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Winzig-klein
Joseph Jacobs
In each language: Teeny-Tiny · Winzig-klein · La pequeñita · Toute petite · Minuscola
A teeny-tiny woman in a teeny-tiny village takes a teeny-tiny walk to a teeny-tiny churchyard, where she finds a bone she thinks will make some soup for her supper. Back home in bed, a small voice from the cupboard asks for the bone, a little louder each time.
In English, German, Spanish, French and Italian · about 350 words · 5 min to read.
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How it begins
Es war einmal eine winzig-kleine Frau, die in einem winzig-kleinen Haus in einem winzig-kleinen Dorf lebte. Nun, eines Tages setzte diese winzig-kleine Frau ihre winzig-kleine Haube auf und ging aus ihrem winzig-kleinen Haus, um einen winzig-kleinen Spaziergang zu machen.
Once upon a time there was a teeny-tiny woman lived in a teeny-tiny house in a teeny-tiny village. Now, one day this teeny-tiny woman put on her teeny-tiny bonnet, and went out of her teeny-tiny house to take a teeny-tiny walk.
Und als diese winzig-kleine Frau ein winzig-kleines Stück gegangen war, kam sie an ein winzig-kleines Tor; also öffnete die winzig-kleine Frau das winzig-kleine Tor und ging auf einen winzig-kleinen Kirchhof.
And when this teeny-tiny woman had gone a teeny-tiny way she came to a teeny-tiny gate; so the teeny-tiny woman opened the teeny-tiny gate, and went into a teeny-tiny churchyard.
Und als diese winzig-kleine Frau auf den winzig-kleinen Kirchhof gelangt war, sah sie einen winzig-kleinen Knochen auf einem winzig-kleinen Grab, und die winzig-kleine Frau sagte zu sich selbst: „Dieser winzig-kleine Knochen wird mir eine winzig-kleine Suppe für mein winzig-kleines Abendessen geben.“
And when this teeny-tiny woman had got into the teeny-tiny churchyard, she saw a teeny-tiny bone on a teeny-tiny grave, and the teeny-tiny woman said to her teeny-tiny self, “This teeny-tiny bone will make me some teeny-tiny soup for my teeny-tiny supper.”
Languages
- Teeny-Tiny · English (original)331 words · ~5 min
- Winzig-klein · GermanB1 Intermediate · 326 words · ~5 min
- La pequeñita · SpanishB1 Intermediate · 324 words · ~5 min
- Toute petite · FrenchB1 Intermediate · 407 words · ~5 min
- Minuscola · ItalianB1 Intermediate · 344 words · ~5 min
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- In translation, German, Spanish, French and Italian are B1 Intermediate. Levels follow the Common European Framework, from A1 (beginner) to C2.
- How long is it?
- About 331 words: around 5 min of reading, with the translation beside it. The time depends on the edition's level: an easier edition is read more slowly.
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