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THE POPULAR EDUCATOR. 



LESSONS IN GERMAN. XXXI. 



SECTION LX. PECULIAE IDIOMS (continued). 



$8fiS, when it follows the comparative, is translated by "than," as: 

 Die Grieve tft tyoljer alS bie SSuctye, the oak is higher than the beech. 



Sometimes, instead of a single word, at 8 is made to refer to 

 a whole clause introduced by bafj ; as : r bettett licber, a(? bap 

 er arbcitet, he begs rather them work (literally, sooner or more 

 readily than that he works). 



91 {8, following the negatives fein, nidf;t, etc., is best translated 

 by " but " (except), though the succeeding word may stand in 

 the nominative, as : 9tietnanb, at? bit, fann ifyn ubernrinben, no one, 

 but iJiee, can overcome him. The same is also true of interro- 

 gative sentences when the like negatives are implied in the 

 answer, as : 2Ba? Ijat er fonfi, at 3 einen leeren itel? what has he 

 (else) but an empty title? In other positions, a 1 8 often answers 

 to our "as," as: 3cb erfenue feinen SJJenfcfyen at? meinen -^crm, 

 I acknowledge no human being as my master. 3cf> bctracfyte ifyn 

 alS ctnen greunb, I regard him as a friend. r cerlangt e8 at? ein 

 3ted)t, he demands it as a right. r ftetyt au?, alS ob er franl toare, 

 he looks as though he were sick. 21 U er biefeS 3eid;en fab,, ftet er 511 

 SBoben, as (when) he saw this sign, he fell to the ground. 



1. 28 ie often signifies "as," as: ? iji fjcute tote geftern, it 

 is to-day as yesterday. r tycmbett toic ein rectytfcbafner 3)iann 

 Ijanbctn mufj, he acts as an upright man must act. 28 ie answers 

 also to our word " like," as : ? ghinjt tote olb, it glitters like 

 gold. r bettftgt ftcb. tote ein 28ab,njtnniger, he behaves himself like 

 a maniac. ocrate? bliiljte at? 3ung(ing tote einc 3tofe, (eljrte at? 

 9Jiann tote em ngel, unb fiarb at? rei? rote ctn Serbrecfyer, Socrates 

 bloomed as youth (young man) like a rose (as a rose blooms), 

 taught as man like an angel (as an angel teaches), and died as 

 old man like a criminal (as a criminal dies). 



VOCABULARY. 



2lb'reife, /. departure. 



aSauart, /. architec- 

 ture. 



SBenacfj'&art, neigh- 

 bouring. 



SBetoofc/ner, m. inhabi- 

 tant. 



3)auernb, enduring, 

 lasting. 



S)errtneierftc(45.5). 



2>om, m. cathedral. 



br'getjtg, ambitious, 

 aspiring. 



fntbecf'en,to discover. 



rtan'gen, to attain, 

 reach. 



Written, to reap, har- 

 vest. 



rfcfyci'tten, to appear. 



5efl'gefe$t, appointed, j Cartel', /. party. 



fixed. Spfeifer, m. piper. 



Srob/ltcb. fett, /. joyful- SKcgton', /. region. 



ness. tnnttcb., sentient, 



eiftig, intellectual, sensual. 



spiritual. lle'brtgbfeiben, to re- 



etan'gen,to arrive to. main over. 



<$etoalt', /. force. Itnbanf, m. unthank- 



rattfatn, cruel. fulness. 



ab'fucb.tig,avariciou3. lln'gebulbig,impatient. 



d(fte, /. half. SSerbienft'oolt, merito- 



ier6,er'fomntcn, to rious. 



come hither. SBerian'gen, to require. 



-ftuWel, /. cupola. aSor'ftcfytig, cautious. 



8anbtuft,/.country-air 53ort6,etl,m.advantage 



8anbfcbaft,/.landscape ' 2Bett, far, distant. 



2J? enge, /. multitude. ! 2Bertfi,, m. worth. 



5ftonat, m. month. 2Birfen, to work, ef- 



Dbfcfyon', although. fectuate. 



EESUME OF EXAMPLES. 



93ei bent Kegen fud;ten bie gctb'ar* During the rain the field- 

 better in bem benad/barten 2Batbe labourers sought protection 

 @<$u|j. in the neighbouring forest. 



3>r totetttct'ftc tft feute ? What day of the month is to-day? 



3)er 24fte Tluguft'. The 24th of August. 



or bret Saljren toar ein grope? Three years ago there was a 



rb'beben. great earthquake. 



Obgteicb' ber @turm nacb/getaffen Although the storm has abated, 

 fc,at, fo gefyen bie 2Bogen bod; nod; the billows, notwithstanding, 

 feb,r tyod;. (still) run very high. 



Unter ben 33urgern fetbft ftet;t man Among the citizens themselves 



one sees nothing but pallid 

 countenances. 



Only in the hour of separation 

 does one know how great a 

 treasure of (the) love our 



ntcb.tS alS btetd;e eftc^'ter. 



Blur in ber Stunbe be? Wb'fcfijebe? 

 toeifj man, toetd; einen grofen 

 @d;afc ber Stebe unfer 23ufen tyegt. 



bosom cherishes. 



bfcb.on' bie Sagb nur ein an'ftren^ Although the chase is only a 

 gcnbe? unb barba'rifd;e? SSergnu'^ toilsome and barbarous plea- 

 gen ift, fo toirb fte bennod; oft bet 

 SDlancbem jur 8ei'benfd;aft. 



