Little Women — Page 4
Jo immediately sat up, put her hands in her pockets, and began to whistle.
Jo setzte sich sofort auf, steckte die Hände in die Taschen und begann zu pfeifen.
"You are old enough to leave off boyish tricks, and to behave better, Josephine.
„Du bist alt genug, um jungenhaften Unfug zu lassen und dich besser zu benehmen, Josephine.
"I hate to think I've got to grow up, and be Miss March, and wear long gowns, and look as prim as a China Aster!
„Ich hasse den Gedanken, dass ich aufwachsen und Fräulein March werden muss, lange Kleider tragen und so steif aussehen soll wie eine Chinaaster!
It's bad enough to be a girl, anyway, when I like boy's games and work and manners!
Es ist ohnehin schlimm genug, ein Mädchen zu sein, wenn mir Jungenspiele, Jungenarbeit und Jungenmanieren gefallen!
I can't get over my disappointment in not being a boy.
Ich kann meine Enttäuschung darüber, kein Junge zu sein, nicht überwinden.
And it's worse than ever now, for I'm dying to go and fight with Papa.
Und jetzt ist es schlimmer als je zuvor, denn ich brenne darauf, mit Papa in den Kampf zu ziehen.
And I can only stay home and knit, like a poky old woman!
Und ich kann nur zuhause bleiben und stricken wie eine alte, lahme Frau!
Vocabulary
- setzte
- Set, placed; past tense of setzen
- sich
- Reflexive pronoun meaning oneself, herself, himself
- sofort
- Immediately, right away, at once
- auf
- On, upon, up; common German preposition
- steckte
- Stuck, put, placed; past tense of stecken
- die
- The; definite article for feminine or plural nouns
- Hände
- Hands; plural of Hand
- in
- In, into; very common German preposition
- Taschen
- Pockets or bags; plural of Tasche
- und
- And; basic coordinating conjunction
- begann
- Began; past tense of beginnen
- zu
- To, toward; used with infinitives or as preposition
- pfeifen
- To whistle; to make a whistling sound
- Du
- You; informal second-person singular pronoun
- bist
- Are; second-person singular of sein (to be)
- alt
- Old; describing age or something not new
- genug
- Enough; sufficient in amount or degree
- um
- Around, in order to; preposition or conjunction
- jungenhaften
- Boyish; having characteristics typical of a boy
- Unfug
- Nonsense, mischief, misconduct; improper behavior
- lassen
- To let, leave, allow; also to stop doing something
- dich
- You; accusative form of the pronoun du
- besser
- Better; comparative form of gut (good)
- benehmen
- To behave; to conduct oneself properly
- Ich
- I; first-person singular nominative pronoun
- hasse
- Hate; first-person singular present of hassen
- den
- The; accusative definite article for masculine nouns
- Gedanken
- Thought, idea; accusative/plural of Gedanke
- dass
- That; subordinating conjunction introducing a clause
- ich
- I; first-person singular pronoun
- aufwachsen
- To grow up; to mature from child to adult
- Fräulein
- Miss; traditional title for an unmarried woman
- werden
- To become; auxiliary verb for future tense
- muss
- Must, have to; first-person singular of müssen
- lange
- Long, for a long time; refers to length or duration
- Kleider
- Dresses, clothes; plural of Kleid
- tragen
- To wear, carry; to bear or have on one's body
- so
- So, thus, in this way; common adverb
- steif
- Stiff, rigid; lacking flexibility or naturalness
- aussehen
- To look, appear; to have a certain appearance
- soll
- Should, shall; third-person singular of sollen
- wie
- Like, as, how; used in comparisons or questions
- eine
- A, an; indefinite article feminine nominative
- Es
- It; neuter third-person singular pronoun
- ist
- Is; third-person singular present of sein
- ohnehin
- Anyway, in any case; regardless of circumstances
- schlimm
- Bad, terrible; describing something unpleasant or serious
- ein
- A, an; indefinite article or the number one
- Mädchen
- Girl; young female person
- sein
- To be; fundamental German auxiliary and main verb
- wenn
- When, if; conditional or temporal conjunction
- mir
- Me, to me; dative form of ich
- Jungenspiele
- Boys' games; games typically associated with boys
- Jungenarbeit
- Boys' work; tasks typically done by boys
- Jungenmanieren
- Boys' manners; behavior typical of boys
- gefallen
- To please, appeal to; to like something
- kann
- Can, am able to; first/third-person singular of können
- meine
- My; first-person singular possessive adjective
- Enttäuschung
- Disappointment; feeling of unmet expectations
- darüber
- About it, over it; prepositional pronoun with über
- kein
- No, not a; negative indefinite article
- Junge
- Boy; a young male person
- nicht
- Not; standard German negation word
- überwinden
- To overcome, get over; to conquer a difficulty
- Und
- And; coordinating conjunction connecting clauses
- jetzt
- Now; at the present moment
- es
- It; neuter third-person singular pronoun
- schlimmer
- Worse; comparative form of schlimm (bad)
- als
- Than, as, when; used in comparisons or time clauses
- je
- Ever; used in comparisons meaning at any time
- zuvor
- Before, previously; referring to an earlier time
- denn
- Because, for; causal conjunction or flavoring particle
- brenne
- Burn; first-person singular of brennen, here figuratively
- darauf
- For it, on it; prepositional pronoun with auf
- mit
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment
- Papa
- Papa, dad; informal word for father
- Kampf
- Fight, battle, struggle; armed or figurative conflict
- ziehen
- To go, move, pull; here to march off to war
- nur
- Only, just; limiting or restrictive adverb
- zuhause
- At home; being in one's own domestic place
- bleiben
- To stay, remain; to continue being in a place
- stricken
- To knit; to make fabric by looping yarn with needles
- alte
- Old; adjective describing age, here used attributively
- lahme
- Lame, feeble; weak or infirm in movement
- Frau
- Woman, Mrs.; adult female or formal title
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