Anne of Green Gables — Page 9
There's never anybody to be had but those stupid, half-grown little French boys; and as soon as you do get one broke into your ways and taught something he's up and off to the lobster canneries or the States.
Es gibt nie jemanden zu bekommen außer diesen dummen, halbwüchsigen kleinen französischen Jungen; und sobald man einen an seine Gewohnheiten gewöhnt und ihm etwas beigebracht hat, macht er sich auf und davon zu den Hummerdosen-Fabriken oder in die Staaten.
At first Matthew suggested getting a Home boy.
Zuerst schlug Matthew vor, einen Heimjungen zu nehmen.
But I said 'no' flat to that.
Aber ich habe da glatt 'nein' gesagt.
'They may be all right--I'm not saying they're not--but no London street Arabs for me,' I said.
'Sie mögen in Ordnung sein – ich sage nicht, dass sie es nicht sind – aber keine Londoner Straßenkinder für mich,' sagte ich.
'Give me a native born at least.
'Gib mir wenigstens einen Einheimischen.
There'll be a risk, no matter who we get.
Es wird ein Risiko geben, egal wen wir bekommen.
But I'll feel easier in my mind and sleep sounder at nights if we get a born Canadian.'
Aber ich werde ruhiger sein und nachts besser schlafen, wenn wir einen geborenen Kanadier bekommen.'
So in the end we decided to ask Mrs. Spencer to pick us out one when she went over to get her little girl.
Also beschlossen wir schließlich, Mrs. Spencer zu bitten, uns einen auszusuchen, wenn sie rüberfährt, um ihr kleines Mädchen zu holen.
We heard last week she was going, so we sent her word by Richard Spencer's folks at Carmody to bring us a smart, likely boy of about ten or eleven.
Wir hörten letzte Woche, dass sie fahren würde, also ließen wir ihr durch Richard Spencers Leute in Carmody ausrichten, uns einen aufgeweckten, tüchtigen Jungen von etwa zehn oder elf Jahren mitzubringen.
We decided that would be the best age--old enough to be of some use in doing chores right off and young enough to be trained up proper.
Wir entschieden, dass das das beste Alter wäre – alt genug, um sofort bei den Hausarbeiten nützlich zu sein, und jung genug, um richtig erzogen zu werden.
We mean to give him a good home and schooling.
Wir wollen ihm ein gutes Zuhause und eine gute Schulbildung geben.
We had a telegram from Mrs. Alexander Spencer today--the mail-man brought it from the station--saying they were coming on the five-thirty train tonight.
Wir bekamen heute ein Telegramm von Mrs. Alexander Spencer – der Briefträger brachte es vom Bahnhof – mit der Nachricht, dass sie heute Abend mit dem Zug um halb sechs kommen würden.
So Matthew went to Bright River to meet him.
Also fuhr Matthew nach Bright River, um ihn abzuholen.
Mrs. Spencer will drop him off there.
Mrs. Spencer wird ihn dort absetzen.
Of course she goes on to White Sands station herself.
Natürlich fährt sie selbst weiter zum Bahnhof White Sands.
