Section 62. Tender, Trusty, and True. II

But you⁠ know, ministers⁠ have to find out all about such men as David; and I have found out enough to⁠ make me feel sure he was once a little boy, just like one of you; that he had⁠ to learn verses, like you; and didn’t like (S. 20, N. 2, A) it, like you; and that he did not like to go to bed early, or to get up early, like you.

I rather⁠ fear that, in the summer, he⁠ ate green apples, unripe melons, hard peaches, and sour plums, as⁠ you do; and⁠ got sick, and was very sorry, and had to take⁠ medicine, as you do; that he said he would (App. § 28) never do it again, and that he⁠ then never did do it again, as⁠ I hope you will neither.

Use the 2nd pers. pl., and after the verb supply the adverb ‘ja’, which will be equivalent to the English ‘I am sure’.

die Pfarrer, before which supply the conj. daß. Have to = must; to find out, aus´findig machen; all — David = all (S. 3, N. 7) that relates (sich beziehen) to (auf) such men as David.

Say ‘to (S. 19, N. 7) be convinced, that’, etc. Just — you, wie ihr.

The auxiliaries ‘to have’ and ‘to be’ followed by the infinitive of another verb, must generally be rendered by the auxiliary verb of mood ‘müssen’; as—I have to do it, Ich muß es thun.

fast, adv.; see S. 5, N. 2.

The subject ‘he’ must immediately follow the conj. ‘that’.

as you do, wie ihr.

that he became (werden) ill; ‘and — sorry’, say ‘felt (empfinden) bitter repentance’.

‘to take’, here ein´nehmen.

Here follows the pron. ‘it’.

wie ihr es hoffentlich auch nicht wieder thun werdet.