Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — Page 3
I didn't want him to try.
Non volevo che ci provasse.
I said Jim might wake up and come.
Dissi che Jim avrebbe potuto svegliarsi e venire.
But Tom wanted to resk it; so we slid in there and got three candles, and Tom laid five cents on the table for pay.
Ma Tom voleva rischiarlo; così scivolammo là dentro e prendemmo tre candele, e Tom lasciò cinque centesimi sul tavolo come pagamento.
Then we got out, and I was in a sweat to get away; but nothing would do Tom but he must crawl to where Jim was, on his hands and knees, and play something on him.
Poi uscimmo, e io ero in ansia per andarmene; ma Tom non ne voleva sapere, doveva strisciare fino a dove si trovava Jim, a carponi, e fargli qualche scherzo.
I waited, and it seemed a good while, everything was so still and lonesome.
Aspettai, e sembrò un bel po' di tempo, tutto era così quieto e solitario.
As soon as Tom was back we cut along the path, around the garden fence, and by-and-by fetched up on the steep top of the hill the other side of the house.
Non appena Tom fu di ritorno tagliammo per il sentiero, intorno alla recinzione del giardino, e alla fine arrivammo sulla cima ripida della collina dall'altro lato della casa.
Tom said he slipped Jim's hat off of his head and hung it on a limb right over him, and Jim stirred a little, but he didn't wake.
Tom disse che aveva sfilato il cappello dalla testa di Jim e lo aveva appeso a un ramo proprio sopra di lui, e Jim si mosse un poco, ma non si svegliò.
Afterwards Jim said the witches bewitched him and put him in a trance, and rode him all over the State, and then set him under the trees again, and hung his hat on a limb to show who done it.
In seguito Jim disse che le streghe lo avevano stregato e messo in trance, e lo avevano cavalcato per tutto lo Stato, e poi lo avevano rimesso sotto gli alberi, e avevano appeso il suo cappello a un ramo per mostrare chi l'aveva fatto.
And next time Jim told it he said they rode him down to New Orleans; and, after that, every time he told it he spread it more and more, till by-and-by he said they rode him all over the world, and tired him most to death, and his back was all over saddle-boils.
E la volta successiva che Jim lo raccontò disse che lo avevano cavalcato fino a New Orleans; e, dopo di allora, ogni volta che lo raccontava lo ingigantiva sempre di più, finché alla fine disse che lo avevano cavalcato per tutto il mondo, e lo avevano stancato quasi a morte, e la sua schiena era tutta coperta di piaghe da sella.
Vocabulary
- volevo
- vo-LE-vo — I wanted; first person imperfect of volere
- ci
- tʃi — Us, there, ourselves; versatile pronoun and adverb
- provasse
- pro-VAS-se — He/she might try; imperfect subjunctive of provare
- Dissi
- DIS-si — I said; first person past historic of dire
- avrebbe
- a-VREB-be — He/she would have; conditional of avere
- potuto
- po-TU-to — Been able; past participle of potere
- svegliarsi
- zveʎ-YJAR-si — To wake oneself up; reflexive infinitive
- venire
- ve-NI-re — To come; basic motion verb infinitive
- voleva
- vo-LE-va — He/she wanted; third person imperfect of volere
- rischiarlo
- ris-KJAR-lo — To risk it; infinitive with direct object pronoun
- così
- ko-ZI — So, thus; common adverb of manner
- scivolammo
- ʃi-vo-LAM-mo — We slipped, we crept; first person plural past historic
- là
- la — There; adverb indicating distant location
- dentro
- DEN-tro — Inside, within; preposition or adverb of place
- prendemmo
- pren-DEM-mo — We took; first person plural past historic of prendere
- candele
- kan-DE-le — Candles; plural noun, wax light sources
- lasciò
- la-ʃɔ — He/she left behind; third person past historic of lasciare
- centesimi
- tʃen-TE-zi-mi — Cents; small currency units, hundredths of a euro
- tavolo
- TA-vo-lo — Table; piece of furniture with flat surface
- pagamento
- pa-ga-MEN-to — Payment; act of paying for goods or services
- Poi
- pɔi — Then, afterwards; adverb indicating sequence
- uscimmo
- u-ƩIM-mo — We went out; first person plural past historic of uscire
- ero
- E-ro — I was; first person imperfect of essere
- ansia
- AN-zja — Anxiety, eagerness; feeling of worry or urgency
- andarmene
- an-DAR-me-ne — To get away from there; reflexive infinitive with particles
- sapere
- sa-PE-re — To know; infinitive of knowing facts or information
- doveva
- do-VE-va — He/she had to; imperfect of dovere expressing obligation
- strisciare
- stri-ʃA-re — To crawl, to creep along the ground
- fino
- FI-no — Until, up to; preposition indicating limit
- dove
- DO-ve — Where; relative and interrogative adverb of place
- trovava
- tro-VA-va — He/she was located; imperfect of trovarsi
- carponi
- kar-PO-ni — On all fours; adverbial phrase for crawling position
- fargli
- FAR-ʎi — To do to him; infinitive with indirect object pronoun
- qualche
- KWAL-ke — Some, a few; indefinite adjective
- scherzo
