Ulysses — Page 3
Will you come if I can get the aunt to fork out twenty quid?
Wirst du kommen, wenn ich die Tante dazu bringen kann, zwanzig Pfund rauszurücken?
He laid the brush aside and, laughing with delight, cried:
Er legte die Bürste beiseite und rief lachend vor Vergnügen:
—Will he come? The jejune jesuit!
—Wird er kommen? Der fade Jesuit!
Ceasing, he began to shave with care.
Er hörte auf und begann sich sorgfältig zu rasieren.
—Tell me, Mulligan, Stephen said quietly.
—Sag mir, Mulligan, sagte Stephen leise.
—Yes, my love?
—Ja, mein Lieber?
—How long is Haines going to stay in this tower?
—Wie lange wird Haines in diesem Turm bleiben?
Buck Mulligan showed a shaven cheek over his right shoulder.
Buck Mulligan zeigte eine rasierte Wange über seine rechte Schulter.
—God, isn't he dreadful? he said frankly. A ponderous Saxon. He thinks you're not a gentleman. God, these bloody English! Bursting with money and indigestion. Because he comes from Oxford. You know, Dedalus, you have the real Oxford manner. He can't make you out. O, my name for you is the best: Kinch, the knife-blade.
—Gott, ist er nicht schrecklich? sagte er offen. Ein schwerfälliger Sachse. Er glaubt, du bist kein Gentleman. Gott, diese verdammten Engländer! Zum Bersten voll mit Geld und Verdauungsbeschwerden. Weil er aus Oxford kommt. Weißt du, Dedalus, du hast die echten Oxford-Manieren. Er kann dich nicht einschätzen. O, mein Name für dich ist der beste: Kinch, die Messerklinge.
He shaved warily over his chin.
Er rasierte sich vorsichtig über das Kinn.
—He was raving all night about a black panther, Stephen said. Where is his guncase?
—Er hat die ganze Nacht über einen schwarzen Panther gefaselt, sagte Stephen. Wo ist sein Gewehrkasten?
—A woful lunatic! Mulligan said. Were you in a funk?
—Ein erbärmlicher Wahnsinniger! sagte Mulligan. Hattest du Angst?
—I was, Stephen said with energy and growing fear. Out here in the dark with a man I don't know raving and moaning to himself about shooting a black panther. You saved men from drowning. I'm not a hero, however. If he stays on here I am off.
—Ja, sagte Stephen mit Nachdruck und wachsender Angst. Hier draußen im Dunkeln mit einem Mann, den ich nicht kenne, der faselt und vor sich hin stöhnt über das Erschießen eines schwarzen Panthers. Du hast Menschen vor dem Ertrinken gerettet. Ich bin jedoch kein Held. Wenn er hier bleibt, gehe ich.
Buck Mulligan frowned at the lather on his razorblade. He hopped down from his perch and began to search his trouser pockets hastily.
Buck Mulligan runzelte die Stirn über den Schaum auf seiner Rasierklinge. Er sprang von seinem Sitz herunter und begann hastig seine Hosentaschen zu durchsuchen.
—Scutter! he cried thickly.
—Mist! rief er mit belegter Stimme.
