LESSONS IN 



101 



sS IN GERMAN.- XII. 



SECTION XXII. KB TO BE, ETC. 



liui- tlio corresponding English verb, is very irregular in 



< iiffuront parts having boon derived from word* 



obsolete. 



i aa the auxiliary to many active intransitive verbs 

 such as fommen, geben, etc., where bateti cannot (like h<r 



Uh) bo substituted, as: Or ifl gefommcn, ho ia oome. (J 

 ift iicijan^tn, he ia gone. ( 71. :: 



t i it ia employed as the auxiliary in its own conjugation 

 as : 3$ bin goocfcn, I have boon ; literally, I am boon. For com- 

 conjugation, see 72. L'. 



CONJUGATION Or THE PERFECT TENSE OF ft tit, fommen, 

 AND ge^en. 



3$ Hn gerocfen, I have been , n?tr finb gewefen, wo have been. 

 Tu ti|l Qeivefen, thou hast boon ; ibr fcib gcrocfcn,'you hare been. 

 <5r ifl gewcfcn, ho has been ; fie finb geroefen, they have been. 



3* tin gefemmen, I have come ; n?ir fiitt gefemmen, wo have come 



u till gcfoimnen, thou hast il;r feib gefommcn, you have 



como ; come, 



(f r i|l gefomntcn, he has come ; fit ftitt gefommen, they have come. 



3$ bin geaangen, I have gone ; nnr ftnb gcgangen, wo have gone. 

 ITu till gcgangen, thou hast gone; tb,r feib gegangcn, you have gone. 

 <5r ift gcgaugen, ho has gone ; fie futb gcgangen, they have gone. 



VOCABULABY. 



ffierltn', n. Berlin. 

 JBleibeit, to remain. 

 SBringen, to bring. 

 a, there. 



S)reten, n. Dresden. 

 Sltegcn, to fly. 

 3rictricf;,Tn. Frederick 

 dHauben, to believe. 

 3tmanb, somebody, 



EXKUCIBK 84. 



1. Is your water who gare DM tbM flower* [Sim*] a* boa*? 

 2. No, aha haa gone into the country. 3. Than baa MOB ome- 



dy in the garden. 4. Do you read* in Berlin r 5. No, I 

 reside in Dresden. 6. The Queen hiw returned [ytridytmmn] 

 ."rom Belgium [von Celgitn]. 7. Do you know the merchant who 

 came from Vienna P 8. Yea, I know him. 9. Too hare had 

 little pleasure [weitig 'Serjnu^n ] on your journey [9tctft] ; you bar* 

 not boon far [nxit had more pleasure than we had, 



but wo hare been an much pleaaed [cfreafo vctgragt] a* yon. 



SECTION XXIII.-VABIOUS IDIOMS. 



The word $au. without the article, when preceded by ae$, 

 answers to our "homo " after verbs of motion, aa : Qrr geft na$ 

 & a u f t, he ia going home. 



3u auft auawera to oar "at home," aa: Gr i ju Vouft, he ia 

 at horn*. 



U3ei (with) ia commonly used with verbs of rest, and "(P'far 

 (with a pronoun following) at one's house or place of basiness, 

 oa : (Sr njobnt bet un, he lives at our house. 3$ f aufu rt M 

 mcincm Setter, I bought it at my cousin's. 



3)1 i t (with) ia chiefly uaod with verbs of motion, as : 34 gtfc 

 mit ibm, I am going with him. 



3u 3emanten gcb.cn signifies, frequently, to go to the house or 

 residence of some one, as : 3c$ aebe ;u tntincm Cbtim, I am going 

 to my uncle's. SBoUen it tytutt Went ^u un fcntmen ? will you 

 come to our house this evening ? ( 112. 3. 7. 8. 13.) 



1. Derfelbe (the same) is compounded of tec and ftlbtr. It 

 ia inflected precisely like terjenige. 



in. cage. 

 i Jtenntn, to know, to 

 be acquainted 

 with. 



.Roinmtn, to come. 

 I'aufen, to run. 

 SDiarft, m. market. 

 9la$rtrbt, /. news. 

 $reu$tn, n. Prussia. 



anybody. JRintfleifc^, n. beef. 



RESUME OF EXAMPLES. 



tig ; fcine Sicbe ifl uneitt'Uc^ unb 

 an aflcn Orten ficfjtbar. 

 $ n>ar in let taM, aW bet JJo 

 nig In war. 



Iie SZBerfe otte ftnb man'nigfat- The works of God are manifold ; 



his love is infinite and in all 

 places visible. 

 I was in the city when the 



king was there. 

 Jttonjjtinj ifl sor'geflcrn $ier The crown-prince was here the 



day before yesterday. 

 SBer ift mit ter c^ttjeflcc auf ia Who has gone to the country 

 gegan'gen? with your (the) sister ? 



mit iljr The same that came here 

 (hither) with her the day 

 before yesterday. 

 Do you go to the country to- 



avoid repetition or ambiguity, as : J&aben 2ie biefelbt ((u) gefefcen? 