- SKER-tso — Joke, prank; playful trick played on someone
- Aspettai
- as-pet-TAI — I waited; first person past historic of aspettare
- sembrò
- sem-BRɔ — It seemed; third person past historic of sembrare
- bel
- bɛl — Nice, good; elided form of bello before consonant
- po'
- pɔ — A little, a bit; abbreviated form of poco
- tempo
- TEM-po — Time; duration or period of time
- tutto
- TUT-to — All, everything; pronoun or adjective of totality
- era
- E-ra — Was; third person imperfect singular of essere
- quieto
- KWJE-to — Quiet, calm, still; adjective describing silence
- solitario
- so-li-TA-rjo — Solitary, lonely; adjective describing isolation
- appena
- ap-PE-na — As soon as, just; conjunction or adverb of time
- fu
- fu — Was; third person past historic of essere
- ritorno
- ri-TOR-no — Return; act of coming back to a place
- tagliammo
- taʎ-JAM-mo — We cut across; first person plural past historic of tagliare
- sentiero
- sen-TJƐ-ro — Path, trail; narrow walkway through countryside
- intorno
- in-TOR-no — Around, surrounding; adverb or preposition of location
- recinzione
- re-tʃin-TSJO-ne — Fence, enclosure; barrier surrounding a property
- giardino
- dʒar-DI-no — Garden; cultivated outdoor space around a house
- fine
- FI-ne — End, finally; noun or adverb indicating conclusion
- arrivammo
- ar-ri-VAM-mo — We arrived; first person plural past historic of arrivare
- cima
- TʃI-ma — Top, summit; highest point of a hill
- ripida
- RI-pi-da — Steep; adjective describing sharp incline
- collina
- kol-LI-na — Hill; elevated landform smaller than a mountain
- altro
- AL-tro — Other, another; adjective indicating different thing
- lato
- LA-to — Side; lateral part of something
- casa
- KA-za — House, home; residential building
- disse
- DIS-se — He/she said; third person past historic of dire
- aveva
- a-VE-va — He/she had; third person imperfect of avere
- sfilato
- sfi-LA-to — Slipped off, removed; past participle of sfilare
- cappello
- kap-PEL-lo — Hat; head covering worn as accessory
- testa
- TES-ta — Head; uppermost part of the body
- appeso
- ap-PE-zo — Hung, suspended; past participle of appendere
- ramo
- RA-mo — Branch; limb extending from a tree trunk
- proprio
- PROP-rjo — Right, exactly, own; adverb or adjective of precision
- sopra
- SO-pra — Above, over; preposition or adverb of position
- mosse
- MOS-se — He/she moved; third person past historic of muovere
- poco
- PO-ko — A little, few; adjective or adverb of small quantity
- svegliò
- zveʎ-JɔO — He/she woke up; third person past historic of svegliarsi
- seguito
- se-GWI-to — Afterwards, following; adverbial phrase of time
- streghe
- STRE-ge — Witches; female practitioners of magic
- avevano
- a-VE-va-no — They had; third person plural imperfect of avere
- stregato
- stre-GA-to — Bewitched, enchanted; past participle of stregare
- messo
- MES-so — Put, placed; past participle of mettere
- trance
- trance — Trance; hypnotic or altered state of consciousness
- cavalcato
- ka-val-KA-to — Ridden; past participle of cavalcare, to ride
- Stato
- STA-to — Been, state; past participle of essere or noun
- rimesso
- ri-MES-so — Put back, replaced; past participle of rimettere
- sotto
- SOT-to — Under, below; preposition of position
- alberi
- AL-be-ri — Trees; plural of albero, woody plants
- suo
- SWO — His, her, its; third person possessive adjective
- mostrare
- mos-TRA-re — To show, to display; infinitive of mostrare
- chi
- ki — Who; interrogative or relative pronoun
- fatto
- FAT-to — Done, made; past participle of fare
- volta
- VOL-ta — Time, occasion; instance of something happening
- successiva
- sut-tʃes-SI-va — Next, following; adjective indicating subsequent occasion
- raccontò
- rak-kon-TɔO — He/she told, recounted; third person past historic
- dopo
- DO-po — After, afterwards; preposition or adverb of time
- allora
- al-LO-ra — Then, at that time; adverb of time or consequence
- ogni
- ON-ɲi — Every, each; adjective of totality
- raccontava
- rak-kon-TA-va — He/she used to tell; imperfect of raccontare
- ingigantiva
- in-dʒi-gan-TI-va — It grew bigger; imperfect of ingigantire, to enlarge
- sempre
- SEM-pre — Always; adverb of frequency
- più
- pju — More; adverb of comparison
- finché
- fin-KE — Until, as long as; temporal conjunction
- mondo
- MON-do — World; the entire earth or a group of people
- stancato
- stan-KA-to — Tired out, worn out; past participle of stancare
- quasi
- KWA-zi — Almost, nearly; adverb of approximation
- morte
- MOR-te — Death; end of life
- sua
- SWA — His, her; feminine third person possessive adjective
- schiena
- SKJE-na — Back; rear part of the human body
- tutta
- TUT-ta — All, entire; feminine adjective of totality
- coperta
- ko-PER-ta — Covered; feminine past participle of coprire
- piaghe
- PJA-ge — Sores, wounds; plural of piaga, painful skin lesions
- sella
- SEL-la — Saddle; seat placed on a horse for riding
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