Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 3
Alice took up the fan and gloves, and, as the hall was very hot, she kept fanning herself all the time she went on talking: "Dear, dear! How queer everything is to-day! And yesterday things went on just as usual.
Alice nahm den Fächer und die Handschuhe auf, und da der Saal sehr heiß war, fächelte sie sich die ganze Zeit, während sie weiterredete: „Herrje, herrje! Wie seltsam alles heute ist! Und gestern ging alles seinen gewohnten Gang.
I wonder if I've been changed in the night? Let me think: was I the same when I got up this morning?
Ob ich wohl in der Nacht verwandelt worden bin? Lass mich nachdenken: War ich noch dieselbe, als ich heute Morgen aufstand?
I almost think I can remember feeling a little different.
Ich glaube fast, ich kann mich erinnern, mich ein wenig anders gefühlt zu haben.
And she began thinking over all the children she knew that were of the same age as herself, to see if she could have been changed for any of them.
Und sie begann, all die Kinder zu überdenken, die sie kannte und die in ihrem Alter waren, um zu sehen, ob sie vielleicht gegen eines von ihnen ausgetauscht worden sein könnte.
and I'm sure I can't be Mabel, for I know all sorts of things, and she, oh! she knows such a very little!
und ich bin sicher, dass ich nicht Mabel sein kann, denn ich weiß allerhand Dinge, und sie, oh! sie weiß so furchtbar wenig!
Besides, she's she, and I'm I, and—oh dear, how puzzling it all is!
Außerdem ist sie sie, und ich bin ich, und – ach herrje, wie verwirrend das alles ist!
I'll try if I know all the things I used to know.
Ich will versuchen, ob ich noch all die Dinge weiß, die ich früher wusste.
Let me see: four times five is twelve, and four times six is thirteen, and four times seven is—oh dear! I shall never get to twenty at that rate!
Mal sehen: vier mal fünf ist zwölf, und vier mal sechs ist dreizehn, und vier mal sieben ist – ach herrje! So werde ich nie bis zwanzig kommen!
However, the Multiplication Table doesn't signify: let's try Geography.
Nun ja, das Einmaleins spielt keine Rolle: Versuchen wir es mit Geographie.
Vocabulary
- nahm
- Past tense of nehmen; took something
- den
- Definite article, accusative masculine singular
- Fächer
- A handheld fan used for cooling oneself
- und
- Conjunction meaning and
- die
- Definite article, feminine or plural nominative
- Handschuhe
- Gloves worn on the hands
- auf
- Preposition meaning on, up, or onto
- da
- Conjunction or adverb meaning since or there
- der
- Definite article, masculine nominative singular
- Saal
- A large hall or room
- sehr
- Adverb meaning very or extremely
- heiß
- Adjective meaning hot in temperature
- war
- Past tense of sein; was
- fächelte
- Past tense of fächeln; fanned oneself gently
- sie
- Personal pronoun meaning she or they
- sich
- Reflexive pronoun meaning herself, himself, itself
- ganze
- Adjective meaning whole or entire
- Zeit
- Noun meaning time or period
- während
- Conjunction or preposition meaning while or during
- weiterredete
- Past tense of weiterreden; continued talking on
- Herrje
- Exclamation expressing surprise or dismay; oh dear
- herrje
- Repeated exclamation of surprise; goodness me
- Wie
- Interrogative or conjunction meaning how or as
- seltsam
- Adjective meaning strange or peculiar
- alles
- Pronoun meaning everything or all things
- heute
- Adverb meaning today
- ist
- Third person singular present of sein; is
- Und
- Conjunction meaning and
- gestern
- Adverb meaning yesterday
- ging
- Past tense of gehen; went
- seinen
- Possessive pronoun, accusative masculine; his own
- gewohnten
- Adjective meaning usual or accustomed, inflected form
- Gang
- Noun meaning course, gait, or hallway
- Ob
- Conjunction introducing indirect yes/no question; whether
- ich
- First person singular pronoun; I
- wohl
- Modal particle expressing uncertainty or supposition
- in
- Preposition meaning in or into
- Nacht
- Noun meaning night
- verwandelt
- Past participle of verwandeln; transformed or changed
- worden
- Auxiliary past participle used in passive constructions
