The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete — Page 7
A new-comer of any age or either sex was an impressive curiosity in the poor little shabby village of St. Petersburg.
Ein Neuankömmling jeden Alters oder Geschlechts war eine eindrucksvolle Merkwürdigkeit in dem armen, kleinen, schäbigen Dorf St. Petersburg.
This boy was well dressed, too—well dressed on a week-day.
Dieser Junge war außerdem gut gekleidet – gut gekleidet an einem Wochentag.
This was simply astounding.
Das war schlichtweg erstaunlich.
His cap was a dainty thing, his close-buttoned blue cloth roundabout was new and natty, and so were his pantaloons.
Seine Mütze war ein feines Ding, sein eng geknöpftes blaues Tuchjäckchen war neu und schmuck, und ebenso seine Hosen.
He had shoes on—and it was only Friday.
Er trug Schuhe – und es war erst Freitag.
He even wore a necktie, a bright bit of ribbon.
Er trug sogar eine Krawatte, ein buntes Stückchen Band.
He had a citified air about him that ate into Tom's vitals.
Er hatte etwas Städtisches an sich, das Tom innerlich aufrieb.
The more Tom stared at the splendid marvel, the higher he turned up his nose at his finery and the shabbier and shabbier his own outfit seemed to him to grow.
Je mehr Tom das prächtige Wunder anstarrte, desto mehr rümpfte er die Nase über dessen feinen Aufzug, und desto schäbiger und schäbiger erschien ihm seine eigene Kleidung zu werden.
Neither boy spoke.
Keiner der beiden Jungen sprach.
If one moved, the other moved—but only sidewise, in a circle; they kept face to face and eye to eye all the time.
Wenn sich einer bewegte, bewegte sich der andere – aber nur seitwärts, im Kreis; sie hielten einander die ganze Zeit über Aug in Aug und Gesicht in Gesicht.
Finally Tom said:
Schließlich sagte Tom:
"I can lick you!"
„Ich kann dich verprügeln!"
"I'd like to see you try it."
„Das möchte ich erst sehen."
"Well, I can do it."
„Nun, ich kann es tun."
"No you can't, either."
„Nein, das kannst du nicht."
"Yes I can."
„Doch, das kann ich."
"No you can't."
„Nein, das kannst du nicht."
"I can."
„Ich kann es."
"You can't."
„Du kannst es nicht."
"Can!"
„Kann ich!"
"Can't!"
„Kannst du nicht!"
An uncomfortable pause.
Eine unangenehme Pause.
Then Tom said:
Dann sagte Tom:
"What's your name?"
„Wie heißt du?"
"'Tisn't any of your business, maybe."
„Das geht dich vielleicht nichts an."
"Well I 'low I'll _make_ it my business."
„Nun, ich denke, ich werde es zu meiner Sache _machen_."
"Well why don't you?"
„Nun, warum tust du es dann nicht?"
"If you say much, I will."
„Wenn du noch viel sagst, werde ich es tun."
"Much—much—_much_. There now."
„Viel – viel – _viel_. Da, bitte."
"Oh, you think you're mighty smart, _don't_ you?
„Oh, du glaubst, du bist furchtbar klug, _nicht_ wahr?
