The Brothers Karamazov — Page 1
He Gets Rid Of His Eldest Son
Er wird seinen ältesten Sohn los
You can easily imagine what a father such a man could be and how he would bring up his children.
Man kann sich leicht vorstellen, was für ein Vater ein solcher Mann sein konnte und wie er seine Kinder erziehen würde.
His behavior as a father was exactly what might be expected.
Sein Verhalten als Vater war genau das, was man hätte erwarten können.
He completely abandoned the child of his marriage with Adelaïda Ivanovna, not from malice, nor because of his matrimonial grievances, but simply because he forgot him.
Er verließ das Kind aus seiner Ehe mit Adelaïda Iwanowna vollständig, nicht aus Bosheit, noch wegen seiner ehelichen Beschwerden, sondern einfach weil er ihn vergaß.
While he was wearying every one with his tears and complaints, and turning his house into a sink of debauchery, a faithful servant of the family, Grigory, took the three-year-old Mitya into his care.
Während er alle mit seinen Tränen und Klagen ermüdete und sein Haus in eine Stätte der Ausschweifung verwandelte, nahm ein treuer Diener der Familie, Grigori, den dreijährigen Mitja in seine Obhut.
If he hadn't looked after him there would have been no one even to change the baby's little shirt.
Wenn er sich nicht um ihn gekümmert hätte, wäre niemand dagewesen, der dem Kind auch nur das Hemdchen gewechselt hätte.
It happened moreover that the child's relations on his mother's side forgot him too at first.
Es geschah überdies, dass die Verwandten des Kindes mütterlicherseits ihn zunächst ebenfalls vergaßen.
His grandfather was no longer living, his widow, Mitya's grandmother, had moved to Moscow, and was seriously ill, while his daughters were married, so that Mitya remained for almost a whole year in old Grigory's charge and lived with him in the servant's cottage.
Sein Großvater lebte nicht mehr, seine Witwe, Mitjas Großmutter, war nach Moskau gezogen und schwer krank, während seine Töchter verheiratet waren, sodass Mitja fast ein ganzes Jahr unter der Obhut des alten Grigori blieb und bei ihm in der Gesindehütte lebte.
But if his father had remembered him (he could not, indeed, have been altogether unaware of his existence) he would have sent him back to the cottage, as the child would only have been in the way of his debaucheries.
Aber wenn sein Vater sich an ihn erinnert hätte (er konnte sich seiner Existenz freilich nicht völlig unbewusst gewesen sein), hätte er ihn zurück in die Hütte geschickt, da das Kind seinen Ausschweifungen nur im Wege gewesen wäre.
But a cousin of Mitya's mother, Pyotr Alexandrovitch Miüsov, happened to return from Paris.
Aber ein Vetter von Mitjas Mutter, Pjotr Alexandrowitsch Mjussow, kehrte zufällig aus Paris zurück.
