Little Women — Page 1
PLAYING PILGRIMS
AUF PILGERFAHRT
Nobody spoke for a minute; then Meg said in an altered tone, "You know the reason Mother proposed not having any presents this Christmas was because it is going to be a hard winter for everyone; and she thinks we ought not to spend money for pleasure, when our men are suffering so in the army.
Eine Minute lang sprach niemand; dann sagte Meg mit verändertem Ton: „Du weißt, dass Mutter vorgeschlagen hat, dieses Weihnachten keine Geschenke zu machen, weil es für alle ein harter Winter werden wird; und sie meint, wir sollten kein Geld für Vergnügungen ausgeben, während unsere Männer so sehr in der Armee leiden.
We can't do much, but we can make our little sacrifices, and ought to do it gladly.
Wir können nicht viel tun, aber wir können unsere kleinen Opfer bringen und sollten es gerne tun.
"But I don't think the little we should spend would do any good.
„Aber ich glaube nicht, dass das bisschen, das wir ausgeben würden, irgendetwas nützen würde.
We've each got a dollar, and the army wouldn't be much helped by our giving that.
Wir haben jede einen Dollar, und der Armee wäre damit nicht viel geholfen.
Vocabulary
- AUF
- On, upon, or on top of something
- PILGERFAHRT
- Pilgrimage; a journey to a sacred place
- Eine
- A, an; feminine indefinite article in German
- Minute
- Minute; a unit of time, sixty seconds
- lang
- Long; extending a great distance or duration
- sprach
- Spoke; past tense of sprechen, to speak
- niemand
- Nobody, no one; not any person
- dann
- Then; indicating what happens next in sequence
- sagte
- Said; past tense of sagen, to say
- mit
- With; indicating accompaniment or association
- verändertem
- Changed, altered; modified in tone or manner
- Ton
- Tone; a particular quality of voice or sound
- Du
- You; informal second-person singular pronoun
- weißt
- Know; second-person singular of wissen, to know
- dass
- That; subordinating conjunction introducing a clause
- Mutter
- Mother; a female parent
- vorgeschlagen
- Suggested, proposed; past participle of vorschlagen
- hat
- Has; third-person singular of haben, to have
- dieses
- This; demonstrative pronoun referring to something nearby
- Weihnachten
- Christmas; the Christian holiday celebrated December 25th
- keine
- No, none; negative article or pronoun in German
- Geschenke
- Gifts, presents; items given to others
- zu
- To, too; preposition or infinitive particle in German
- machen
- To make or do; a common German verb
- weil
- Because; subordinating conjunction indicating reason
- es
- It; neuter third-person singular pronoun
- für
- For; preposition indicating purpose or benefit
- alle
- All, everyone; referring to the total group
- ein
- A, an, one; indefinite article or numeral
- harter
- Hard, harsh; adjective describing difficult conditions
- Winter
- Winter; the coldest season of the year
- werden
- To become or will; auxiliary verb for future tense
- wird
- Will be; third-person singular future auxiliary verb
- und
- And; coordinating conjunction connecting words or clauses
- sie
- She or they; third-person pronoun in German
- meint
- Thinks, means; third-person singular of meinen
- wir
- We; first-person plural pronoun in German
- sollten
- Should; past subjunctive of sollen, to be supposed to
- kein
- No, not any; negative article used before nouns
- Geld
- Money; currency used for buying and selling
- Vergnügungen
- Pleasures, amusements; enjoyable leisure activities
- ausgeben
- To spend money; to distribute or give out
- während
- While, during; preposition or conjunction of time
- unsere
- Our; first-person plural possessive adjective
- Männer
- Men; plural of Mann, adult male persons
- so
- So, such; adverb indicating degree or manner
- sehr
- Very, much; intensifying adverb in German
- in
- In, inside; preposition indicating location or time
- der
- The; definite article for masculine or genitive case
- Armee
- Army; a large organized military land force
- leiden
- To suffer; to endure pain or hardship
- Wir
- We; first-person plural subject pronoun
- können
- Can, are able to; modal verb of ability
- nicht
- Not; negation particle in German sentences
- viel
- Much, a lot; indicating a large quantity
- tun
- To do; a basic German action verb
- aber
- But; coordinating conjunction expressing contrast
- kleinen
- Small, little; adjective in declined accusative form
- Opfer
- Sacrifice, victim; something given up willingly
- bringen
- To bring; to carry something to a place
- gerne
- Gladly, willingly; with pleasure or readiness
- Aber
- But; conjunction introducing a contrasting statement
- ich
- I; first-person singular subject pronoun
- glaube
- Believe, think; first-person singular of glauben
- das
- The, that; neuter definite article or demonstrative pronoun
- bisschen
- A little, a bit; indicating a small amount
- würden
- Would; conditional auxiliary verb in German
- irgendetwas
- Something, anything; an unspecified thing or matter
- nützen
- To be of use; to benefit or serve a purpose
- würde
- Would; singular conditional form of werden
- haben
- To have; a fundamental German auxiliary verb
- jede
- Each, every; referring to all members individually
- einen
- A, one; masculine accusative indefinite article
- Dollar
- Dollar; a unit of currency, especially US currency
- wäre
- Would be; subjunctive past form of sein
- damit
- With it, so that; indicates means or purpose
- geholfen
- Helped; past participle of helfen, to help
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