The Tale of Tom Kitten — Page 3
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Then the two duck-birds, Rebeccah and Jemima Puddle-Duck, picked up the hat and tucker and put them on.
Toen pakten de twee eendenvogels, Rebeccah en Jemima Puddle-Duck, de hoed en de das op en deden ze aan.
Mittens laughed so that she fell off the wall.
Mittens lachte zo hard dat ze van de muur viel.
Moppet and Tom descended after her; the pinafores and all the rest of Tom's clothes came off on the way down.
Moppet en Tom klommen na haar naar beneden; de schortjes en al de rest van Toms kleren vielen onderweg af.
"Come! Mr. Drake Puddle-Duck," said Moppet--"Come and help us to dress him! Come and button up Tom!"
"Kom! Meneer Drake Puddle-Duck," zei Moppet--"Kom ons helpen hem aan te kleden! Kom en knoop Tom dicht!"
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Mr. Drake Puddle-Duck advanced in a slow sideways manner, and picked up the various articles.
Meneer Drake Puddle-Duck schuifelde langzaam zijwaarts naar voren en raapte de verschillende kledingstukken op.
But he put them on _himself!_ They fitted him even worse than Tom Kitten.
Maar hij trok ze _zelf_ aan! Ze pasten hem nog slechter dan bij Tom Kitten.
"It's a very fine morning!" said Mr. Drake Puddle-Duck.
"Het is een prachtige ochtend!" zei meneer Drake Puddle-Duck.
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And he and Jemima and Rebeccah Puddle-Duck set off up the road, keeping step--pit pat, paddle pat! pit pat, waddle pat!
En hij en Jemima en Rebeccah Puddle-Duck gingen op weg langs de straat, de pas houdend--pit pat, paddle pat! pit pat, waggel pat!
Then Tabitha Twitchit came down the garden and found her kittens on the wall with no clothes on.
Toen kwam Tabitha Twitchit de tuin in gelopen en vond haar katjes zonder kleren op de muur.
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She pulled them off the wall, smacked them, and took them back to the house.
Ze trok ze van de muur, gaf ze een tik en bracht ze terug naar huis.
"My friends will arrive in a minute, and you are not fit to be seen; I am affronted," said Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit.
"Mijn vrienden komen zo dadelijk aan, en jullie zijn niet presentabel; ik ben beledigd," zei mevrouw Tabitha Twitchit.
She sent them upstairs; and I am sorry to say she told her friends that they were in bed with the measles; which was not true.
Ze stuurde hen naar boven; en het spijt me te moeten zeggen dat ze haar vrienden vertelde dat ze in bed lagen met de mazelen; wat niet waar was.
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Quite the contrary; they were not in bed: _not_ in the least.
Integendeel; ze lagen helemaal _niet_ in bed.
Somehow there were very extraordinary noises over-head, which disturbed the dignity and repose of the tea party.
Op de een of andere manier klonken er zeer buitengewone geluiden boven hun hoofd, die de waardigheid en rust van het theegezelschap verstoorden.
Vocabulary
- Illustratie
- Visual image accompanying a text or story
- Toen
- Then; at that time in the past
- pakten
- Grabbed or picked up something
- de
- The; definite article for de-words
- twee
- The number two
- hoed
- A hat worn on the head
- das
- A tie or necktie worn around the neck
- op
- On, up, or upon something
- deden
- Did; past tense of doen (to do)
- ze
- They or she; third person pronoun
- aan
- On, to, or at; also indicates wearing
- lachte
- Laughed; past tense of lachen
- zo
- So, such, or in this way
- hard
- Hard, loud, or intensely
- dat
- That; conjunction or demonstrative pronoun
- van
- Of, from, or off something
- muur
- A wall of a building or structure
- viel
- Fell; past tense of vallen (to fall)
- klommen
- Climbed; past tense of klimmen
- na
- After or following someone or something
- haar
- Her; possessive or object pronoun
- naar
- To, toward, or down in direction
- beneden
- Below, downstairs, or at the bottom
- al
- Already or all; indicating completion
- rest
- The remainder or the rest of something
- kleren
- Clothes or clothing items worn on body
- vielen
- Fell off; plural past tense of vallen
- onderweg
- On the way or during the journey
- af
- Off, away, or finished; separable prefix
- Kom
- Come! Imperative form of komen
- Meneer
