The Brothers Karamazov — Page 4
Mitya did, in fact, pass into this cousin's keeping, but as the latter had no family of his own, and after securing the revenues of his estates was in haste to return at once to Paris, he left the boy in charge of one of his cousins, a lady living in Moscow.
Mitja kam tatsächlich in die Obhut dieses Vetters, aber da dieser keine eigene Familie hatte und es eilte, nach der Sicherstellung der Einkünfte seiner Güter sofort nach Paris zurückzukehren, ließ er den Knaben bei einer seiner Kusinen, einer in Moskau lebenden Dame, zurück.
It came to pass that, settling permanently in Paris he, too, forgot the child, especially when the Revolution of February broke out, making an impression on his mind that he remembered all the rest of his life.
Es geschah, dass er, da er sich dauerhaft in Paris niederließ, auch seinerseits das Kind vergaß, besonders als die Februarrevolution ausbrach und einen Eindruck auf ihn machte, den er sein ganzes übriges Leben lang nicht vergaß.
The Moscow lady died, and Mitya passed into the care of one of her married daughters.
Die Moskauer Dame starb, und Mitja kam in die Obhut einer ihrer verheirateten Töchter.
I believe he changed his home a fourth time later on.
Ich glaube, er wechselte später noch ein viertes Mal seinen Aufenthaltsort.
I won't enlarge upon that now, as I shall have much to tell later of Fyodor Pavlovitch's firstborn, and must confine myself now to the most essential facts about him, without which I could not begin my story.
Ich will darauf jetzt nicht näher eingehen, da ich über Fjodor Pawlowitschs Erstgeborenen noch viel zu berichten haben werde und mich jetzt auf die wesentlichsten Tatsachen über ihn beschränken muss, ohne die ich meine Geschichte nicht beginnen könnte.
In the first place, this Mitya, or rather Dmitri Fyodorovitch, was the only one of Fyodor Pavlovitch's three sons who grew up in the belief that he had property, and that he would be independent on coming of age.
Zunächst war dieser Mitja, oder vielmehr Dmitri Fjodorowitsch, der einzige von Fjodor Pawlowitschs drei Söhnen, der in dem Glauben aufwuchs, er besitze Vermögen und werde mit Erreichen der Volljährigkeit unabhängig sein.
He spent an irregular boyhood and youth.
Er verbrachte eine ungeordnete Kindheit und Jugend.
He did not finish his studies at the gymnasium, he got into a military school, then went to the Caucasus, was promoted, fought a duel, and was degraded to the ranks, earned promotion again, led a wild life, and spent a good deal of money.
Er beendete seine Studien am Gymnasium nicht, kam auf eine Militärschule, ging dann in den Kaukasus, wurde befördert, kämpfte ein Duell, wurde in den Mannschaftsstand zurückversetzt, errang erneut eine Beförderung, führte ein wildes Leben und gab eine Menge Geld aus.
Vocabulary
- kam
- Past tense of kommen; came, arrived
- tatsächlich
- Actually, really, in fact
- in
- Preposition meaning in, into, inside
- die
- Definite article or relative pronoun; the
- Obhut
- Care, custody, protection of a person
- dieses
- Genitive/demonstrative form of dieser; of this
- Vetters
- Genitive of Vetter; of the male cousin
- aber
- Conjunction meaning but, however
- da
- Since, because, or there, then
- dieser
- Demonstrative pronoun or adjective; this one
- keine
- No, not any; negation of a noun
- eigene
- Own, one's own; pertaining to oneself
- Familie
- Family, a group of related persons
- hatte
- Past tense of haben; had, possessed
- und
- Conjunction meaning and, linking clauses
- es
- Neuter pronoun meaning it
- eilte
- Past tense of eilen; hurried, rushed somewhere
- nach
- Preposition meaning to, after, according to
- der
- Definite article or relative pronoun; the
- Sicherstellung
- Securing, ensuring, safeguarding of something
- Einkünfte
- Income, revenues, financial earnings
- seiner
- Genitive/possessive pronoun; of his, his
- Güter
- Estates, goods, properties, assets
- sofort
- Immediately, at once, right away
- zurückzukehren
- Infinitive; to return, to go back
- ließ
- Past tense of lassen; let, left, had done
- er
- Third-person singular masculine pronoun; he
- den
- Accusative definite article; the
- Knaben
- Accusative/dative of Knabe; boy, young male
- bei
- Preposition meaning at, with, near
- einer
- Dative indefinite article; a, one (feminine)
- Kusinen
- Dative of Kusine; female cousin
- lebenden
- Attributive participle of leben; living, residing
- Dame
- Lady, a woman of refined manner
- zurück
- Back, backwards; prefix indicating return
- Es
- Neuter pronoun meaning it; expletive subject
- geschah
- Past tense of geschehen; happened, occurred
- dass
- Subordinating conjunction meaning that
- sich
- Reflexive pronoun; oneself, himself, herself
- dauerhaft
- Permanently, lastingly, on a long-term basis
- niederließ
- Past tense of niederlassen; settled, established residence
- auch
- Also, too, as well
- seinerseits
- On his part, for his part
- das