Vocabulary
- Neuankömmling
- A newcomer or newly arrived person
- jeden
- Every, each; accusative form of 'jeder'
- Alters
- Of age; genitive form of 'Alter'
- Geschlechts
- Of gender or sex; genitive of 'Geschlecht'
- war
- Past tense of 'sein'; was
- eindrucksvolle
- Impressive, striking, making a strong impression
- Merkwürdigkeit
- A curiosity or noteworthy peculiarity worth remarking
- armen
- Poor, destitute; inflected form of 'arm'
- schäbigen
- Shabby, run-down, threadbare; inflected form
- Dorf
- A village or small rural settlement
- Junge
- A boy or young male person
- außerdem
- Additionally, furthermore, besides that
- gekleidet
- Dressed, clothed; past participle of 'kleiden'
- Wochentag
- A weekday, any day from Monday to Friday
- schlichtweg
- Simply, plainly, just; used for emphasis
- erstaunlich
- Astonishing, amazing, remarkably surprising
- Mütze
- A cap or hat worn on the head
- feines
- Fine, elegant, of good quality; inflected form
- Ding
- A thing, object, or item
- eng
- Tight, narrow, close-fitting
- geknöpftes
- Buttoned; past participle of 'knöpfen' inflected
- Tuchjäckchen
- A small cloth jacket or short fabric coat
- schmuck
- Smart-looking, neat, trim, spruce
- ebenso
- Likewise, equally, just as much
- Hosen
- Trousers or pants worn on the legs
- trug
- Wore, carried; simple past of 'tragen'
- Schuhe
- Shoes worn on the feet; plural of 'Schuh'
- erst
- Only, just, first; indicating a time reference
- Freitag
- Friday, the fifth day of the week
- sogar
- Even, additionally emphasizing something unexpected
- Krawatte
- A necktie worn around the collar
- buntes
- Colorful, multicolored; inflected form of 'bunt'
- Stückchen
- A small piece or little bit of something
- Band
- A ribbon, band, or strip of material
- etwas
- Something, somewhat, a little bit
- Städtisches
- Something urban or city-like; inflected form
- innerlich
- Inwardly, internally, deep inside oneself
- aufrieb
- Chafed, irritated; simple past of 'aufreiben'
- Je
- The more; used in comparative constructions
- prächtige
- Magnificent, splendid, grand; inflected adjective
- Wunder
- Wonder, miracle, something marvelous or astonishing
- anstarrte
- Stared at; simple past of 'anstarren'
- desto
- The more; used in 'je...desto' comparative constructions
- rümpfte
- Wrinkled, turned up; past of 'rümpfen'
- Nase
- The nose, the organ of smell on the face
- dessen
- Whose, of that; genitive demonstrative pronoun
- feinen
- Fine, elegant; inflected adjective form of 'fein'
- Aufzug
- Outfit, attire, or elevator; here means clothing style
- schäbiger
- Shabbier; comparative form of 'schäbig'
- erschien
- Appeared, seemed; simple past of 'erscheinen'
- eigene
- Own; one's own, personal; inflected form
- Kleidung
- Clothing, garments, what one wears
- werden
- To become; auxiliary or main verb
- Keiner
- None, neither, not one; negative pronoun
- beiden
- Both; referring to two people or things
- Jungen
- Boys; genitive or plural of 'Junge'
- sprach
- Spoke; simple past tense of 'sprechen'
- Wenn
- When, if; conditional or temporal conjunction
- bewegte
- Moved; simple past tense of 'bewegen'
- nur
- Only, just, merely
- seitwärts
- Sideways, to the side, laterally
- Kreis
- A circle, ring, or circular path
- hielten
- Kept, held; simple past of 'halten'
- einander
- Each other, one another; reciprocal pronoun
- ganze
- Whole, entire, complete; inflected form of 'ganz'
- Zeit
- Time; the ongoing continuum of existence
- Aug
- Eye; shortened poetic form of 'Auge'
- Gesicht
- Face; the front part of the human head
- Schließlich
- Finally, eventually, in the end
- verprügeln
- To beat up, thrash, give a beating to someone
- möchte
- Would like to; polite form of 'mögen'
- Nun
- Now, well then; indicating a transition
- Doch
- Yes you can; contradicts a negative statement
- unangenehme
- Unpleasant, uncomfortable; inflected form of 'unangenehm'
- Pause
- A pause, break, or moment of silence
- heißt
- Is called, named; second/third person of 'heißen'
- vielleicht
- Perhaps, maybe, possibly
- nichts
- Nothing, not anything
- Sache
- Thing, matter, cause, affair
- warum
- Why; interrogative adverb asking for a reason
- noch
- Still, yet, even; adding emphasis or continuation
- bitte
- Please; polite request word or 'you're welcome'
- glaubst
- Believe, think; second person singular of 'glauben'
- furchtbar
- Terribly, awfully, dreadfully; very; also 'terrible'
- klug
- Clever, smart, intelligent
- wahr
- True, isn't it; seeking confirmation of a statement
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