Ährenlese: A German Reader with Practical Exercises
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Ährenlese: A German Reader with Practical Exercises
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=Ita´lien= ~[eetah´lĭ-] Italy~
der =Ĭtālĭē´ner= ~an Italian~
J.
=jā= ~yes; aye, just so, quite right; as everybody knows, indeed, “all
right,” soon enough, surely, of course;~ ich sag’ es ja ~I tell you,
“believe me”; [_emphasizing a statement_] why, don’t you see [_before
the clause, or_] really, truly, even [_within the clause, or_] anyhow,
at any rate, indeed, I am sure, you know, you see [_after the clause_];
[_emphasizing a command or prohibition_]~ tun Sie es ja´ ~be sure to do
it;~ tun Sie es ja´ nicht ~don’t do it on any account~
=jāgen= ~hunt, drive, chase;~ sich jagen ~dash, sweep, race; [_intr._;~
ist gejagt~] race~
=jäh(e)= ~sudden, abrupt~
das =Jahr=, -e ~year;~ die besten Jahre ~the prime of life;~ in die
Jahre kommen, wo... ~reach the age when...~
das =Jahrhundert=, -e ~century~
=Jakob= ~[~jā´kŏp~] Jacob~
=jämmerlich= ~pitiful, sorry, wretched, miserable~
=jammern= ~lament [~über ~+ _acc._]~
=j⸗apā´nisch= ~[yah-] Japanese [_Cf._ ~holländisch~.]~
=jāwohl´!= ~yes indeed! quite right! (yes,) certainly!~
=jē= ~ever, at any time; [_with a numeral_] at a time, each~
=jē= ~+ _comparative [always followed by transposition]_ the [_followed
by a balancing clause with inversion introduced by_ ~desto ~+ _comp._]~
je älter sie sind, desto besser sind sie ~the older they are, the
better they are~
=jeder=, jede, jedes ~each, every, any;~ ein jeder, ~_gen._~ eines
jeden ~every single one, each and every one~
=jedesmāl= ~each (every) time (that...~ wenn...~)~
=jēdoch´= ~however~
von =jē´hēr´= ~[_or_~ jē´hēr~] from time out of mind; at all times~
=jemand= ~[_gen._~ jemand(e)s, ~_dat._~ jemand(em), ~_acc._~
jemand(en); ~_no pl._] somebody, someone, anybody, anyone~
=jener=, jene, jenes ~that (... yonder); the former, the other
[_While_~ dieser ~_implies proximity,_~ jener ~_implies remoteness._]~
=jenseit(s)= ~[~jēn⸗~ _or_~ jĕn⸗~] on the other (farther) side (of
_gen._)~
=jetzt= ~now [_at present_]~
=Jōhann´= ~John~
das =Jōhan´nĭswürmchen= ~glowworm~
=Joseph= ~[yōzĕf] Joseph~
=jōvĭāl´= ~[yōvi-] jovial, jolly~
der =Jūbel=, des -s ~[yo̅o̅-] (noisy) merrymaking, shouts of joy~
=jūbeln= ~[yo̅o̅-] shout lustily (merrily, for joy)~
die =Jūgend= ~youth [_youthful age or young people_]~
der =Jū′līā´bend=, -e ~[yo̅o̅-] July evening~
=jung=, jünger, der jüngste ~young, youthful~
der =Junge=, -n ~boy, youngster, lad~
die =Jungen= ~the young (folks)~
der =Jüngling=, -e ~youth, young man~
=Jǖterbog= ~[~⸗bock~] Jüterbog, a Prussian town situated about forty
miles south of Berlin~
K.
der =Kǟfer= ~beetle, chafer~
der =Kaf´fee=, des -s ~coffee~
=kahl= ~bald~
der =Kaiser= ~emperor [_A title that precedes a proper noun is never
inflected unless it is itself preceded by an inflected pronoun. (But_~
Herr ~_is always inflected, pronoun or no pronoun._)]~
die =Kaiserstadt=, ⸗städte ~imperial city~
=kălt=, kä̆lter, der kä̆lteste ~cold, chill; cool, cold, indifferent~
die =Kälte= ~coolness, coldness~
=kām= ~_see_~ kommen
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