Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — Page 2
I got into my old rags and my sugar-hogshead again, and was free and satisfied.
Me puse mis viejos harapos y volví a mi barril de azúcar, y me sentí libre y satisfecho.
But Tom Sawyer he hunted me up and said he was going to start a band of robbers, and I might join if I would go back to the widow and be respectable.
Pero Tom Sawyer me buscó y dijo que iba a formar una banda de ladrones, y que yo podría unirme si volvía con la viuda y me portaba de manera respetable.
So I went back.
Así que volví.
The widow she cried over me, and called me a poor lost lamb, and she called me a lot of other names, too, but she never meant no harm by it.
La viuda lloró sobre mí, y me llamó un pobre cordero perdido, y también me llamó de muchas otras maneras, pero nunca tuvo mala intención con ello.
She put me in them new clothes again, and I couldn't do nothing but sweat and sweat, and feel all cramped up.
Me volvió a poner esa ropa nueva, y no podía hacer nada más que sudar y sudar, y sentirme todo apretujado.
Well, then, the old thing commenced again.
Bueno, entonces, la misma rutina de siempre volvió a comenzar.
The widow rung a bell for supper, and you had to come to time.
La viuda tocó una campana para cenar, y había que acudir puntualmente.
When you got to the table you couldn't go right to eating, but you had to wait for the widow to tuck down her head and grumble a little over the victuals, though there warn't really anything the matter with them,—that is, nothing only everything was cooked by itself.
Cuando llegabas a la mesa no podías ponerte a comer de inmediato, sino que tenías que esperar a que la viuda inclinara la cabeza y rezongara un poco sobre los alimentos, aunque en realidad no les pasaba nada,—es decir, nada salvo que cada cosa estaba cocinada por separado.
In a barrel of odds and ends it is different; things get mixed up, and the juice kind of swaps around, and the things go better.
En un barril de sobras y desperdicios es diferente; las cosas se mezclan, y los jugos se intercambian de algún modo, y todo sabe mejor.
Vocabulary
- Me
- Reflexive/object pronoun meaning 'me' or 'myself'
- puse
- First person singular preterite of 'poner', meaning 'I put'
- mis
- Possessive adjective meaning 'my' (plural)
- viejos
- Adjective meaning 'old'; can refer to old clothes
- harapos
- Noun meaning 'rags' or 'tattered clothing'
- volví
- First person singular preterite of 'volver', meaning 'I returned'
- barril
- Noun meaning 'barrel' or 'cask'
- azúcar
- Noun meaning 'sugar'
- sentí
- First person singular preterite of 'sentir', meaning 'I felt'
- libre
- Adjective meaning 'free' or 'unrestrained'
- satisfecho
- Adjective meaning 'satisfied' or 'content'
- buscó
- Third person singular preterite of 'buscar', meaning 'he searched'
- dijo
- Third person singular preterite of 'decir', meaning 'he said'
- iba
- Imperfect form of 'ir', meaning 'he was going to'
- formar
- Verb meaning 'to form' or 'to establish'
- banda
- Noun meaning 'band' or 'gang'
- ladrones
- Noun meaning 'thieves' or 'robbers'
- podría
- Conditional form of 'poder', meaning 'I could'
- unirme
- Reflexive infinitive of 'unir', meaning 'to join' something
- volvía
- Imperfect of 'volver', meaning 'I returned' or 'was returning'
- viuda
- Noun meaning 'widow'
- portaba
- Imperfect of 'portar', meaning 'behaved' or 'conducted oneself'
- manera
- Noun meaning 'manner' or 'way'
- respetable
- Adjective meaning 'respectable' or 'honorable'
- Así
- Adverb meaning 'so' or 'in this way'
- lloró
- Third person singular preterite of 'llorar', meaning 'she cried'
- sobre
- Preposition meaning 'over', 'about', or 'upon'
- mí
- Stressed pronoun meaning 'me' after a preposition
