Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — Page 1
You don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain't no matter.
Ihr wisst nichts von mir, wenn ihr nicht ein Buch mit dem Namen Die Abenteuer des Tom Sawyer gelesen habt; aber das macht nichts.
That book was made by Mr. Mark Twain, and he told the truth, mainly.
Dieses Buch wurde von Herrn Mark Twain geschrieben, und er hat hauptsächlich die Wahrheit gesagt.
There was things which he stretched, but mainly he told the truth.
Es gab Dinge, die er übertrieben hat, aber hauptsächlich hat er die Wahrheit gesagt.
That is nothing.
Das ist nichts.
I never seen anybody but lied one time or another, without it was Aunt Polly, or the widow, or maybe Mary.
Ich habe nie jemanden gesehen, der nicht irgendwann gelogen hätte, außer vielleicht Tante Polly, oder die Witwe, oder vielleicht Mary.
Aunt Polly—Tom's Aunt Polly, she is—and Mary, and the Widow Douglas is all told about in that book, which is mostly a true book, with some stretchers, as I said before.
Tante Polly – Toms Tante Polly, die ist es – und Mary, und die Witwe Douglas, von allen wird in jenem Buch erzählt, das größtenteils ein wahres Buch ist, mit einigen Übertreibungen, wie ich vorher gesagt habe.
Now the way that the book winds up is this: Tom and me found the money that the robbers hid in the cave, and it made us rich.
Nun, so endet das Buch: Tom und ich fanden das Geld, das die Räuber in der Höhle versteckt hatten, und es machte uns reich.
We got six thousand dollars apiece—all gold.
Wir bekamen je sechstausend Dollar – alles Gold.
It was an awful sight of money when it was piled up.
Es war eine gewaltige Menge Geld, als es aufgestapelt war.
Well, Judge Thatcher he took it and put it out at interest, and it fetched us a dollar a day apiece all the year round—more than a body could tell what to do with.
Nun, Richter Thatcher nahm es und legte es auf Zinsen an, und es brachte uns das ganze Jahr über je einen Dollar am Tag – mehr als man wusste, was man damit anfangen sollte.
The Widow Douglas she took me for her son, and allowed she would sivilize me; but it was rough living in the house all the time, considering how dismal regular and decent the widow was in all her ways; and so when I couldn't stand it no longer I lit out.
Die Witwe Douglas nahm mich als ihren Sohn auf und meinte, sie würde mich zivilisieren; aber es war schwer, die ganze Zeit im Haus zu leben, wenn man bedenkt, wie trostlos ordentlich und anständig die Witwe in allem war; und so machte ich mich davon, als ich es nicht länger aushalten konnte.
Vocabulary
- Ihr
- You (plural formal or informal address)
- wisst
- You (plural) know something
- nichts
- Nothing, not anything at all
- von
- From, of, about something or someone
- mir
- Me, to me (dative of ich)
- wenn
- If, when introducing a conditional clause
- ihr
- You (plural informal) or her possessive
- nicht
- Not, negation particle in German
- ein
- A, an (indefinite article)
- Buch
- A book, written or printed publication
- mit
- With, together with someone or something
- dem
- The (dative masculine/neuter definite article)
- Namen
- Name, title given to a person or thing
- Die
- The (feminine or plural definite article)
- Abenteuer
- Adventures, exciting or daring experiences
- des
- Of the (genitive masculine/neuter article)
- gelesen
- Read (past participle of lesen)
- habt
- Have (second person plural of haben)
- aber
- But, however, expressing contrast or exception
- das
- That, this (neuter article or pronoun)
- macht
- Makes, does (third person singular machen)
- Dieses
- This (neuter demonstrative pronoun or article)
- wurde
- Was (passive auxiliary or simple past werden)
- Herrn
- Mister, Mr. (accusative/dative of Herr)
- geschrieben
- Written (past participle of schreiben)
- und
- And, connecting words or clauses together
- er
- He (third person singular masculine pronoun)
- hat
- Has (third person singular of haben)
- hauptsächlich
- Mainly, primarily, for the most part
- die
- The (feminine or plural definite article)
- Wahrheit
- Truth, that which is factually accurate
- gesagt
- Said (past participle of sagen)
- Es
- It (neuter third person singular pronoun)
- gab
- Gave, there was (simple past of geben)
- Dinge
- Things, objects or matters in general
- übertrieben
- Exaggerated, overstated beyond actual reality
- Das
- That, this (neuter demonstrative article)
- ist
- Is (third person singular of sein)
- Ich
- I (first person singular subject pronoun)
- habe
- Have (first person singular of haben)
- nie
- Never, not at any time
- jemanden