Vocabulary
- Wirst
- Second person singular future form of 'werden' (will)
- du
- Informal second person singular pronoun (you)
- kommen
- To come, to arrive
- wenn
- Conjunction meaning if or when
- ich
- First person singular pronoun (I)
- die
- Definite article feminine or plural (the)
- Tante
- Female relative, sister of one's parent (aunt)
- dazu
- To that end, in addition, for that purpose
- bringen
- To bring, to take, to cause someone to do something
- kann
- First or third person singular of können (can, is able to)
- zwanzig
- The number twenty
- Pfund
- British currency unit or unit of weight (pound)
- rauszurücken
- Colloquial: to hand over money reluctantly, to fork out
- Er
- Third person singular masculine pronoun (he)
- legte
- Past tense of legen: placed, put down
- Bürste
- A tool with bristles used for brushing (brush)
- beiseite
- To one side, aside, away
- und
- Basic coordinating conjunction (and)
- rief
- Past tense of rufen: called out, shouted
- lachend
- Present participle of lachen: laughing, while laughing
- vor
- Preposition meaning before, in front of, or from
- Vergnügen
- Pleasure, delight, enjoyment, amusement
- Wird
- Third person singular future or present of werden (will, becomes)
- er
- Third person singular masculine pronoun (he)
- Der
- Definite article masculine nominative (the)
- fade
- Dull, bland, insipid, boring
- hörte
- Past tense of hören: listened, heard, stopped (auf hören)
- auf
- Preposition or particle meaning on, open, or up
- begann
- Past tense of beginnen: started, began
- sich
- Reflexive pronoun for third person (himself, herself, itself)
- sorgfältig
- Carefully, thoroughly, with great care
- zu
- Preposition or infinitive marker meaning to or too
- rasieren
- To shave, to remove hair with a razor
- Sag
- Imperative of sagen: say, tell
- mir
- Dative first person pronoun (to me, me)
- sagte
- Past tense of sagen: said, told
- leise
- Quietly, softly, in a low voice
- Ja
- Affirmative response or filler particle (yes)
- mein
- First person singular possessive adjective (my)
- Lieber
- Dear one, beloved; also comparative of lieb (dearer)
- Wie
- Interrogative or conjunction meaning how or as
- lange
- For a long time, long (temporal duration)
- wird
- Third person singular of werden: will, becomes
- in
- Preposition meaning in, inside, into
- diesem
- Dative singular demonstrative pronoun (this)
- Turm
- A tall tower or tower-like structure
- bleiben
- To stay, to remain, to keep being
- zeigte
- Past tense of zeigen: showed, pointed, displayed
- eine
- Indefinite article feminine nominative/accusative (a, an)
- rasierte
- Past participle or adjective of rasieren: shaved, clean-shaven
- Wange
- The side surface of the face (cheek)
- über
- Preposition meaning over, above, across, about
- seine
- Third person masculine possessive adjective (his)
- rechte
- Right-side, correct; adjective form of recht
- Schulter
- The joint connecting arm to torso (shoulder)
- Gott
- Supreme divine being, deity (God)
- ist
- Third person singular of sein: is
- nicht
- Negation particle meaning not
- schrecklich
- Terribly, dreadfully, extremely frightening or bad
- offen
- Open, frank, candid, not closed
- Ein
- Indefinite article masculine or neuter nominative (a, an)
- schwerfälliger
- Clumsy, ponderous, slow and heavy in manner
- glaubt
- Third person singular of glauben: believes, thinks
- bist
- Second person singular of sein: are (you are)
- kein
- Negating article meaning no, not a, not any
- diese
- Demonstrative pronoun/adjective feminine or plural (these, this)
- verdammten
- Damned, cursed; used as a strong intensifier adjective
- Engländer
- A person from England (Englishman)
- Zum
- Contraction of zu dem: to the, at the
- Bersten
- Bursting, splitting apart with internal pressure
- voll
- Full, filled to capacity, completely full
- mit
- Preposition meaning with, together with
- Geld
- Medium of exchange, currency (money)
- Verdauungsbeschwerden
- Digestive complaints, stomach troubles, indigestion problems
- Weil
- Subordinating conjunction meaning because, since
- aus
- Preposition meaning out of, from, made of
- kommt
- Third person singular of kommen: comes, arrives
