‘
Diener, bet Knechtserve, bebienen, bienenservice, bieBebienung , bet Dienft
-wol.f, bie
set, fegen, ftellenseven, fiebenseventeen, fieb3chnseventh , fiebent; ly , fiebentesseventy, fieb3igseveral, einige, mehreresevere, fttengshade, shadow, ber S chattensh ake, fchiitteln, beben ; sh akinghands , bet fianbfchlug
sh all, werben, follenshare, bus Eeil; to in theuse,mitbenugen
sh arp, ideatfshatter , 3erbrechenshave, barbierenshe, fie, bieienige;Ivblfin
shed, ausfallensheep, bus S chaf; w farm, bieS chiifetei
shepherd, bet S chafer, ber Ej irtshine, g léin3en, g liihen, leuchten,foheinen; bet S chein
sh ip, bas S chiffsh irt, bus Epembshoe, bet S chuhshoemaker , bet Sdpuhmuchersh oot, fchiefsenshort, furgsh orten, perfut3ensh oulder , bieS chultetsh out, rufensh ovel, bieS chaufelsh ow, 5eigenshrewdness , bieKlugheitsh rubbery , bus Geftt c
'
iuchsick, adj . frunf; bet (bie) Kraufe;
man , bet Ktunfe; -ness , bieKranl’heit
sickle, bieS ichel
VOCABULARY
side, bieSeite; at his nebenfich; by the of, neben
sieve, bus S iebsigh , feuf3ensig h t, bet 2lnblicf ; theveryfobou bet zlnblicf
sign, bus S chilbs ilence, bas S chweigensilent, ftill, ftumm ; to befchmeigen ; -ly , im ftillen
s ilver , bus S ilbetsimple, einfach, einfii ltigs in, bieS ilnbesince, feit; then, feitbems incerefl y), het3lichsing , fingen ; (of birds) fchlugens inger , bet S tingers ing ing , bus S ingensink, finfensir , mein Bet tsister , bieS chmeftersit, fit3en; to at thetable, beiQZifcheftgen ; to down , fid)fegen
six, lecfzssixteen, fech3ehns ixth , fecbi
’
t;-ly , ledvftens
sixty , fedrsiaskill, bieKunftskin, biefpuutskull , ber5 chiibel,berQZotenfcbabelslanderer , bet Det leumbersleep, fchlufen ; bet S chlafslink, fchleichensmall, fleinsmell sweet, buftensmile, liichelnsmith , bet S chmiebsnatch away , entteifiensnow,
bet S chnee; -storm, betS chneeftutm
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so, fo, alfo;—th at, bamit; - then,ulfo, barum, buhet
social gathering , bieGefellsideaft
sock, bieSadesofa, bas Sofasoftay), leife, fein, fachtsoil, bet Bobensoldier , bet Solbatsome, einige, manche, etmus ;day , einft ; -th ing , etwas ;-times , manchmal
son, bet Sohnsong , bus i ieb, bet Gefangsoon, bulb
soothe, linbernsorrow, bas ieibsoul, bieSeele, bus Gemutsound, gefunb, ftat fsound, flingen; bet Klungsoup, bieSuppesour , fauetsouth , bet Subenspade, bet Sputenspar k, bet j
‘
unte(n)sparkle, funfeln, bligenspar row, bet Spat;speak, reben, fptechenspectacles , bieB rillespirit, bet Geiftsplendid, het t lichspoon, bet fibffelspring , bet stfihlingspring forth , bringensprout, fpt iefienstand, ftehen ; to by , 3ur Seiteftehen
star , bet Sternstarling , bet Statstate, bet S tuutstaunch , feft
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steal, ftehlen; to into, hinein:
fcbleichensteed, bus Rafistep, treten bet Eritt, bet Schritt;to up, hintreten
stop, aufb'
oten, hultenstark, bet S tarchstorm, bet S turmstory , bieGr3£ihlungstove, ber ® fenstrand, ftrunbenstranger , bet (bie) stembeStrassburg , (bus) S trufiburgstray , fchmeifenstream, bet S ttamstreet, bieS ttufsestrength , bieStii t i’e, bieKraftstreng then, ftdrfenstretch, ftred’enstring , bieSuitestrive, ftrebenstroll along , fut fi ch hingehenstrong (ly ), ftut i
