Elements of German and English Conversation on Familiar Subjects: With a Vocabulary to Each DialogueLongman & Company, 1849 |
Common terms and phrases
Abend adverb agreeable Apfelsinen apples bekommen better Blig breakfast brother Bruder carriage church cloth cold days dinner Do you drink English evening Extol find first friend gehen geweſen gewiß give going good great Guinee Hadst Hause have not Have you He has hear heard Herr hope horse hour house Indies jezt kind know kommen Lammfleisch last late learn letters light little long machen make mean money month Morgen morning muß neglect night o'clock obliged person place play pleasure portmanteau Post present ready relish right rise room same sehen send ſeyn shall soon sorts spåt speak Stadt table Tage take thank Thee thing think Thou thun time Tische to-morrow town trifle trouble used usually verb Vocabeln Vocabulary wait watch weather week weiß Will you wind wine wish Woche wohl wollen year yesterday You have your
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Page 56 - You drink too little. He eats too much meat. I have eaten sufficiently. You have not eaten enough. She has not much money. Give him but little. He has much trouble. Give him ever so little. And I likewise. She sets every thing down topsy-turvy.
Page 53 - Lest he should come. Unless she dies, I saw nobody. We have not consented to it. You never saw him. You know nothing. You have not read at all. I will lose no more time. He has not learned his lesson. , He studies in private. Do not fail to write to me. He wrote four letters, neither more nor less. He has bought; his pleasures dear. He writes better and better. . You apply yourself less now.
Page 58 - You will then repent your idleness. From that time I esteemed him. I have not been there since. When do you expect your father ? Now and then we play at cards.
Page 55 - I know your cousin very well. He knew his lesson tolerably well. I have almost done my exercise. You have infinitely obliged his friend. You have bought your hat too dear. Learn one verb at least. You have learned twelve lines at most. You may buy lace elsewhere for less. Will you eat more ? Do you owe so much money. By little and little he will hoard up great riches. You drink too little. He eats too much meat. I have eaten sufficiently. You have not eaten enough She has not much money Give him...
Page 5 - NEGATIVELY. / have no handkerchief. He has no garters. We have no shoes. You have no buckles. They have no hats. I had no gloves. He had no comb. We had no boots. You had no watch. They had no snuff-box.
Page 57 - She was surprised at first. You have often lost your time. He died suddenly. I am sometimes idle. She seldom goes out. I shall come back, at the latest, at ten o'clock. Run with full speed. I shall always love you. It is done for ever. They make a continual noise. I shall write my letter at leisure. We usually breakfast at nine o'clock. At what o'clock do you generally dine ? We almost always dine at two o'clock. He hardly ever knew his lesson. He will succeed one time or other.
Page 56 - He fell into the dirt. Go straight along. Do not go to the left. We went to the right He goes up and down. You run to and fro. They are lucky on both sides. They pursue him on all sides. You see our garden.
Page 54 - He is returned empty. I have slept quietly. Live in peace. He awoke suddenly. They have settled their affairs amicably. I warn you as a friend. He reads better in all respects. She would go by all means. You are quite idle. I have won fairly. He is narrowly lodged. You speak at random. I left out the date unawares. You wrote in a hurry. I said it for fun. She related it in je$t.
Page 59 - His house is very line from within. The church is ugly from without. How far shall we learn ] You will find your companions thereabouts. He goes far I believe. We live hard by. I bought my stockings just by. He has followed his brother close. Come nearer. Go before your brother. Walk behind. Put this over and that under. He will make his fortune elsewhere.