Section 2. WHAT IS ETERNITY?
Reading edition
The following question was[1] put in writing[2] to a boy[3] in the deaf-and-dumb school[4] at Paris: “What is eternity?” “It is the life-time of the Almighty,” was the answer.—Rev. R. K. Arvine.
The castle was built in the year 1609. Das Schloß wurde im Jahre 1609 erbaut.
To put a question to a person, einem eine Frage vor´legen.
Notes in this chapter
Note 1 · Here the verb is in the Passive Voice. Remember that the German Passive Voice is formed by the auxiliary werden. The verb is in the Passive Note 2 · in writing, schriftlich, which place before the p. p. (App. § 1).Note 3 · boy = pupil.Note 4 · Taubstummenanstalt, f.; render ‘in the’ by the gen. of the def. art.; at = in.