The Count of Monte Cristo — Page 8
"And that was Policar Morrel, my uncle, who was afterwards a captain.
„Und das war Policar Morrel, mein Onkel, der später Hauptmann wurde.
Dantès, you must tell my uncle that the emperor remembered him, and you will see it will bring tears into the old soldier's eyes.
Dantès, Sie müssen meinem Onkel sagen, dass der Kaiser an ihn gedacht hat, und Sie werden sehen, dass es dem alten Soldaten Tränen in die Augen treiben wird.
And the young man went to the gangway.
Und der junge Mann ging zur Gangway.
As he departed, Danglars approached, and said,—
Als er sich entfernte, trat Danglars näher und sagte:
"To me?—no—was there one?
„An mich? – Nein – gab es einen?
Vocabulary
- Und
- Conjunction meaning 'and'
- das
- Definite article or pronoun meaning 'the' or 'that'
- war
- Past tense of 'sein,' meaning 'was'
- mein
- Possessive pronoun meaning 'my'
- Onkel
- Noun meaning 'uncle,' a family relation
- der
- Definite article meaning 'the' for masculine nouns
- später
- Adverb meaning 'later' or 'afterwards'
- Hauptmann
- Noun meaning 'captain,' a military rank
- wurde
- Past tense auxiliary meaning 'became' or 'was made'
- Sie
- Formal pronoun meaning 'you' or third-person 'they'
- müssen
- Modal verb meaning 'must' or 'have to'
- meinem
- Dative form of possessive pronoun meaning 'my'
- sagen
- Verb meaning 'to say' or 'to tell'
- dass
- Conjunction meaning 'that,' introduces subordinate clauses
- Kaiser
- Noun meaning 'emperor,' a title of supreme ruler
- an
- Preposition meaning 'at,' 'on,' or 'to'
- ihn
- Accusative pronoun meaning 'him'
- gedacht
- Past participle of 'denken,' meaning 'thought'
- hat
- Third-person singular of 'haben,' meaning 'has'
- und
- Conjunction meaning 'and'
- werden
- Verb meaning 'to become' or future auxiliary 'will'
- sehen
- Verb meaning 'to see' or 'to look'
- es
- Neuter pronoun meaning 'it'
- dem
- Dative definite article meaning 'the'
- alten
- Inflected adjective meaning 'old,' modifying a noun
- Soldaten
- Noun meaning 'soldiers' or dative singular 'soldier'
- Tränen
- Noun meaning 'tears,' drops from crying
- in
- Preposition meaning 'in' or 'into'
- die
- Definite article meaning 'the' for feminine or plural nouns
- Augen
- Noun meaning 'eyes,' the organs of sight
- treiben
- Verb meaning 'to drive' or 'to push someone'
- wird
- Third-person singular of 'werden,' meaning 'will' or 'becomes'
- junge
- Adjective meaning 'young,' describing youth or age
- Mann
- Noun meaning 'man,' an adult male person
- ging
- Past tense of 'gehen,' meaning 'went'
- zur
- Contraction of 'zu der,' meaning 'to the'
- Gangway
- Noun meaning 'gangway,' a ramp for boarding ships
- Als
- Conjunction meaning 'when,' used for past events
- er
- Personal pronoun meaning 'he'
- sich
- Reflexive pronoun meaning 'himself,' 'herself,' or 'itself'
- entfernte
- Past tense of 'entfernen,' meaning 'moved away'
- trat
- Past tense of 'treten,' meaning 'stepped' or 'approached'
- näher
- Comparative adverb meaning 'closer' or 'nearer'
- sagte
- Past tense of 'sagen,' meaning 'said'
- An
- Preposition meaning 'at,' 'on,' or 'to'
- mich
- Accusative reflexive pronoun meaning 'me'
- Nein
- Adverb meaning 'no,' expressing negation or refusal
- gab
- Past tense of 'geben,' meaning 'gave'
- einen
- Indefinite article accusative meaning 'a' or 'an'
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