Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — Page 4
Jim was monstrous proud about it, and he got so he wouldn't hardly notice the other niggers.
Jim war ungeheuer stolz darauf, und er wurde so, dass er die anderen Schwarzen kaum noch beachtete.
Niggers would come miles to hear Jim tell about it, and he was more looked up to than any nigger in that country.
Die Schwarzen kamen meilenweit, um Jim davon erzählen zu hören, und er wurde mehr verehrt als irgendein anderer Schwarzer in jener Gegend.
Strange niggers would stand with their mouths open and look him all over, same as if he was a wonder.
Fremde Schwarze standen mit offenem Mund da und betrachteten ihn von oben bis unten, als wäre er ein Wunder.
Niggers is always talking about witches in the dark by the kitchen fire; but whenever one was talking and letting on to know all about such things, Jim would happen in and say, "Hm! What you know 'bout witches?"
Die Schwarzen reden immer im Dunkeln am Küchenfeuer über Hexen; aber wann immer jemand davon sprach und so tat, als wisse er alles über solche Dinge, kam Jim zufällig herein und sagte: „Hm! Was weißt du schon über Hexen?"
and that nigger was corked up and had to take a back seat.
Und der betreffende Schwarze wurde zum Schweigen gebracht und musste sich zurückhalten.
Jim always kept that five-center piece round his neck with a string, and said it was a charm the devil give to him with his own hands, and told him he could cure anybody with it and fetch witches whenever he wanted to just by saying something to it; but he never told what it was he said to it.
Jim trug dieses Fünf-Cent-Stück immer an einer Schnur um den Hals und sagte, es sei ein Talisman, den ihm der Teufel eigenhändig gegeben habe, und er habe ihm gesagt, er könne damit jeden heilen und Hexen herbeirufen, wann immer er wolle, indem er einfach etwas dazu sage; aber er verriet nie, was er dabei sagte.
Niggers would come from all around there and give Jim anything they had, just for a sight of that five-center piece; but they wouldn't touch it, because the devil had had his hands on it.
Die Schwarzen kamen aus der ganzen Umgebung und gaben Jim alles, was sie hatten, nur um dieses Fünf-Cent-Stück zu sehen; aber sie berührten es nicht, weil der Teufel seine Hände daran gehabt hatte.
Jim was most ruined for a servant, because he got stuck up on account of having seen the devil and been rode by witches.
Jim war als Diener so gut wie verdorben, denn er war eingebildet geworden, weil er den Teufel gesehen und von Hexen geritten worden war.
Vocabulary
- war
- Was; past tense of 'sein' (to be)
- ungeheuer
- Enormously; tremendously proud or great
- stolz
- Proud; feeling pride or satisfaction
- darauf
- About it; thereupon; referring to something mentioned
- wurde
- Became; past tense of 'werden' (to become)
- anderen
- Others; the other people or things
- Schwarzen
- Black people; referring to people of Black ethnicity
- kaum
- Hardly; scarcely; barely at all
- noch
- Still; yet; any longer
- beachtete
- Paid attention to; noticed or regarded someone
- kamen
- Came; past tense plural of 'kommen'
- meilenweit
- Miles away; from a great distance
- davon
- Of it; about it; away from it
- erzählen
- To tell; to narrate a story or account
- hören
- To hear; to listen to something or someone
- mehr
- More; a greater amount or degree
- verehrt
- Revered; admired or respected greatly
- irgendein
- Any; some; an indefinite or unspecified one
- Schwarzer
- A Black person; singular nominative form
- jener
- That; of that; referring to a distant thing
- Gegend
- Area; region; surrounding neighborhood or district
- Fremde
- Strangers; foreigners; people from elsewhere
- Schwarze
- Black people; nominative plural form
- standen
- Stood; past tense plural of 'stehen'
- offenem