‘, ftéiftig ; strong
conjugation, ublautenbeDetbenstudent, bet S tubentstudy , ftubietensubject, bet llntetthunsubmit, aatttugensubstitute, bet Grfugsucceed, gelingensuch , folch, fa; a, falchet , falche,faithes ; falche
suck, fangensudden (ly), plbglichsue, aerflugensufi
‘er , erbulben, leibensufficient, genugsugar , bet é uder
VOCABULARY
summer , bet Sommersummit, bet G ipfelsums of money , bieGelber (pl.)sun, bieSonneSunday , bet Sonntagsunshine, bet Sannenfcheinsupport, erndhren, 3ur Seitefichen
sure, ficber; -ly , ia, gemifisurround, umgeben ; to with
a gleam, umflimmetnsurrounding s, biellmgebungswallow,vetfchlingenswallow, bieSchwalbeswan, bet S chwansweet, fiifi, halbswell, bus mullenswim, fchmimmenswimmer , bet S chmimmerSwitzerland, bieSdzmei3sympathetical ly , mitleibig
T
table, bet Eifchtake, nehmen; to h old of, fufg
fen ; to ofl'
, uus3iehen ; topity upon, fi cherbarmen
tale, bieGt38hlung
; to be 3u p it
tar ry , meilentaste, fchmecfen; tofchmed’en
tea, bet (theeteach , lehtenteacher , bet febret , bieSehtet intear , bieEhtdnetear , teifien; to in pieces , 3er
good, gut
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till, bis , an
time, bie55 t h ; at thesamebubei, 3ug leid;
times , multimid, c
’
ingftlichfimidity , bieKngftlichfeittired, mubeto, 3u, an, uuf, bei, gegen, gen, in,mit, nudy, niichft, herun, her5u,hinsu; him, ihm; me, mir;-morrow, morgen; the, sum,
3ar; thee, bir; this , ba3u;
us , uns ; wh om, benen,mem; you, J hnen
to-day , heutetogether , 3ufummen; with , mit,
fa int
tolerate, leibentong ue, bieé ungetoo, uuch, 3u ; early , var bet(Sail
tooth , bet é uhntop, bieSpigatouch , ergreifen ; bieBetuhtungtowards , entgegen, gegen, gen,nach, an; one, her
tower , bet Curmtrade, hunbeln; bet fianbel, busEjanbmerf
translate, iiberfegentranspose, aerfet3en ; -d order ,aetfetj tewortfolge
travel , reifentraveler , bet munberettree, bet Baum; -t0p, bet IDipfeltremble, 3ittetn, er3ittetntr ouble, bieSargetrue, mahttruly , ia, mirflicbtruth , biewahrheittrumpet, bieErompete
trust, trauen,Dertrauen
try , aerfudpenTuesday , bet DienstagTurk, bet GZiirfeTurkey , bieEiiri'eiturn, fid) menben; to away ,
fi ch abfehten ; to bac k, 3ut iicf=
fchlagen ; to into, einbiegen;to theleaves of a book,
bla’
tterntwelve, 3m6lftwenty , 3mun3igtwig , bet émeig
vertrauen bus
twiligh t, bus émielicht, betubenbfchein
two, 3mei; of kinds , 3meiet lei
Uug liness , bus Ej iifilicheug ly . hfiblid?unable, unféihig ; to be nichtfbnnen
uncle, bet (a elunder , unter, unterhalbunderneath , unterunderstand, aetftehenundertake, beginnenunfortunate, bet (bie) llng lucf=liche, pl . biellng liicflichen
unh appy , ung liicflichunheard, ungehbttunite, aereinigen,vereinenuniversity , biellniverfitiitunnatural , unnatiirlichunnoticed, ungefehenunpunished, ungeftruftunread, ungelefenunspeakably , unftig lid?until, bis
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untrue, unmuhtuntruth , biellnmuhtheitunwritten, ungefchriebenup, uuf, empat , herauf, hinan,hinauf
upon, uuf, uber, aus , an ; it,
buruufupper , abet ; at the part, aber=
halbupward, herauf, hinauf, nachobenus , uns
