Piccolissima — Page 12
The wings of the insect fluttered, and made a little sharp noise, which, however, had nothing terrible in it, and Piccolissima perceived that her companion was laughing.
Die Flügel des Insekts flatterten und erzeugten ein kleines scharfes Geräusch, das jedoch nichts Schreckliches an sich hatte, und Piccolissima bemerkte, dass ihr Begleiter lachte.
It was evident that the fly must laugh with his wings, because he could not laugh in any other way.
Es war offensichtlich, dass die Fliege mit ihren Flügeln lachen musste, weil sie auf keine andere Weise lachen konnte.
It was with his antennae that he had listened; they evidently served him as ears; and, when he recovered his gravity, he flew on the little girl's hand, and began to talk with her; then Piccolissima observed him more intelligently.
Mit seinen Fühlern hatte er gelauscht; sie dienten ihm offensichtlich als Ohren; und als er seine Ernsthaftigkeit wiedererlangte, flog er auf die Hand des kleinen Mädchens und begann mit ihr zu sprechen; dann beobachtete Piccolissima ihn aufmerksamer.
Piccolissima thought that the little person was not wanting in vanity, and, while the fly was taking breath, observed that the trunk had disappeared, and that there was no possibility of discovering what the insect had done with it.
Piccolissima dachte, dass es dem kleinen Wesen nicht an Eitelkeit mangelte, und bemerkte, während die Fliege Atem holte, dass der Rüssel verschwunden war und dass es keine Möglichkeit gab herauszufinden, was das Insekt damit gemacht hatte.
Vocabulary
- Die
- The (feminine singular or plural article)
- Flügel
- Wings of birds, insects, or aircraft
- des
- Of the (genitive singular article)
- Insekts
- Insect (genitive singular form)
- flatterten
- Fluttered, moved wings rapidly and lightly
- und
- And (conjunction)
- erzeugten
- Generated, produced, created sound or effect
- ein
- A, an (indefinite article)
- kleines
- Small (neuter singular adjective)
- scharfes
- Sharp, shrill (neuter singular adjective)
- Geräusch
- Sound, noise, acoustic phenomenon
- das
- The (neuter singular article)
- jedoch
- However, nevertheless, yet (conjunction)
- nichts
- Nothing, anything (pronoun)
- Schreckliches
- Terrible, dreadful, frightening thing or quality
- an
- At, on, to (preposition)
- sich
- Oneself, herself, itself (reflexive pronoun)
- hatte
- Had (past tense of haben)
- bemerkte
- Noticed, observed, remarked upon something
- dass
- That (subordinating conjunction)
- ihr
- Her, its, their (possessive pronoun)
- Begleiter
- Companion, escort, someone who accompanies
- lachte
- Laughed, expressed amusement or joy
- Es
- It (neuter singular pronoun)
- war
- Was (past tense of sein)
- offensichtlich
- Obviously, evidently, clearly apparent
- Fliege
- Fly (insect)
- mit
- With, by means of (preposition)
- ihren
- Her, their (possessive pronoun, dative/accusative)
- lachen
- To laugh, express amusement
- musste
- Had to, was obligated to (past tense)
- weil
- Because (subordinating conjunction)
- sie
- She, they (personal pronoun)
- auf
- On, upon, at (preposition)
- keine
- No, not any (negative article)
- andere
- Other, different, another
- Weise
- Way, manner, method of doing something
- konnte
- Could, was able to (past tense)
- Mit
- With, by means of (preposition)
- seinen
- His, its (possessive pronoun, dative/accusative)
- Fühlern
- Antennae (plural dative form)
- er
- He (masculine singular personal pronoun)
- gelauscht
- Listened, eavesdropped, paid close attention
- dienten
- Served, functioned as (past tense)
- ihm
- Him, it (dative personal pronoun)
- als
- As, like, when (conjunction/preposition)
- Ohren
- Ears (plural noun)
- seine
- His, its (possessive pronoun)
- Ernsthaftigkeit
- Seriousness, earnestness, gravity of manner
- wiedererlangte
- Regained, recovered, got back again
- flog
- Flew, moved through air on wings
- Hand
- Hand (body part)
- Mädchens
- Girl (genitive singular form)
- begann
- Began, started, commenced an action
- zu
- To, at (preposition/infinitive marker)
- sprechen
- To speak, to talk, communicate verbally
- dann
- Then, afterward, next in sequence
- beobachtete
- Observed, watched, noticed carefully
- ihn
- Him, it (accusative personal pronoun)
- aufmerksamer
- More attentively, with greater attention
- dachte
- Thought, considered, reflected upon
- es
- It (neuter singular pronoun)
- dem
- The (dative singular article)
- Wesen
- Creature, being, entity or character
- nicht
- Not (negation adverb)
- Eitelkeit
- Vanity, conceit, excessive pride
- mangelte
- Lacked, was lacking, was missing
- während
- While, during, whereas (conjunction)
- Atem
- Breath, breathing, respiration process
- holte
- Fetched, got, drew (past tense)
- der
- The (masculine singular article)
- Rüssel
- Trunk, snout, proboscis (animal appendage)
- verschwunden
- Disappeared, vanished, gone from sight
- Möglichkeit
- Possibility, chance, opportunity or option
- gab
- Gave, yielded, produced (past tense)
- herauszufinden
- To find out, discover, ascertain fact
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