Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — Page 1
We went tiptoeing along a path amongst the trees back towards the end of the widow's garden, stooping down so as the branches wouldn't scrape our heads.
Andammo in punta di piedi lungo un sentiero tra gli alberi verso il fondo del giardino della vedova, chinandoci in modo che i rami non ci graffiassero la testa.
When we was passing by the kitchen I fell over a root and made a noise.
Mentre passavamo vicino alla cucina inciampai in una radice e feci rumore.
We scrouched down and laid still.
Ci accucciammo e restammo immobili.
Miss Watson's big nigger, named Jim, was setting in the kitchen door; we could see him pretty clear, because there was a light behind him.
Il grosso negro della signorina Watson, di nome Jim, era seduto sulla soglia della cucina; riuscivamo a vederlo abbastanza chiaramente, perché c'era una luce alle sue spalle.
He got up and stretched his neck out about a minute, listening.
Si alzò e tese il collo per circa un minuto, in ascolto.
Then he says:
Poi disse:
"Who dah?"
«Chi è là?»
He listened some more; then he come tiptoeing down and stood right between us; we could a touched him, nearly.
Rimase ancora in ascolto; poi scese in punta di piedi e si fermò proprio tra noi; quasi avremmo potuto toccarlo.
Well, likely it was minutes and minutes that there warn't a sound, and we all there so close together.
Be', probabilmente passarono minuti e minuti senza che si sentisse un suono, con noi tutti lì così vicini.
There was a place on my ankle that got to itching, but I dasn't scratch it; and then my ear begun to itch; and next my back, right between my shoulders.
Sentii una caviglia che cominciava a prudere, ma non osavo grattarmi; poi cominciò a prudermi un orecchio; e poi la schiena, proprio tra le spalle.
Seemed like I'd die if I couldn't scratch.
Mi sembrava che sarei morto se non mi fossi grattato.
Well, I've noticed that thing plenty times since.
Be', da allora ho notato quella cosa molte volte.
If you are with the quality, or at a funeral, or trying to go to sleep when you ain't sleepy—if you are anywheres where it won't do for you to scratch, why you will itch all over in upwards of a thousand places.
Se siete con gente di riguardo, o a un funerale, o cercate di addormentarvi quando non avete sonno — se siete in qualsiasi posto dove non è il caso di grattarsi, ebbene vi prude dappertutto, in più di mille posti.
Pretty soon Jim says:
Poco dopo Jim disse:
"Say, who is you? Whar is you? Dog my cats ef I didn' hear sumf'n.
«Senti, chi sei? Dove sei? Che mi venga un colpo se non ho sentito qualcosa.
Vocabulary
- Andammo
- We went (past tense of andare)
- in
- in, into
- punta
- tip, point, edge of something
- di
- of, from (preposition)
- piedi
- feet (plural of piede)
- lungo
- along, throughout (preposition or adjective)
- un
- a, an (indefinite article masculine)
- sentiero
- path, trail, footpath through nature
- tra
- between, among (preposition)
- gli
- the (plural definite article masculine)
- alberi
- trees (plural of albero)
- verso
- toward, towards (preposition)
- il
- the (singular definite article masculine)
- fondo
- bottom, far end, depths of place
- del
- of the (contraction of di il)
- giardino
- garden, outdoor area with plants
- della
- of the (feminine form of del)
- vedova
- widow, woman whose husband died
- chinandoci
- bending down, stooping (reflexive gerund)
- modo
- way, manner, mode of doing something
- che
- that, which, who (relative pronoun)
- rami
- branches (plural of ramo)
- non
- not, no (negation)
- ci
- us, ourselves (reflexive/indirect object pronoun)
- graffiassero
- would scratch (subjunctive imperfect)
- la
- the (feminine singular definite article)
- testa
- head, upper part of body
- Mentre
- while, during the time that
- passavamo
- we passed (imperfect tense of passare)
- vicino
- near, close to, nearby (preposition/adjective)
- alla
- to the, at the (feminine form)
- cucina
- kitchen, cooking room in home
- inciampai
- I stumbled (past tense of inciampare)
- una
- a, an (indefinite article feminine)
- radice
- root, underground part of plant
- feci
- I made, I did (past tense of fare)
- rumore
- noise, sound, disturbance
- Ci
- us, ourselves (pronoun)
- accucciammo
- we crouched down (reflexive past tense)
- restammo
- we stayed, we remained (past tense)
- immobili
- motionless, still, immobile
- Il
- the (masculine singular definite article)
- grosso
- big, large, thick (adjective)
- signorina
- miss, young woman, unmarried woman
- nome
- name, what someone is called
- era
- was, being (past tense of essere)
- seduto
- seated, sitting (adjective/past participle)
- sulla
- on the (feminine form of sul)
- soglia
- threshold, doorway, entrance to space
- riuscivamo
- we could see, managed to see (imperfect)
- vederlo
- to see him (infinitive with pronoun)
- abbastanza
- enough, sufficiently, quite (adverb)
- chiaramente
- clearly, plainly (adverb)
- perché
- because, why (conjunction/interrogative)
- luce
- light, illumination
- alle
- to the (feminine plural)
- sue
- his, her, its (possessive pronoun feminine)
- spalle
- shoulders (plural of spalla)
- Si
- himself/herself (reflexive pronoun)
- alzò
- he/she rose, stood up (past tense)
- tese
- stretched, extended (past tense of tendere)
- collo
- neck, throat area of body
- per
- for, during (preposition)
- circa
- about, approximately (adverb)
- minuto
- minute, sixty seconds of time
- ascolto
- listening, act of hearing attentively
- Poi
- then, afterwards, subsequently (adverb)
- disse
- he/she said (past tense of dire)
- Chi
- who, whom (interrogative pronoun)
- là
- there, over there (adverb of place)
- Rimase
- he/she remained (past tense of rimanere)
- ancora
- still, yet, again (adverb)
- poi
- then, afterwards, next (adverb)
- scese
- he/she descended (past tense of scendere)
- si
- himself/herself (reflexive pronoun)
- fermò
- he/she stopped (past tense of fermare)
- proprio
- right, exactly, truly (adverb/adjective)
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