LESSONS IN GERMAN. 



103 



IMPERATIVE MOOD. 

 PRESENT. 



Sing. 8obt (tu), praise thou. 



Sobe tr, let him praise. 

 Plur. SJobtn reir, let us praise. 



8ubtt (i$r), praise ye. 



$obtn fit, let them praise. 



PRESENT. 

 Scbtn, to praise. 



INFINITIVE MOOD. 

 PERFECT. 



debt fyabcn, to hare 

 praised. 



FIRST FUTURE. 



8c6cn iccrtni, to be 

 about to praise. 



PARTICIPLE. 



fiobtnt, praising. 



tlobt, praised. 



81. -THE MIXED CONJUGATION. 

 (Embracing the Irregular Verbs properly so called.) 

 There are a few verbs (sixteen in all) which have a sort of 

 mixed conjugation, partaking of the Old form, in that they 

 change their radical vowels to form the imperfect tense and the 

 perfect participle, and at the same time partaking of the Now 

 form, in that they assume, in the same parts, the tense-sign tt 

 and the participial ending t. These are they which, strictly 

 speaking, are the irregular verbs of the language, and, accord- 

 ingly, they are here so classed. They will be found, also, in the 

 general list of (so called) "irregular" verbs, which, for the sake 

 of convenience, wo have inserted. 



82. VERBS OF THE MIXED CONJUGATION. 



Sit ta Stnfitr ju, unt tit I^iir auf. 4. Sd;liet tic Ibur, tamit lit 

 Senfltr auf ftin fann. 5. 3d; rctip in ttr Z^at ntd;t. mal id? mil ttrftm 

 mttntm c^nt tbuti fed , cr will nid;t auf mttntn Watb, ^ortf;ra. G. Xit 

 mttfitn [finer 3u^ortr fd;litftn reabtfnb fttntr lan^tn 9itte tin. 7. (Jtn 

 guttj SBerf fann nur ttirrf> 91ufmtrffamfcit )u Stantt gtbrad;t irttttn. 



8. Tic (Vf ntfung mtintr XwJiter fdjreitet nur langf.im fort ; fit aid nid;t< 

 geniejitii, tro^tcm tt rtr 3Irjt i^t angtrat^tn ^at. 



EXERCISE 176 (Vol. III., page 327). 



1. The robbers seated themselves around a great fire, which they 

 had kiudlcd in the midst of the forest. 2. He took his seat at the 

 table. 3. He got on his horse and galloped out of the town. 4. The 

 dragoons were all on horseback, and waited only for their commander, 

 in order to begin the attack. 5. He sat ou his throne so gloomy and 

 so wan. 6. We found him sitting under a tree. 7. The visitor asked 

 the innkeeper next morning what he owed. 8. He had to pay a Prus- 

 sian dollar, or one florin and forty -five kreuzers, for what he had eaten. 



9. This man owes me one hundred dollars. 10. After be had spent 

 all his money in foreign countries, ho returned home poor and desti- 

 tute. 11. The soldier ate the food placed before him with the greatest 

 appetite. 12. Are there many who defend the fortress ? 13. Yes, 

 there are many, but there might be as many more ; still we do not 

 fear. 14. There were about a hundred of them, who, under the com- 

 mand of a young soldier, took the battery by storm. 15. An effemi- 

 nate man is not fit for any work. 16. This evidence is good for 

 nothing. 17. The Hungarian general voluntarily offered his services 

 to the Turkish emperor. 18. The peasant offered some apples to the 

 exhausted traveller. 19. One often reads in the newspapers that a 

 good opportunity of making one's fortune presents itself. 20. He 

 complains of unreasonableness and harshness. 21. You deny me the 

 liberty to be able to complain to you. 22. Ho felt, he did not know 

 what, and seemed astonished at this event. 23. He seemed surprised 

 as he saw his friend enter, whom he had not seen for nearly ten years. 



EXERCISE 177 (Vol. III., page 327). 



1. Dttft* Sfltfffc taugt md;t3, gtbtn @it mir tin anrtrrt. 2. 2Ba 

 <Sit gtmad;r $abtn. taugt md;t. 3. SBqu taugt tin untbrlid;tt SWann? 

 4. JDitfe armtn Stutt wqefyrttn tit ityntn cergtff&tf Sr-ftft mit ttm grcjttn 

 Slppttit. 5. SBir Itftn in itttr 3titung, tap '.Hurtralitn tint gutt ffitltgfm 

 fctit tarbtttt, ftin lucf ju mad;tn. 6. SBir ttartn trftaunt, unftm Srtunk 

 ;u ftfytn, ccn n>f(d?tm nut glaubttn, tap tr tn tutfd;lanb ftt. 7. Jtiffn 

 SDJann ift mir mc^r a ^roanjtg $fum> fd;u(tg ; abtt tr fagt, or 6abt mid, 

 btjaljU. 8. 3d; roiU it btjafyltn, abtt @tt fonntn nid;t btnxtftn. tap id> 

 3&ntn tta fd;ulttg bin. 9. J?abtn it fcutt 3$rtn S?ruttr gtftbtn ? 



10. 3a, id; fa^ i^n in unftrm @arttn unttr ttntm aumt ft^tn. 11. 

 it oltattn ftftttn fid; ju Q)ftrtt, unt njarttttn auf ta ignal tiftti 

 ^Infu^rtrJ, um ttn ftngriff ]U btginntn. 



EXERCISE 178 (Vol. III., page 378',. 



1. First he took paper and pens, then he sat down to write. 2. He. 

 has only just begun to work. 3. It is only just past seven o'clock.- 

 4. This boy is only fourteen years of age. 5. It now began indeed 

 going on very badly. 6. It is half an hour's walk to the next village. 

 7. This is the nearest way there. 8 I will write to him by the next 

 post. 9. An incoBsiderate word is sometimes the immediate cause of 

 quarrel and dispute. 10. My friend comes here next week. 11. He 

 intends to start next year for America. 12. In future years I shall be 

 more careful. 13. Next week I go into the country for a few day*. 

 14. We should think more of the future life than of the present 15. 

 My future life shall be devoted to you. 16. I fear it will uot succeed 

 in this way. 17. He cares more for earthly than for heavenly riches. 

 18. The active wife attends to her domestic affairs herself. 19. The 

 neighbour took the letter to the post. 20. The errand wss punctually 

 attended to by the little boy. 21. The fortress was sufficiently pro- 

 vided with provisions. 22. My brother provided me early with good 

 books. 23. The poor man has to provide tor six children. 