- Neuter definite article or pronoun; the, that
- Kind
- Child, a young human being
- vergaß
- Past tense of vergessen; forgot, ceased to remember
- besonders
- Especially, particularly, above all
- als
- When, as, than; temporal or comparative conjunction
- ausbrach
- Past tense of ausbrechen; broke out, erupted
- einen
- Accusative indefinite article; a, one
- Eindruck
- Impression, an effect made on someone
- auf
- Preposition meaning on, upon, onto
- ihn
- Accusative of er; him
- machte
- Past tense of machen; made, did
- sein
- Possessive pronoun; his, its
- ganzes
- Adjective; entire, whole, complete
- übriges
- Adjective; remaining, rest of, further
- Leben
- Life, existence, one's lifespan
- lang
- Long; for a duration of time
- nicht
- Not; negation particle
- Die
- Definite article; the (feminine/plural)
- starb
- Past tense of sterben; died, passed away
- ihrer
- Genitive possessive pronoun; of her, her
- verheirateten
- Genitive plural of verheiratet; married, wedded
- Töchter
- Plural of Tochter; daughters
- Ich
- First-person singular pronoun; I
- glaube
- First-person present of glauben; I believe, think
- wechselte
- Past tense of wechseln; changed, switched place
- später
- Later, afterward, at a later time
- noch
- Still, yet, even, another
- ein
- Indefinite article or numeral; a, one
- viertes
- Ordinal adjective; fourth
- Mal
- Time, instance, occasion
- seinen
- Accusative possessive pronoun; his
- Aufenthaltsort
- Place of residence, current location, abode
- will
- First-person present of wollen; want to, intend to
- darauf
- Thereupon, on that, about that matter
- jetzt
- Now, at the present moment
- näher
- Comparative of nah; more closely, in more detail
- eingehen
- To go into detail, address a topic thoroughly
- ich
- First-person singular pronoun; I
- über
- Preposition meaning about, over, concerning
- Erstgeborenen
- Genitive of Erstgeborener; firstborn child or son
- viel
- Much, a lot, many things
- zu
- Preposition or particle meaning to, too, at
- berichten
- To report, to tell, to inform about something
- haben
- To have; auxiliary verb forming perfect tenses
- werde
- First-person future auxiliary; will, shall
- mich
- Accusative reflexive pronoun; me, myself
- wesentlichsten
- Superlative of wesentlich; most essential, most important
- Tatsachen
- Plural of Tatsache; facts, actual circumstances
- beschränken
- To limit, restrict, confine to something
- muss
- First-person present of müssen; must, have to
- ohne
- Preposition meaning without
- meine
- Possessive pronoun; my
- Geschichte
- Story, history, narrative account
- beginnen
- To begin, to start something
- könnte
- Subjunctive of können; could, would be able to
- Zunächst
- First of all, initially, to begin with
- war
- Past tense of sein; was, existed
- oder
- Conjunction meaning or
- vielmehr
- Rather, more precisely, or rather
- einzige
- Only, sole, the one and only
- von
- Preposition meaning of, from, by
- drei
- Cardinal number; three
- Söhnen
- Dative plural of Sohn; sons
- dem
- Dative definite article; the
- Glauben
- Belief, faith, conviction
- aufwuchs
- Past tense of aufwachsen; grew up, was raised
- besitze
- First-person present of besitzen; I own, possess
- Vermögen
- Fortune, wealth, financial assets
- mit
- Preposition meaning with, along with
- Erreichen
- Noun/infinitive; reaching, attaining a goal
- Volljährigkeit
- Legal adulthood, age of majority
- unabhängig
- Independent, free from dependency on others
- Er
- Third-person singular masculine pronoun; he
- verbrachte
- Past tense of verbringen; spent time somewhere
- eine
- Feminine indefinite article; a, one
- ungeordnete
- Adjective; disorderly, chaotic, unsettled
- Kindheit
- Childhood, the period of being a child
- Jugend
- Youth, the period of being young
- beendete
- Past tense of beenden; finished, completed
- seine
- Possessive pronoun; his
- Studien
- Plural of Studie; studies, academic courses
- am
- Contraction of an dem; at the, on the
- Gymnasium
- Grammar school, secondary school in Germany
- Militärschule
- Military academy, school for officer training
- ging
- Past tense of gehen; went, walked
- dann
- Then, afterward, at that time
- wurde
- Past tense of werden; became, was made
- befördert
- Past participle of befördern; promoted in rank
- kämpfte
- Past tense of kämpfen; fought, battled
- Duell
- Duel, a formal combat between two persons
- zurückversetzt
- Past participle of zurückversetzen; demoted, reduced in rank
- errang
- Past tense of erringen; achieved, won with effort
- erneut
- Again, once more, anew
- Beförderung
- Promotion, advancement to a higher rank
- führte
- Past tense of führen; led, conducted, lived
- wildes
- Adjective; wild, unrestrained, dissolute
- gab
- Past tense of geben; gave, spent, provided
- Menge
- A lot, quantity, large amount
- Geld
- Money, currency, financial funds
- aus
- Preposition or prefix meaning out of, from
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