Die Geschichte des kleinen Jack [by T. Day] übers. von A. Mensbier, adapted for teaching and learning the German language, by means of a verbal translation on the principles of the Hamiltonian system, and an elementary grammar, by P.O. Skene1831 |
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adjectives arme ashamed augment became become bining Burschen Chan change class compound Conditional conj conj.s Dame dative declension Dies-es einige Ending Engl English Examples fand father Feldwebel final find Findling following found Future ganzen gehört Germ German Geschichte gesprochen gesprungen given good great Greis grossen Hand håtte have been heard heard Herr himself horse i. e. in-dem i. e. zu-dem Imperative Imperfect in-the Indicative Infinitive inflections irgend jump jumped Kind Kind-er kleine Jack Knabe konnte learnt little Jack long lord Lowe-n made make Masculine master neuter never newer form nouns older form ORKNEY Participle Pferde Plural poor prefix present root-syllable sehen seyn shalt Singular Soldat soon speak Speise spoken spoken sprach springen Stande stems subj substantive take Tartaren TENSE terminative thee Thiere thou thun time to-the transitive used various Vater verbs viel vowels wåre warm whole Willets young Ziege
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