- bin
- First person singular present of sein; am
- Lass
- Imperative of lassen; let or allow
- mich
- Accusative first person singular pronoun; me
- nachdenken
- To think carefully or reflect on something
- War
- Past tense of sein; was
- noch
- Adverb meaning still or yet
- dieselbe
- Demonstrative pronoun meaning the same one
- als
- Conjunction meaning when or than
- Morgen
- Noun meaning morning; adverb meaning tomorrow
- aufstand
- Past tense of aufstehen; got up from bed
- Ich
- First person singular pronoun; I
- glaube
- First person present of glauben; I believe
- fast
- Adverb meaning almost or nearly
- kann
- Present tense of können; can or am able
- erinnern
- To remember or recall something from memory
- ein
- Indefinite article meaning a or an
- wenig
- Adjective or adverb meaning a little or few
- anders
- Adverb or adjective meaning differently or different
- gefühlt
- Past participle of fühlen; felt
- zu
- Preposition or particle meaning to or too
- haben
- Infinitive of haben; to have
- begann
- Past tense of beginnen; began
- all
- Determiner meaning all or every
- Kinder
- Plural of Kind; children
- überdenken
- To reconsider or think over thoroughly
- kannte
- Past tense of kennen; knew a person or thing
- ihrem
- Possessive pronoun, dative; her or their
- Alter
- Noun meaning age or old age
- waren
- Past tense plural of sein; were
- um
- Preposition meaning around, at, or in order to
- sehen
- Infinitive meaning to see or look
- ob
- Conjunction meaning whether, introducing indirect question
- vielleicht
- Adverb meaning perhaps or maybe
- gegen
- Preposition meaning against or toward
- eines
- Indefinite pronoun genitive singular; of one
- von
- Preposition meaning of, from, or by
- ihnen
- Dative plural pronoun meaning them
- ausgetauscht
- Past participle of austauschen; exchanged or swapped
- sein
- Infinitive meaning to be; also possessive his
- könnte
- Subjunctive II of können; could or might
- sicher
- Adjective or adverb meaning certain or safe
- dass
- Conjunction meaning that, introducing subordinate clause
- nicht
- Negation adverb meaning not
- denn
- Conjunction meaning because or for; also particle
- weiß
- Third person singular of wissen; knows; also white
- allerhand
- Adjective meaning all sorts of various things
- Dinge
- Plural of Ding; things or objects
- oh
- Exclamation expressing emotion; oh
- so
- Adverb or conjunction meaning so or thus
- furchtbar
- Adjective meaning terrible or dreadful
- Außerdem
- Adverb meaning besides or furthermore
- ach
- Exclamation expressing resignation or mild distress
- wie
- Adverb or conjunction meaning how or as
- verwirrend
- Adjective meaning confusing or bewildering
- das
- Definite article or pronoun, neuter; that or the
- will
- First person present of wollen; want to
- versuchen
- To try or attempt something
- früher
- Adverb meaning earlier or formerly; comparative of früh
- wusste
- Past tense of wissen; knew a fact
- Mal
- Noun meaning time or occasion; times in math
- vier
- Cardinal number four
- mal
- Multiplied by or times in arithmetic
- fünf
- Cardinal number five
- zwölf
- Cardinal number twelve
- sechs
- Cardinal number six
- dreizehn
- Cardinal number thirteen
- sieben
- Cardinal number seven
- So
- Adverb meaning so or in this way
- werde
- First person future auxiliary; will or shall
- nie
- Adverb meaning never
- bis
- Preposition or conjunction meaning until or up to
- zwanzig
- Cardinal number twenty
- kommen
- Infinitive meaning to come or arrive
- Nun
- Adverb meaning now or well then
- ja
- Particle or adverb meaning yes or indeed
- Einmaleins
- Multiplication table; the times table in math
- spielt
- Third person singular of spielen; plays or matters
- keine
- Negative article meaning no or not any
- Rolle
- Noun meaning role, part, or reel
- Versuchen
- Infinitive or noun form of versuchen; trying
- wir
- First person plural pronoun; we
- es
- Neuter pronoun meaning it
- mit
- Preposition meaning with or along
- Geographie
- Noun meaning geography, the study of Earth
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