The King in Yellow — Page 4
It rouses certain feelings within me which I do not care to explain.
Es weckt gewisse Gefühle in mir, die ich nicht erklären möchte.
I listened to the golden tinkle on the greave plates; when he had finished I replied:
Ich lauschte dem goldenen Klingen auf den Beinschienen; als er fertig war, erwiderte ich:
"No, he is not vicious, nor is he in the least demented.
„Nein, er ist nicht bösartig, und er ist auch nicht im Geringsten wahnsinnig.
Hawberk laughed.
Hawberk lachte.
I continued a little impatiently: "He knows history as no one else could know it.
Ich fuhr ein wenig ungeduldig fort: „Er kennt die Geschichte so, wie es kein anderer könnte.
Vocabulary
- weckt
- Third person singular of 'wecken', to awaken or evoke.
- gewisse
- Adjective meaning 'certain' or 'particular'.
- Gefühle
- Plural noun meaning 'feelings' or 'emotions'.
- erklären
- Verb meaning 'to explain' or 'to clarify'.
- möchte
- Modal verb meaning 'would like' or 'want to'.
- lauschte
- Past tense of 'lauschen', meaning 'listened' or 'eavesdropped'.
- goldenen
- Adjective meaning 'golden' or 'made of gold'.
- Klingen
- Plural noun meaning 'blades' or 'ringing sounds'.
- Beinschienen
- Plural noun meaning 'leg armor' or 'greaves'.
- als
- Conjunction meaning 'when', 'as', or 'than'.
- fertig
- Adjective meaning 'finished', 'done', or 'ready'.
- erwiderte
- Past tense of 'erwidern', meaning 'replied' or 'responded'.
- bösartig
- Adjective meaning 'malicious', 'malignant', or 'vicious'.
- Geringsten
- Superlative of 'gering', meaning 'least' or 'slightest'.
- wahnsinnig
- Adjective meaning 'crazy', 'insane', or 'mad'.
- lachte
- Past tense of 'lachen', meaning 'laughed'.
- fuhr
- Past tense of 'fahren', here meaning 'continued' or 'went on'.
- wenig
- Adverb or adjective meaning 'a little' or 'few'.
- ungeduldig
- Adjective meaning 'impatient' or 'restless'.
- fort
- Adverb meaning 'away', 'forth', or 'onward'.
- kennt
- Third person singular of 'kennen', meaning 'knows' someone or something.
- Geschichte
- Noun meaning 'history' or 'story'.
- kein
- Negative article meaning 'no' or 'not any'.
- anderer
- Pronoun or adjective meaning 'other' or 'another'.
- könnte
- Subjunctive of 'können', meaning 'could' or 'might'.
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