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Vocabulary
- Es
- It; neuter pronoun used in impersonal constructions
- gibt
- There is/are; third person singular of geben
- nie
- Never; at no time
- jemanden
- Someone; accusative form of jemand
- zu
- To; preposition or infinitive marker
- bekommen
- To get, receive, or obtain something
- außer
- Except, besides; excluding something or someone
- diesen
- These/this; accusative masculine demonstrative pronoun
- dummen
- Stupid, dumb; adjective in inflected form
- halbwüchsigen
- Adolescent, half-grown; describing a partially grown youth
- kleinen
- Small, little; adjective in inflected form
- französischen
- French; adjective referring to France in inflected form
- Jungen
- Boys; plural of Junge, a male youth
- und
- And; coordinating conjunction linking words or clauses
- sobald
- As soon as; conjunction indicating immediate sequence
- man
- One, you; indefinite pronoun referring to people generally
- einen
- One, a; accusative masculine indefinite article or pronoun
- an
- At, to, on; preposition indicating position or direction
- seine
- His, its; possessive pronoun in nominative or accusative
- Gewohnheiten
- Habits, customs; plural of Gewohnheit
- gewöhnt
- Accustomed; past participle of gewöhnen, to accustom
- ihm
- Him, it; dative personal pronoun third person singular
- etwas
- Something, somewhat; indefinite pronoun or adverb
- beigebracht
- Taught, instilled; past participle of beibringen
- hat
- Has; third person singular present of haben
- macht
- Makes, does; third person singular present of machen
- er
- He; third person singular masculine pronoun
- sich
- Himself, themselves; reflexive pronoun
- auf
- On, onto, up; preposition indicating position or direction
- davon
- Away, off; adverb meaning away from this place
- den
- The; definite article in accusative or dative plural
- oder
- Or; coordinating conjunction presenting an alternative
- in
- In, into; preposition indicating location or direction
- die
- The; definite article feminine or plural nominative/accusative
- Staaten
- States; plural of Staat, often referring to the USA
- Zuerst
- First, at first; adverb indicating the initial action
- schlug
- Suggested, struck; past tense of schlagen or vorschlagen
- vor
- Before, in front of; preposition or prefix
- nehmen
- To take; infinitive of the verb nehmen
- Aber
- But; coordinating conjunction indicating contrast
- ich
- I; first person singular pronoun
- habe
- Have; first person singular present of haben
- da
- There, then; adverb indicating place or time
- glatt
- Flatly, smoothly; adverb meaning outright or bluntly
- nein
- No; negative response or refusal
- gesagt
- Said; past participle of sagen
- Sie
- They/You; third person plural or formal second person
- mögen
- May, might, like; modal verb expressing possibility or liking
- Ordnung
- Order, tidiness; state of being organized or proper
- sein
- To be; infinitive of the most common German verb
- sage
- Say; first person singular present of sagen
- nicht
- Not; negation adverb
- dass
- That; subordinating conjunction introducing a clause
- sind
- Are; third person plural or second person formal of sein
- aber
- But, however; coordinating conjunction showing contrast
- keine
- No, none; negative article or pronoun
- Straßenkinder
- Street children; homeless or neglected urban children
- für
- For; preposition indicating purpose or benefit
- mich
- Me; accusative first person singular pronoun
- sagte
- Said; simple past tense of sagen
- Gib
- Give; imperative singular form of geben
- mir
- Me; dative first person singular pronoun
- wenigstens
- At least; adverb indicating minimum expectation
- Einheimischen
- Locals, natives; people born in a particular place
- wird
- Will; third person singular future auxiliary of werden
- ein
- A, an; indefinite article masculine or neuter nominative
- Risiko
- Risk; a possibility of danger or negative outcome
- geben
- To give; infinitive of the common verb geben
- egal
- No matter, regardless; indifferent or irrelevant
- wen
- Whom; accusative interrogative or relative pronoun
- wir
- We; first person plural pronoun
- werde
- Will, shall; first person singular of werden
- ruhiger
- Calmer, quieter; comparative form of ruhig
- nachts
- At night; adverb indicating nighttime
- besser
- Better; comparative form of gut
- schlafen
- To sleep; infinitive of the verb schlafen
- wenn
- When, if; subordinating conjunction of time or condition