 Have you seen (the same) her ? !Dtr QJiann Ivbt ten Jtnabtn, tool 

 terfclbe fcinc Q^utter eb,rt ; the man praises the boy, because the 

 some (he) honours his mother. Gr lictt feinm 4>rubcr, aba nu^t kit 

 Jtintcr tedfelben ; he loves his brother, but not his children (he 

 loves his brother, but not the children of the same). 



The genitive of the substantive pronoun ter is also thus used, 

 as: Gr liebt frinen S?ruer, abcr tcffcn JRintcr nic^t ; he loves liis 

 orother, but not (that one's) his children. 



Dtcfct'be, tie Bor'geflcrn 

 gefom'men tft 



@eb,en Sie b,eute auf tag Sanb ? 



3ictn, iveil ic^ fot'ben ton bent Sante 

 gefont'mcn bin. 



day ? 



No, for I have just come from 

 the country. 



EXEECISE 33. 



1. 3ft ttefer junge 3Mann franf ? 2. 9ietn, abcr er ifl geflern franf 

 ywcfcn. (Sect. XVII. 8.) 3. 2Bcr if* in tern artcn 3^re Satcr* 

 gcioefen ? 4. 37iemant tft in tern arten gcroefen, abcr Semanfc ifl in 

 fctnem aufe geirefen. 5. SBie tange blcibt ler alte 2?auer nod; in ter 

 ^t.ut y 6. 3cb fcnne ren alien SBaucrn ntrfjt, unt wcip nidjt, toie lange er 

 blcibt. 7. 3fl 3b;r alter Sreunt, ker Jtaufmann, nacb SBicn gcgangen ? 8. 

 3cb glaubc, er ifl nacf; SBcrlin )u fctnem S9ruter gegangen. 9. iSon hjent 

 baton 5ic bcute kicfe 3lacf;ric()t gcb^crt? 10. 3cb. babe ctncn mcincr grcunfce 

 flefprodjen, welder sen !Dretcn gefommcn ifl, unb mir ctnen Srief ton 

 nuinem Cater gcbracbt b,at. 11. 3* mobne bet tncincnt Db.eim, tint g<bc 

 mit ibm nacb. tern flcincn orfe. 12. SDJein fcboner SJogcl ifl au tern 

 Jtafig gcftogcn, unb mein flcineS $fcrt ifl nact> tern SBalle gelaufcn. 13. 

 SBa ^at 3b;r ^err SSatcr 3b,nen gcfcbricbcn ? 14. (Sr bat mtr einen langen 

 Srief gefc^ricbtn. 15. SBann ftnb >Sic auf bent 3Jhrfte gcwcfcn? 16. 3^ 

 tin snrijeftcrn 9lbcnb ta gcwefen, unb fcabc JKt:itflcif4 gefauft. 17. ilBir 

 I;abcn ttcfen SJadjmittag frbonc* SZBetter gcbabt. 18. T>iefe emitter ftnb 

 foul uub iene flcifsig gca-cfcn. 19. cr Scbnee ifl sorgeftern fcbr tief 

 gciBcfcn. 20. 3^ bin nie hanf gctvefen. 21. grictricb. ter rofe tear 

 tin JZonig ten 5Prcupen. 



EKSUME OF 



SBo tft ter Sremte, ter tcr'geflcrn 

 bet unS war ? 



5r tft geftern nad> SSitn gereift'. 

 3fl tiefej t'ucb taSfcl'tc, welcbrt te 



gcfltm Slbtnb gele'fcn batcn * 

 3$ liebt titftn Scbuler, wttl er fo 



fttiptg ift. 

 JJeint Jreuntin auJ Ulme'rifa war 



gcfkrn bier ; batcn Sic tiefel1>c 



fcb. on gefe'b,cn ? 

 3cf; b,abt te ?ebrer S?uc^, atct ni^t 



ta SKeffer tefel'btn. 



EXAMPLES. 



Where is the stranger who was 



at our house the day before 



yesterday ? 



He went yesterday to Vienna. 

 Is this book the same that yen 



read last evening ? 

 I love this scholar, because he 



is so diligent. 

 My friend from America was 



here yesterday ; hare yom 



seen her yet ? 

 I have the teacher's book, bat 



not his knife. 



EXERCISE 35. 



1. SBo ifl ta 95lei, tlcb^ it gefauft ^aben? 2. <5 ift no* tm 

 aben, no i<$ tt gtfauft babe. 3. $abtn -Sic licfcftc 8cm. wtlete ieb 

 cbatt babe? 4. 335cm nxrtcn ic biefe goltenc 3ai'*cnubr fcfcufen? 5. 

 leb. twrtc fie tcmfclben SWanne fc^icfcn. nwlc^er fit mir gefauft bat. 6. 

 J>ic vtel 0*db braurbt ticfcr altt oltat ? 7. <5t traucbt titl. mtcl tr 

 mmer franf ift. 8. 3ft tt tcrftlbt. welder gtflern Jttr war ? 9. 9lan, 



