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THE POPULAR EDUCATOR. 



LESSONS IN GERMAN. XXX. 



SECTION LIX. PECULIAR IDIOMS (continued). 



SBie beftnbcn @ie fid; ? (literally, how do you find yourself ?) an- 

 swers to our phrase " how do you do ? " 



id; beftnben is also applied to inanimabe objects, and is then 

 well rendered by " to be," as : 3)a3 >-8ud; beftnbet ftd; in meincm 

 Simmer, the book is in my room. 



The adjective beftnbttd; is frequently best translated by a rela- 

 tive clause, as : 5)aS <&au8 unb tie barin beftnbtid;en Scute, the house 

 and the people who are in it (literally, the house and the therein 

 being people). 



1. tatt finben is equivalent to "to take place," as: Sann 

 fanb bte 9Jeotution in JBaben tatt ? when did the revolution it) 

 Baden take (find) place ? 



2. d;utb fein is equivalent to " to be in fault," as : 3d; bit; 

 @d;ulb baran, I am to blame for it, it is my fault. 



VOCABULARY. 



EESUME OF EXAMPLES. 

 9'S fa-nb Bet Sranffurt am COJatn 



etne grop"e 3$olf'erfammtung 



tatt. 

 Son nun an flop bie u6rtge 3tt 



feineS SebenS ruing bafyin. 



I)afi,er fommt e3, bap fo tele 



!Deutfd)e unb Ungarn nad> 2lme 



rtfa anStuanbern. 

 {Det Jlnabe ifl cfyutb baran', bep% 



megen erbut'tet er bie trafe. 

 iBiS ber >J3ote anfam, cerflop' etne 



tunbe. 

 93i8 auf etn ftetneS tyabe id; ten 



SSrtef been'btgt. 

 @ tfyut mir nnrfttd; in ber eete 



toety. 



Dtorgen atfo reifen mir ab. 

 Da8 Sanb gefycrt' um ben Jput. 



I) arum ift er aud; fo trauttg 

 2Bie beftn'ben ie ftd; ? 



A large popular assembly took 

 place at Frankfort-on-the- 

 Maine. 



From this time forth the re- 

 maining time (portion) of his 

 life passed tranquilly away. 



Thence it comes, that so many 

 Germans and Hungarians 

 emigrate to America. 



It is the boy's fault, therefore 

 he suffers the punishment. 



Till the messenger arrived, an 

 hour elapsed. 



I have, within a little (all but), 

 finished the letter. 



It really pains me to the soul. 



To-morrow then we depart. 

 The ribbon belongs around (to) 



the hat. 

 Therefore he is l&ewise so 



sorrowful. 

 How do you do ? 



3d) banfe Sfynen, id; beftnbe mid; tt>o6,f . I am very well, I thank you. 



EXERCISE 112. 



1. 3)a8 in ber 3ettung angefunbigte Concert mirb fjeute Slbenb nicbt 

 Statt finben. 2. SOBotlen ie meine Sitte gemafyren? 3. 3d; merbe fie 

 gemStyren menn ie con nun an orftcf) tiger finb. 4. $>emutf) jeigt ftd; in 

 matter Siebe jum S^actyften. 5. SSon nun an marb bie egenb imtner 

 retjenber. 6. SBir molten on nun an sufrieben fetn. 7. $>a&,er fam e?, 

 bap fo stete llnterne^mungen miptangen. 8. (Sr ergrtff baf;er kte 

 elegenljeit, t^m SSorftettungen ju madjen. 9. 36r feib fetbjl d;utb baran, 

 fb'nnt eticJ) ba{;er nid;t beftagen. 10. Starl lernt fiet fleipig, bepmegen loben 

 tb,n feine Seljrer. 11. te braucben bepmegen (Sect. XLIII. 5) nid;t bi'fe 

 ju fein, mett id; 3b,re Seber gebrattd;t f;abe. . 12. 35er fteifige d;uter 

 uberminbet bte djmierigfeiten, meld;e etne jebe frembe @prad;e f;at. 13. 



II. mar etn aufgeflarter Surft tinb ber QSatcr fetneS 9Sotfe, 

 frrtd;t man nod; ftetS mtt oiefer 2ld;tung on t^m. 14. @r ftieg bi auf 

 (Sect. LVII.) bie pt^e beg 3?erge. 15. 2Bof(en te ntd;t toarten, bt3 

 te etne 2lnttBort ^abcn? 16. Stein, id; fann nidjt [anger hjatten. 17. 

 5) a er nid;t babteiben vcoKte, bt8 id; meinen SSrtef gefd;rieben b,atte, fo mttpte 

 id; affo glauben, baf er mir biefen efaUen ntd;t tljun tootle. 18. 9Ueranbcr 

 beftegte bet fetnent StegterttngSantrttt ictele ifiolfer unb begann atfo feine 

 Saufbat;n mtt friecjertfd;en S^aten. 19. S^ad; biefer 9tad;nd;t fann er atfo 

 ijoffnung fyaben, fetnen SSatcr nod; einmat $u fe^en. 20. 3d; ttjerbe 3l)nen 

 9U(e8 punfttid; beforgen; ^aben te barum feine orgen. 21. @r mar 

 nid;t 5U -aufe, bepfiatb fonnte id; ben 33vtef nid;t felbft an i^n abgeben. 

