McGuffey's Eclectic Primer, Revised Edition — Page 17
Should we not then love him?
Sollten wir ihn dann nicht lieben?
LESSON LII.
LEKTION LII.
Lord smile joys tears nigh morn griefs woes stars say
Herr lächeln Freuden Tränen nahe Morgen Kummer Leiden Sterne sagen
[Illustration: Sunset; lake in foreground; moon and stars.]
[Illustration: Sonnenuntergang; See im Vordergrund; Mond und Sterne.]
When the stars, at set of sun, Watch you from on high;
Wenn die Sterne beim Untergang der Sonne dich von oben beobachten;
When the light of morn has come, Think the Lord is nigh
Wenn das Licht des Morgens gekommen ist, denke daran, dass der Herr nahe ist
All you do, and all you say, He can see and hear;
Alles, was du tust, und alles, was du sagst, kann er sehen und hören;
When you work and when you play, Think the Lord is near.
Wenn du arbeitest und wenn du spielst, denke daran, dass der Herr nahe ist.
Vocabulary
- Sollten
- Should (modal verb, conditional form of 'sollen')
- wir
- We (first person plural pronoun)
- ihn
- Him (accusative form of 'er')
- dann
- Then, in that case, at that time
- nicht
- Not (basic negation word in German)
- lieben
- To love someone or something deeply
- LEKTION
- Lesson, a unit of instruction or learning
- Herr
- Mr., Lord, gentleman, or master
- lächeln
- To smile gently or pleasantly at someone
- Freuden
- Joys, pleasures (plural of 'Freude')
- Tränen
- Tears (plural of 'Träne'), drops from crying
- nahe
- Near, close, nearby in distance or relationship
- Morgen
- Morning or tomorrow, depending on context
- Kummer
- Sorrow, grief, worry, or distress
- Leiden
- Suffering, hardship, or to endure pain
- Sterne
- Stars (plural of 'Stern'), celestial bodies
- sagen
- To say or tell something to someone
- Illustration
- Illustration, a picture accompanying a text
- Sonnenuntergang
- Sunset, the setting of the sun in evening
- See
- Lake (der See) or sea (die See)
- im
- In the (contraction of 'in dem')
- Vordergrund
- Foreground, the front part of a scene
- Mond
- Moon, the natural satellite of Earth
- und
- And (basic coordinating conjunction)
- Wenn
- When or if (introduces conditional or temporal clauses)
- die
- The (definite article, feminine or plural)
- beim
- At the, during (contraction of 'bei dem')
- Untergang
- Setting, downfall, or decline of something
- der
- The (definite article, masculine nominative)
- Sonne
- Sun, the star at the center of our solar system
- dich
- You (accusative singular, direct object form)
- von
- From, of, by (common German preposition)
- oben
- Above, from above, up high
- beobachten
- To observe, watch, or monitor closely
- das
- The (definite article, neuter) or that
- Licht
- Light, illumination from a source
- des
- Of the (genitive article, masculine or neuter)
- Morgens
- Of the morning, in the morning (genitive)
- gekommen
- Come (past participle of 'kommen')
- ist
- Is (third person singular of 'sein', to be)
- denke
- Think (first person singular of 'denken')
- daran
- Of it, about it (prepositional pronoun)
- dass
- That (subordinating conjunction introducing a clause)
- Alles
- Everything, all things without exception
- was
- What, that which (relative or interrogative pronoun)
- du
- You (second person singular, informal pronoun)
- tust
- Do (second person singular of 'tun', to do)
- alles
- Everything, all (pronoun referring to all things)
- sagst
- Say (second person singular of 'sagen')
- kann
- Can, is able to (modal verb 'können')
- er
- He (third person singular masculine pronoun)
- sehen
- To see, to perceive visually
- hören
- To hear, to perceive through sound
- arbeitest
- Work (second person singular of 'arbeiten')
- wenn
- When, whenever, if (subordinating conjunction)
- spielst
- Play (second person singular of 'spielen')
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