Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — Page 5
Well, when Tom and me got to the edge of the hilltop we looked away down into the village and could see three or four lights twinkling, where there was sick folks, maybe; and the stars over us was sparkling ever so fine; and down by the village was the river, a whole mile broad, and awful still and grand.
Also, als Tom und ich den Rand des Hügelkamms erreichten, schauten wir hinunter ins Dorf und konnten drei oder vier flackernde Lichter sehen, wo vielleicht Kranke waren; und die Sterne über uns funkelten so wunderschön; und unten beim Dorf war der Fluss, eine ganze Meile breit, und schrecklich still und gewaltig.
We went down the hill and found Jo Harper and Ben Rogers, and two or three more of the boys, hid in the old tanyard.
Wir gingen den Hügel hinunter und fanden Jo Harper und Ben Rogers, und noch zwei oder drei weitere Jungs, die sich in der alten Lohgerberei versteckt hatten.
So we unhitched a skiff and pulled down the river two mile and a half, to the big scar on the hillside, and went ashore.
Also lösten wir ein Boot los und ruderten zweieinhalb Meilen den Fluss hinunter, bis zur großen Narbe am Hang, und gingen an Land.
We went to a clump of bushes, and Tom made everybody swear to keep the secret, and then showed them a hole in the hill, right in the thickest part of the bushes.
Wir gingen zu einer Gruppe von Büschen, und Tom ließ jeden schwören, das Geheimnis zu bewahren, und zeigte ihnen dann ein Loch im Hügel, genau im dichtesten Teil des Gebüschs.
Then we lit the candles, and crawled in on our hands and knees.
Dann zündeten wir die Kerzen an und krochen auf Händen und Knien hinein.
We went about two hundred yards, and then the cave opened up.
Wir gingen etwa zweihundert Schritt, und dann weitete sich die Höhle.
Tom poked about amongst the passages, and pretty soon ducked under a wall where you wouldn't a noticed that there was a hole.
Tom stöberte in den Gängen herum, und schon bald duckte er sich unter eine Wand, wo man gar nicht bemerkt hätte, dass dort ein Loch war.
We went along a narrow place and got into a kind of room, all damp and sweaty and cold, and there we stopped.
Wir gingen durch eine enge Stelle und gelangten in eine Art Raum, der ganz feucht und schwül und kalt war, und dort hielten wir an.
Tom says:
Tom sagte:
"Now, we'll start this band of robbers and call it Tom Sawyer's Gang.
„Jetzt gründen wir diese Räuberbande und nennen sie Tom Sawyers Bande.
Everybody that wants to join has got to take an oath, and write his name in blood."
Jeder, der mitmachen will, muss einen Eid ablegen und seinen Namen in Blut schreiben."
Everybody was willing.
Alle waren bereit.
Vocabulary
- Also
- So, well, thus; used as a discourse marker
- als
- When, as, or than; used in comparisons and clauses
- und
- And; basic coordinating conjunction
- ich
- I; first-person singular pronoun
- den
- The; definite article accusative masculine
- Rand
- Edge, rim, or border of something
- des
- Of the; genitive definite article
- Hügelkamms
- Of the hilltop ridge or crest
- erreichten
- Reached, arrived at a destination or goal
- schauten
- Looked, gazed in a direction
- wir
- We; first-person plural pronoun
- hinunter
- Down, downward; directional adverb
- ins
- Into the; contraction of in das
- Dorf
- Village; small rural settlement
- konnten
- Could, were able to; past tense of können
- drei
- Three; the number 3
- oder
- Or; coordinating disjunctive conjunction
- vier
- Four; the number 4
- flackernde
- Flickering, unsteadily burning lights
- Lichter
- Lights; plural of Licht
- sehen
- To see, to perceive visually
- wo
- Where; relative or interrogative adverb of place
- vielleicht
- Perhaps, maybe; expresses uncertainty
- Kranke
- Sick people, ill persons
- waren
- Were; past tense plural of sein
- die
- The; definite article feminine or plural
- Sterne
- Stars; plural of Stern
- über
- Over, above, about; preposition of position
- uns
- Us; first-person plural accusative pronoun
- funkelten
- Sparkled, twinkled; past tense of funkeln
- so
- So, thus, in such a way
- wunderschön
- Wonderfully beautiful, stunningly gorgeous
- unten
- Below, down below; adverb of place
- beim
- At the, by the; contraction of bei dem
- war
- Was; past tense singular of sein
- der
- The; definite article masculine nominative
- Fluss
- River; a large natural flowing waterway
- eine
- A, an; indefinite article feminine
- ganze
- Whole, entire, complete
- Meile
- Mile; unit of distance measurement
- breit
- Wide, broad; adjective describing width
- schrecklich
- Terribly, dreadfully; awfully frightening or intense
- still
- Still, quiet, silent; calm and motionless
- gewaltig
- Mighty, immense, enormous in size or power
- Wir
- We; first-person plural pronoun
- gingen
- Went, walked; past tense of gehen
- Hügel
- Hill; a raised area of land
- fanden
- Found, discovered; past tense of finden
- noch
- Still, yet, even; adds emphasis or continuation
- zwei
- Two; the number 2
- weitere
- Further, additional, more; adjective
