Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — Page 4
Miss Watson would say, "Don't put your feet up there, Huckleberry;" and "Don't scrunch up like that, Huckleberry—set up straight;" and pretty soon she would say, "Don't gap and stretch like that, Huckleberry—why don't you try to behave?"
Miss Watson pflegte zu sagen: „Leg deine Füße nicht da hoch, Huckleberry;" und „Kauer dich nicht so zusammen, Huckleberry – sitz gerade;" und bald darauf würde sie sagen: „Gähn und streck dich nicht so, Huckleberry – warum versuchst du dich nicht zu benehmen?"
Then she told me all about the bad place, and I said I wished I was there.
Dann erzählte sie mir alles über den schlimmen Ort, und ich sagte, ich wünschte, ich wäre dort.
She got mad then, but I didn't mean no harm.
Da wurde sie wütend, aber ich hatte es nicht böse gemeint.
All I wanted was to go somewheres; all I wanted was a change, I warn't particular.
Ich wollte nur irgendwohin gehen; ich wollte nur eine Abwechslung, ich war nicht wählerisch.
She said it was wicked to say what I said; said she wouldn't say it for the whole world; she was going to live so as to go to the good place.
Sie sagte, es sei gottlos, das zu sagen, was ich gesagt hatte; sie sagte, sie würde es um nichts in der Welt sagen; sie wolle so leben, dass sie an den guten Ort komme.
Well, I couldn't see no advantage in going where she was going, so I made up my mind I wouldn't try for it.
Nun, ich konnte keinen Vorteil darin sehen, dorthin zu gehen, wohin sie ging, also beschloss ich, es gar nicht erst zu versuchen.
But I never said so, because it would only make trouble, and wouldn't do no good.
Aber ich sagte es nie, weil es nur Ärger machen würde und zu nichts gut wäre.
Now she had got a start, and she went on and told me all about the good place.
Nun hatte sie einmal angefangen, und sie fuhr fort und erzählte mir alles über den guten Ort.
She said all a body would have to do there was to go around all day long with a harp and sing, forever and ever.
Sie sagte, alles, was man dort zu tun hätte, sei den ganzen Tag mit einer Harfe herumzugehen und zu singen, in alle Ewigkeit.
So I didn't think much of it.
Also hielt ich nicht viel davon.
But I never said so.
Aber ich sagte es nie.
I asked her if she reckoned Tom Sawyer would go there, and she said not by a considerable sight.
Ich fragte sie, ob sie glaube, dass Tom Sawyer dorthin kommen würde, und sie sagte, auf keinen Fall.
I was glad about that, because I wanted him and me to be together.
Darüber war ich froh, denn ich wollte, dass er und ich zusammen wären.
Vocabulary
- pflegte
- Used to do something habitually in the past
- zu
- To; preposition or infinitive marker
- sagen
- To say or tell something
- Leg
- Imperative form of legen, meaning put or place
- deine
- Your; second-person singular possessive adjective
- Füße
- Feet; plural of Fuß
- nicht
- Not; negation word in German
- da
- There; indicating a place or situation
- hoch
- High; describing elevated position or height
- und
- And; coordinating conjunction linking words or clauses
- Kauer
- One who crouches or hunches; from kauern
- dich
- You; accusative reflexive second-person singular pronoun
- so
- So; in such a way or manner
- zusammen
- Together; indicating combination or closeness
- sitz
- Sit; imperative form of sitzen
- gerade
- Straight; upright in posture or direction
- bald
- Soon; in a short time from now
- darauf
- After that; thereupon, following that moment
- würde
- Would; conditional auxiliary verb form
- sie
- She, they, or you formal pronoun
- Gähn
- Yawn; colloquial imperative or noun form of gähnen
- streck
- Stretch; imperative form of strecken
- warum
- Why; asking for a reason or cause
- versuchst
- Try; second-person singular of versuchen
- du
- You; informal second-person singular pronoun
- benehmen
- To behave; conduct oneself properly
- Dann
- Then; indicating sequence of time or events
- erzählte
- Told; past tense of erzählen, to narrate
- mir
- Me; dative first-person singular pronoun
- alles
- Everything; all things without exception
- über
- About; over, concerning a topic or place
- den
- The; definite article accusative masculine singular
- schlimmen
- Bad; wicked or terrible in an inflected form
- Ort
- Place; a specific location or spot
- ich
- I; first-person singular nominative pronoun
- sagte
- Said; simple past of sagen, to say
- wünschte
- Wished; past tense of wünschen, to wish
- wäre
- Would be; subjunctive form of sein
- dort
- There; at or in that place
