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THE POPULAK EDUCATOE. 



LESSONS IN GERMAN. XXXVIII. 



SECTION LXXIV. IDIOMATIC PHRASES (continued). 

 Jlifyt toafjr? is it not true (literally, not true?), answers to our 

 phrases, "isn't it?" " wasn't it?" " don't they?" etc., after an 

 assertion ; as : @8 ift f alte8 SBetter, ntcijt n>ab,r ? it is cold weather, 

 is it not ? @ie fennen tfut, nicfjt nmfyr? you know him, do you not ? 

 Sometimes ntcf>t tt>ab,r precedes the assertion, as : 3tid)t roafyr, <Ste 

 (tnb mute, you are tired, are you not ? 



1. Slufroartcn (compounded of the particle auf and toarten ( 90) 

 signifies to wait upon, to serve, and governs the dative. 3d; 

 ir-arte 3l)nen auf, I wait upon you. 2>arf kf> 3imcn mit einer Saffe 6,ee 

 iiufiuartcn ? may I serve you with a cup o tea ? 3d) baufe Sfynen, 

 sometimes abbreviated to 3d) banfe, means in addition to our- " I 

 thank you," also, "No, I thank you," according to the significa- 

 tion intended to be given. 3d; bin fo fret (literally, I am so free) 

 or 3d; bttte, is the usual equivalent to our " if you please." 3$ 

 macfie if;m meine 2hifiartung, I wait upon him (literally., make 

 my waiting upon him). SBarten, when followed oy the preposition 

 auf, signifies " to wait for ; " as : 3$ tuarte auf i^n, I am waiting 

 for him. 



2. often (see 83 [6] Remark [13]), with an infinitive, la 

 often answered, in English, by the infinitive only, preceded by 

 the preposition " to ; " as : 3$ Weip ntcfjt, roa id; tljun foU, I do 

 not know what to do. 



3. ytifyt jum 2Borte, or, $u 2Borte fommen, signifies, literally, not 

 to come to the word, or to words ; that is, not to be able to speak. 



Ulacf;en, n. Aix-la- 

 Chapelle. 



tfln'flagcr, m. accuser, 

 impleader. 



Sluf'warten. (See E.I. 

 above.) 



23efd)u('bigung,/. accu- 

 sation, imputation 



S3ier, n. beer, ale. 



<fi,ocola'be, /. choco- 

 late. 



VOCABULARY. 



(5'benfafl8, also, too, 

 likewise. 



@rntfd)ul'bigung, / ex- 

 cuse, apology. 



flettner, m. waiter, 

 bar-keeper. 



JJronuitj, /. corona- 

 tion. 



Drbncn, to regulate, 

 order. 



Saffe, /. cup, dish. 



Umfonft', in vain, 

 vainly. 



9Sergc'ben8, in vain, 

 vainly. 



SBergnugt', cheerful, 

 merry, delightful. 



SScrtre'tcr, m. repre- 

 sentative. 



SBitcrfafy'rcn, to hap- 

 pen, befall. 



Sunge, /. tongue. 



RESUME OF EXAMPLES. 



3T;r -err Cater ifl ftanf, nidjt n>alir ? 5Tour father is sick, isn't he ? 

 3d; tuat'tete cine tunbe auf @te, I waited an hour for you ; then 



bann giitg id), unb martyte bent 

 grembcn meine 2luf'artung. 

 <5r macfjte mid; barauf auf'merffam, 

 bag bie 3cit scrbci' war. 



(Sft ttjuftte nirbt, n>a8 er tfyun foKte. 



I went and waited upon 

 (called upon) the stranger. 

 He reminded me (made me 

 observant) that the time was 

 past. 



^ .,, ,., .,-.. , Se did not know what to do. 



<>ie mcificn 2)}onar'd)en laffen intern (The) most monarchs allow their 



Sffittten freien Sauf. wills free scope (course). 



C>er Sarm lieji mid; ntd;t jum 2Borte The noise did not permit me to 

 fommcn. be understood. (R. 3 above.) 



EXERCISE 142. 