- Mister or sir; formal male title
- zei
- Said; past tense of zeggen
- ons
- Us; first person plural object pronoun
- helpen
- To help or assist someone
- hem
- Him; third person masculine object pronoun
- te
- To; used before infinitive verbs
- kleden
- To dress or clothe someone
- knoop
- A button or knot on clothing
- dicht
- Closed, shut, or tightly fastened
- langzaam
- Slowly; at a slow pace
- langzaam
- Slowly; moving or happening at slow pace
- voren
- Forward or to the front direction
- raapte
- Picked up; past tense of rapen
- verschillende
- Various, several, or different items
- kledingstukken
- Pieces of clothing or garment items
- Maar
- But; conjunction indicating contrast
- hij
- He; third person masculine subject pronoun
- trok
- Pulled; past tense of trekken
- zelf
- Self; himself, herself, or oneself
- pasten
- Fit; past tense of passen (to fit)
- nog
- Still, yet, or even more
- slechter
- Worse; comparative form of slecht
- dan
- Than; used in comparisons
- bij
- At, near, by, or with someone
- Kitten
- A young cat or small kitten
- Het
- The; definite article for het-words
- is
- Is; third person singular of zijn
- een
- A or an; indefinite article
- prachtige
- Beautiful, magnificent, or splendid
- ochtend
- Morning; the early part of the day
- meneer
- Mister or sir; polite address for men
- En
- And; coordinating conjunction
- gingen
- Went; past tense of gaan (to go)
- weg
- Away or road; departing from a place
- langs
- Along or past a route or place
- straat
- Street; a road in a town or city
- pas
- Step or just; a footstep or recently
- kwam
- Came; past tense of komen (to come)
- tuin
- Garden; an outdoor area for plants
- in
- In, into, or inside a place
- gelopen
- Walked or run; past participle of lopen
- vond
- Found; past tense of vinden
- katjes
- Little cats or kittens; diminutive plural
- zonder
- Without; lacking something or someone
- gaf
- Gave; past tense of geven
- tik
- A tap, tick, or light smack
- bracht
- Brought; past tense of brengen
- terug
- Back; returning to a previous place
- huis
- House or home; a place of residence
- Mijn
- My; first person possessive pronoun
- vrienden
- Friends; people one has friendship with
- komen
- To come; to arrive at a place
- dadelijk
- Shortly, soon, or in a moment
- jullie
- You all; second person plural pronoun
- zijn
- Are or to be; plural of zijn
- niet
- Not; negation word in Dutch
- presentabel
- Presentable; suitable to be seen publicly
- ik
- I; first person singular subject pronoun
- ben
- Am; first person singular of zijn
- beledigd
- Offended or insulted; feeling disrespected
- mevrouw
- Mrs. or madam; polite title for women
- stuurde
- Sent or steered; past tense of sturen
- hen
- Them; third person plural object pronoun
- boven
- Above, upstairs, or at the top
- het
- The or it; article or pronoun
- spijt
- Regret or sorrow; het spijt me means sorry
- me
- Me; first person singular object pronoun
- moeten
- Must or have to; expressing obligation
- zeggen
- To say or tell something to someone
- vertelde
- Told; past tense of vertellen
- bed
- Bed; furniture used for sleeping
- lagen
- Were lying down; past tense of liggen
- met
- With; indicating accompaniment or manner
- wat
- What or something; interrogative pronoun
- waar
- Where or true; location question word
- was
- Was; past tense of zijn (to be)
- Integendeel
- On the contrary; used to contradict something
- helemaal
- Completely, entirely, or not at all
- Op
- On or up; preposition indicating position
- of
- Or; conjunction presenting alternatives
- andere
- Other or another; different from this one
- manier
- Manner or way of doing something
- klonken
- Sounded; past tense of klinken
- er
- There or it; expletive or location pronoun
- zeer
- Very or extremely; intensifier adverb
- buitengewone
- Extraordinary, unusual, or exceptional
- geluiden
- Sounds or noises; plural of geluid
- hun
- Their; third person plural possessive pronoun
- hoofd
- Head; the upper part of the body
- die
- That or those; demonstrative or relative pronoun
- waardigheid
- Dignity or decorum; quality of being respectable
- rust
- Rest, peace, or calm quietness
- verstoorden
- Disturbed or disrupted; past tense of verstoren
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