Part 216

+Dieser Mann ~könnte~ glücklicher ~sein~, wenn er das Spiel nicht zu sehr ~liebte~.+

This man might be happier, if he were not too fond of gambling.

+Er ~würde~ gesund ~sein~+ (or +er ~wäre~ gesund+), +wenn er mäßiger ~lebte~+.

He would be healthy, if he were more temperate.

§ 37. The Conditional is sometimes used elliptically; as—

+Ja, ich würde gekommen sein!+

Yes, I should have come! (i.e. if I had been able to do so, understood).

+Unter den Umständen hätte ich es gewiß gethan.+

I am sure, under the circumstances I should have done it (i.e. if I had been placed in the same situation).

+~Wäre~ ich reich, ~würde~ ich Sie sofort bezahlen.+

Were I rich, I should pay you directly.

SYNOPSIS OF THE CHANGES WHICH THE GERMAN SPELLING HAS UNDERGONE THROUGH THE GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS OF 1880.

+1. Regeln und Wörterverzeichnis für die deutsche Rechtschreibung zum Gebrauch in den preußischen Schulen. Berlin, Weidmansche Buchhandlung. 2. Regeln und Wörterverzeichnis für die deutsche Rechtschreibung zum Gebrauch in den bayerischen Schulen. München, Expedition des Kgl. Zentral-Schulbücher-Verlags.+

A. +Vokale.+ (Vowels.)

Write.

+=Ä=, =Ö=, =Ü=+

(instead of +Ae+, +Oe+, +Ue+) in: +die Äpfel+ (apples); +die Öfen+ (ovens, stoves); +der Überrock+ (overcoat), etc. In foreign words +=ä=+, +=ü=+ (for Greek and French ai and French u) in: +der Pädagog+ (pedagogue); +der Kapitän+ (captain); +die Lektüre+ (reading), etc.

+=ay=+

(instead of +ai+) in: +Bayern+ (Bavaria); +der Bayer+ (the Bavarian); +bayerisch+, adj. (Bavarian), and derivatives.

+=ei=+

(instead of +ai+) in: +der Heide+ (heathen); +die Heide+ (heath); +das Getreide+ (grain); +der Weizen+ (wheat), etc.—=But=: +die Bai+ (bay); +der Hai+ (shark); +der Hain+ (grove); +der Kaiser+ (emperor); +der Laib+ (loaf); +der Laich+ (spawn [of fish]); +das Laichen+ (spawning); +die Laichzeit+ (spawning-time); +der Laie+ (layman); +der Mai+ (May); +die Maid+ (maid, maiden); +der Mais+ (maize); +maischen+ (to mash [in brewing]); +die Saite+ (string); +der Waid+ (dyer’s woad); +der+ or +die Waise+ (orphan [boy or girl]), and derivatives.

=Nouns terminating in +-ee+= and +=-ie=+—

take in the plural +=en=+, which inflection forms a separate syllable, as: +die Armee´+ (army), pl. +die Armee´en+ (armies); +der+ or +die See´+ (lake or sea), pl. +die See´en+ (lakes or seas); +die Melodie´+ (melody), pl. +die Melodie´en+ (melodies); +die Theorie´+ (theory), pl. +die Theorie´en+ (theories), etc. =But=: +das Komitee´+ (committee), pl. +die Komitee´s+ (committees); +das Knie´+ (knee), pl. +die Knie´e+.

+=eu=+

1. (instead of +äu+) in: +deuchten+ (to appear, to seem); +mir deucht+ (it seems to me, methinks); +ihm deuchte+ (he thought); +(durch)-bleuen+ (to give a hearty drubbing, to beat black and blue); [=but=: +(durch)-bläuen+ (to make or dye blue)]; +der Greuel+ (horror); +leugnen+ (to deny); +verleumden+ (to slander), etc.

2. in the termination +=eur=+ (sounded as in French), in: +der Commandeur+ (commander); +der Redacteur+ (editor), etc.

+=i=+

(instead of +y+) in: +der Gips+ (plaster of Paris); +die Silbe+ (syllable); +der Sirup+ (syrup); +der Vampir+ (vampire), etc. [Comp. +=ay=+.]