McGuffey's Eclectic Primer, Revised Edition — Page 13
They go to school, and I see them go by each day with their books and slates.
Sie gehen zur Schule, und ich sehe sie jeden Tag mit ihren Büchern und Schiefertafeln vorbeigehen.
Miss May tells the girls and boys that they should be at the schoolhouse when the bell rings.
Miss May sagt den Mädchen und Jungen, dass sie im Schulhaus sein sollen, wenn die Glocke läutet.
So Henry walks fast, and is first at school.
Also geht Heinrich schnell und ist als Erster in der Schule.
He is a good boy, and wants to keep the rule of the school.
Er ist ein braver Junge und möchte die Regeln der Schule einhalten.
Ned is not a good boy.
Ned ist kein braver Junge.
I do not think he likes to go to school or to church.
Ich glaube nicht, dass er gerne zur Schule oder in die Kirche geht.
I saw him try to kill a quail with a stone.
Ich sah ihn versuchen, eine Wachtel mit einem Stein zu töten.
The quail is too quick a bird for that, and Ned did not hurt it; but I know that a good child would not try to kill a bird.
Die Wachtel ist dafür ein zu schneller Vogel, und Ned hat ihr nicht geschadet; aber ich weiß, dass ein braves Kind nicht versuchen würde, einen Vogel zu töten.
There is a baby at Ned's house.
Bei Ned zu Hause gibt es ein Baby.
Her name is Kate.
Ihr Name ist Kate.
Ned is not a good boy, but he loves Kate, and I do not think he would hurt her.
Ned ist kein braver Junge, aber er liebt Kate, und ich glaube nicht, dass er ihr schaden würde.
The tall house which you see on that high rock is a lighthouse.
Das hohe Haus, das Sie auf jenem hohen Felsen sehen, ist ein Leuchtturm.
At night its light is seen far out at sea, and the men on ships can tell where to go.
Nachts ist sein Licht weit draußen auf dem Meer zu sehen, und die Männer auf den Schiffen können erkennen, wohin sie fahren sollen.
If it were not for this, they would run on the rocks.
Wäre es nicht dafür, würden sie auf die Felsen auflaufen.
How would you like to live in a lighthouse?
Wie würde es Ihnen gefallen, in einem Leuchtturm zu leben?
Vocabulary
- Sie
- They or you (formal), third/second person pronoun
- gehen
- To go, to walk somewhere
- zur
- To the, contraction of zu der
- Schule
- School, place of learning for children
- und
- And, conjunction connecting words or clauses
- ich
- I, first person singular pronoun
- sehe
- See, first person singular of sehen
- sie
- She, they, or her, personal pronoun
- jeden
- Every, each, accusative masculine of jeder
- Tag
- Day, a 24-hour period
- mit
- With, preposition indicating accompaniment
- ihren
- Their, possessive pronoun in accusative plural
- Büchern
- Books, dative plural of Buch
- vorbeigehen
- To pass by, to walk past something
- Miss
- Miss, title for an unmarried woman teacher
- sagt
- Says, third person singular of sagen
- den
- The, definite article in dative or accusative
- Mädchen
- Girls or girl, female children
- Jungen
- Boys, male children, plural of Junge
- dass
- That, subordinating conjunction introducing a clause
- im
- In the, contraction of in dem
- Schulhaus
- Schoolhouse, building where school is held
- sein
- To be, infinitive of the verb sein
- sollen
- Should, modal verb expressing obligation or duty
- wenn
- When or if, subordinating conjunction
- die
- The, definite article for feminine or plural nouns
- Glocke
- Bell, a device that rings to signal time
- läutet
- Rings, third person singular of läuten
- Also
- So or therefore, conjunction indicating conclusion
- geht
- Goes, third person singular of gehen
- schnell
- Fast, quickly, describing speed of movement
- ist
- Is, third person singular of sein
- als
- As or than, conjunction used in comparisons
- Erster
- First, ordinal number used as a noun
- in
- In, preposition indicating location inside something
- der
- The, definite article for masculine nouns