- Open; with open mouth, expressing astonishment
- Mund
- Mouth; the oral opening on a face
- betrachteten
- Looked at; observed or examined carefully
- oben
- Above; from top; the upper part
- unten
- Below; underneath; the lower part
- wäre
- Would be; subjunctive of 'sein' (to be)
- Wunder
- Wonder; miracle; an extraordinary or amazing thing
- reden
- To talk; to speak about something
- immer
- Always; constantly; at all times
- Dunkeln
- In the dark; darkness as a setting
- Küchenfeuer
- Kitchen fire; fire burning in the kitchen
- Hexen
- Witches; female practitioners of magic or sorcery
- wann
- When; at what time; interrogative/temporal conjunction
- jemand
- Someone; anybody; an unspecified person
- sprach
- Spoke; past tense of 'sprechen' (to speak)
- tat
- Did; acted; past tense of 'tun'
- wisse
- Knows; subjunctive of 'wissen' (to know)
- alles
- Everything; all; every single thing
- solche
- Such; of that kind; those sorts of things
- Dinge
- Things; objects; matters or affairs
- kam
- Came; past tense singular of 'kommen'
- zufällig
- By chance; accidentally; coincidentally
- herein
- In; into; coming inside from outside
- sagte
- Said; past tense of 'sagen' (to say)
- weißt
- Know; second-person singular of 'wissen'
- schon
- Already; really; even; a modal particle
- betreffende
- The person in question; the one concerned
- Schweigen
- Silence; being silenced; the act of staying quiet
- gebracht
- Brought; past participle of 'bringen'
- musste
- Had to; past tense of 'müssen' (must)
- zurückhalten
- To hold back; to restrain oneself
- trug
- Carried; wore; past tense of 'tragen'
- Fünf-Cent-Stück
- Five-cent piece; a coin worth five cents
- Schnur
- Cord; string; a thin rope or thread
- Hals
- Neck; throat; the part below the head
- sei
- Is/be; subjunctive form of 'sein'
- Talisman
- Talisman; object believed to bring good luck
- Teufel
- Devil; the devil; an evil supernatural being
- eigenhändig
- With one's own hands; personally handed over
- gegeben
- Given; past participle of 'geben' (to give)
- gesagt
- Said; past participle of 'sagen' (to say)
- könne
- Can; subjunctive of 'können' (to be able)
- damit
- With it; thereby; using that thing
- jeden
- Every; each; everyone; accusative of 'jeder'
- heilen
- To heal; to cure an illness or injury
- herbeirufen
- To summon; to call someone or something forth
- wolle
- Wants; subjunctive of 'wollen' (to want)
- indem
- By; while; by doing something simultaneously
- einfach
- Simply; just; easily; straightforward
- etwas
- Something; a little; somewhat
- dazu
- To it; in addition; for that purpose
- sage
- Say; first-person subjunctive of 'sagen'
- verriet
- Revealed; betrayed; past tense of 'verraten'
- nie
- Never; at no time whatsoever
- dabei
- In doing so; while doing it; involved
- ganzen
- Entire; whole; all of the surrounding area
- Umgebung
- Surroundings; vicinity; the nearby area or environment
- gaben
- Gave; past tense plural of 'geben'
- hatten
- Had; past tense plural of 'haben'
- nur
- Only; just; merely
- sehen
- To see; to look at something visually
- berührten
- Touched; past tense plural of 'berühren'
- Hände
- Hands; plural of 'Hand' (hand)
- daran
- On it; at it; referring to something previously mentioned
- gehabt
- Had; past participle of 'haben' (to have)
- Diener
- Servant; a person who serves another
- verdorben
- Spoiled; corrupted; ruined in character or quality
- denn
- Because; for; then; causal or modal particle
- eingebildet
- Conceited; arrogant; having an inflated self-opinion
- geworden
- Become; past participle of 'werden'
- gesehen
- Seen; past participle of 'sehen' (to see)
- geritten
- Ridden; past participle of 'reiten' (to ride)
- worden
- Been; past participle of 'werden' in passive voice
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