 22. 9lad;bem ber Obcrft bie Saljne aufgepflanjt b,atte, fd;aavten fid; bk 

 otbaten barum. 23. SSeftntet ftd; err 91. mobt ? 24. 3a, er befinbet 

 fid; au8gejeid;net ivo^t. 



EXERCISE 113. 



1. Is there also a monument to Guttenberg, the inventor of 

 the art of printing ? 2. Yes, there are two ; one is in Mainz, 

 the other in Strasburg. 3. Are there naughty children in your 

 school ? 4. Oh, yes, there are many. 5. These hoops belong 

 to those casks. 6. The interment of the Duke of Wellington 

 took place the 18th of November, 1852. 7. In the assembly 

 which took place yesterday, some public speakers spoke with 

 great enthusiasm. 8. From that time forth he strove for 

 greater fame. 9. He seized the first occasion to convince his 

 brother of the truth of his assertions. 10. Till to-day I had 

 not received any answer from him. 11. The rain lias wetted us 

 through to the skin ; for that reason we shall postpone ora 

 voyage till this evening. 12. In former times more wonders 

 and signs took place than in the present time. 



KEY TO EXEECISES IN LESSONS IN GERMAN. 



EXERCISE 27 (Vol. I., page 164). 



1. Which table have you ? 2. I have that of my friend, the joiner. 

 3. Which paper have you ? 4. I have that of my friend, the teacher. 

 5. Which of these boys has my blue ink ? 6. None of them has your 

 ink, but one of these boys has your beautiful pink-coloured paper. 7. 

 Which of them has it? 8. Adolphus has it, and Henry, your little 

 cousin, has your wooden pencil. 9. Which of my books is in your 

 room? 10. Your Gellert's Fables are there. 11. Which of these two 

 little boys is your nephew ? 12. They are both my cousins. 13. Are 

 they brothers ? 14. Yes, they are twins. 15. Which of your Americail 

 friends are at the council-house ? 16. Mr. C. and Mr. L. 17. Whose 

 book have you ? 18. I have that of your cousin. 19. When did 

 Mr. Zimmermann have my letter 9 20. He had it the day before 

 yesterday, and his friend, the painter, had it yesterday, and I have it 

 to-day. 21. Has the teacher praised the baker's son, or that of the 

 tailor ? 22. He has praised neither that of the baker nor that of the 

 tailor, but that of the mason. 23. Have you the merchant's pens, or 

 those of the book-keeper ? 24. I have neither those of the merchant 

 nor those of the book-keeper, but I have those of the toll-gatherer. 

 25. Who praises the old captain ? 26. The captain praises him. 27. 

 He praises the whole nation. 28. The Frenchman's wagon is large, 

 and that of the Englishman beautiful. 



EXERCISE 28 (Vol. I., page 164). 



1. 2Betc6.en 0Jegenfd;irm b,aben te? 2. 3d; 6,abe ben meineS 33ruber, 

 ce a3t(bf)auer3. 3. 2Bann faufttn @ie biefeS rofenfarbene -ffleib ? 4. 3d; 

 faufte e gefiern von meinem SSetter, bem Sttcb.fyanbter. 5. SBoKen te 

 biefeg SSud; btefem ober jencm SDtanne geben? 6. 3d; tutft e feinem geben. 



EXERCISE 29 (Vol. I., page 179). 



1. Has the captain his own or the general's sword ? 2. He has his 

 own. 3. Have you my scissors ? 4. No, I have my own. 5. Who 

 has my stick ? 6. Mr. S. has it. 7. Has my sister your umbrella ? 

 8. No, she has her own. 9. Has the locksmith my key ? 10. No, he 

 has his own. 11. Has the washerwoman my brother's and my friends' 

 shirts ? 12. She has his as well as theirs. 13. All people have their 

 errors and peculiarities ; I have mine, you have yours, and he has his. 

 14. God is almighty ; man's destinies are in his hand, also mine and 

 thine. 15. The ocean is between me and my family. 16. Has Mr. A. 

 your paper or mine ? 17. He has his own. 18. My brother has my 

 book, and I have his. 19. Has he your wafers and stamps, or his own? 

 20. He has mine. 21. Whose wagon has your good friend Mr. G. ? 

 22. He has that of his uncle. 23. And whose horses has he ? 24. He 

 has mine. 25. Whose coachman has he ? 26. He has his own. 27. 

 Whose sheep are those in the meadow ? 28. They are ours. 29. Have 

 these Germans their horses and their wagons, or ours ? 30. They have 

 ours. 31. Whose books have these scholars ? 32. They have their own. 

 33. Do you always take your property ? 34, Yes, everybody takes his 

 own. 35. When did you see your family ? 36. I saw them the day 



