History of Tom Jones, a Foundling — Page 1
THE FAMILY OF MR ALLWORTHY, FROM THE TIME WHEN TOMMY JONES ARRIVED AT THE AGE OF FOURTEEN, TILL HE ATTAINED THE AGE OF NINETEEN.
DIE FAMILIE DES HERRN ALLWORTHY, VON DER ZEIT AN, ALS TOMMY JONES DAS ALTER VON VIERZEHN JAHREN ERREICHTE, BIS ER DAS ALTER VON NEUNZEHN JAHREN ERLANGTE.
IN THIS BOOK THE READER MAY PICK UP SOME HINTS CONCERNING THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN.
IN DIESEM BUCH KANN DER LESER EINIGE HINWEISE ZUR ERZIEHUNG VON KINDERN AUFGREIFEN.
Vocabulary
- FAMILIE
- A group of related people living together.
- HERRN
- Genitive or accusative form of 'Herr', meaning mister or gentleman.
- VON
- Preposition meaning 'from' or 'of'.
- ZEIT
- A period or point in time.
- AN
- Preposition meaning 'at', 'on', or 'to'.
- ALS
- Conjunction meaning 'when' or 'as', used for past events.
- ALTER
- A person's age or stage of life.
- VIERZEHN
- The number fourteen.
- JAHREN
- Dative plural of 'Jahr', meaning years.
- ERREICHTE
- Past tense of 'erreichen', meaning reached or attained.
- BIS
- Preposition or conjunction meaning 'until' or 'up to'.
- NEUNZEHN
- The number nineteen.
- ERLANGTE
- Past tense of 'erlangen', meaning acquired or achieved.
- DIESEM
- Dative form of demonstrative pronoun 'dieser', meaning 'this'.
- BUCH
- A written or printed literary work.
- KANN
- Present tense of 'können', meaning 'can' or 'is able to'.
- LESER
- A person who reads a book or text.
- EINIGE
- Indefinite pronoun meaning 'some' or 'a few'.
- HINWEISE
- Tips, clues, or references pointing to something.
- ZUR
- Contraction of 'zu der', meaning 'to the'.
- ERZIEHUNG
- The process of raising or educating children.
- KINDERN
- Dative plural of 'Kind', meaning children.
- AUFGREIFEN
- To pick up, take up, or adopt an idea or topic.
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