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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_. 2
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