- Weißt
- Second person singular of wissen: know (you know)
- hast
- Second person singular of haben: have (you have)
- echten
- Accusative/dative adjective of echt: genuine, real, authentic
- dich
- Accusative second person singular pronoun (you, yourself)
- einschätzen
- To assess, to estimate, to evaluate someone or something
- Name
- A word used to identify a person or thing
- für
- Preposition meaning for, in favor of
- der
- Definite article masculine nominative or genitive feminine (the)
- beste
- Superlative of gut: the best
- Messerklinge
- The sharp cutting part of a knife (knife blade)
- vorsichtig
- Carefully, cautiously, with care and attention
- das
- Definite article neuter or relative/demonstrative pronoun (the, that)
- Kinn
- The lower front part of the face (chin)
- hat
- Third person singular of haben: has
- ganze
- Whole, entire, all of something
- Nacht
- The period of darkness between sunset and sunrise (night)
- einen
- Indefinite article masculine accusative (a, an)
- schwarzen
- Adjective form of schwarz in inflected case (black)
- gefaselt
- Past participle of faseln: rambled, babbled nonsense
- Wo
- Interrogative adverb asking about location (where)
- sein
- To be; or possessive pronoun his/its
- erbärmlicher
- Miserable, pitiful, wretched, pathetic person or thing
- Wahnsinniger
- A mentally deranged person, madman, lunatic
- Hattest
- Second person singular past of haben: had (you had)
- Angst
- Fear, anxiety, dread, existential worry
- Nachdruck
- Emphasis, stress; also reprint of a publication
- wachsender
- Growing, increasing; inflected form of wachsend
- Hier
- Adverb indicating this place or location (here)
- draußen
- Outside, out of doors, in the open
- im
- Contraction of in dem: in the
- Dunkeln
- In the dark, in darkness, dative form of Dunkel
- einem
- Dative masculine or neuter indefinite article (a, an)
- Mann
- An adult male human being (man)
- den
- Accusative masculine or dative plural definite article (the)
- kenne
- First person singular of kennen: know, am acquainted with
- faselt
- Third person singular of faseln: babbles, rambles nonsensically
- hin
- Directional particle indicating motion away or toward there
- stöhnt
- Third person singular of stöhnen: groans, moans
- Erschießen
- To shoot dead, the act of shooting someone
- eines
- Genitive indefinite article masculine or neuter (of a)
- Du
- Informal second person singular pronoun (you)
- Menschen
- People, human beings; plural or genitive of Mensch
- dem
- Dative masculine or neuter definite article (the)
- Ertrinken
- Drowning, the act of dying by submersion in water
- gerettet
- Past participle of retten: saved, rescued from danger
- Ich
- First person singular nominative pronoun (I)
- bin
- First person singular of sein: am (I am)
- jedoch
- However, nevertheless, yet, but (formal conjunction)
- Held
- A person of admired courage or achievement (hero)
- Wenn
- Subordinating conjunction: if, whenever, when
- hier
- Adverb indicating present location (here)
- bleibt
- Third person singular of bleiben: stays, remains
- gehe
- First person singular of gehen: go, walk, leave
- runzelte
- Past tense of runzeln: wrinkled, furrowed (the brow)
- Stirn
- The front part of the head above the eyes (forehead)
- Schaum
- Foam, froth, lather formed on a surface
- seiner
- Genitive or dative possessive pronoun (his, of his)
- Rasierklinge
- A thin sharp blade used for shaving (razor blade)
- sprang
- Past tense of springen: jumped, leaped, sprang
- von
- Preposition meaning from, of, by
- seinem
- Dative masculine or neuter possessive pronoun (his, its)
- Sitz
- A place to sit, seat, or headquarters
- herunter
- Directional particle meaning down, downward from up there
- hastig
- Hastily, hurriedly, in a rushed or rushed manner
- Hosentaschen
- Pockets sewn into trousers (trouser pockets)
- durchsuchen
- To search through, to rummage, to go through thoroughly
- Mist
- Rubbish, crap, nonsense; also manure (colloquial expletive)
- belegter
- Coated, loaded; inflected form of belegt (thick or hoarse voice)
- Stimme
- The sound produced in speaking or singing (voice)
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