The Wonderful Wizard of Oz — Page 4
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"She has held all the Munchkins in bondage for many years, making them slave for her night and day.
„Sie hat all die Munchkins viele Jahre lang in Knechtschaft gehalten und sie Tag und Nacht für sich schuften lassen.
"No, but I am their friend, although I live in the land of the North.
„Nein, aber ich bin ihre Freundin, obwohl ich im Land des Nordens lebe.
When they saw the Witch of the East was dead the Munchkins sent a swift messenger to me, and I came at once.
Als sie sahen, dass die Hexe des Ostens tot war, schickten die Munchkins einen schnellen Boten zu mir, und ich kam sofort.
"But I am a good witch, and the people love me.
„Aber ich bin eine gute Hexe, und die Menschen lieben mich.
"Oh, no, that is a great mistake.
„Oh nein, das ist ein großer Irrtum.
There were only four witches in all the Land of Oz, and two of them, those who live in the North and the South, are good witches.
Es gab nur vier Hexen im ganzen Land Oz, und zwei von ihnen, jene, die im Norden und im Süden leben, sind gute Hexen.
Vocabulary
- Sie
- Formal 'you' or third-person plural 'they'
- hat
- Has; third-person singular present of haben
- all
- All, every, entire
- die
- The; feminine/plural definite article
- viele
- Many, a lot of
- Jahre
- Years; plural of Jahr
- lang
- Long; for a duration of time
- in
- In, into; common preposition of location
- Knechtschaft
- Servitude, bondage, enslavement
- gehalten
- Kept, held; past participle of halten
- und
- And; basic coordinating conjunction
- sie
- She, her, or they; third-person pronoun
- Tag
- Day; a unit of time
- Nacht
- Night; the dark period of the day
- für
- For; preposition indicating purpose or benefit
- sich
- Herself, himself, themselves; reflexive pronoun
- schuften
- To toil, slave away, work hard
- lassen
- To let, allow, have something done
- Nein
- No; basic negation word
- aber
- But, however; coordinating conjunction of contrast
- ich
- I; first-person singular subject pronoun
- bin
- Am; first-person singular of sein (to be)
- ihre
- Their, her; possessive pronoun
- Freundin
- Female friend or girlfriend
- obwohl
- Although, even though; subordinating conjunction
- im
- In the; contraction of in + dem
- Land
- Land, country, region
- des
- Of the; genitive definite article (masculine/neuter)
- Nordens
- Of the north; genitive form of Norden
- lebe
- Live; first-person singular present of leben
- Als
- When, as; subordinating conjunction for past events
- sahen
- Saw; past tense plural of sehen
- dass
- That; subordinating conjunction introducing clauses
- Hexe
- Witch; a woman with magical powers
- Ostens
- Of the east; genitive form of Osten
- tot
- Dead; no longer alive
- war
- Was; past tense of sein (to be)
- schickten
- Sent; past tense plural of schicken
- einen
- A, an; masculine accusative indefinite article
- schnellen
- Fast, quick; adjective in inflected form
- Boten
- Messenger; person carrying a message
- zu
- To, toward; preposition of direction or purpose
- mir
- Me, to me; first-person dative pronoun
- kam
- Came; past tense of kommen
- sofort
- Immediately, right away
- Aber
- But, however; coordinating conjunction
- eine
- A, an; feminine nominative indefinite article
- gute
- Good; adjective in inflected form
- Menschen
- People, humans; plural of Mensch
- lieben
- Love; third-person plural or infinitive of lieben
- mich
- Me; first-person singular accusative pronoun
- nein
- No; negation word
- das
- The, that; neuter definite article or pronoun
- ist
- Is; third-person singular present of sein
- ein
- A, an; indefinite article (neuter/masculine)
- großer
- Big, great; adjective in inflected masculine form
- Irrtum
- Error, mistake, misconception
- Es
- It; neuter third-person singular pronoun
- gab
- Gave, there was/were; past tense of geben
- nur
- Only, just; limiting adverb
- vier
- Four; the number 4
- Hexen
- Witches; plural of Hexe
- ganzen
- Whole, entire; adjective in inflected form
- zwei
- Two; the number 2
- von
- Of, from, by; common German preposition
- ihnen
- Them, to them; third-person plural dative pronoun
- jene
- Those, that; demonstrative pronoun or adjective
- Norden
- North; cardinal direction
- Süden
- South; cardinal direction
- leben
- Live; to be alive or reside somewhere
- sind
- Are; third-person plural present of sein
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