- Er
- He, third person singular masculine pronoun
- ein
- A or an, indefinite article for nouns
- braver
- Well-behaved, good, obedient in adjective form
- Junge
- Boy, a male child
- möchte
- Would like, polite modal verb for wanting
- Regeln
- Rules, guidelines or regulations to be followed
- einhalten
- To follow or comply with rules or agreements
- kein
- No, not a, negating article for nouns
- Ich
- I, first person singular nominative pronoun
- glaube
- Believe or think, first person singular of glauben
- nicht
- Not, negation word in German sentences
- er
- He, third person singular masculine pronoun
- gerne
- Gladly, willingly, with pleasure or enjoyment
- oder
- Or, conjunction presenting an alternative option
- Kirche
- Church, a building for Christian worship
- sah
- Saw, past tense of sehen
- ihn
- Him, accusative form of the pronoun er
- versuchen
- To try, to attempt something
- eine
- A or an, indefinite article feminine accusative
- einem
- A or an, indefinite article in dative case
- Stein
- Stone, a rock or piece of hard mineral
- zu
- To, toward, preposition or infinitive marker
- töten
- To kill, to cause the death of something
- Die
- The, definite article feminine or plural nominative
- dafür
- For it, in return, as a consequence of that
- schneller
- Faster, comparative form of schnell
- Vogel
- Bird, a feathered flying animal
- hat
- Has, third person singular of haben
- ihr
- Her or their, possessive or dative pronoun
- geschadet
- Harmed, past participle of schaden
- aber
- But, conjunction indicating contrast or exception
- weiß
- Knows or white, verb wissen or adjective weiß
- braves
- Well-behaved, good, adjective in neuter form
- Kind
- Child, a young human being
- würde
- Would, conditional form of werden
- einen
- A or an, indefinite article masculine accusative
- Bei
- At or near, preposition indicating proximity
- Hause
- Home, dative form of Haus
- gibt
- Gives or there is, from geben
- es
- It, neutral third person singular pronoun
- Baby
- Baby, a very young infant child
- Ihr
- Your formal or their, possessive pronoun
- Name
- Name, the word used to identify a person
- liebt
- Loves, third person singular of lieben
- schaden
- To harm, to cause damage or hurt
- Das
- The, definite article neuter nominative or accusative
- hohe
- High or tall, adjective describing great elevation
- Haus
- House, a building where people live
- das
- The or that, article or relative pronoun neuter
- auf
- On, upon, preposition indicating position on surface
- jenem
- That, demonstrative pronoun in dative masculine
- hohen
- High, adjective in declined dative or genitive form
- Felsen
- Rock or cliff, a large mass of stone
- sehen
- To see, to perceive with the eyes
- Leuchtturm
- Lighthouse, tall tower emitting light for sailors
- Nachts
- At night, during the nighttime hours
- Licht
- Light, illumination or a source of brightness
- weit
- Far, wide, describing great distance or extent
- draußen
- Outside, beyond the enclosed space or building
- dem
- The, definite article in dative masculine or neuter
- Meer
- Sea or ocean, a large body of saltwater
- Männer
- Men, plural of Mann
- Schiffen
- Ships, dative plural of Schiff
- können
- Can, to be able to, modal verb
- erkennen
- To recognize, to identify or make out clearly
- wohin
- Where to, interrogative adverb of direction
- fahren
- To drive or travel, to go by vehicle
- Wäre
- Were or would be, subjunctive of sein
- würden
- Would, conditional plural form of werden
- auflaufen
- To run aground, to accumulate or pile up
- Wie
- How or as, interrogative or comparative adverb
- Ihnen
- You formal dative, to you in polite address
- gefallen
- To please, to be liked by someone
- leben
- To live, to be alive or reside somewhere
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