- llamó
- Third person singular preterite of 'llamar', meaning 'she called'
- pobre
- Adjective meaning 'poor' or 'pitiful'
- cordero
- Noun meaning 'lamb'
- perdido
- Adjective meaning 'lost'
- muchas
- Adjective meaning 'many' (feminine plural)
- maneras
- Noun meaning 'ways' or 'manners' (plural)
- nunca
- Adverb meaning 'never'
- tuvo
- Third person singular preterite of 'tener', meaning 'she had'
- mala
- Adjective meaning 'bad' (feminine)
- intención
- Noun meaning 'intention' or 'purpose'
- ello
- Neuter pronoun meaning 'it' referring to a situation
- volvió
- Third person singular preterite of 'volver', meaning 'she returned'
- poner
- Verb meaning 'to put' or 'to place'
- ropa
- Noun meaning 'clothing' or 'clothes'
- podía
- Imperfect of 'poder', meaning 'could' or 'was able to'
- hacer
- Verb meaning 'to do' or 'to make'
- nada
- Pronoun/adverb meaning 'nothing' or 'not at all'
- sudar
- Verb meaning 'to sweat'
- sentirme
- Reflexive infinitive of 'sentir', meaning 'to feel myself'
- apretujado
- Adjective meaning 'squeezed', 'cramped', or 'constricted'
- Bueno
- Adjective/interjection meaning 'good' or 'well'
- entonces
- Adverb meaning 'then' or 'so'
- misma
- Adjective meaning 'same' (feminine)
- rutina
- Noun meaning 'routine' or 'habitual pattern'
- siempre
- Adverb meaning 'always'
- comenzar
- Verb meaning 'to begin' or 'to start'
- tocó
- Third person singular preterite of 'tocar', meaning 'it rang'
- campana
- Noun meaning 'bell'
- cenar
- Verb meaning 'to have dinner'
- había
- Imperfect of 'haber', meaning 'there was' or 'one had to'
- acudir
- Verb meaning 'to come' or 'to attend promptly'
- puntualmente
- Adverb meaning 'punctually' or 'on time'
- llegabas
- Imperfect of 'llegar', meaning 'you arrived' or 'you came'
- mesa
- Noun meaning 'table'
- podías
- Imperfect of 'poder', meaning 'you could'
- ponerte
- Reflexive infinitive of 'poner', meaning 'to start' doing something
- comer
- Verb meaning 'to eat'
- inmediato
- Adjective meaning 'immediate' or 'right away'
- sino
- Conjunction meaning 'but rather' or 'instead'
- tenías
- Imperfect of 'tener', meaning 'you had to'
- esperar
- Verb meaning 'to wait' or 'to hope'
- inclinara
- Imperfect subjunctive of 'inclinar', meaning 'to bow' or 'to bend'
- cabeza
- Noun meaning 'head'
- rezongara
- Imperfect subjunctive of 'rezongar', meaning 'to grumble' or 'to mumble'
- poco
- Adjective/adverb meaning 'a little' or 'a bit'
- alimentos
- Noun meaning 'foods' or 'nourishment'
- aunque
- Conjunction meaning 'although' or 'even though'
- realidad
- Noun meaning 'reality' or 'truth'
- les
- Indirect object pronoun meaning 'to them' or 'for them'
- pasaba
- Imperfect of 'pasar', meaning 'happened' or 'was happening'
- decir
- Verb meaning 'to say' or 'to tell'
- salvo
- Preposition meaning 'except' or 'save for'
- cada
- Adjective meaning 'each' or 'every'
- cosa
- Noun meaning 'thing'
- estaba
- Imperfect of 'estar', meaning 'was' (temporary state)
- cocinada
- Past participle of 'cocinar', meaning 'cooked'
- separado
- Adjective meaning 'separate' or 'apart'
- sobras
- Noun meaning 'leftovers' or 'scraps'
- desperdicios
- Noun meaning 'waste', 'scraps', or 'discarded bits'
- diferente
- Adjective meaning 'different'
- cosas
- Noun meaning 'things'
- mezclan
- Third person plural present of 'mezclar', meaning 'they mix'
- jugos
- Noun meaning 'juices'
- intercambian
- Third person plural present of 'intercambiar', meaning 'they exchange'
- algún
- Adjective meaning 'some' or 'any' (masculine singular)
- modo
- Noun meaning 'way' or 'manner'
- sabe
- Third person singular present of 'saber', meaning 'it tastes'
- mejor
- Adjective/adverb meaning 'better' or 'best'
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