- geborenen
- Born; inflected past participle of gebären
- Also
- So, thus; adverb indicating conclusion or result
- beschlossen
- Decided, resolved; past participle of beschließen
- schließlich
- Finally, eventually; adverb indicating ultimate outcome
- bitten
- To ask, request; infinitive of bitten
- uns
- Us; accusative or dative first person plural pronoun
- auszusuchen
- To select, choose; infinitive of aussuchen with zu
- um
- Around, at, in order to; preposition or conjunction
- ihr
- Her, their, your; possessive or personal pronoun
- kleines
- Small, little; adjective in neuter nominative form
- Mädchen
- Girl; a female child or young woman
- holen
- To fetch, get; infinitive of holen
- Wir
- We; first person plural pronoun
- hörten
- Heard; simple past tense of hören
- letzte
- Last; adjective referring to the most recent
- Woche
- Week; a period of seven days
- fahren
- To travel, drive; infinitive of fahren
- würde
- Would; past subjunctive of werden
- also
- So, therefore; adverb indicating logical conclusion
- ließen
- Let, allowed; simple past of lassen
- durch
- Through, via; preposition indicating passage or means
- Leute
- People; plural noun referring to a group of persons
- ausrichten
- To convey a message, pass along information
- aufgeweckten
- Bright, clever; adjective describing an alert child
- tüchtigen
- Capable, efficient; adjective in inflected form
- von
- Of, from, by; preposition indicating origin or possession
- etwa
- About, approximately; adverb indicating rough estimate
- zehn
- Ten; the number 10
- elf
- Eleven; the number 11
- Jahren
- Years; dative plural of Jahr
- mitzubringen
- To bring along; infinitive of mitbringen with zu
- entschieden
- Decided; past participle of entscheiden
- das
- The, that; neuter definite article or demonstrative pronoun
- beste
- Best; superlative form of gut
- Alter
- Age; a person's number of years lived
- wäre
- Would be; past subjunctive of sein
- alt
- Old; adjective describing age
- genug
- Enough; adverb or adjective indicating sufficiency
- sofort
- Immediately, at once; adverb indicating no delay
- bei
- At, near, with; preposition indicating proximity
- Hausarbeiten
- Household chores; tasks done to maintain a home
- nützlich
- Useful, helpful; adjective describing practical value
- jung
- Young; adjective describing youth
- richtig
- Correctly, properly; adverb or adjective meaning right
- erzogen
- Raised, brought up; past participle of erziehen
- werden
- To become, will; auxiliary or full verb
- wollen
- To want; modal verb expressing desire or intention
- gutes
- Good; adjective in neuter strong nominative/accusative
- Zuhause
- Home; one's place of residence or belonging
- eine
- A, an; indefinite article feminine nominative
- gute
- Good; adjective in feminine or plural inflected form
- Schulbildung
- School education; formal schooling received by a person
- bekamen
- Received, got; simple past plural of bekommen
- heute
- Today; adverb referring to the current day
- der
- The; definite article masculine nominative or genitive
- Briefträger
- Postman, mail carrier; person who delivers letters
- brachte
- Brought; simple past of bringen
- vom
- From the; contraction of von dem
- Bahnhof
- Train station; a place where trains stop
- mit
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment or inclusion
- Nachricht
- Message, news; a piece of information communicated
- Abend
- Evening; the time of day after afternoon
- dem
- The; dative masculine or neuter definite article
- Zug
- Train; a rail vehicle for passenger or freight transport
- halb
- Half; adjective or adverb meaning half past
- sechs
- Six; the number 6
- kommen
- To come; infinitive of the verb kommen
- würden
- Would; past subjunctive plural or third person of werden
- fuhr
- Drove, traveled; simple past of fahren
- nach
- To, after, according to; preposition of direction or time
- ihn
- Him; accusative third person singular masculine pronoun
- abzuholen
- To pick up, collect; infinitive of abholen with zu
- dort
- There; adverb indicating a place
- absetzen
- To drop off, set down; to deposit someone at a place
- Natürlich
- Naturally, of course; adverb indicating obviousness
- fährt
- Drives, travels; third person singular present of fahren
- selbst
- Himself, itself, even; reflexive intensifier pronoun
- weiter
- Further, onward; adverb indicating continuation
- zum
- To the; contraction of zu dem
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