EXERCISES IN TRANSLATING.

SIMPLE SENTENCES.

masculine: der; f. = feminine: die; n. = neuter: das.)

The child is young. The water is clear. The ice is cold. The snow is white. The house is high. The street is broad. The arm is long. The finger is short. The grass is green.

Subjekt: Namenwort oder Fürwort.-Prädikat: Eigenschaftsw.

LESSON II.

Subject: Noun or Pronoun.

Predicate: Adjective.

are sleepy. They are lazy. The glass is not full. It is empty. Is it cold? It is not cold, it is warm.

Appendix to Witter's New German Second Reader.

LESSON III.

Subject: Noun; Singular and Plural. e (modified vowel.) Subjekt: Ramenwort; Einzahl und Mehrzahl. (e) [Umlaut.].

The branch is round. The branches are thick. They are round and thick. Is the wall white? The walls are white. The hands are clean. The sack is heavy. The sacks are not heavy. The ship is large. The ships are large. Are the tables new? The days are long. The nights are short. The mouse is gray. The mice are gray. The goose is white. The geese are white.

The men are old. The children are young. The houses are high. The nest is pretty. The nests are small. Are the fields green? The forests and (the) fields are green The board is not short. The boards are long. They are long and broad. Is the roof slanting? The roofs are slanting.

The lion is strong. Are the lions strong? The boys are attentive. The rose is red. Is the rose white? The roses are beautiful. They are red or white. The raven is black. Are the ravens black? The dove is white. The doves are white. They are tame. The lady is rich. The ladies are kind. The bear is brown. The bears are brown. The oxen are big.

LESSON VI.

Plural. Mehrzahl. (Keine Endung-Umlaut.)

The eagle is large. The eagles are large. Is the girl lazy? The girls are diligent. The nail is rusty. Are the nails long? Is the apple sour? The apples are not sour, they are sweet. The bird is pretty. The birds are not tame. The garden is beautiful. The gardens are beautiful. The hammer is heavy. The hammers are heavy.

LESSON VII.

Subject: Noun or Pronoun.

-Predicate: Noun.

Subjekt: Namenwort oder Fürwort.-Prädikat: Namenwort.

a building. I am a scholar. You are a teacher. Fred is a boy. The rose is a flower. The birch is a tree. The raven is a bird. The eel is a fish. The bee is an insect. The tree is a plant. The The hammer is a tool.

apple is a fruit.

LESSON VIII.

Subject: Noun or Pronoun.-Predicate: Noun. (Plural.) Subj.: Namenw. oder Fürw.-Prädikat: Namenm. (Mehrzahl.

We are scholars. Horses and cows are quadru peds. Dogs and cats are domestic animals. Roses and tulips are flowers. Carps and eels are fishes. Hammers and files are tools. He is a mechanic. She is a seamstress. Mr. Horn and Mr. Weaver are mechanice. You are a teacher.

LESSON LX.

Subject: Noun or Pronoun. Predicate: Verb. Subjekt: Namenw. oder Fürm.-Prädikat: Zeitwort. Indicative Mode. Present Tense. (3d Person, Singular.} Wirklichkeitsform. Gegenwärtige Zeit. (Dritte Person, Einzahl.)

mother, Mutter, f. hammers, hammert

teaches, lehrt

learns, lernt writes, schreibt Henry, Heinrich

sings, singt

works, arbeitet

laughs, lacht

workman, Arbeiter, m. rains, regnet

snows, schneit

thunders, donnert

freezes, friert.

smith, Schmied, m. hails, hagelt

lightens, blitt

The teacher teaches. He teaches. The scholar learns. He learns. The scholar writes. She writes. Henry laughs. He laughs. Mother sings. She sings. The workman works. The smith hammers. snows. It rains. It thunders. It hails. It lightens. It freezes.

It

LESSON X.

Subject: Noun or Pronoun.

Predicate: Verb.

Subjekt: Namenwort oder Fürwort.-Prädikat: Zeitwort.