The Count of Monte Cristo — Page 11
You have managed my affairs so well that I ought to allow you all the time you require for your own.
Sie haben meine Angelegenheiten so gut geführt, dass ich Ihnen die ganze Zeit, die Sie für Ihre eigenen benötigen, gewähren sollte.
Do you want any money?"
Brauchen Sie Geld?"
"No, sir; I have all my pay to take—nearly three months' wages."
"Nein, mein Herr; ich habe noch meinen gesamten Lohn zu empfangen – fast drei Monate Gehalt."
"You are a careful fellow, Edmond."
"Sie sind ein sparsamer Mensch, Edmond."
"Say I have a poor father, sir."
"Sagen Sie, ich habe einen armen Vater, mein Herr."
"Yes, yes, I know how good a son you are, so now hasten away to see your father.
"Ja, ja, ich weiß, was für ein guter Sohn Sie sind, also beeilen Sie sich nun, Ihren Vater zu besuchen.
I have a son too, and I should be very wroth with those who detained him from me after a three months' voyage."
Ich habe auch einen Sohn, und ich wäre sehr zornig auf jene, die ihn nach einer dreimonatigen Reise von mir fernhielten."
"Then I have your leave, sir?"
"Dann habe ich Ihre Erlaubnis, mein Herr?"
"Yes, if you have nothing more to say to me."
"Ja, wenn Sie mir nichts mehr zu sagen haben."
"Nothing."
"Nichts."
"Captain Leclere did not, before he died, give you a letter for me?"
"Hat Kapitän Leclere Ihnen nicht, bevor er starb, einen Brief für mich gegeben?"
"He was unable to write, sir.
"Er war nicht in der Lage zu schreiben, mein Herr.
But that reminds me that I must ask your leave of absence for some days."
Aber das erinnert mich daran, dass ich Sie um einige Tage Urlaub bitten muss."
"To get married?"
"Um zu heiraten?"
"Yes, first, and then to go to Paris."
"Ja, zunächst, und dann nach Paris zu reisen."
"Very good; have what time you require, Dantès.
"Sehr gut; nehmen Sie sich die Zeit, die Sie benötigen, Dantès.
It will take quite six weeks to unload the cargo, and we cannot get you ready for sea until three months after that; only be back again in three months, for the _Pharaon_," added the owner, patting the young sailor on the back, "cannot sail without her captain."
Es wird gut sechs Wochen dauern, die Ladung zu löschen, und wir können Sie erst drei Monate danach wieder seeklar machen; seien Sie nur in drei Monaten wieder zurück, denn die _Pharaon_," fügte der Reeder hinzu, indem er dem jungen Seemann auf den Rücken klopfte, "kann nicht ohne ihren Kapitän auslaufen."
"Without her captain!
"Ohne ihren Kapitän!
Vocabulary
- Sie
- You (formal, singular or plural)
- haben
- To have; auxiliary verb for perfect tense
- meine
- My (feminine singular or plural)
- Angelegenheiten
- Matters, affairs, concerns, business issues
- so
- So, thus, in such a manner
- gut
- Good, well; adverb form of gute
- geführt
- Led, managed, conducted (past participle)
- dass
- That; conjunction introducing subordinate clause
- ich
- I; first person singular pronoun
- Ihnen
- You (formal dative); to/for you
- die
- The (feminine singular or plural)
- ganze
- Whole, entire, complete
- Zeit
- Time, period, era
- für
- For; preposition indicating purpose or duration
- Ihre
- Your (formal, feminine or plural)
- eigenen
- Own; one's own (plural or dative)
- benötigen
- To need, require, necessitate
- gewähren
- To grant, allow, permit
- sollte
- Should, ought to (conditional form)
- Brauchen
- To need, require; also used as noun
- Geld
- Money, cash, currency
- Nein
- No; negative response or refusal
- mein
- My; possessive adjective, masculine singular
- Herr
- Mister, sir; man of social standing
- habe
- Have; first person singular present of haben
- noch
- Still, yet, also (temporal or additive)
- meinen
- My (masculine dative or plural); to mean
- gesamten
- Entire, whole, complete (dative or accusative)
- Lohn
- Wages, pay, salary, compensation
- zu
- To, too, at (preposition or infinitive marker)
- empfangen
- To receive, accept, take in
- fast
- Almost, nearly, practically
- drei
- Three; cardinal number
- Monate
- Months; plural of Monat
- Gehalt
- Salary, wages, compensation for employment
- sind
- Are; plural present form of sein
- ein
- A, an; indefinite article or numeral one
- sparsamer
- Economical, frugal, thrifty (comparative form)
- Mensch
- Human, person, human being
- Sagen
- To say, tell, speak (infinitive verb)
- einen
- A, an (masculine accusative); numeral one
- armen
- Poor, impoverished (masculine accusative or dative)
- Vater
- Father, dad; male parent
- Ja
- Yes; affirmative response or agreement
- weiß
- Know, am aware of (present first person)
- was
- What; interrogative or relative pronoun
- guter
- Good (masculine nominative or genitive)
- Sohn
- Son; male child in relation to parents
- also
- So, thus, therefore, consequently
- beeilen
- To hurry, hasten, make haste
- sich
- Himself, herself, itself, themselves (reflexive)
- nun
- Now, at present (temporal adverb)
- Ihren
- Your (formal masculine accusative or dative)
- besuchen
- To visit, call on, attend
- Ich
- I; first person singular pronoun
- auch
- Also, too, as well, likewise
- und
- And; conjunction connecting words or clauses
- wäre
- Would be, were (subjunctive of sein)
- sehr
- Very, greatly, much, extremely
- zornig
- Angry, furious, wrathful, enraged
- auf
- On, upon, up (preposition with dative/accusative)
- jene
- That, that one (feminine or plural)
- ihn
- Him; masculine singular accusative pronoun
- nach
- After, according to; preposition or adverb
- einer
- A, one (feminine dative or genitive)
- dreimonatigen
- Three-month (adjective, dative singular)
- Reise
- Journey, trip, voyage, travel
- von
- From, by, of (preposition with dative)
- mir
- Me; dative pronoun, first person singular
- fernhielten
- Kept away, separated from (past tense)
- Dann
- Then, at that time, subsequently
- Erlaubnis
- Permission, consent, authorization, approval
- wenn
- If, when; conditional or temporal conjunction
- nichts
- Nothing; indefinite pronoun or noun
- mehr
- More, anymore, further, additional
- sagen
- To say, tell, speak (infinitive verb)
- Nichts
- Nothing; indefinite pronoun or noun
- Hat
- Has; third person singular present of haben
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