Note 4 — Section 102. THE DRAMA OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION OF 1848. II.
Reading edition
Construe this period by beginning with the adverbial clause ‘from the palace window’, von den Fenstern des Palastes aus. The verb must then follow immediately. To denote a starting point with respect to place, the English preposition ‘from’ is generally translated by von followed by the prepositional adverb aus, or by aus ... hinaus when the verb indicates a motion from one place to another. In relation to time we use von ... an, which often corresponds to the English ‘beginning with’, or to ‘from’ followed by ‘forwards’; as—
Return to Section 102. THE DRAMA OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION OF 1848. II.Return to Section 116. EARLY PRIVATIONS[1].Return to Section 176. THE BATTLE OF KASSASSIN. IV.Return to Section 177. THE BATTLE OF KASSASSIN. V.Return to INDEX TO THE GRAMMATICAL RULES AND IDIOMATIC RENDERINGS.Return to INDEX TO THE GRAMMATICAL RULES AND IDIOMATIC RENDERINGS.