use, benugen, gebrauchen, nugen;bieBenugung
useful, niiglicb; to ba - to, niit3enuseless , unbrauchbar
V
value, fchdgenveil, bet S chleiervery , fehrvicinity , bieRuhe, biellmgebungvig ilant, wacfrfamvigorous , frifch, ftutfvillage, bus Datfviolence, biefieftig l'eitviolent, heftigviolet, bus Deilchenvirtue, bien enb; by of, ftuftvitality, bieiebensftuftvocation, bet Berufvoice, bieStimmevulcano, bet Dulfun
W
wages, bet Sohnwagon, bet IDugenwait, martenwalk, munbeln, gehen ; to about,
herumgehenwall, biemunb, biemauetwander, munbetn
wanderer , bet wunberetwant, mallenwar , bet Kriegwarm, mutm
warmth , biewdrmewas , mutbe, matwatch, biellhtwatch , beobachten, udzten, hutenwatchful , muchfumwater , bus waffetwaterfall, bet IDaffetfallwave, biewelle, biewagewaving , bus wehenway , bet meg , bieIDeifewe, mitweak, fdzwad?wealth , bet Reichtumweapon, bieIDuffeweather , bus wetterWednesday , bet mittwochweek, biewacheweep, meinenwelcome, millfammenwelfare, bus IDahlwell, mahl, gut; known, befannt
west, bet IDeftenwhale, bet walfifchwh at, rel . pron . , mus ; melch-ar,
-e, -es , pl . -e; bet , bie, bas , pl .bie; inter . pron .
, was ? wie?mieaiel? kind of, mas fiit ;time, miefpéit; -ever, alles
mas
wheat, bet mei3enwhen, als , menn, mannwhence, mahetwhenever , mawhen it is a question, mennesgilt
where, ma, mahin
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whether , obwhich , rel . pron . melch-et , -e, -es ,pl.
-e; bet , bie, bus , pl . bie;mus ; inter . pron . melcb-et , -e,-es , pl . -e; meld;
while, mdhrenb, bermeilwhisper , fliiftetnwhite, meifiwhither , mahinwho, rel . pron . mer, meldpet , -e,
-es , pl . -e; bet , bie, bas , pl. bie;inter . pron . mer? -m, men, mel:ch-en, -e, -es , ben, bie, bus ; to-m, melcb-em,
-et , bem, bet ,pl . melchen, benen; mem; of -m,
meffen ; whose, beffen, beren,beffen, pl . beren ; -ever, met ,bet , ieber
why , murumwicked, bbs , fchlecht, urgwide, meit, breitwife, bus weib, biegranwild, milb
will, mallen, werben; bet IvilleWilliam, (bet) IDilhelmwin, gewinnen, erwerbenwind, bet IDinbwine, bet meinwing , bet Sliigelwinter . bet w interwise, meifa, flug ;weife
wisdom, bieweisheitwish , miinfchen, mallen ; betIDunfch; to for , fi chmiinfchen
with , mit, bei, um, an,var, nebft,
—man , bet
neben, fumt, geméifi; evil intend, bbs lich ; pleasure,gern(e) ; regard to, megen;it, babei
with draw, fich ent3iehen
ye, ihryear , bus Suhtyearly, itihrlichyellow, gelbyes , ia, mahlyesterday , gefternyet, bode, iebodv, felbft, fogatyield, meidyenyon, ien(er, -e, -es) ; -der, ien(et ,-e, -es), bort
wither , aetmelfen; -ing , bus welsfen
with in, binnen, innerhalb, inwithout, aufier, uufiethulb, fanber,ohne
withs tand, miberftehenwitness , bet éeugewoe, meh; bus IDehwolf, bet wolf, (in fable) bet3feg t im
woman , bus weib, bieStunwonderful, munbetburwondrously, munbetfumwood, bus 15013wool, biemolleword, bus watt
work, arbeiten, mit ten, bienen,fchaffen; biet beit; -woman,bieKrbeiterin
world, biemeltworn out, uusgebifl
'enworth, mettwound, aetmunben; to severely , fchlimm aetmunben
wrap, mittelnwrite, fcbteibenwrong , fulfch, unrecht ; bus llns
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