The Tale of Tom Kitten — Page 4
And I think that some day I shall have to make another, larger, book, to tell you more about Tom Kitten!
Und ich denke, dass ich eines Tages ein weiteres, größeres Buch schreiben muss, um Ihnen mehr über Tom Kätzchen zu erzählen!
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As for the Puddle-Ducks--they went into a pond.
Was die Pfützen-Enten betrifft -- sie gingen in einen Teich.
The clothes all came off directly, because there were no buttons.
Die Kleider fielen sofort ab, weil es keine Knöpfe gab.
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And Mr. Drake Puddle-Duck, and Jemima and Rebeccah, have been looking for them ever since.
Und Herr Erpel Pfützen-Ente, und Jemima und Rebekka, suchen seitdem nach ihnen.
Vocabulary
- denke
- First-person present tense of 'denken', to think
- dass
- Subordinating conjunction meaning 'that'
- eines
- Genitive or indefinite article form meaning 'one' or 'a'
- Tages
- Genitive form of Tag; 'eines Tages' means 'one day'
- weiteres
- Adjective meaning 'further' or 'additional'
- größeres
- Comparative adjective meaning 'larger' or 'bigger'
- Ihnen
- Formal dative pronoun meaning 'to you' (polite form)
- Kätzchen
- Diminutive noun meaning 'kitten' or 'little cat'
- erzählen
- Infinitive verb meaning 'to tell' or 'to narrate'
- Illustration
- Noun meaning 'illustration' or 'picture in a book'
- betrifft
- Third-person singular of 'betreffen'; 'was betrifft' means 'as for'
- gingen
- Past tense plural of 'gehen', meaning 'went'
- Teich
- Noun meaning 'pond' or 'small lake'
- Kleider
- Plural noun meaning 'clothes' or 'dresses'
- fielen
- Past tense plural of 'fallen', meaning 'fell'
- sofort
- Adverb meaning 'immediately' or 'right away'
- ab
- Separable verb prefix; 'abfallen' means 'to fall off'
- Knöpfe
- Plural noun meaning 'buttons' on clothing
- gab
- Past tense of 'geben'; 'es gab' means 'there were'
- Erpel
- Noun meaning 'drake', a male duck
- suchen
- Verb meaning 'to search for' or 'to look for'
- seitdem
- Adverb or conjunction meaning 'since then' or 'ever since'
- ihnen
- Dative plural pronoun meaning 'them'
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