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The Twelve Brothers 📗 German and English

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  1. https://projekt-gutenberg.org/authors/brueder-grimm/books/kinder-und-hausmaerchen/chapter/12/
  2. Libivox
  3. https://archive.org/details/grimm_maerchen_1_librivox/grimm_171_zwoelf_brueder.mp3
  4. YouTube - audio and transcript
  5. https://youtu.be/tGPvrNor9mk?si=HBs1tj0gQogw5t1q
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  7. ENGLISCH
  8. Once upon a time there was a king 👑 and a queen👸, they lived in peace with each other and had twelve children👬, but they were all boys. Now the king said to his wife, "If the thirteenth child you give birth is a girl 👩🏻‍🦰, let the twelve boys die, so that her wealth💰 may grow, and the kingdom fall to her alone." He also had twelve coffins ⚰️ made, which were already filled with planing shavings, and in each one lay the dead kiss, and had them brought to a closed parlour, then he gave the queen 👸 the key 🔑 and ordered her not to tell anyone about it.
  9.  
  10. Grimms' fairy tales
  11. Compare this fairy tale in two languages
  12. https://www.grimmstories.com/language.php?grimm=009&l=en&r=de
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  14. Kinder- und Hausmärchen von Brüder Grimm
  15. Gutenberg
  16. https://projekt-gutenberg.org/authors/brueder-grimm/books/kinder-und-hausmaerchen-2/chapter/10/
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  18. GERMAN
  19. Es war einmal ein König 👑 und eine Königin👸, die lebten (lived)in Frieden miteinander(With each other) und hatten zwölf Kinder👬, das waren aber lauter Buben. Nun sprach der König zu seiner Frau: "Wenn das dreizehnte Kind, das du zur Welt 🌎 bringst, ein Mädchen👩🏻‍🦰 ist, so sollen (should) die zwölf Buben sterben(die), damit(so that) sein Reichtum(wealth)💰 groß wird und das Königreich(kingdom) ihm allein zufällt(falls alone)." Er ließ auch zwölf Särge⚰️ machen, die waren schon mit Hobelspänen gefüllt(filled), und in jedem lag das Totenkissen(death pillow), und ließ sie in eine verschlossene(closed) Stube bringen, dann gab er der Königin👸 den Schlüssel🔑 und gebot ihr, niemand etwas davon zu sagen.
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  21. COMMON WORDS
  22. German English
  23. ————————————————————-
  24. es it war Was
  25. einmal Once ein a
  26. und and das the
  27. die the lebten lived
  28. hatten had zwölf twelve
  29. kinder children waren were
  30. aber but Buben boys
  31. nun now sprach spoke
  32. zu to seiner his
  33. Frau wife wenn if
  34. was what zur to the
  35. bringst bring Mädchen girl
  36. ist is sollen should
  37. damit with it sein be
  38. groß big wird will
  39. allein alone ließ let
  40. auch also machen make
  41. waren were schon already
  42. mit with jedem to each
  43. sie she verschlossene closed
  44. stube parlour dann then
  45. gab give gebot bid
  46. ihr you niemand nobody
  47. etwas something davon of it
  48. sagen say
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  50. Another Translation
  51. It was once a king and a queen they lived in peace with each other and had twelve children, they were but boys. Now spoke the king to his wife, if the thirteenth child what you to the world bring a girl is, so should the twelve boys die, with it be wealth big will and the kingdom her falls alone. He let also twelve coffins make, they were already with Shavings filled, and in each lay The funeral pillow and let she in a closed room bring, then give he the king the key and bid you, nobody of it to say.
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  53. lebten /ˈleːptn̩/ (lived) https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lebten#Pronunciation
  54. verschlossene (closed) https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/verschlossene
  55. verschlossen /fɛɐ̯ˈʃlɔsn̩/ https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/verschlossen#German
  56. gebot /ɡəˈboːt/ command, bid https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Gebot#Pronunciation
  57. gefüllt https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gef%C3%BCllt
  58. füllen /ˈfʏlən/ (fill) https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/f%C3%BCllen#German
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  61. Household stories from the collection of the Bros Grimm /The Twelve Brothers (English)
  62. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Household_stories_from_the_collection_of_the_Bros_Grimm_(L_%26_W_Crane)/The_Twelve_Brothers
  63.  
  64. German text and audio
  65. https://www.childstories.org/de/die-zwoelf-brueder-36.html
  66.  
  67. German Pronunciation Generator — IPA Transcription Translator
  68. https://easypronunciation.com/en/german-phonetic-transcription-converter
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