- Someone, anybody (accusative of jemand)
- gesehen
- Seen (past participle of sehen)
- der
- The (masculine definite article or relative pronoun)
- irgendwann
- At some point, sometime in the past or future
- gelogen
- Lied (past participle of lügen)
- hätte
- Would have (subjunctive II of haben)
- außer
- Except, apart from, besides something
- vielleicht
- Perhaps, maybe, possibly true or happening
- Tante
- Aunt, a parent's sister or female relative
- oder
- Or, connecting alternative choices or options
- Witwe
- Widow, a woman whose husband has died
- es
- It (neuter third person singular pronoun)
- allen
- All, everyone (dative plural of alle)
- wird
- Will be, becomes (third person singular werden)
- in
- In, inside, within a place or time
- jenem
- That (dative masculine/neuter demonstrative pronoun)
- erzählt
- Told, narrated (past participle of erzählen)
- größtenteils
- For the most part, largely, mostly true
- wahres
- True things, genuine facts (adjective form)
- einigen
- Some, a few (dative plural of einige)
- Übertreibungen
- Exaggerations, overstatements beyond actual facts
- wie
- How, like, as, in what manner
- ich
- I (first person singular subject pronoun)
- vorher
- Before, previously, earlier in time
- Nun
- Now, well then, at this point
- so
- So, thus, in this way or manner
- endet
- Ends, concludes (third person singular of enden)
- fanden
- Found (simple past plural of finden)
- Geld
- Money, currency used for transactions
- Räuber
- Robbers, thieves, bandits who steal criminally
- Höhle
- Cave, a hollow space in rock or earth
- versteckt
- Hidden, concealed (past participle of verstecken)
- hatten
- Had (simple past plural of haben)
- machte
- Made, did (simple past of machen)
- uns
- Us, ourselves (first person plural pronoun)
- reich
- Rich, wealthy, having great financial resources
- Wir
- We (first person plural subject pronoun)
- bekamen
- Received, got (simple past of bekommen)
- je
- Each, ever, at any time
- sechstausend
- Six thousand (the number 6,000)
- Dollar
- Dollar, unit of American currency
- alles
- Everything, all of it entirely
- Gold
- Gold, precious yellow metallic element
- war
- Was (simple past of sein)
- eine
- A, one (feminine indefinite article)
- gewaltige
- Enormous, tremendous, very large in size
- Menge
- Amount, quantity, large number of something
- als
- When, as, than (conjunction or comparison word)
- aufgestapelt
- Piled up, stacked (past participle of aufstapeln)
- Richter
- Judge, official who presides over legal court
- nahm
- Took (simple past of nehmen)
- legte
- Laid, placed (simple past of legen)
- auf
- On, onto, upon a surface or place
- Zinsen
- Interest, money earned on invested funds
- an
- At, on, to (preposition indicating position)
- brachte
- Brought (simple past of bringen)
- ganze
- Whole, entire, complete without exception
- Jahr
- Year, period of twelve calendar months
- über
- Over, above, about, across something
- einen
- A, one (masculine accusative indefinite article)
- am
- At the, on the (contraction of an dem)
- Tag
- Day, period of twenty-four hours
- mehr
- More, greater in quantity or degree
- man
- One, you, people in general (impersonal pronoun)
- wusste
- Knew (simple past of wissen)
- was
- What (interrogative or relative pronoun)
- damit
- With it, therewith, so that something happens
- anfangen
- To start, begin doing something new
- sollte
- Should, was supposed to (past subjunctive sollen)
- mich
- Me (accusative first person singular pronoun)
- ihren
- Her, their (accusative possessive pronoun)
- Sohn
- Son, a male child of a parent
- meinte
- Meant, thought (simple past of meinen)
- sie
- She, they (third person pronoun)
- würde
- Would (subjunctive II of werden)
- zivilisieren
- To civilize, to make someone well-mannered
- schwer
- Hard, difficult, heavy in weight or effort
- Zeit
- Time, a period or duration of existence
- im
- In the (contraction of in dem)
- Haus
- House, a building people live in
- zu
- To, too, toward (preposition or particle)
- leben
- To live, to be alive and exist
- bedenkt
- Consider, bear in mind (imperative of bedenken)
- trostlos
- Bleak, cheerless, without comfort or hope
- ordentlich
- Tidy, orderly, proper and well-organized
- anständig
- Decent, respectable, morally proper behavior
- allem
- Everything, all (dative neuter of alles)
- davon
- Of it, from it, about that matter
- länger
- Longer, for a greater duration of time
- aushalten
- To endure, bear, put up with something
- konnte
- Could (simple past of können)
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