The Brothers Karamazov — Page 5
He did not begin to receive any income from Fyodor Pavlovitch until he came of age, and until then got into debt.
Er begann erst mit Erreichen der Volljährigkeit Einkünfte von Fjodor Pawlowitsch zu erhalten, und bis dahin hatte er Schulden gemacht.
He saw and knew his father, Fyodor Pavlovitch, for the first time on coming of age, when he visited our neighborhood on purpose to settle with him about his property.
Seinen Vater, Fjodor Pawlowitsch, sah und kannte er zum ersten Mal bei Erreichen der Volljährigkeit, als er eigens in unsere Gegend kam, um mit ihm seine Erbschaftsangelegenheiten zu regeln.
He seems not to have liked his father.
Es scheint, dass er seinen Vater nicht mochte.
He did not stay long with him, and made haste to get away, having only succeeded in obtaining a sum of money, and entering into an agreement for future payments from the estate, of the revenues and value of which he was unable (a fact worthy of note), upon this occasion, to get a statement from his father.
Er blieb nicht lange bei ihm und beeilte sich fortzukommen, nachdem es ihm lediglich gelungen war, eine Geldsumme zu erhalten und eine Vereinbarung über künftige Zahlungen aus dem Gut zu treffen, über dessen Einkünfte und Wert er bei dieser Gelegenheit keine Auskunft von seinem Vater bekommen konnte – eine Tatsache, die es wert ist, vermerkt zu werden.
Fyodor Pavlovitch remarked for the first time then (this, too, should be noted) that Mitya had a vague and exaggerated idea of his property.
Fjodor Pawlowitsch bemerkte damals zum ersten Mal – auch dies sollte vermerkt werden –, dass Mitja eine vage und übertriebene Vorstellung von seinem Vermögen hatte.
Fyodor Pavlovitch was very well satisfied with this, as it fell in with his own designs.
Fjodor Pawlowitsch war damit sehr zufrieden, da es seinen eigenen Plänen entgegenkam.
He gathered only that the young man was frivolous, unruly, of violent passions, impatient, and dissipated, and that if he could only obtain ready money he would be satisfied, although only, of course, for a short time.
Er erkannte lediglich, dass der junge Mann leichtfertig, zügellos, von heftigen Leidenschaften, ungeduldig und ausschweifend war und dass er zufrieden sein würde, wenn er nur bares Geld bekäme, wenn auch natürlich nur für kurze Zeit.
So Fyodor Pavlovitch began to take advantage of this fact, sending him from time to time small doles, installments.
So begann Fjodor Pawlowitsch, diesen Umstand auszunutzen, indem er ihm von Zeit zu Zeit kleine Almosen, Teilzahlungen, schickte.
Vocabulary
- begann
- Past tense of 'beginnen'; started or began something
- erst
- Only, not until, or first in time
- Erreichen
- The act of reaching or attaining a goal
- Volljährigkeit
- The state of reaching legal adulthood or majority
- Einkünfte
- Income or revenue received from various sources
- erhalten
- To receive, obtain, or preserve something
- dahin
- Up to that point or until then in time
- Schulden
- Debts or financial obligations owed to others
- kannte
- Past tense of 'kennen'; knew or was acquainted with
- Mal
- Time or instance, as in 'first time'
- eigens
- Specifically or expressly for a particular purpose
- Gegend
- A region, area, or local neighborhood
- Erbschaftsangelegenheiten
- Matters or affairs relating to an inheritance
- regeln
- To settle, regulate, or arrange matters
- scheint
- Present tense of 'scheinen'; seems or appears to be
- mochte
- Past tense of 'mögen'; liked or was fond of
- blieb
- Past tense of 'bleiben'; stayed or remained somewhere
- beeilte
- Past tense of 'beeilen'; hurried or rushed
- fortzukommen
- To get away or depart from a place
- nachdem
- Subordinating conjunction meaning 'after' in time
- lediglich
- Only, merely, or solely; nothing more than
- gelungen
- Past participle of 'gelingen'; succeeded in doing something
- Geldsumme
- A sum or amount of money
- Vereinbarung
- An agreement or arrangement made between parties
- künftige
- Future or upcoming, relating to times ahead
- Zahlungen
- Payments made for goods, services, or debts
- Gut
- An estate, farm, or landed property
- treffen
- To meet someone or to make an arrangement
- dessen
- Genitive relative pronoun meaning 'whose' or 'of which'
- Wert
- Value or worth of something
- Gelegenheit
- An opportunity or occasion to do something
- Auskunft
- Information or details provided upon request
- bekommen
- To receive, get, or obtain something
- Tatsache
- A fact or established piece of information
- wert
- Worth or deserving of something
- vermerkt
- Noted, recorded, or marked for reference
- bemerkte
- Past tense of 'bemerken'; noticed or remarked something
- damals
- At that time or back then in the past
- sollte
- Past tense of 'sollen'; was supposed to or should
- vage
- Vague, unclear, or imprecise in nature
- übertriebene
- Exaggerated or excessive beyond reasonable measure
- Vorstellung
- An idea, notion, or mental conception of something
- Vermögen
- Wealth, fortune, or financial assets owned
- damit
- With that, thereby, or so that
- zufrieden
- Satisfied, content, or pleased with something
- eigenen
- Own, belonging to oneself; possessive adjective
- Plänen
- Dative plural of 'Plan'; plans or intentions
- entgegenkam
- Past tense of 'entgegenkommen'; suited or accommodated someone
- erkannte
- Past tense of 'erkennen'; recognized or realized something
- leichtfertig
- Careless, reckless, or irresponsible in behavior
- zügellos
- Unrestrained, unbridled, or lacking self-control
- heftigen
- Intense, fierce, or vehement in degree
- Leidenschaften
- Passions or strong emotional drives
- ungeduldig
- Impatient or unable to wait calmly
- ausschweifend
- Dissolute, debauched, or given to excess
- würde
- Conditional form of 'werden'; would become or would be
- bares
- Cash money; relating to actual currency on hand
- bekäme
- Subjunctive of 'bekommen'; would receive or get something
- natürlich
- Naturally, of course, or obviously
- Umstand
- A circumstance or particular condition of a situation
- auszunutzen
- To exploit or take advantage of a situation
- indem
- Conjunction meaning 'by doing' or 'while doing'
- Almosen
- Alms or charitable donations given to someone
- Teilzahlungen
- Partial payments or installments made over time
- schickte
- Past tense of 'schicken'; sent something to someone
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