Sehnsucht_Engel Flashcards

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Wer zu Lebzeit gut auf Erden

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  • Wer = Whoever (relative pronoun)
  • zu Lebzeit = during lifetime (prepositional phrase, dative case)
  • gut auf Erden = good on Earth (adjective phrase, prepositional phrase, dative case)
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Wird nach dem Tod ein Engel werden

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  • Wird = Will become (modal verb, future tense of ‘werden’)
  • nach dem Tod = after death (prepositional phrase, dative case)
  • ein Engel werden = become an angel (verb phrase, nominative noun ‘Engel’)
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Den Blick gen Himmel fragst du dann

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  • Den Blick = The gaze (noun, masculine, accusative case)
  • gen Himmel = toward the sky (prepositional phrase, poetic old German, accusative case)
  • fragst du dann = you then ask (verb phrase, 2nd person singular, from ‘fragen’)
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Warum man sie nicht sehen kann

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  • Warum = Why (interrogative adverb)
  • man sie nicht sehen kann = one cannot see them (modal verb phrase, negation ‘nicht’, accusative pronoun ‘sie’)
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Erst wenn die Wolken schlafen gehen

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  • Erst wenn = Only when (conjunction phrase)
  • die Wolken schlafen gehen = the clouds go to sleep (verb phrase, separable prefix verb ‘schlafen gehen’)
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Kann man uns am Himmel sehn

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  • Kann man = One can (modal verb phrase, from ‘können’)
  • uns am Himmel sehn = see us in the sky (verb phrase, prepositional phrase, dative case)
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Wir haben Angst und sind allein

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  • Wir haben Angst = We are afraid (idiomatic phrase, noun ‘Angst’)
  • und sind allein = and are alone (verb phrase, adjective ‘allein’)
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Gott weiss ich will kein Engel sein

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  • Gott weiss = God knows (verb phrase, from ‘wissen’)
  • ich will kein Engel sein = I do not want to be an angel (modal verb phrase, negation ‘kein’, nominative noun ‘Engel’)
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Sie leben hinterm Sonnenschein

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  • Sie leben = They live (verb phrase, from ‘leben’)
  • hinterm Sonnenschein = behind the sunshine (prepositional phrase, contraction of ‘hinter dem’, dative case)
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Getrennt von uns unendlich weit

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  • Getrennt von uns = Separated from us (past participle ‘getrennt’, prepositional phrase, dative case)
  • unendlich weit = infinitely far (adjective phrase)
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Sie müssen sich an Sterne krallen

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  • Sie müssen = They must (modal verb phrase, from ‘müssen’)
  • sich an Sterne krallen = cling to stars (reflexive verb phrase, accusative noun ‘Sterne’)
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Ganz fest

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  • Ganz fest = Very tight (adjective phrase, intensifier)
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Damit sie nicht vom Himmel fallen

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  • Damit = So that (subordinating conjunction)
  • sie nicht vom Himmel fallen = they do not fall from the sky (verb phrase, negation ‘nicht’, prepositional phrase ‘vom Himmel’)
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