McGuffey's Eclectic Primer, Revised Edition — Page 9
They like to see the big wheel go round.
Sie sehen gerne, wie sich das große Rad dreht.
They have come to play on the logs and in the boat.
Sie sind gekommen, um auf den Baumstämmen und im Boot zu spielen.
John and Sue will play here all day.
John und Sue werden hier den ganzen Tag spielen.
The cows like grass.
Die Kühe fressen gerne Gras.
They stand in the shade.
Sie stehen im Schatten.
Here are some girls with skates; but they are not on the ice.
Hier sind einige Mädchen mit Schlittschuhen; aber sie sind nicht auf dem Eis.
Their skates roll on the floor.
Ihre Schlittschuhe rollen auf dem Boden.
Which way do you like to skate,--on the ice, or on the floor?
Wie fahren Sie lieber Schlittschuh – auf dem Eis oder auf dem Boden?
The girl with the new black dress is Jane Bell.
Das Mädchen mit dem neuen schwarzen Kleid ist Jane Bell.
Look out for the cars!
Vorsicht vor den Zügen!
How fast they come!
Wie schnell sie kommen!
No horse can go as fast as the cars.
Kein Pferd kann so schnell laufen wie die Züge.
I will not try to catch them, for I should fall and be hurt.
Ich werde nicht versuchen, sie einzuholen, denn ich würde fallen und mich verletzen.
See the horse look at the cars.
Schau, wie das Pferd die Züge beobachtet.
Will he not run?
Wird er nicht weglaufen?
There is ice on the pond, and the mill wheel can not go round.
Auf dem Teich liegt Eis, und das Mühlrad kann sich nicht drehen.
The boys are all out on the ice with their skates.
Die Jungen sind alle mit ihren Schlittschuhen auf dem Eis.
I will let you and Tom try to skate; but do not fall, for you will be hurt.
Ich werde dich und Tom Schlittschuhlaufen lassen; aber fallt nicht hin, denn ihr werdet euch verletzen.
Look! here come the cars.
Schau! da kommen die Züge.
John and Nat try to skate as fast as the cars go, but they can not.
John und Nat versuchen, so schnell wie die Züge zu laufen, aber das können sie nicht.
John has had a fall.
John ist hingefallen.
Vocabulary
- Sie
- She, they, or formal you (pronoun)
- sehen
- To see or look at something
- gerne
- Gladly, with pleasure, willingly
- wie
- How, as, or like (conjunction/adverb)
- sich
- Reflexive pronoun meaning oneself or themselves
- das
- The (neuter definite article) or that
- große
- Large, big, great (adjective, inflected form)
- Rad
- Wheel or bicycle
- dreht
- Turns, rotates (third person singular present)
- sind
- Are (plural/formal present tense of sein)
- gekommen
- Come, arrived (past participle of kommen)
- um
- Around, at, in order to (preposition)
- auf
- On, onto, upon (preposition)
- den
- The (accusative/dative masculine definite article)
- Baumstämmen
- Tree trunks (dative plural noun)
- und
- And (coordinating conjunction)
- im
- In the (contraction of in dem)
- Boot
- Boat, small watercraft
- zu
- To, too, closed (preposition/infinitive marker)
- spielen
- To play (games, sports, or instruments)
- werden
- To become; future tense auxiliary verb
- hier
- Here, in this place (adverb)
- ganzen
- Whole, entire (inflected adjective form)
- Tag
- Day (24-hour period)
- Die
- The (feminine/plural definite article)
- Kühe
- Cows (plural of Kuh)
- fressen
- To eat (used for animals feeding)
- Gras
- Grass (plant covering lawns and fields)
- stehen
- To stand, to be positioned upright
- Schatten
- Shadow or shade from light
- Hier
- Here, at this location (adverb)
- einige
- Some, a few, several (indefinite pronoun)
- Mädchen
- Girl or girls (neuter noun)
- mit
- With, along with (preposition)
- Schlittschuhen
- Skates (ice or roller, dative plural)
- aber
- But, however (coordinating conjunction)
- nicht
- Not (negation adverb)
- dem
- The (dative masculine/neuter definite article)
- Eis
- Ice or ice cream (noun)
- Ihre
- Their or your (formal possessive pronoun)
- Schlittschuhe
- Skates (ice or roller, nominative plural)
- rollen
- To roll, to move on wheels
- Boden
- Floor, ground, or soil
- Wie
- How, in what way (interrogative adverb)
- fahren
- To drive, travel, or ride (vehicle)
- lieber
- Rather, preferably (comparative of gern)
- Schlittschuh
- Skate (single ice or roller skate)
- oder
- Or (coordinating conjunction offering alternatives)
- neuen
- New (adjective, inflected accusative/dative form)
- schwarzen
- Black (adjective, inflected form)
- Kleid
- Dress, a woman's or girl's garment
- ist
- Is (third person singular of sein)
- Vorsicht
- Caution, watch out, be careful
- vor
- Before, in front of, ago (preposition)
- Zügen
- Trains (dative plural of Zug)
- schnell
- Fast, quick, rapid (adjective/adverb)
- kommen
- To come, to arrive somewhere
- Kein
- No, not a, not any (negating article)
- Pferd
- Horse (domesticated riding/working animal)
- kann
- Can, is able to (modal verb)
- so
- So, thus, in this way (adverb)
- laufen
- To run or to walk
- die
- The (feminine/plural definite article)
- Züge
- Trains (plural of Zug)
- Ich
- I (first person singular pronoun)
- werde
- Will (first person singular future auxiliary)
- versuchen
- To try, to attempt something
- einzuholen
- To catch up with, to overtake someone
- denn
- Because, for, then (conjunction/particle)
- ich
- I (first person singular pronoun)
- würde
- Would (conditional form of werden)
- fallen
- To fall down (verb)
- mich
- Me (first person accusative reflexive pronoun)
- verletzen
- To injure or hurt oneself or someone
- Schau
- Look! Watch! (imperative of schauen)
- beobachtet
- Observes, watches carefully (third person singular)
- Wird
- Will, becomes (third person singular of werden)
- er
- He (third person masculine singular pronoun)
- weglaufen
- To run away, flee from a place
- Auf
- On, upon, open (preposition/prefix)
- Teich
- Pond, small body of standing water
- liegt
- Lies, is located (third person singular)
- Mühlrad
- Mill wheel, large wheel powering a mill
- drehen
- To turn, rotate, or spin something
- Jungen
- Boys (plural of Junge)
- alle
- All, everyone, every one (pronoun/adjective)
- ihren
- Their (accusative possessive pronoun, inflected)
- dich
- You (second person singular accusative pronoun)
- Schlittschuhlaufen
- Ice skating (gerund/infinitive noun)
- lassen
- To let, allow, or have something done
- fallt
- Fall (second person plural imperative of fallen)
- hin
- Down, there, in that direction (adverb)
- ihr
- You (plural informal) or her (pronoun)
- werdet
- Will (second person plural future auxiliary)
- euch
- You (plural dative/accusative reflexive pronoun)
- da
- There, here, since, because (adverb)
- können
- Can, to be able to (modal verb)
- hingefallen
- Fallen down (past participle of hinfallen)
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