Chapter 2 of Negro Tales is here in full — 389 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Negro Tales is here in full — 389 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I went with you." "She pointed out a half-white brat." "She then pointed out his mother." "She said we would all meet some day." "Now we have met."
Chapter 2 of Negro Tales is here in full — 389 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/77 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a very troublesome child
From this reading “"She pointed out a half-white brat."”
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading “"She said we would all meet some day."”
come together
From this reading “"She said we would all meet some day."”
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading “"Now we have met."”
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading “"She then pointed out his mother."”
having a point
From this reading “"She pointed out a half-white brat."”
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “"I went with you."”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “"She said we would all meet some day."”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “"She said we would all meet some day."”
be present or associated with an event or entity
In this reading “"I went with you."”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "She pointed out a half-white brat."
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading "She said we would all meet some day."
a very troublesome child
From this reading "She pointed out a half-white brat."
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading "She said we would all meet some day."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "She pointed out a half-white brat."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Now we have met."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "She then pointed out his mother."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I went with you."
come together
From this reading "She said we would all meet some day."
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading "Now we have met."
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading "She then pointed out his mother."
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "Now we have met."
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading "She pointed out a half-white brat."
having a point
From this reading "She pointed out a half-white brat."
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "She said we would all meet some day."
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "She pointed out a half-white brat."
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading "She said we would all meet some day."
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "She then pointed out his mother."
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "She said we would all meet some day."
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "I went with you."
in the company of; together with
From this reading "I went with you."
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "She said we would all meet some day."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I went with you."
Chapter 2 of Negro Tales by Joseph S. (Joseph Seamon) Cotter holds 389 sentences, grouped into 78 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 2 holds 389 sentences of Negro Tales, unabridged, divided into 78 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Negro Tales by Joseph S. (Joseph Seamon) Cotter exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 389 sentences, grouped into 78 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 78 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 78 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 2 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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About 199 minutes of reading across 479 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Negro Tales section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 6 chapters of Negro Tales to begin.
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Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in Negro Tales, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