- Da
- Then; there, at that point in time
- wurde
- Became; simple past of werden
- wütend
- Angry; furious, in a state of rage
- aber
- But; however, introducing a contrasting statement
- hatte
- Had; simple past of haben, to have
- es
- It; neuter third-person singular pronoun
- böse
- Mean; evil or malicious in intent
- gemeint
- Meant; past participle of meinen, to mean
- Ich
- I; first-person singular nominative pronoun
- wollte
- Wanted; simple past of wollen, to want
- nur
- Only; just, nothing more than that
- irgendwohin
- Somewhere; to any unspecified place or destination
- gehen
- To go; move from one place to another
- eine
- A; indefinite article feminine nominative singular
- Abwechslung
- Change; variety or diversion from routine
- war
- Was; simple past of sein, to be
- wählerisch
- Picky; choosy, difficult to please or satisfy
- Sie
- She or formal you; third-person or polite pronoun
- sei
- Is; subjunctive present of sein, to be
- gottlos
- Godless; impious, without religious belief or morality
- das
- That; definite article or demonstrative pronoun neuter
- was
- What; interrogative or relative pronoun
- gesagt
- Said; past participle of sagen, to say
- um
- For; around, at, in order to
- nichts
- Nothing; not anything at all
- in
- In; inside or within a place or time
- der
- The; definite article masculine nominative singular
- Welt
- World; the earth or a sphere of existence
- wolle
- Want; subjunctive of wollen, expressing desire or will
- leben
- To live; to be alive or reside somewhere
- dass
- That; subordinating conjunction introducing a clause
- an
- At; on, indicating position or direction
- guten
- Good; adjective in dative or genitive inflected form
- komme
- Come; first-person or subjunctive of kommen
- Nun
- Now; well, at this point in time
- konnte
- Could; simple past of können, to be able
- keinen
- No; not any, accusative masculine of kein
- Vorteil
- Advantage; benefit or favorable circumstance
- darin
- In it; therein, inside that thing or matter
- sehen
- To see; to perceive with the eyes
- dorthin
- There; to that place, indicating direction toward destination
- wohin
- Where to; asking about direction of movement
- ging
- Went; simple past of gehen, to go
- also
- So; therefore, used to draw a conclusion
- beschloss
- Decided; simple past of beschließen, to decide
- gar
- At all; not at all, used for emphasis
- erst
- First; only then, not until a certain point
- versuchen
- To try; to attempt or endeavor something
- Aber
- But; however, introducing contrast or objection
- nie
- Never; not at any time or occasion
- weil
- Because; subordinating conjunction giving a reason
- Ärger
- Trouble; annoyance, anger or difficulty caused
- machen
- To make; to do or cause something
- gut
- Good; of high quality or morally right
- einmal
- Once; one time or at some point
- angefangen
- Started; past participle of anfangen, to begin
- fuhr
- Continued; simple past of fahren or fortfahren
- fort
- Away; forth, used in separable verbs for continuation
- man
- One; impersonal pronoun meaning people in general
- tun
- To do; to perform or carry out an action
- hätte
- Would have; past subjunctive of haben
- ganzen
- Whole; entire, inflected form of ganz
- Tag
- Day; a period of twenty-four hours
- mit
- With; together or by means of something
- einer
- A; indefinite article dative feminine singular
- Harfe
- Harp; a stringed musical instrument
- herumzugehen
- To walk around; to move about aimlessly
- singen
- To sing; to produce musical vocal sounds
- alle
- All; every one of a group
- Ewigkeit
- Eternity; endless time, forever
- Also
- So; well then, used to conclude or summarize
- hielt
- Held; simple past of halten, to hold or consider
- viel
- Much; a large amount or degree
- davon
- Of it; from that, referring to something previously mentioned
- fragte
- Asked; simple past of fragen, to ask
- ob
- Whether; if, introducing an indirect yes-no question
- glaube
- Believe; first-person singular of glauben
- kommen
- To come; to arrive or move toward something
- auf
- On; onto, indicating position or direction
- Fall
- Case; fall, or instance of something occurring
- Darüber
- About that; over that, referring to something mentioned
- froh
- Glad; happy, pleased about something
- denn
- Because; for, giving a reason or explanation
- er
- He; third-person singular masculine pronoun
- wären
- Would be; past subjunctive plural of sein
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