Part 59

A. The auxiliary verbs of mood: +dürfen+, +können+, +mögen+, +müssen+, +sollen+, +wollen+, and +lassen+. (see Expl. 1.)

B. The verbs: +bleiben+, +fahren+, +gehen+, +finden+, +fühlen+, +heißen+ (to bid, to command), +helfen+, +hören+, +lehren+ (also with +zu+, Comp. S. 43, N. 10), +lernen+, +machen+, +sehen+, and +reiten+. (See Expl. 2.)

C. The verb +haben+ in phrases like Expl. 3.

D. The verb +thun+ followed by +nichts+. (See Expl. 4.)

EXAMPLES.

1. +Ich ~mag~ gern ~schreiben~.+

I am very fond of writing; I like to write.

2. +Der Diener ~fand~ seinen Herrn tot am Boden ~liegen~.+

The servant found his master lying dead on the floor.

3. +Er ~hat~ gut ~reden~.+

It is all very well for him to talk.

4. +Er ~thut nichts~ als ~essen~ und ~trinken~.+

He does nothing but eat and drink.

the — higher = the moral tone of the same (gen.) will be a higher one (S. 67, N. 3).

Supply here the adverb +noch+.

+an+; remember that the p. p. ‘unborn’ is used as an adj. and qualifies the noun ‘generations’.

Say ‘as well in evil as in good’.

+das Denken ist ihnen unbequem.+

Supply here the pron. ‘they’.

+fest bestimmt.+

Section 79.

STAND UP FOR WHATEVER IS TRUE, MANLY, AND LOVELY.

II.

Every school (S. 5, N. 2), indeed, has its own traditionary standard of right and wrong, which cannot be transgressed with impunity, marking certain things as low and blackguard, and certain others as lawful and right. This standard is ever varying, though it changes only slowly and little by little. It is the leading boys only, who (S. 15, N. 3), subject to such standard, give, for the time being, the tone to all the rest, and make the school either a noble institution for the training of Christian Englishmen, or a place where a young boy will get more evil than if he were turned out to make his own way in London streets.—THOS. HUGHES, TOM BROWN’S SCHOOL DAYS.

+Maßstab+, m.; ‘of’, here +für+.

+bezeichnen+, see S. 16, N. 4, and introduce the clause with the conj. +und+.

+schändlich und gemein.+

+beständig.+