Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — Page 5
Miss Watson she kept pecking at me, and it got tiresome and lonesome.
Fräulein Watson hackte immer auf mir herum, und es wurde lästig und einsam.
By-and-by they fetched the niggers in and had prayers, and then everybody was off to bed.
Nach einer Weile holten sie die Schwarzen herein und hielten Andacht, und dann ging jeder zu Bett.
I went up to my room with a piece of candle, and put it on the table.
Ich ging mit einem Kerzenstumpen auf mein Zimmer und stellte ihn auf den Tisch.
Then I set down in a chair by the window and tried to think of something cheerful, but it warn't no use.
Dann setzte ich mich auf einen Stuhl am Fenster und versuchte, an etwas Fröhliches zu denken, aber es half nichts.
I felt so lonesome I most wished I was dead.
Ich fühlte mich so einsam, dass ich mir fast wünschte, ich wäre tot.
The stars were shining, and the leaves rustled in the woods ever so mournful; and I heard an owl, away off, who-whooing about somebody that was dead, and a whippowill and a dog crying about somebody that was going to die; and the wind was trying to whisper something to me, and I couldn't make out what it was, and so it made the cold shivers run over me.
Die Sterne leuchteten, und die Blätter raschelten so klagend im Wald; und ich hörte eine Eule, weit weg, die über jemanden, der gestorben war, ihren Ruf erschallen ließ, und einen Ziegenmelker und einen Hund, die um jemanden weinten, der sterben würde; und der Wind versuchte, mir etwas zuzuflüstern, und ich konnte nicht verstehen, was es war, und so ließ er mich frösteln.
Then away out in the woods I heard that kind of a sound that a ghost makes when it wants to tell about something that's on its mind and can't make itself understood, and so can't rest easy in its grave, and has to go about that way every night grieving.
Dann hörte ich tief im Wald jene Art von Laut, den ein Geist von sich gibt, wenn er über etwas berichten will, das ihn bedrückt, und sich nicht verständlich machen kann, und daher nicht ruhig in seinem Grab liegen kann und so jede Nacht klagend umherwandeln muss.
I got so down-hearted and scared I did wish I had some company.
Ich wurde so niedergeschlagen und ängstlich, dass ich mir wirklich wünschte, ich hätte jemanden bei mir.
Pretty soon a spider went crawling up my shoulder, and I flipped it off and it lit in the candle; and before I could budge it was all shriveled up.
Bald darauf kroch eine Spinne an meiner Schulter hoch, und ich schnippte sie weg, und sie fiel in die Kerze; und bevor ich mich rühren konnte, war sie ganz zusammengeschrumpft.
Vocabulary
- Fräulein
- Young woman or girl; Miss (archaic form of address)
- hackte
- Past tense of 'hacken'; chopped or hacked at something
- immer
- Always; constantly or continuously at any time
- auf
- On, upon, or at; preposition indicating position or direction
- mir
- Me; dative form of 'ich' (I) used after prepositions
- herum
- Around; about or in circles around something
- und
- And; basic conjunction connecting words or clauses
- es
- It; neuter pronoun for objects or situations
- wurde
- Became; past tense of 'werden' indicating change of state
- lästig
- Annoying, bothersome, or troublesome; causing irritation
- einsam
- Lonely; solitary or characterized by isolation and sadness
- Nach
- After; preposition indicating time or sequence of events
- einer
- One; indefinite article (feminine singular dative case)
- Weile
- A while; period or span of time, duration
- holten
- Fetched or got; past tense of 'holen' meaning to retrieve
- sie
- She or they; feminine singular or plural pronoun
- die
- The; definite article (feminine singular or plural)
- Schwarzen
- Black people or Black ones; plural of 'Schwarze'
- herein
- Inside or in; adverb indicating entry or inward movement
- hielten
- Held or kept; past tense of 'halten' meaning to hold
- Andacht
- Devotion or prayer; religious observance or spiritual practice
- dann
- Then; subsequently or at that time afterwards
- ging
- Went; past tense of 'gehen' indicating movement or travel
- jeder
- Each or every; singular pronoun for all individuals
- zu
- To; preposition indicating direction or destination
- Bett
- Bed; furniture for sleeping or resting
- Ich
- I; first person singular personal pronoun
- mit
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment or association
- einem
- One or a; indefinite article (neuter dative singular)
- Kerzenstumpen
- Candle stub; short remaining piece of burnt candle
- mein
- My; possessive adjective indicating belonging to speaker
- Zimmer
- Room; indoor space in a building or house
- stellte
- Placed or put; past tense of 'stellen' meaning to set
- ihn
- Him or it; masculine singular accusative pronoun
- den
- The; definite article (masculine singular accusative)
- Tisch
- Table; furniture for eating, working, or display
- Dann
- Then; subsequently or at that time afterwards
- setzte
- Sat down; past tense of 'setzen' meaning to seat
- mich
- Myself; first person singular accusative pronoun
- einen
- One or a; indefinite article (masculine accusative)
- Stuhl
- Chair; seat furniture with back and four legs
- am
- At the; contraction of 'an dem' showing position
- Fenster
- Window; opening in wall for light and ventilation
- versuchte
- Tried or attempted; past tense of 'versuchen' to try
- an
- At or on; preposition indicating direction or location
- etwas
- Something; indefinite pronoun for unspecified thing
- Fröhliches
- Happy things or cheerful things; cheerfulness
- denken
- Think or consider; mental activity or reflection
- aber
- But; conjunction indicating contrast or opposition
- half
- Helped; past tense of 'helfen' meaning to help
- nichts
- Nothing; negation pronoun meaning no thing or zero
- fühlte
- Felt; past tense of 'fühlen' meaning to feel
- so
- So or thus; in such manner or degree
- dass
- That; conjunction introducing dependent clauses
- fast
- Almost; nearly or very close to being something
- wünschte
- Wished or desired; past tense of 'wünschen' to wish
- wäre
- Would be; subjunctive past tense of 'sein' to be
- tot
- Dead; no longer living or without life
- Die
- The; definite article (plural or feminine singular)
- Sterne
- Stars; celestial bodies visible in night sky
- leuchteten
- Shone or gleamed; past tense of 'leuchten' to shine
- Blätter
- Leaves; foliage or pages of a book
- raschelten
- Rustled; made soft whispering sounds (past tense)
- klagend
- Lamenting or mournful; expressing sorrow or regret
- im
- In the; contraction of 'in dem' showing location
- Wald
- Forest or woods; large area of trees
- hörte
- Heard; past tense of 'hören' meaning to hear
- eine
- One or a; indefinite article (feminine singular)
- Eule
- Owl; nocturnal bird of prey with large eyes
- weit
- Far or distant; at great distance or extent
- weg
- Away or gone; at a distance or absent
- über
- Over or about; preposition indicating position above
- jemanden
- Someone; indefinite pronoun for unspecified person
- der
- Who or that; relative pronoun (masculine singular)
- gestorben
- Died; past participle of 'sterben' meaning to die
- war
- Was; past tense of 'sein' meaning to be
- ihren
- Their or her; possessive pronoun (feminine accusative)
- Ruf
- Call or cry; sound made by an animal or bird
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