Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — Page 3
I didn't want him to try.
Ich wollte nicht, dass er es versucht.
I said Jim might wake up and come.
Ich sagte, Jim könnte aufwachen und kommen.
But Tom wanted to resk it; so we slid in there and got three candles, and Tom laid five cents on the table for pay.
Aber Tom wollte es riskieren; also schlichen wir uns hinein und holten drei Kerzen, und Tom legte fünf Cent als Bezahlung auf den Tisch.
Then we got out, and I was in a sweat to get away; but nothing would do Tom but he must crawl to where Jim was, on his hands and knees, and play something on him.
Dann gingen wir hinaus, und ich war ganz erpicht darauf, wegzukommen; aber Tom ließ es sich nicht nehmen, auf Händen und Knien dorthin zu kriechen, wo Jim war, und ihm einen Streich zu spielen.
I waited, and it seemed a good while, everything was so still and lonesome.
Ich wartete, und es schien eine ganze Weile zu dauern, alles war so still und einsam.
As soon as Tom was back we cut along the path, around the garden fence, and by-and-by fetched up on the steep top of the hill the other side of the house.
Sobald Tom zurück war, liefen wir den Pfad entlang, um den Gartenzaun herum, und gelangten nach einer Weile auf den steilen Gipfel des Hügels auf der anderen Seite des Hauses.
Tom said he slipped Jim's hat off of his head and hung it on a limb right over him, and Jim stirred a little, but he didn't wake.
Tom sagte, er habe Jim den Hut vom Kopf gezogen und ihn an einen Ast direkt über ihm gehängt, und Jim habe sich ein wenig gerührt, aber er sei nicht aufgewacht.
Afterwards Jim said the witches bewitched him and put him in a trance, and rode him all over the State, and then set him under the trees again, and hung his hat on a limb to show who done it.
Danach sagte Jim, die Hexen hätten ihn verhext und in einen Trancezustand versetzt, ihn durch den ganzen Staat geritten, ihn dann wieder unter die Bäume gesetzt und seinen Hut an einen Ast gehängt, um zu zeigen, wer es getan hatte.
And next time Jim told it he said they rode him down to New Orleans; and, after that, every time he told it he spread it more and more, till by-and-by he said they rode him all over the world, and tired him most to death, and his back was all over saddle-boils.
Und beim nächsten Mal, als Jim es erzählte, sagte er, sie hätten ihn bis nach New Orleans geritten; und danach übertrieb er es jedes Mal mehr und mehr, bis er schließlich sagte, sie hätten ihn durch die ganze Welt geritten, ihn fast zu Tode erschöpft, und sein Rücken sei voller Sattelwunden gewesen.
Vocabulary
- wollte
- Past tense of 'wollen'; wanted or intended to do
- dass
- Subordinating conjunction meaning 'that'
- versucht
- Third person singular of 'versuchen'; tries or attempts
- sagte
- Past tense of 'sagen'; said or stated
- könnte
- Subjunctive II of 'können'; could or might be able
- aufwachen
- Infinitive verb meaning to wake up from sleep
- riskieren
- Infinitive verb meaning to risk or take a chance
- also
- Conjunction or adverb meaning 'so' or 'therefore'
- schlichen
- Past tense plural of 'schleichen'; crept or sneaked
- hinein
- Directional adverb meaning 'into' or 'inside'
- holten
- Past tense plural of 'holen'; fetched or retrieved something
- Kerzen
- Plural noun meaning candles used for light
- legte
- Past tense of 'legen'; placed or laid something down
- als
- Conjunction meaning 'as', 'when', or 'than'
- Bezahlung
- Noun meaning payment or compensation for something
- Tisch
- Noun meaning table, a piece of furniture
- gingen
- Past tense plural of 'gehen'; went or walked away
- hinaus
- Directional adverb meaning 'out' or 'outside'
- ganz
- Adjective or adverb meaning 'quite', 'whole', or 'completely'
- erpicht
- Adjective meaning eager or keen to do something
- darauf
- Pronominal adverb meaning 'on it' or 'about it'
- wegzukommen
- Infinitive meaning to get away or escape from somewhere
- ließ
- Past tense of 'lassen'; let, allowed, or had something done
- nehmen
- Infinitive verb meaning to take or grab something
- Händen
- Dative plural of 'Hand'; hands, body part for grasping
- Knien
- Dative plural of 'Knie'; knees, joints of the leg
- dorthin