95on 2Beitem ftebt eine Sanbfcfjaft 



ftyoner au, at8 in ber 



sure, nevertheless, with many 

 a one it becomes a passion. 

 From afar, a landscape appears 

 more beautiful than near at 

 hand. 



EXERCISE 114. 



1. in getfttger cnufj tft bauerriber atS ein ftnnttc^er. 2. er -ab' 

 fikb. ttge ertangt me fo tet, at er ^aben toitt. 3. 3e l;5^cr man in bte 

 obern SRegionen getangt, befto fdlter toirb eS. 4. 3e me^ir t6,n bie etne 

 Cartel ^afjte, befto meb,r ttebte t^n bie anbere. 5. 3e ^b^er SlapoTeon 

 ftteg, befto e^rgetjtger tourbe er. 6. >er na^e 8tup getod^rt ben benacb.- 

 barten Setootmern ie(e SSortljetfe. 7. en toiesielften X^eit StyreS SBet 

 mogenS l^aben @te oertoren ? 8. 3ci) ^abe mel;r aU bte J&dtfte cetloren. 

 9. 3)en toieietften retfcn @te on t;ter ab ? 10. SWeine Slbretfe tfl auf 

 ben 5tootften biefeS 3)}onatg feftgcfc^t. 11. S)en toieoietften toirb 3^r -ert 

 SSruber 6,tetb,erfommen ? 12. 3ct crtoartete tfi,n fcfton cor (Sect. XXXI. 

 1) bret Sagen. 13. 9Sor einem 3ab.re toar \fy nocft in JDcittfcfctanb. 

 14. 3n 2Betmat fatten ttor toenigen Sa^ren bte getefjrtefien unb fliigften 

 SKdnner %e 28ob,nung. 15. S)a ifen ift nu&ftcber, ate @ctb unb 

 @ttber, obgteidj) ber 2Bertf; be? olbe? unb @Uber8 grofjer tft. 16. JD'te 

 ganje 9Wenge toar nur tner Slnftcjjt. 17. 5UJan )Vracb on nicbt?, at 

 won ber 3ufunft. 18. 3cb fcbrteb metnem Sreunbe nur toenige 2Borte. 

 19. llm bte ganje @tabt ^erum tagerten ntcbt? at graufame getnbe. 20. 

 9tur etoatt fonnte b,ter totrfen. 21. Obfc^on er nid()t? als QJJu^e unb 

 2lrbeit ^at, fo (Sect. XLIII. 4) ift er bocfy immer |ieiteren emutb,e?. 



EXERCISE 115. 



1. Is your brother as cautious as your uncle ? 2. He is not 

 so cautious as my uncle. 3. Take neither more nor less than 

 necessity requires. 4. Although he possesses a beautiful estate, 

 nevertheless I will resign to him a part of mine. 5. They did 

 nothing but complain of their last mishap. 6. I saw nobody 

 in the saloon but the blind piper. 7. The longer he stayed 

 with him, the more impatient he became. 8. On what day of 

 the month will your friend take his departure from here ? 9. 

 His departure is fixed for the fourteenth of next month. 10. 

 We will go this way, in order to see the landscape near at hand. 

 11. Nothing but joyfulness was in the whole family. 12. Only 

 one wish remained over to him. 13. No one is so worthy of 

 our kindness as the friend of my brother. 



SECTION LXI. EEGIMEN OF NUMERALS, ETC. 



Words denoting quantity, weight, or measure, are seldom put 

 in the plural, though connected -with numerals signifying more 

 than one; as: in Spfunb, one pound; jefyn ^Jfunb, ten pound(s); 

 bret 2lcfer, three acre(s); jtoolf 5uf, twelve foot (feet). 



Feminine nouns, however, are usually excepted from this rule; 

 as : ed;8 GL'fen, six ells ; fieben 2ftet(en, seven miles, etc. 



When, between the term of quantity and the thing whose 

 quantity or measure is specified, there intervenes no qualifying 

 word, both nouns stand in the same case ; as : in 5Sfunb Bucter, 

 one pound (of) sugar ; $toet 5Pfunb 3ucfer, two pounds (of) sugar ; 

 brei $aar @ctyu6,e, three pair (of) shoes ; neunjig @tu<f SJinbtneb,, 

 ninety head (of) cattle. ( 15. 2 e, 123.) 



1. Adjectives are formed by suffixing the word id^rtg. from 

 3ab,r, to the cardinal numbers ; as : @? tft etnjdb,rtg, it is a year 

 old. 3)iefe? $ferb ift meriftfyrig, this is a four-year-old horse, in 

 fjunbertsjdfiriger SDtann, a hundred-year-old man (a centenarian). 



Nouns are formed by adding er to the cardinals ( 51. 2) ; 

 as : in 3)retfnger (ein 9Wann on breifng 3ab,ren), a man of thirty 

 years of age. in 2lcb.t$tger, an octogenarian. >er 2lcbtunbjtoan* 

 jtger (2Bein), the wine of the vintage of 1828. 



Sunbert (a hundred), and aufenb (a thousand), when placed 

 before a noun, do not generally take the article before them ; 

 as : r b,at fjuntert cfjafe unb neunjig Ocfyfen, he has (a) hundred 

 sheep and ninety oxen. Used without a noun, they, as in Eng- 

 lish, assume the plural, as : ^unberte son Qftenfcben fterben cor 

 Hunger, hundreds of men die of hunger. Saufenbe fallen in ber 

 <3d;lacb. t, thousands fall in (the) battle. 