1. 8 tuat cine fd;one tunbe, ntd;t njafyr, mein Sreunb ? 2. 3a, ba8 

 tear e8, unb nid;t fo balb tterbe id; ftc mgejfen. 3. 9tid)t matyr, ber 

 Sftacfjbar roar ebenfaU8 auf bent Scfte ? 4. 3a, er tear bort, unb fefjf rcr> 

 gnitgt. 5. Sticfjt tt>aljr, e8 ift fd>on fetir fpat ? 6. Stein, cS ifl nod) ^iem> 

 ttcf; fru^. 7. 91'ifyt luafir, e ift ntdf)t 2lHc al;r, nja bte Seute fagen ? 

 8. Sletn, ntd)t SldeS barf man S^nen (jtaubcn. 9. 3d) l^abe fd;on etnc 

 @tunte auf i^n gciuartet, unb immer lafit er ftd) nod; ntdfjt fe^en. 10. 

 2Bir roarten auf ben aufroartcntcn J?eHner. 11. SBenn @ie e ertauben, 

 tr-erbe id) Sfinen ^eutc 9tad;mittag metne Mufroavtung madden. 12. arf 

 id; 3ljncn mit einer Saffc S^ee ober ^affce aufnjarten? 13. 3d; banfe 

 fur Sljce, abcr id; bin fo fret, etne Xaffe -ftaffce ansunc^men. 14. S3et ber 

 flronung ber beutfd;cn Jtatfcr ;u 2lad;cn irartetcn bic amvefenben Surftcn 

 auf. 15. Umfonfi ^abe tcf; t^n barauf aufmerffam gemad)t; er fotgt nur 

 fetnem Jlopfe. 16. 3?cr Scorer macbte bic @d;u(er barauf aufmerffam, 

 tote njoM unb gut ott 9lf(c8 in ber SBelt gcorbnet ^abe. 17. S)cr 5Rtd;tcr 

 fragtc tb,n sergcbenS, njarum er btefcS a3erbrcd;cn begangcn t;abe ; ber 2In 

 gefd;utbigtc B,atte md;t barauf ;u antnxTten. 18. 3cf) Ijabe baS @d>rciben 

 r^atten ; attein id; wcifj nid;t, n)aS id) barauf anttuortcn fo((. 19. 3d; 

 tt>ufjte fcfjon, was id; barauf antwortcn hntrbe, luenn tdf) an S^rer tette 

 todre. 20. 2)te SKanncr, con bcnen @te fprccfjen, finb eben nidbt bte beflen 

 SSertreter bc SanbeS. 21. 3d; Uefj metner 3ungc frcten Sauf, unb erjat;(te 

 6a mtr totberfa^rcne llnred>t. 22. (Sr Hefi feiner iKebe freien Sauf, unb 

 fagte in feiner Segcifterung 3tcf)r, a(8 er fyatte t^un fotten. 23. 35er 2ln 



flager (ieg ben 2lngeflagten ntd;t ;u SBorte fommen, fonbem futyr tmmet 

 mit fetnen 23cfd;u[bigungeit fort, ofjne auf bte ntfcljulttgungen 511 !)orcn. 

 24. 3)er Sarin itbertonte bic Stimme be SRcbenben, unb licfj i^n ntd;t ju 

 SBorte fommen. 



EXERCISE 143. 



1. Your friend whom we saw the day before yesterday it 

 sick, is he not ? 2. It was an agreeable evening, was it not, my 

 Friend ? 3. Yes, it was ; and I shall never forget the pleasure 

 we had. 4. Your brother was also there, was he not ? 5. It is 

 yet early, is it not ? 6. No, it is very late, and we must go. 

 7. I have waited already an hour for my friend, but still he has 

 not come. 8. I am waiting for our servant. 9. Do not wait 

 for him, I have just sent him out. 10. After T arrived in Lon- 

 don, I went directly and waited upon my friend, for whom I had 

 letters of recommendation. 11. May I serve you with a cup of 

 chocolate ? 12. No, I thank you. 13. Will you not visit us 

 before you go to the Continent ? 14. Yes, I shall pay you a 

 visit. 15. May I help you to a glass of ale ? 1C. I thank you, 

 I never drink ?.t. 17- I have heard the news, but I do not know 

 what to say to it. IS. You speak French and German, do you 

 not? 



SECTION LXXV. IDIOMS RELATING TO VERBS. 



djmerjen, to pain, is used like the corresponding English 

 word ; as : 25cr ebanfe fdjmcrjt mid;, the thought pains me. 5)te 

 2Dunbe fctymerjt ifm, the wound pains him. 



