Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — Page 8
We stop stages and carriages on the road, with masks on, and kill the people and take their watches and money."
Fermiamo le diligenze e le carrozze sulla strada, con le maschere, e ammazzamo la gente e prendiamo i loro orologi e i soldi."
"Must we always kill the people?"
"Dobbiamo ammazzare sempre la gente?"
"Oh, certainly. It's best.
"Oh, certo. È la cosa migliore.
Some authorities think different, but mostly it's considered best to kill them—except some that you bring to the cave here, and keep them till they're ransomed."
Alcune autorità la pensano diversamente, ma per lo più si ritiene che sia meglio ammazzarli—tranne alcuni che si portano qui nella caverna, e si tengono finché non vengono riscattati."
"Ransomed? What's that?"
"Riscattati? Cosa vuol dire?"
"I don't know. But that's what they do.
"Non lo so. Ma è quello che fanno.
I've seen it in books; and so of course that's what we've got to do."
L'ho visto nei libri; e quindi naturalmente è quello che dobbiamo fare noi."
"But how can we do it if we don't know what it is?"
"Ma come possiamo farlo se non sappiamo cosa significa?"
"Why, blame it all, we've _got_ to do it.
"Diamine, dobbiamo farlo per forza.
Don't I tell you it's in the books?
Non ti sto dicendo che è scritto nei libri?
Do you want to go to doing different from what's in the books, and get things all muddled up?"
Vuoi fare diversamente da quello che c'è scritto nei libri, e mandare tutto a rotoli?"
"Oh, that's all very fine to _say_, Tom Sawyer, but how in the nation are these fellows going to be ransomed if we don't know how to do it to them?—that's the thing _I_ want to get at.
"Oh, è molto bello a dirsi, Tom Sawyer, ma come diavolo faranno a essere riscattati questi tizi se non sappiamo come farlo?—è questo quello che voglio capire io.
Now, what do you _reckon_ it is?"
Allora, cosa credi che significhi?"
"Well, I don't know. But per'aps if we keep them till they're ransomed, it means that we keep them till they're dead."
"Beh, non lo so. Ma forse se li teniamo finché non vengono riscattati, vuol dire che li teniamo finché non sono morti."
"Now, that's something _like_. That'll answer.
"Ecco, questo sì che ha senso. Va bene così.
Why couldn't you said that before?
Perché non l'hai detto prima?
We'll keep them till they're ransomed to death; and a bothersome lot they'll be, too—eating up everything, and always trying to get loose."
Li terremo finché non saranno riscattati a morte; e saranno anche una bella seccatura—mangeranno tutto, e cercheranno sempre di scappare."
"How you talk, Ben Rogers.
"Come parli, Ben Rogers.
Vocabulary
- Fermiamo
- We stop; we halt (first person plural present)
- le
- The (feminine plural definite article)
- diligenze
- Stagecoaches; mail coaches (plural noun)
- carrozze
- Carriages; coaches (plural noun)
- sulla
- On the (feminine singular preposition + article)
- strada
- Road; street (singular noun)
- con
- With (preposition)
- maschere
- Masks (plural noun)
- ammazzamo
- We kill; we murder (first person plural present)
- la
- The (feminine singular definite article)
- gente
- People; folk (singular noun)
- prendiamo
- We take; we grab (first person plural present)
- loro
- Their; theirs (possessive pronoun)
- orologi
- Watches; clocks (plural noun)
- soldi
- Money; cash (plural noun)
- Dobbiamo
- We must; we have to (first person plural)
- ammazzare
- To kill; to murder (infinitive verb)
- sempre
- Always; ever (adverb)
- certo
- Certainly; sure (adverb/adjective)
- cosa
- Thing; what (noun/pronoun)
- migliore
- Better; best (adjective)
- Alcune
- Some; a few (feminine plural adjective)
- autorità
- Authorities; authority (plural noun)
- pensano
- They think; they believe (third person plural)
- diversamente
- Differently; in a different way (adverb)
- ma
- But; yet (conjunction)
- per
- For; by; through (preposition)
- lo
- The; it (masculine singular article/pronoun)
- più
- More; most (adverb/adjective)
- si
- Oneself; himself; herself (reflexive pronoun)
- ritiene
- One believes; it is believed (third person singular)
- che
- That; which; who (relative conjunction)
- sia
- Is (third person singular subjunctive)
- meglio
- Better; best (adverb/adjective)
- ammazzarli
- To kill them (infinitive + direct object pronoun)
- tranne
- Except; besides (preposition/conjunction)
- alcuni
- Some; a few (masculine plural adjective)
- portano
- They carry; they bring (third person plural)
- qui
- Here; this place (adverb)
- nella
- In the (feminine singular preposition + article)
- caverna
- Cave; cavern (singular noun)
- tengono
- They keep; they hold (third person plural)
- finché
- Until; as long as (conjunction)
- non
- Not; no (negation particle)
- vengono
- They come (third person plural present)
- riscattati
- Ransomed; redeemed (past participle masculine plural)
- Riscattati
- Ransomed; paid ransom for (past participle)
- Cosa
- What; thing (pronoun/noun)
- vuol
- Wants; wishes (third person singular present)
- dire
- To say; to mean (infinitive verb)
- Non
- Not; no (negation particle)
- so
- I know (first person singular present)
- Ma
- But; yet (conjunction)
- quello
- That; that one (demonstrative pronoun)
- fanno
- They do; they make (third person plural)
- ho
- I have (first person singular present)
- visto
- Seen (past participle)
- nei
- In the (masculine plural preposition + article)
- libri
- Books (plural noun)
- quindi
- Therefore; thus; so (adverb)
- naturalmente
- Naturally; of course (adverb)
- dobbiamo
- We must; we have to (first person plural)
- fare
- To do; to make (infinitive verb)
- noi
- We; us (first person plural pronoun)
- come
- How; as; like (adverb/conjunction)
- possiamo
- We can; we are able (first person plural)
- farlo
- To do it (infinitive + direct object pronoun)
- se
- If (conditional conjunction)
- sappiamo
- We know (first person plural present/subjunctive)
- significa
- It means; it signifies (third person singular)
- forza
- Strength; force; come on (noun/interjection)
- ti
- You; to you (second person singular pronoun)
- sto
- I am (first person singular present)
- dicendo
- Saying; telling (present participle)
- scritto
- Written (past participle)
- Vuoi
- Do you want; do you wish (second person singular)
- da
- From; by; since (preposition)
- mandare
- To send; to mail (infinitive verb)
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