Part 66

‘to hold’ here = to be of opinion, +der Ansicht sein+.

Say ‘that debt (das Schuldenmachen) leads (Pres. Subj.; Comp. App. §§ 28 and 31) to ruin’.

Say ‘What he says on (+über+) this subject (+Gegenstand+, m.) is important and worthy of our notice (+Beachtung+, f.)’.

Place the words ‘said he’ at the end of the whole clause.

=When verbs and adjectives, governing a preposition, are used in a principal clause and are followed by a subordinate clause, either in the form of a supine= (i.e. an infinitive with +zu+, see S. 1, N. 2) =or beginning with a subordinative conjunction, the adverb +da+, in connection with the preposition required, is generally placed in the principal clause=; as—

We will accustom ourselves to be thrifty.

+Wir wollen uns daran gewöhnen, sparsam zu sein.+

Do not excuse yourself with having had no time.

+Entschuldigen Sie sich nicht damit, daß Sie keine Zeit gehabt haben.+

The verb sich +gewöhnen+ requires the prep. +an+. Construe accordingly, and use the 2nd pers. sing.

an inconvenience, +als etwas Lästiges+.

Say ‘You will find that it leads to poverty’, see S. 3, N. 2.

to take away, +entzie´hen+, after which supply the pron. +uns+ (from us).

and — inability = and makes us so often incapable.

it is ... to be avoided = we must avoid it (to agree with +Armut+), see S. 62, N. 4.

by — means, +nach besten Kräften+.

Say ‘Beware therefore (+sich hüten+) of running into debt’. To run into debt, +Schulden machen+. Use the Supine according to S. 34, N. 10.

+sich etwas vor´nehmen.+

not — poor = not to get (+geraten+) into poverty.

Say ‘However little (+Wie gering+, after which supply the adverb +auch+) thy income (+Einnahme+, f.) may be, lay up a part of the same (+so lege doch einen Teil derselben zurück+)’.

+Armut ist dem Glücke feind.+

+einzelne.+

impracticable = impossible.

supply here the adverb +wiederum+ (again).

‘frugality’ here = thrift (to be used without the art.).

of quiet, +des innern Friedens+.

Supply here the adverb +auch+, and see S. 6, N. 10.

+Wohlthun+, n., to be used with the gen. of the def. art.