Vocabulary
- wird
- Third person singular present of 'werden', meaning 'will/becomes'
- seinen
- Accusative masculine possessive pronoun meaning 'his'
- ältesten
- Superlative adjective meaning 'oldest' in declined form
- Sohn
- Noun meaning 'son', a male child
- los
- Particle meaning 'rid of' or 'let's go'
- Man
- Indefinite pronoun meaning 'one' or 'people generally'
- kann
- Modal verb meaning 'can' or 'is able to'
- sich
- Reflexive pronoun meaning 'oneself' or 'themselves'
- leicht
- Adjective or adverb meaning 'easy' or 'easily'
- vorstellen
- Verb meaning 'to imagine' or 'to introduce'
- was
- Pronoun or conjunction meaning 'what' or 'that'
- für
- Preposition meaning 'for' indicating purpose or type
- Vater
- Noun meaning 'father', a male parent
- solcher
- Demonstrative pronoun meaning 'such a' or 'such'
- Mann
- Noun meaning 'man' or 'husband'
- sein
- Verb meaning 'to be'; also possessive 'his'
- konnte
- Past tense of 'können', meaning 'was able to' or 'could'
- wie
- Conjunction or adverb meaning 'how' or 'as'
- seine
- Possessive pronoun meaning 'his' in nominative/accusative form
- Kinder
- Plural noun meaning 'children'
- erziehen
- Verb meaning 'to raise' or 'to educate children'
- würde
- Conditional form of 'werden', meaning 'would'
- Sein
- Possessive pronoun or verb 'to be'; here meaning 'his'
- Verhalten
- Noun meaning 'behavior' or 'conduct' of a person
- als
- Conjunction meaning 'as' or 'when' in comparisons
- war
- Past tense of 'sein', meaning 'was'
- genau
- Adverb or adjective meaning 'exactly' or 'precise'
- hätte
- Subjunctive past of 'haben', meaning 'would have'
- erwarten
- Verb meaning 'to expect' or 'to await'
- können
- Modal verb meaning 'to be able to' or 'can'
- verließ
- Past tense of 'verlassen', meaning 'abandoned' or 'left'
- Kind
- Noun meaning 'child', a young person
- aus
- Preposition meaning 'from' or 'out of'
- seiner
- Genitive/dative possessive pronoun meaning 'his'
- Ehe
- Noun meaning 'marriage' or 'matrimony'
- mit
- Preposition meaning 'with' indicating accompaniment
- vollständig
- Adverb or adjective meaning 'completely' or 'entirely'
- Bosheit
- Noun meaning 'malice' or 'wickedness'
- noch
- Conjunction or adverb meaning 'nor' or 'still'
- wegen
- Preposition meaning 'because of' or 'due to'
- ehelichen
- Adjective meaning 'marital' or 'conjugal', relating to marriage
- Beschwerden
- Plural noun meaning 'complaints' or 'grievances'
- sondern
- Conjunction meaning 'but rather', correcting a negation
- einfach
- Adjective or adverb meaning 'simple' or 'simply'
- weil
- Conjunction meaning 'because', introducing a causal clause
- ihn
- Accusative personal pronoun meaning 'him'
- vergaß
- Past tense of 'vergessen', meaning 'forgot'
- Während
- Conjunction or preposition meaning 'while' or 'during'
- alle
- Pronoun or adjective meaning 'all' or 'everyone'
- Tränen
- Plural noun meaning 'tears', drops from crying
- Klagen
- Plural noun meaning 'complaints' or 'laments'
- ermüdete
- Past tense of 'ermüden', meaning 'exhausted' or 'tired out'
- Haus
- Noun meaning 'house' or 'home'
- Stätte
- Noun meaning 'place' or 'site', often formal usage
- Ausschweifung
- Noun meaning 'debauchery' or 'excess', immoral indulgence
- verwandelte
- Past tense of 'verwandeln', meaning 'transformed' or 'turned into'
- nahm
- Past tense of 'nehmen', meaning 'took'
- treuer
- Adjective meaning 'faithful' or 'loyal'
- Diener
- Noun meaning 'servant' or 'attendant'
- Familie
- Noun meaning 'family', a group of related people
- dreijährigen
- Adjective meaning 'three-year-old' in declined form
- Obhut
- Noun meaning 'care' or 'custody', protection of someone
- Wenn
- Conjunction meaning 'if' or 'when' in conditionals
- um
