The Tale of Tom Kitten — Page 1
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THE TALE OF TOM KITTEN
HET VERHAAL VAN TOM KITTEN
BY BEATRIX POTTER
DOOR BEATRIX POTTER
Author of "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", &c.
Auteur van "Het verhaal van Peter Rabbit", enz.
FREDERICK WARNE
FREDERICK WARNE
First published 1907
Eerste uitgave 1907
1907 by Frederick Warne & Co.
1907 door Frederick Warne & Co.
Printed and bound in Great Britain by William Clowes Limited, Beccles and London
Gedrukt en gebonden in Groot-Brittannië door William Clowes Limited, Beccles en Londen
DEDICATED TO ALL PICKLES, --ESPECIALLY TO THOSE THAT GET UPON MY GARDEN WALL
OPGEDRAGEN AAN ALLE DEUGNIETEN, --VOORAL AAN DEGENEN DIE OP MIJN TUINMUUR KLIMMEN
Once upon a time there were three little kittens, and their names were Mittens, Tom Kitten, and Moppet.
Er waren eens drie kleine katjes, en hun namen waren Wantjes, Tom Kitten en Moppet.
They had dear little fur coats of their own; and they tumbled about the doorstep and played in the dust.
Ze hadden schattige kleine bontjasjes van henzelf; en ze tuimelden rond op de drempel en speelden in het stof.
But one day their mother--Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit--expected friends to tea; so she fetched the kittens indoors, to wash and dress them, before the fine company arrived.
Maar op een dag verwachtte hun moeder--mevrouw Tabitha Twitchit--vrienden op de thee; dus haalde ze de katjes naar binnen om ze te wassen en aan te kleden voordat het fijne bezoek arriveerde.
First she scrubbed their faces (this one is Moppet).
Eerst schrobde ze hun gezichtjes (dit is Moppet).
Then she brushed their fur, (this one is Mittens).
Daarna borstelde ze hun vacht (dit is Wantjes).
Then she combed their tails and whiskers (this is Tom Kitten).
Daarna kamde ze hun staarten en snorharen (dit is Tom Kitten).
Tom was very naughty, and he scratched.
Tom was erg ondeugend en hij krabde.
Mrs. Tabitha dressed Moppet and Mittens in clean pinafores and tuckers; and then she took all sorts of elegant uncomfortable clothes out of a chest of drawers, in order to dress up her son Thomas.
Mevrouw Tabitha kleedde Moppet en Wantjes in schone schorten en halskraagjes; en daarna haalde ze allerlei elegante maar ongemakkelijke kleren uit een ladekast om haar zoon Thomas aan te kleden.
Tom Kitten was very fat, and he had grown; several buttons burst off.
Tom Kitten was erg dik en hij was gegroeid; verscheidene knopen sprongen eraf.
His mother sewed them on again.
Zijn moeder naaide ze er weer aan.
When the three kittens were ready, Mrs.
Toen de drie katjes klaar waren, mevrouw
Vocabulary
- Geproduceerd
- Produced; created or manufactured for distribution
- door
- By or through; indicates agent or means
- en
- And; connects words, phrases, or clauses
- het
- The; definite article for neuter nouns
- HET
- The; definite article for neuter nouns (capitalized)
- VERHAAL
- Story or tale; a narrative account
- VAN
- Of or from; indicates possession or origin
- KITTEN
- Kitten; a young cat
- DOOR
- By or through; indicates agent or passage
- Auteur
- Author; person who writes books or texts
- van
- Of or from; indicates possession or origin
- Het
- The; definite article for neuter nouns
- verhaal
- Story or tale; a narrative account
- enz
- Etc.; abbreviation for enzovoort meaning and so on
- Eerste
- First; ordinal number indicating initial position
- uitgave
- Edition or publication; a published version of work
- Gedrukt
- Printed; reproduced using a printing process
- gebonden
- Bound; having pages fastened together in cover
- in
- In; preposition indicating location or inclusion
- Groot-Brittannië
- Great Britain; island nation in northwestern Europe
- Londen
- London; the capital city of England
- OPGEDRAGEN
- Dedicated; offered or inscribed to someone special
- AAN
- To or at; preposition indicating direction or recipient
- ALLE
- All; referring to every member of a group
- DEUGNIETEN
- Rascals or naughty children; mischievous little troublemakers
- VOORAL
- Especially or particularly; used to emphasize specific cases
- DEGENEN
- Those; pronoun referring to specific persons previously mentioned
- DIE
- Who or that; relative pronoun connecting clauses
- OP
- On or upon; preposition indicating position or surface
- MIJN
- My; first person singular possessive pronoun
- TUINMUUR
- Garden wall; a wall enclosing a garden
- KLIMMEN
- To climb; to ascend using hands and feet
- Er
- There; expletive pronoun used in existential sentences
- waren
- Were; past tense of zijn meaning to be
- eens
- Once; used in once upon a time stories
- drie
- Three; the cardinal number between two and four
- kleine
- Small or little; adjective describing diminutive size
- katjes
