Grimms' Fairy Tales — Page 4
You will reach a village in the evening; and when you get there, you will see two inns opposite to each other, one of which is very pleasant and beautiful to look at: go not in there, but rest for the night in the other, though it may appear to you to be very poor and mean.'
Ihr werdet am Abend ein Dorf erreichen; und wenn ihr dort ankommt, werdet ihr zwei Gasthäuser einander gegenüber sehen, von denen eines sehr angenehm und schön anzusehen ist: geht nicht dort hinein, sondern rastet für die Nacht in dem anderen, auch wenn es euch sehr ärmlich und gering erscheinen mag.'
So he shot his arrow at the fox; but he missed it, and it set up its tail above its back and ran into the wood.
Also schoss er seinen Pfeil auf den Fuchs; aber er verfehlte ihn, und der Fuchs richtete seinen Schwanz über seinen Rücken auf und lief in den Wald.
Then he went his way, and in the evening came to the village where the two inns were; and in one of these were people singing, and dancing, and feasting; but the other looked very dirty, and poor.
Dann zog er seines Weges und kam am Abend in das Dorf, wo die zwei Gasthäuser waren; und in einem davon sangen, tanzten und feierten die Leute; aber das andere sah sehr schmutzig und ärmlich aus.
Time passed on; and as the eldest son did not come back, and no tidings were heard of him, the second son set out, and the same thing happened to him.
Die Zeit verging; und da der älteste Sohn nicht zurückkam und keine Nachricht von ihm zu hören war, machte sich der zweite Sohn auf den Weg, und ihm geschah dasselbe.
Vocabulary
- Ihr
- You (plural, formal or familiar address)
- werdet
- Will (second person plural future auxiliary verb)
- am
- At the, on the (contraction of an dem)
- Abend
- Evening, the time after sunset
- ein
- A, an (indefinite article, singular)
- Dorf
- Village, a small rural settlement
- erreichen
- To reach, to arrive at a destination
- und
- And, connecting words or clauses together
- wenn
- When, if (introducing conditional or temporal clauses)
- ihr
- You (plural informal), or her (possessive pronoun)
- dort
- There, at that place or location
- ankommt
- Arrives, reaches a destination (third person singular)
- zwei
- Two, the number 2
- Gasthäuser
- Inns, guesthouses offering lodging and meals
- einander
- Each other, one another (reciprocal pronoun)
- gegenüber
- Opposite, facing, across from something
- sehen
- To see, to perceive with the eyes
- von
- From, of, by (preposition indicating origin or possession)
- denen
- Of which, of those (relative or demonstrative pronoun)
- eines
- One of, genitive form of the indefinite article
- sehr
- Very, extremely (adverb intensifying adjectives or adverbs)
- angenehm
- Pleasant, agreeable, comfortable to experience
- schön
- Beautiful, lovely, nice in appearance
- anzusehen
- To look at, to behold visually (infinitive form)
- ist
- Is (third person singular of sein, to be)
- geht
- Go (imperative or third person singular of gehen)
- nicht
- Not, negation particle in German sentences
- hinein
- Into, inside, going inward to a place
- sondern
- But rather, instead (contradicting a negation)
- rastet
- Rests, takes a break from traveling
- für
- For, intended for or lasting a duration
- die
- The (definite article, feminine or plural)
- Nacht
- Night, the dark period after sunset
- in
- In, inside (preposition indicating location or time)
- dem
- The (dative definite article, masculine or neuter)
- anderen
- Other, the other one among several options
- auch
- Also, too, as well (additive adverb)
- es
- It, neuter third person singular pronoun
- euch
- You (plural dative/accusative informal pronoun)
- ärmlich
- Shabby, poor-looking, meager in appearance
- gering
- Little, slight, insignificant in amount or quality
- erscheinen
- To appear, to seem, to come into view
- mag
- May, might (modal verb expressing possibility)
- Also
- So, thus, therefore (connecting result or continuation)
- schoss
- Shot (past tense of schießen, to shoot)
- er
- He, masculine third person singular pronoun
- seinen
- His (accusative masculine possessive pronoun)
- Pfeil
- Arrow, a projectile shot from a bow
- auf
- On, onto, at (preposition indicating direction or surface)
- den
- The (accusative masculine definite article)
- Fuchs
- Fox, a clever wild animal with red fur
- aber
- But, however (conjunction expressing contrast)
- verfehlte
- Missed, failed to hit the target
- ihn
- Him, masculine accusative third person pronoun
- der
- The (masculine nominative definite article)
- richtete
- Aimed, pointed, directed toward something
- Schwanz
- Tail, the appendage at the back of an animal
- über
- Over, above, across (preposition of position)
- Rücken
- Back, the rear side of a body or object
- lief
- Ran, moved quickly on foot (past tense)
- Wald
- Forest, a large area covered with trees
- Dann
- Then, afterward, at that point in time
- zog
- Went, moved, pulled (past tense of ziehen)
- seines
- His (genitive masculine possessive pronoun)
- Weges
- Way, path (genitive of Weg, on one's way)
- kam
- Came (past tense of kommen, to come)
- das
- The, that (neuter definite article or pronoun)
- wo
- Where, at which place (relative or interrogative)
- waren
- Were (past tense plural of sein, to be)
- einem
- One, a (dative indefinite article, dative case)
- davon
- Of them, from it (pronoun indicating a subset)
- sangen
- Sang (past tense plural of singen, to sing)
- tanzten
- Danced (past tense plural of tanzen, to dance)
- feierten
- Celebrated, partied (past tense plural of feiern)
- Leute
- People, folks (plural noun, no singular form)
- andere
- Other, another (adjective or pronoun indicating difference)
- sah
- Saw (past tense of sehen, to see)
- schmutzig
- Dirty, filthy, not clean in appearance
- aus
- Out, from, out of (preposition or separable prefix)
- Die
- The (feminine or plural definite article)
- Zeit
- Time, a period or point in time
- verging
- Passed, elapsed (past tense of vergehen, time passing)
- da
- There, then, since (adverb or conjunction)
- älteste
- Oldest, eldest (superlative of alt, old)
- Sohn
- Son, a male offspring of a parent
- zurückkam
- Came back, returned (past tense of zurückkommen)
- keine
- No, none (negative indefinite article, feminine)
- Nachricht
- News, message, piece of information received
- ihm
- Him, to him (dative masculine third person pronoun)
- zu
- To, too, at (preposition or infinitive marker)
- hören
- To hear, to listen to sounds or news
- war
- Was (past tense singular of sein, to be)
- machte
- Made, did (past tense of machen, to make/do)
- sich
- Himself, herself, itself (reflexive pronoun)
- zweite
- Second (ordinal number, referring to the second)
- Weg
- Way, path, road to travel on
- geschah
- Happened, occurred (past tense of geschehen)
- dasselbe
- The same thing, identical to what was before
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