1. SBeb, (pain), joined with tfyun (to do, to make), forms the 

 phrase 2BcI; tfyun, to pain, to grieve (literally, to make, or cause 

 pain) ; as : 35a3 tfyut mtr ttieft, , that grieves me (it causes me pain), 

 (h- I;at bem tfinbe wet; gctfyan, he has hurt the child. . 2)ic anb tfiut 

 ifjm nx6,, the hand pains him. >a fltnb tyat fid; toelj getfyan, the 

 child has hurt itself. 



2. Setb tfyun (literally, to make, or cause pain) is employed to 

 denote mental sufferings ; sorrow ; as : @S ttyut ttym leib, bafi ev e8 

 getfyan f)at, he is sorry that he has done it. 8 tfyut mtr leib, tyn 

 nict)t gefcfyen ju tyafrm, I am sorry not to have seen him. 



3. gel)(en, to fail, to miss, to lack, is often used impersonally ; 

 as : 6'8 feljlt il)m an SSerftaub, he was lacking in understanding. 

 So, also, 2Ba8 fefytt bem 3anne ? what ails the man ? 28a fefc, tt 

 3b,nen, what ails you, or, what is the matter with you ? 



VOCABULARY. 



3JJcibcn, to avoid, ; 93crfen'nen, to mis- 

 shun, to abstain take, to take for 

 from. another. 



2lb'h5etd;en, to deviate. 



2I'berma(S, again, once 

 more. 



SBcgeg'nen, to encoun- 

 ter, meet. 



>ing, n. a thing. 



(Srrrocr'ben, to earn, 

 get, obtain. 



gel)('get;cn, to go 

 wrong, to miss the 

 way. 



ereu'en, to cause to 

 repent. 



ott'loftgfcit,/. wicked- 

 ness. 



inju'fiigen, to add to, 

 to join, adjoin. 



Setb. (SeeR.2,above.) 



iftie'berfdjtagen, to de- JBetfbjnmf, 



out 

 cut 



of 

 of 



ject, discourage, j humour, 

 dishearten. tune. 



SPfab, m. path. SSolfSfteb, n. national 



@agen, to say, tell. song. 



@d;eiben, to part from SSor'fattcn, to happen, 



another. to come to pass. 



@d;mer5cn.(Seeabove) , SSot'ftctyttg, careful. 

 @ee'lenrul;c, /. tran- i SGafyl, /. choice, 

 quillity, peace of SBd). (See E. 1, 

 mind. above.) 



(gtreit, m. contest, Sufric'bcnfyett, /. con- 

 contention, tentedness. 

 Sugenb, /. virtue. ' Su'fugen, to cause, to 

 Itn'fcfyutbtg, innocent. inflict. 

 RESUME OP EXAMPLES. 



(58 ftet nid)t8 son S3cbeu'tung or. Nothing important happened. 

 8 fcfcmerjt nid;t8 (anger unb defer Nothing pains longer and more 

 ol8 ba8 !8cn)upt'fein, fcine ( 135. 



4.) Sugenb in ^or'^ctten ergeu'. 

 bet ju (;aben. 



@agen @ie mir, ma8 Sfinen fefitt, unb 

 roa8 bic llr'farfje Sfircr Xfjrancn ift. 



deeply, than the conscious- 

 ness of having spent one's 

 (his) youth in folly. 

 Tell me what ails you, and what 

 is the cause of your tears. 



feft, It mir an ebutb', ba8 nbe I lack patience to await the end 

 metner Seiben ab'$u\Dttrten. of my suffering's. 



Grin Sobftrud;* ben id; mir nicfjt ju'* A eulogium that I cannot np- 

 eignen fann, tfiut mir n>ef)cr, a(8 propriate, pains me more tlnm 

 ein cerbien'ter 'JSertuetS'. a merited reproof. 



SWir tb,ut ba8 fd;on ice^, a8 anbern That already pains me which 

 nut tetb t^ut. makes others only sorry. 



EXERCISE 144. 

 1. 8 fd;merjt micf>, fo wit 3ftenfd;cn ungtucffidj 511 feficn. 2. ie 



2Bunbe f$htetjt i|n mit ;ebem Siage mc^r. 3. S<* fcbmerjt nicfjtS urefit 