- Kittens; diminutive plural form of kat (cat)
- hun
- Their; third person plural possessive pronoun
- namen
- Names; plural of naam, identifying words for things
- Wantjes
- Mittens; a character name meaning little mittens
- Kitten
- Kitten; a young cat
- Ze
- They or she; third person pronoun
- hadden
- Had; past tense plural of hebben (to have)
- schattige
- Cute or adorable; endearing in appearance or manner
- bontjasjes
- Fur coats; small furry jackets or coats
- henzelf
- Themselves; reflexive pronoun for third person plural
- ze
- They or she; third person pronoun
- tuimelden
- Tumbled; rolled or fell about playfully
- rond
- Around or round; indicating circular movement or shape
- op
- On or upon; preposition indicating position or surface
- de
- The; definite article for common gender nouns
- drempel
- Threshold or doorstep; the sill of a doorway
- speelden
- Played; past tense of spelen meaning to play
- stof
- Dust or fabric; fine particles or material
- Maar
- But; conjunction indicating contrast or exception
- een
- A or one; indefinite article or numeral
- dag
- Day; a period of twenty-four hours
- verwachtte
- Expected; past tense of verwachten meaning to expect
- moeder
- Mother; a female parent
- mevrouw
- Mrs or madam; polite title for a woman
- vrienden
- Friends; plural of vriend meaning a close companion
- thee
- Tea; a hot drink made from steeped leaves
- dus
- So or therefore; conjunction indicating logical conclusion
- haalde
- Fetched or retrieved; past tense of halen
- naar
- To or towards; preposition indicating direction
- binnen
- Inside or indoors; indicating interior location
- om
- To or in order to; preposition introducing purpose
- te
- To; particle used before infinitive verbs
- wassen
- To wash; to clean with water and soap
- aan
- To or on; preposition indicating direction or attachment
- kleden
- To dress; to put clothing on someone
- voordat
- Before; conjunction indicating something happens earlier
- fijne
- Fine or lovely; adjective meaning pleasant or excellent
- bezoek
- Visit or visitors; a social call or guests
- arriveerde
- Arrived; past tense of arriveren meaning to arrive
- Eerst
- First; indicating the first action in a sequence
- schrobde
- Scrubbed; past tense of schrobben meaning to scrub
- gezichtjes
- Little faces; diminutive plural of gezicht (face)
- dit
- This; demonstrative pronoun referring to nearby thing
- is
- Is; third person singular present tense of zijn
- Daarna
- Afterwards or then; indicating the next action in sequence
- borstelde
- Brushed; past tense of borstelen meaning to brush
- vacht
- Fur or coat; an animal's covering of hair
- kamde
- Combed; past tense of kammen meaning to comb
- staarten
- Tails; plural of staart meaning an animal's tail
- snorharen
- Whiskers; long stiff hairs on a cat's face
- was
- Was; past tense singular of zijn (to be)
- erg
- Very or very much; intensifying adverb
- ondeugend
- Naughty or mischievous; badly behaved in a playful way
- hij
- He; third person masculine singular pronoun
- krabde
- Scratched; past tense of krabben meaning to scratch
- Mevrouw
- Mrs or madam; polite title for a woman
- kleedde
- Dressed; past tense of kleden meaning to clothe
- schone
- Clean or neat; adjective describing cleanliness
- schorten
- Aprons; protective garments worn over clothing
- halskraagjes
- Little collars; small decorative collars around the neck
- daarna
- Afterwards; indicating the next step or action
- allerlei
- All sorts of; indicating a wide variety of things
- elegante
- Elegant; stylish and graceful in appearance
- maar
- But; conjunction indicating contrast or limitation
- ongemakkelijke
- Uncomfortable; causing discomfort or unease
- kleren
- Clothes; garments worn to cover the body
- uit
- Out of or from; preposition indicating origin or exit
- ladekast
- Chest of drawers; furniture with sliding storage drawers
- haar
- Her or hair; possessive pronoun or body feature
- zoon
- Son; a male offspring or child
- dik
- Fat or thick; having considerable girth or size
- gegroeid
- Grown; past participle of groeien meaning to grow
- verscheidene
- Several; an unspecified but moderate number of things
- knopen
- Buttons; small fasteners used to close clothing
- sprongen
- Jumped or sprang; past tense plural of springen
- eraf
- Off of it; indicating something falling or coming loose
- Zijn
- His; third person masculine possessive pronoun
- naaide
- Sewed; past tense of naaien meaning to sew
- er
- There or it; expletive or locative pronoun
- weer
- Again or weather; indicates repetition of an action
- Toen
- Then or when; indicating a point in past time
- klaar
- Ready or finished; indicating completion or preparedness
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