- Preposition meaning 'around', 'at', or 'for'
- gekümmert
- Past participle of 'kümmern', meaning 'cared for'
- wäre
- Subjunctive past of 'sein', meaning 'would be'
- niemand
- Pronoun meaning 'nobody' or 'no one'
- dagewesen
- Past participle of 'dasein', meaning 'been there/present'
- auch
- Adverb meaning 'also' or 'even'
- nur
- Adverb meaning 'only' or 'just'
- Hemdchen
- Diminutive noun meaning 'little shirt' or 'small garment'
- gewechselt
- Past participle of 'wechseln', meaning 'changed' or 'exchanged'
- geschah
- Past tense of 'geschehen', meaning 'happened' or 'occurred'
- überdies
- Adverb meaning 'moreover' or 'besides', adding information
- dass
- Conjunction meaning 'that', introducing a subordinate clause
- Verwandten
- Plural noun meaning 'relatives' or 'family members'
- Kindes
- Genitive form of 'Kind', meaning 'of the child'
- mütterlicherseits
- Adverb meaning 'on the mother's side', maternal relatives
- zunächst
- Adverb meaning 'at first' or 'initially'
- ebenfalls
- Adverb meaning 'likewise' or 'also'
- vergaßen
- Past tense plural of 'vergessen', meaning 'forgot'
- Großvater
- Noun meaning 'grandfather', father's or mother's father
- lebte
- Past tense of 'leben', meaning 'lived'
- mehr
- Adverb or adjective meaning 'more' or 'no longer'
- Witwe
- Noun meaning 'widow', a woman whose husband has died
- Großmutter
- Noun meaning 'grandmother', father's or mother's mother
- nach
- Preposition meaning 'to', 'after', or 'according to'
- gezogen
- Past participle of 'ziehen', meaning 'moved' or 'gone'
- schwer
- Adjective or adverb meaning 'heavy', 'difficult', or 'seriously'
- krank
- Adjective meaning 'sick' or 'ill'
- während
- Conjunction or preposition meaning 'while' or 'during'
- Töchter
- Plural noun meaning 'daughters'
- verheiratet
- Adjective or past participle meaning 'married'
- waren
- Past tense plural of 'sein', meaning 'were'
- sodass
- Conjunction meaning 'so that', indicating result
- fast
- Adverb meaning 'almost' or 'nearly'
- ganzes
- Adjective meaning 'whole' or 'entire' in neuter form
- Jahr
- Noun meaning 'year', a unit of time
- unter
- Preposition meaning 'under', 'among', or 'below'
- alten
- Adjective meaning 'old' in declined form
- blieb
- Past tense of 'bleiben', meaning 'stayed' or 'remained'
- bei
- Preposition meaning 'at', 'near', or 'with'
- ihm
- Dative personal pronoun meaning 'him' or 'it'
- Gesindehütte
- Noun meaning 'servants' quarters' or 'servant's cottage'
- Aber
- Conjunction meaning 'but', introducing a contrasting statement
- wenn
- Conjunction meaning 'when' or 'if' in subordinate clauses
- an
- Preposition meaning 'at', 'on', or 'to'
- erinnert
- Past participle of 'erinnern', meaning 'remembered' or 'reminded'
- Existenz
- Noun meaning 'existence' or 'presence'
- freilich
- Adverb meaning 'of course' or 'admittedly'
- völlig
- Adverb or adjective meaning 'completely' or 'utterly'
- unbewusst
- Adjective meaning 'unconscious' or 'unaware'
- gewesen
- Past participle of 'sein', meaning 'been'
- zurück
- Adverb meaning 'back' indicating return direction
- Hütte
- Noun meaning 'hut' or 'cottage', a small simple dwelling
- geschickt
- Past participle of 'schicken', meaning 'sent'; also 'skillful'
- da
- Adverb or conjunction meaning 'there', 'then', or 'since'
- Ausschweifungen
- Plural noun meaning 'debauches' or 'excesses'
- Wege
- Dative of 'Weg', meaning 'way' or 'path'; 'in the way'
- Vetter
- Noun meaning 'male cousin' or 'cousin'
- von
- Preposition meaning 'from' or 'of'
- Mutter
- Noun meaning 'mother', a female parent
- kehrte
- Past tense of 'kehren', meaning 'returned' or 'turned back'
- zufällig
- Adverb or adjective meaning 'by chance' or 'accidental'
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