- Directional adverb meaning 'to there' or 'over there'
- kriechen
- Infinitive verb meaning to crawl or creep on all fours
- Streich
- Noun meaning a prank or trick played on someone
- spielen
- Infinitive verb meaning to play or perform something
- wartete
- Past tense of 'warten'; waited or was waiting
- schien
- Past tense of 'scheinen'; seemed or appeared to be
- ganze
- Adjective meaning 'whole' or 'entire', complete
- Weile
- Noun meaning a while or short period of time
- dauern
- Infinitive verb meaning to last or take a duration of time
- alles
- Indefinite pronoun meaning 'everything' or 'all'
- still
- Adjective meaning quiet, calm, or still
- einsam
- Adjective meaning lonely or solitary, without company
- Sobald
- Conjunction meaning 'as soon as' indicating timing
- zurück
- Adverb meaning 'back' indicating return to a place
- liefen
- Past tense plural of 'laufen'; ran or walked quickly
- Pfad
- Noun meaning path or trail through a landscape
- entlang
- Preposition or adverb meaning 'along' a route
- Gartenzaun
- Noun meaning garden fence surrounding a yard
- herum
- Adverb meaning 'around' indicating circular movement
- gelangten
- Past tense plural of 'gelangen'; arrived at or reached
- steilen
- Adjective dative form meaning steep, of a slope or hill
- Gipfel
- Noun meaning summit, peak, or top of a hill
- Hügels
- Genitive of 'Hügel'; of the hill or small mound
- anderen
- Adjective meaning 'other' or 'different' side or thing
- Seite
- Noun meaning side, page, or aspect of something
- Hauses
- Genitive of 'Haus'; of the house or building
- Hut
- Noun meaning hat, a head covering worn outdoors
- Kopf
- Noun meaning head, the top part of the body
- gezogen
- Past participle of 'ziehen'; pulled or drawn from somewhere
- Ast
- Noun meaning branch of a tree or shrub
- direkt
- Adverb or adjective meaning directly or right above
- gehängt
- Past participle of 'hängen'; hung or suspended something
- wenig
- Adjective or adverb meaning a little or slightly
- gerührt
- Past participle of 'rühren'; moved, stirred, or touched
- sei
- Subjunctive I of 'sein'; be, indicating reported speech
- aufgewacht
- Past participle of 'aufwachen'; woken up from sleep
- Danach
- Adverb meaning 'after that' or 'afterwards' in sequence
- Hexen
- Plural noun meaning witches, women said to use magic
- hätten
- Subjunctive II plural of 'haben'; would have had
- verhext
- Past participle meaning bewitched or put under a spell
- Trancezustand
- Noun meaning trance state, a hypnotic or dazed condition
- versetzt
- Past participle of 'versetzen'; put into or transferred
- ganzen
- Adjective accusative meaning 'whole' or 'entire' country
- Staat
- Noun meaning state or country as a political entity
- geritten
- Past participle of 'reiten'; ridden on horseback
- wieder
- Adverb meaning 'again' or 'back' to a previous state
- Bäume
- Plural noun meaning trees, tall woody plants
- gesetzt
- Past participle of 'setzen'; sat down or placed oneself
- zeigen
- Infinitive verb meaning to show or demonstrate something
- getan
- Past participle of 'tun'; done, performed an action
- nächsten
- Superlative adjective meaning 'next' or 'nearest' time
- Mal
- Noun meaning time or occasion, as in 'next time'
- erzählte
- Past tense of 'erzählen'; told or narrated a story
- bis
- Preposition meaning 'until' or 'as far as'
- danach
- Adverb meaning 'after that' or 'subsequently'
- übertrieb
- Past tense of 'übertreiben'; exaggerated or overstated facts
- jedes
- Indefinite pronoun meaning 'each' or 'every' time
- mehr
- Adverb meaning 'more' indicating greater degree
- schließlich
- Adverb meaning 'finally' or 'eventually' at the end
- Welt
- Noun meaning world or the entire earth
- fast
- Adverb meaning 'almost' or 'nearly' to a degree
- Tode
- Dative of 'Tod'; death, often in idioms like 'to death'
- erschöpft
- Adjective meaning exhausted or completely worn out
- Rücken
- Noun meaning back, the rear part of the body
- voller
- Adjective meaning 'full of' something covering a surface
- Sattelwunden
- Plural noun meaning saddle sores, wounds from riding horseback
- gewesen
- Past participle of 'sein'; been, used in perfect tenses
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