Source: Brothers Grimm, Kinder- und Haus-Märchen, 7th edition 1857, no. 153 (public domain), text from de.wikisource.org.
Literal: PL = ma, NOT = ne, REQ = vo, QUOTE = re, NEAR = hi, FAR = da, ONLY = so, STILL = ku, ALREADY = ti, ALSO = mo, AGAIN = ha. Compounds with hyphens.
Es war einmal ein kleines Mädchen, dem war Vater und Mutter gestorben, und es war so arm, daß es kein Kämmerchen mehr hatte darin zu wohnen und kein Bettchen mehr darin zu schlafen … … und endlich gar nichts mehr als die Kleider auf dem Leib und ein Stückchen Brot in der Hand, das ihm ein mitleidiges Herz geschenkt hatte. Es war aber gut und fromm. Und weil es so von aller Welt verlassen war, gieng es im Vertrauen auf den lieben Gott hinaus ins Feld. Da begegnete ihm ein armer Mann, der sprach „ach, gib mir etwas zu essen, ich bin so hungerig.“ Es reichte ihm das ganze Stückchen Brot und sagte „Gott segne dirs“ und gieng weiter. Da kam ein Kind das jammerte und sprach „es friert mich so an meinem Kopfe, schenk mir etwas, womit ich ihn bedecken kann.“ Da that es seine Mütze ab und gab sie ihm. Und als es noch eine Weile gegangen war, kam wieder ein Kind und hatte kein Leibchen an und fror: da gab es ihm seins: und noch weiter, da bat eins um ein Röcklein, das gab es auch von sich hin. Endlich gelangte es in einen Wald, und es war schon dunkel geworden, da kam noch eins und bat um ein Hemdlein, und das fromme Mädchen dachte „es ist dunkle Nacht, da sieht dich niemand, du kannst wohl dein Hemd weg geben,“ und zog das Hemd ab und gab es auch noch hin. Und wie es so stand und gar nichts mehr hatte, fielen auf einmal die Sterne vom Himmel, und waren lauter harte blanke Thaler: … … und ob es gleich sein Hemdlein weg gegeben, so hatte es ein neues an und das war vom allerfeinsten Linnen. Da sammelte es sich die Thaler hinein und war reich für sein Lebtag.
There was once a little girl whose father and mother had died, and she was so poor that she no longer had a little room to live in and no little bed to sleep in … … and in the end nothing at all but the clothes on her body and a little piece of bread in her hand that a kind heart had given her. But she was good and pious. And because she was so forsaken by all the world, she went out into the fields, trusting in the good Lord. Then she met a poor man who said “Oh, give me something to eat, I am so hungry.” She handed him the whole piece of bread and said “God bless you” and went on. Then came a child who was wailing and said “My head is so cold, give me something to cover it with.” So she took off her cap and gave it to the child. And when she had walked a little further, another child came who had no bodice on and was freezing: so she gave it hers; and further on another asked for a little skirt, and she gave that away too. At last she came to a forest, and it had already grown dark; then another child came and asked for a little shirt, and the pious girl thought “It is dark night, nobody will see you, you can well give your shirt away,” and took off her shirt and gave that away as well. And as she stood there with nothing left at all, the stars suddenly fell from the sky and were nothing but hard, shiny talers: … … and although she had given away her little shirt, she had a new one on, and it was of the very finest linen. Then she gathered the talers into it and was rich for the rest of her days.
child-female small live in time FAR. parent-male it and parent-female it dead-be ALREADY. it much poor-be. it have STILL NOT house-part-small for living, and it have STILL NOT sleep-object-small for sleeping
Es war einmal ein kleines Mädchen, dem war Vater und Mutter gestorben, und es war so arm, daß es kein Kämmerchen mehr hatte darin zu wohnen und kein Bettchen mehr darin zu schlafen …
There was once a little girl whose father and mother had died, and she was so poor that she no longer had a little room to live in and no little bed to sleep in …
Notes (5)
As in “The Sweet Porridge”, the first sentence sets the time (di lusa da); after that there is no time word.
“Had died” = vuvele ti (already be dead); there is no participle. “To die” itself would be vukide.
“So poor that …” is split into two sentences: she is very poor. She no longer has a room …
little room = room + -is- (dovanifisa), little bed = bed + -is- (femotisa). Diminutives can be formed freely.
lo is repeated after every su: with lisalafa su lisanira lo the owner would apply only to the mother.
it have ONLY clothes and part-small bread which heart friendly give ALREADY to it. but it good-be and believing-be
… und endlich gar nichts mehr als die Kleider auf dem Leib und ein Stückchen Brot in der Hand, das ihm ein mitleidiges Herz geschenkt hatte. Es war aber gut und fromm.
… and in the end nothing at all but the clothes on her body and a little piece of bread in her hand that a kind heart had given her. But she was good and pious.
Notes (4)
“Nothing at all but” = bure so (has only). “On her body” and “in her hand” are left out, otherwise a prepositional phrase would stand before the relative clause.
The relative clause comes at the end because it runs to the end of the sentence. je + noun + verb: je is the object.
