egi+~, cf. page 4, note 2.
3. ~+sich+~, reflexive or reciprocal pronoun? Cf. page 2, note 5.
4. ~+die Urlatoare+~ (Roumanian, pronounce oa = o, from Lat.: +ululare+,
"to howl," "to roar," literally: "Roaring River") name of a
mountain-stream in the Carpathian Mountains.
5. ~+die Prahova+~ (~h~ guttural), one of the numerous rivers which
rising on the southern slope of the Carpathian Mountains traverse the
Roumanian plain and join the Lower Danube on the left.
6. ~+seien+~. Account for the mood! Cf. page 2, note 7.
7. ~+vor+~ (of time), _ago_.
8. ~+sich+~. Explain the form!
9. ~+keiner+~ (none), here = ~keiner von beiden~, _neither_ (of them).
10. ~er liess +sich+ nicht troesten~ (reflexive with passive sense),
_could not be . . ._
11. ~+An'dre[)i]+~ (three syllabic), ~+Mirea+~ (pronounce ~ea~ = e
(French)), proper names = Ger. ~Andreas~ and ~Friedrich~ (+mir+, Slav. =
~Friede~, peace), Eng. _Andrew_ and _Frederick_ (Fred[dy]).
12. ~+moeget+~ (optat. subjunctive) ~ihr . . . werden~, _I wish you to
become_.
13. ~auf +hohem+ Felsenkegel~, in English with indef. article.
14. ~+gehoerte+~. Mood? Why? Cf. page 1, note 5.
+Page 10.+--1. ~+koennten+~. Account for the subjunctive; cf. page 2,
note 7.
2. ~+am besten+~, predicate superlative made up of ~an dem~ (contracted
~am~) and the dat. of the superlative, _the best_.
3. ~+sie hei'rateten+~ (past. subj. for conditional) = ~wenn sie . . .
heirateten~.
4. ~+wollte+~, here = ~wuenschte~.
5. ~+ihrer Soehne Kinder+~, for the more common ~die Kinder ihrer Soehne~.
6. ~+des Abends+~. Force of the genitive? Cf. ~nachts~, page 2, note 6.
7. ~+die alten Lieder+~, i.e. _the old ballads_ of the country.
8. ~+ihr+ zu Fuessen~. Comp. ~+ihr+ in die Wangen~, page 1, note 8.
Explain the idiom!
9. ~lehnte +mit+ dem Arm~, no preposition in English; cf. page 5,
note 3.
10. ~+der weisse Schleier+~. _A white veil_ of finest texture interwoven
with spun-gold (therefore often called der ~Goldfaden~ or pl. ~die
Goldfaeden~, "gold threads"), is the most conspicuous ornament on the
heads of married women of Eastern Europe.
11. ~kein graues +Haerchen+~ (idiomat. use of the diminutive), _not a
bit_ (the least bit) _of_ (_a_) _gray hair_.
12. ~+Deiner+~ (genit. of ~Du~) dependent on adj. ~wert~.
13. ~+die+~ (emphatic.) = ~diese~ or ~dieselbe~ or ~sie~.
+Page 11.+--1. ~+es+ wird mir wohl~ (impersonal idiom), _I am at ease_;
_I feel happy_.
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