Grimms' Fairy Tales — Page 10
This, too, happened as the fox said; they carried off the bird, the princess mounted again, and they rode on to a great wood. Then the fox came, and said, 'Pray kill me, and cut off my head and my feet.
Auch dies geschah so, wie der Fuchs gesagt hatte; sie entführten den Vogel, die Prinzessin stieg wieder auf, und sie ritten weiter zu einem großen Wald. Da kam der Fuchs und sagte: „Ich bitte dich, töte mich und schneide mir den Kopf und die Füße ab.
Vocabulary
- Auch
- Also; used to add emphasis or agreement.
- dies
- This; demonstrative pronoun referring to something nearby.
- geschah
- Happened; past tense of 'geschehen' (to occur).
- so
- So; thus; in this manner or way.
- wie
- How; as; used for comparison or manner.
- der
- The; definite article for masculine nouns.
- Fuchs
- Fox; a cunning wild animal of the dog family.
- gesagt
- Said; past participle of 'sagen' (to say).
- hatte
- Had; past tense of 'haben' (to have).
- sie
- She or they; third-person pronoun.
- entführten
- Kidnapped; abducted someone away by force.
- den
- The; definite article in accusative masculine case.
- Vogel
- Bird; a feathered winged animal.
- die
- The; definite article for feminine or plural nouns.
- Prinzessin
- Princess; daughter of a king or queen.
- stieg
- Climbed; past tense of 'steigen' (to ascend/mount).
- wieder
- Again; once more; returning to a previous state.
- auf
- On; up; onto; a versatile preposition or prefix.
- und
- And; conjunction connecting words or clauses.
- ritten
- Rode; past tense plural of 'reiten' (to ride horseback).
- weiter
- Further; onward; continuing in a direction.
- zu
- To; toward; preposition indicating direction or purpose.
- einem
- A; indefinite article in dative masculine/neuter case.
- großen
- Large; big; adjective in inflected form.
- Wald
- Forest; a large area densely covered with trees.
- Da
- There; then; at that point in time or place.
- kam
- Came; past tense of 'kommen' (to come).
- sagte
- Said; past tense of 'sagen' (to say).
- Ich
- I; first-person singular pronoun.
- bitte
- Please; I ask; polite request word.
- dich
- You; accusative form of 'du' (informal you).
- töte
- Kill; imperative or present of 'töten' (to kill).
- mich
- Me; accusative first-person singular pronoun.
- schneide
- Cut; imperative of 'schneiden' (to cut).
- mir
- Me; dative first-person singular pronoun.
- Kopf
- Head; the uppermost part of a human body.
- Füße
- Feet; plural of 'Fuß'; lower extremities of the body.
- ab
- Off; away; separable prefix indicating removal or departure.
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