- Jungs
- Boys, guys; informal plural of Junge
- sich
- Themselves, oneself; reflexive pronoun
- in
- In, inside; preposition of location
- alten
- Old; inflected adjective form of alt
- versteckt
- Hidden, concealed; past participle of verstecken
- hatten
- Had; past tense plural of haben
- lösten
- Untied, released, loosened; past tense of lösen
- ein
- A, an; indefinite article or numeral one
- Boot
- Boat; small watercraft for travel
- los
- Loose, free; separable prefix meaning away or off
- ruderten
- Rowed; past tense of rudern
- zweieinhalb
- Two and a half; numerical expression
- Meilen
- Miles; plural of Meile
- bis
- Until, up to, as far as
- zur
- To the; contraction of zu der
- großen
- Large, big; inflected adjective form of groß
- Narbe
- Scar; mark left after a wound heals
- am
- At the, on the; contraction of an dem
- Hang
- Slope, hillside; inclined terrain surface
- an
- At, on, to; preposition of location or direction
- Land
- Land, shore, country; solid ground
- zu
- To, at, too; preposition or infinitive marker
- einer
- A, one; indefinite article dative feminine
- Gruppe
- Group; a collection of people or things
- von
- Of, from, by; preposition of origin or belonging
- Büschen
- Bushes; plural dative of Busch
- ließ
- Let, made, allowed; past tense of lassen
- jeden
- Everyone, each one; accusative of jeder
- schwören
- To swear, to take an oath
- das
- The; definite article neuter or demonstrative pronoun
- Geheimnis
- Secret; something kept hidden from others
- bewahren
- To keep, preserve, guard something carefully
- zeigte
- Showed, pointed out; past tense of zeigen
- ihnen
- Them; dative third-person plural pronoun
- dann
- Then, afterwards; temporal adverb
- Loch
- Hole, opening; a gap or cavity
- im
- In the; contraction of in dem
- genau
- Exactly, precisely; adverb of exactness
- dichtesten
- Densest, thickest; superlative of dicht
- Teil
- Part, section, portion of something
- Gebüschs
- Of the bushes, thicket; genitive of Gebüsch
- Dann
- Then, next; temporal adverb indicating sequence
- zündeten
- Lit, ignited; past tense of zünden
- Kerzen
- Candles; plural of Kerze
- krochen
- Crawled, crept; past tense of kriechen
- auf
- On, onto, upon; preposition of position
- Händen
- Hands; dative plural of Hand
- Knien
- Knees; dative plural of Knie
- hinein
- Into, inward; directional adverb
- etwa
- About, approximately, roughly
- zweihundert
- Two hundred; the number 200
- Schritt
- Step, pace; unit of measured distance
- weitete
- Widened, expanded; past tense of weiten
- Höhle
- Cave, cavern; natural underground hollow space
- stöberte
- Rummaged, searched around; past tense of stöbern
- Gängen
- Passages, corridors; dative plural of Gang
- herum
- Around, about; directional adverb
- schon
- Already, even now; temporal adverb
- bald
- Soon, shortly; adverb of near future time
- duckte
- Ducked, crouched; past tense of ducken
- er
- He; third-person singular masculine pronoun
- unter
- Under, below, beneath; preposition of position
- Wand
- Wall; interior vertical surface of a room
- man
- One, you, people; impersonal pronoun
- gar
- At all, quite; intensifying adverb
- nicht
- Not; basic negation adverb
- bemerkt
- Noticed, observed; past participle of bemerken
- hätte
- Would have; subjunctive II of haben
- dass
- That; subordinating conjunction introducing clauses
- dort
- There, at that place; adverb of location
- durch
- Through, across; preposition of passage
- enge
- Narrow, tight, confined; inflected adjective
- Stelle
- Spot, place, position, passage in text
- gelangten
- Reached, arrived at; past tense of gelangen
- Art
- Kind, type, sort, manner of something
- Raum
- Room, space, chamber; enclosed area
- ganz
- Quite, entirely, completely; adverb of degree
- feucht
- Damp, moist, humid; slightly wet
- schwül
- Muggy, sultry, oppressively warm and humid
- kalt
- Cold; low in temperature
- hielten
- Held, stopped, kept; past tense of halten
- sagte
- Said, told; past tense of sagen
- Jetzt
- Now, at this moment; temporal adverb
- gründen
- To found, establish, create an organization
- diese
- This, these; demonstrative pronoun or adjective
- Räuberbande
- Robber gang; group of bandits or outlaws
- nennen
- To name, to call something by a name
- sie
- She, they, or formal you; pronoun
- Bande
- Gang, band; group of people acting together
- Jeder
- Everyone, each person; pronoun
- mitmachen
- To join in, participate, take part
- will
- Wants to; third-person singular of wollen
- muss
- Must, has to; modal verb of obligation
- einen
- A, an; indefinite article accusative masculine
- Eid
- Oath; formal solemn promise or vow
- ablegen
- To take an oath, to put aside something
- seinen
- His; possessive pronoun accusative masculine
- Namen
- Name; word by which someone is known
- Blut
- Blood; red liquid flowing through the body
- schreiben
- To write; to form letters or text
- Alle
- All, everyone; referring to all people present
- bereit
- Ready, prepared, willing to do something
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