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English Sentence:

"What a great fairy tale," Fritzchen was thinking as his mother read the story of the talking snake to him.

German Translation:

"Was für ein tolles Märchen", dachte Fritzchen als ihm seine Mutter die Geschichte mit der sprechenden Schlange vorlas.

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Words used:

was

1. what 2. which 3. [informal] something (short for etwas)

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für

for

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ein

a, an

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toll

1. great, amazing 2. mad, crazy

Here: great, amazing

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das Märchen (Pl: Märchen)

fairy tale

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denken

1. to think 2. to guess

Here: to think

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als

1. as 2. when 3. than (comparison) 4. for

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ihm

him

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sein

1. his 2. to be 3. its 4. one's

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die Mutter (Pl: Mütter)

mother

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die

1. the (nominative feminine singular) 2. the (accusative feminine singular) 3. the (plural form of definite article) 4. who 5. which 6. these

Here: the (feminine definite article and plural form of der)

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die Geschichte (Pl: Geschichten)

1. history 2. story

Here: a story

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mit

with

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der

1. the (nominative masculine singular) 2. the (genitive and dative feminine singular) 3. the (genitive plural) 4. who 5. which 6. that one, this one

Here: (definite article for genitive and dative singular feminine and genitive plural)

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sprechen

1. to speak 2. to talk

Here: to talk

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die Schlange (Pl: Schlangen)

1. snake, serpent 2. queue, line

Here: snake, serpent

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vorlesen

to read out, to read to sb

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