German composition

Section 62 Tender, Trusty, and True. — II

But you⁠1 know, ministers⁠2 have to find out all about such men as David; and I have found out enough to⁠3 make me feel sure he was once a little boy, just like one of you; that he had⁠4 to learn verses, like you; and didn’t like (S. 20, N. 2, A) it, like you; and that he did not like to go to bed early, or to get up early, like you.

I rather⁠5 fear that, in the summer, he⁠6 ate green apples, unripe melons, hard peaches, and sour plums, as⁠7 you do; and⁠8 got sick, and was very sorry, and had to take⁠9 medicine, as you do; that he said he would (App. § 28) never do it again, and that he⁠10 then never did do it again, as⁠11 I hope you will neither.

Notes

1 Use the 2nd pers. pl., and after the verb supply the adverb ‘ja’, which will be equivalent to the English ‘I am sure’.

2 die Pfarrer, before which supply the conj. daß. Have to = must; to find out, aus´findig machen; all — David = all (S. 3, N. 7) that relates (sich beziehen) to (auf) such men as David.

3 Say ‘to (S. 19, N. 7) be convinced, that’, etc. Just — you, wie ihr.

4 The auxiliaries ‘to have’ and ‘to be’ followed by the infinitive of another verb, must generally be rendered by the auxiliary verb of mood ‘müssen’; as—I have to do it, Ich muß es thun.

5 fast, adv.; see S. 5, N. 2.

6 The subject ‘he’ must immediately follow the conj. ‘that’.

7 as you do, wie ihr.

8 that he became (werden) ill; ‘and — sorry’, say ‘felt (empfinden) bitter repentance’.

9 ‘to take’, here ein´nehmen.

10 Here follows the pron. ‘it’.

11 wie ihr es hoffentlich auch nicht wieder thun werdet.