“Kind” (compassionate) = nuvi (friendly, like a friend).
“Be good and pious”: two verbs joined by su count as one.
it trust God good, and it go outside to field, because zero person help it
Und weil es so von aller Welt verlassen war, gieng es im Vertrauen auf den lieben Gott hinaus ins Feld.
And because she was so forsaken by all the world, she went out into the fields, trusting in the good Lord.
Notes (2)
The subordinate clause comes after the main clause. “Forsaken by all the world” = nobody helps her.
The trust in God comes first: a su clause after the ke clause would still belong to the subordinate clause; it would then mean “because nobody helps her and she trusts God”.
it meet person-male poor in field. person-male speak QUOTE REQ you give food to PL I! QUOTE I have much want-eating
Da begegnete ihm ein armer Mann, der sprach „ach, gib mir etwas zu essen, ich bin so hungerig.“
Then she met a poor man who said “Oh, give me something to eat, I am so hungry.”
Notes (2)
To be hungry = to have hunger: bure duranama (Entscheidung 79; duraname would mean “to be a hunger”). pulu comes before the noun as a quantity word: much hunger.
child other who sad-be come. it speak QUOTE head I much cold-be. QUOTE REQ you give thing for head I to I! and child-female give clothing-head it self to child FAR
Da kam ein Kind das jammerte und sprach „es friert mich so an meinem Kopfe, schenk mir etwas, womit ich ihn bedecken kann.“ Da that es seine Mütze ab und gab sie ihm.
Then came a child who was wailing and said “My head is so cold, give me something to cover it with.” So she took off her cap and gave it to the child.
Notes (3)
The relative clause on the subject ends at the verb of the main clause (gole).
“Something to cover it with” = something for my head.
fegarila lo luti = her own cap: lo luti points to the subject of its own sentence, the girl.
child-female go STILL through time small, and child other come AGAIN. it have NOT clothing-body, and it cold-be. and child-female give clothing-body it self to it. child-female go STILL, and child other ask-for clothing-long. child-female give ALSO clothing-long it self to it
Und als es noch eine Weile gegangen war, kam wieder ein Kind und hatte kein Leibchen an und fror: da gab es ihm seins: und noch weiter, da bat eins um ein Röcklein, das gab es auch von sich hin.
And when she had walked a little further, another child came who had no bodice on and was freezing: so she gave it hers; and further on another asked for a little skirt, and she gave that away too.
Notes (3)
“A little further” = ru lusa vubiri (for a short time; ru = duration).
bodice = clothing + body, little skirt = clothing + long, shirt = clothing + skin. This keeps the three pieces of clothing apart.
child-female come to place-tree in end, and night come ALREADY. child other come AGAIN and ask-for clothing-skin. child-female believing think QUOTE time NEAR night-be. QUOTE zero person see you. QUOTE you can giving clothing-skin you. and child-female give ALSO clothing-skin it self
Endlich gelangte es in einen Wald, und es war schon dunkel geworden, da kam noch eins und bat um ein Hemdlein, und das fromme Mädchen dachte „es ist dunkle Nacht, da sieht dich niemand, du kannst wohl dein Hemd weg geben,“ und zog das Hemd ab und gab es auch noch hin.
At last she came to a forest, and it had already grown dark; then another child came and asked for a little shirt, and the pious girl thought “It is dark night, nobody will see you, you can well give your shirt away,” and took off her shirt and gave that away as well.
Notes (4)
“It had already grown dark” = night has already come.
“It is night” = nike (thing + -e: to be a night).
Thinking with direct speech: kile re „…“ In the quotation the girl talks to herself, so tu.
“Can … give away” = pune beva (can + giving as a noun).
child-female have STILL NOT thing. PL star fall suddenly from sky. and PL it money-be, and PL it hard-be and bright-be
Und wie es so stand und gar nichts mehr hatte, fielen auf einmal die Sterne vom Himmel, und waren lauter harte blanke Thaler: …
And as she stood there with nothing left at all, the stars suddenly fell from the sky and were nothing but hard, shiny talers: …
Notes (2)
“Suddenly” = bilero, directly after the verb.
“Talers” = money. “Were hard, shiny talers” = they are money, and they are hard and shining. A thing verb (bove) cannot carry an adjective, so a second part of the sentence.
child-female give ALREADY clothing-skin it self, but it have clothing-skin new. and cloth clothing-skin NEAR much good-be. child-female group-make PL money in clothing-skin NEAR, and it rich-be through time life whole it
… und ob es gleich sein Hemdlein weg gegeben, so hatte es ein neues an und das war vom allerfeinsten Linnen. Da sammelte es sich die Thaler hinein und war reich für sein Lebtag.
… and although she had given away her little shirt, she had a new one on, and it was of the very finest linen. Then she gathered the talers into it and was rich for the rest of her days.
Notes (3)
“Although” = sentences with ho (paraphrase).
“Of the very finest linen” = the cloth of this shirt is very good.
“For the rest of her days” = ru lusa vela nali lo (for the time of her whole life; duration comes with a time noun).