Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — Page 5
Miss Watson she kept pecking at me, and it got tiresome and lonesome.
A Srta. Watson ficava me implicando, e aquilo foi ficando cansativo e solitário.
By-and-by they fetched the niggers in and had prayers, and then everybody was off to bed.
Depois de um tempo trouxeram os negros e fizeram orações, e então todo mundo foi dormir.
I went up to my room with a piece of candle, and put it on the table.
Subi para o meu quarto com um pedaço de vela, e coloquei-a sobre a mesa.
Then I set down in a chair by the window and tried to think of something cheerful, but it warn't no use.
Então me sentei numa cadeira perto da janela e tentei pensar em algo animador, mas não adiantou nada.
I felt so lonesome I most wished I was dead.
Sentia-me tão solitário que quase desejei estar morto.
The stars were shining, and the leaves rustled in the woods ever so mournful; and I heard an owl, away off, who-whooing about somebody that was dead, and a whippowill and a dog crying about somebody that was going to die; and the wind was trying to whisper something to me, and I couldn't make out what it was, and so it made the cold shivers run over me.
As estrelas brilhavam, e as folhas farfalhavam na floresta de forma tão lúgubre; e eu ouvi uma coruja, lá longe, piu-piuando sobre alguém que havia morrido, e uma juriti e um cachorro chorando sobre alguém que ia morrer; e o vento tentava me sussurrar algo, e eu não conseguia entender o que era, e assim me fez correr calafrios pelo corpo.
Then away out in the woods I heard that kind of a sound that a ghost makes when it wants to tell about something that's on its mind and can't make itself understood, and so can't rest easy in its grave, and has to go about that way every night grieving.
Então, lá no fundo da floresta, ouvi aquele tipo de som que um fantasma faz quando quer contar algo que está em sua mente e não consegue se fazer entender, e por isso não consegue descansar em paz no seu túmulo, e tem que andar por aí desse jeito toda noite lamentando.
I got so down-hearted and scared I did wish I had some company.
Fiquei tão abatido e assustado que desejei ter alguma companhia.
Pretty soon a spider went crawling up my shoulder, and I flipped it off and it lit in the candle; and before I could budge it was all shriveled up.
Logo depois uma aranha foi rastejando pelo meu ombro, e eu a sacudi e ela caiu na vela; e antes que eu pudesse me mexer ela já estava toda encolhida.
Vocabulary
- Srta.
- Abbreviation for 'Miss', title for unmarried woman
- ficava
- Was staying or remaining in a place
- implicando
- Bothering, picking on, or implying something
- aquilo
- Demonstrative pronoun meaning 'that thing'
- foi
- Third person singular past tense of 'to be/go'
- ficando
- Gerund of ficar, meaning 'becoming' or 'staying'
- cansativo
- Adjective describing something tiring or exhausting
- solitário
- Feeling or being alone; lonely or solitary
- Depois
- Adverb meaning 'after' or 'afterwards'
- tempo
- Noun meaning 'time' or 'weather'
- trouxeram
- They brought something to a place
- negros
- Noun or adjective referring to Black people
- fizeram
- Third person plural past tense of 'to do/make'
- orações
- Prayers said to a deity or higher power
- então
- Adverb meaning 'then' or 'so' in context
- todo
- Adjective meaning 'all' or 'every'
- mundo
- Noun meaning 'world' or 'everyone' contextually
- dormir
- Infinitive verb meaning 'to sleep'
- Subi
- First person past tense of subir, meaning 'I went up'
- quarto
- Noun meaning 'room' or 'bedroom'
- pedaço
- Noun meaning 'piece' or 'chunk' of something
- vela
- Noun meaning 'candle' or 'sail'
- coloquei-a
- I placed it, referring to a feminine object
- sobre
- Preposition meaning 'on', 'over', or 'about'
- mesa
- Noun meaning 'table' used for eating or working
- Então
- Adverb meaning 'then' or 'so' connecting ideas
- sentei
- First person past tense of sentar, meaning 'I sat'
- numa
- Contraction of 'em uma', meaning 'in a'
- cadeira
- Noun meaning 'chair' used for sitting
- perto
- Adverb or preposition meaning 'near' or 'close'
- janela
- Noun meaning 'window' in a building
- tentei
- First person past tense of tentar, meaning 'I tried'
- pensar
- Infinitive verb meaning 'to think'
- algo
- Indefinite pronoun meaning 'something'
- animador
- Adjective meaning 'encouraging', 'cheering', or 'uplifting'
- mas
- Conjunction meaning 'but' showing contrast
- adiantou
- It helped or advanced; past tense of adiantar
- nada
- Pronoun meaning 'nothing' or 'not at all'
- Sentia-me
- I was feeling a certain way; reflexive past imperfect
- tão
- Adverb meaning 'so' or 'such' intensifying adjectives
- quase
- Adverb meaning 'almost' or 'nearly'
- desejei
- First person past tense of desejar, meaning 'I wished'
- estar
- Infinitive of 'to be', used for states or conditions
- morto
- Adjective meaning 'dead'
- estrelas
- Noun meaning 'stars' visible in the night sky
- brilhavam
- They were shining or glowing; past imperfect of brilhar
- folhas
- Noun meaning 'leaves' of trees or pages
- farfalhavam
- They were rustling; past imperfect of farfalhar
- floresta
- Noun meaning 'forest' or 'woods'
- forma
- Noun meaning 'form', 'way', or 'manner'
- lúgubre
- Adjective meaning 'gloomy', 'mournful', or 'dismal'
- ouvi
- First person past tense of ouvir, meaning 'I heard'
- coruja
- Noun meaning 'owl', a nocturnal bird
- lá
- Adverb meaning 'there', indicating a distant place
- longe
- Adverb meaning 'far' or 'far away'
- piu-piuando
- Hooting or making repetitive bird sounds
- alguém
- Indefinite pronoun meaning 'someone' or 'somebody'
- havia
- There was; past tense of haver indicating existence
- morrido
- Past participle of morrer, meaning 'died'
- juriti
- A small dove native to Brazil and South America
- cachorro
- Noun meaning 'dog' commonly used in Brazil
- chorando
- Gerund of chorar, meaning 'crying' or 'weeping'
- ia
- Past imperfect of ir, meaning 'was going to'
- morrer
- Infinitive verb meaning 'to die'
- vento
- Noun meaning 'wind'
- tentava
- Was trying; past imperfect of tentar
- sussurrar
- Infinitive verb meaning 'to whisper'
- conseguia
- Was able to; past imperfect of conseguir
- entender
- Infinitive verb meaning 'to understand'
- era
- Past imperfect of ser, meaning 'was' or 'it was'
- assim
- Adverb meaning 'like this', 'thus', or 'so'
- fez
- Third person singular past tense of fazer, 'made/did'
- correr
- Infinitive verb meaning 'to run'
- calafrios
- Noun meaning 'shivers' or 'chills' from fear or cold
- pelo
- Contraction of 'por o', meaning 'through the'
- corpo
- Noun meaning 'body', referring to the physical form
- fundo
- Noun meaning 'bottom', 'back', or 'depth'
- aquele
- Demonstrative adjective meaning 'that' referring to distant thing
- tipo
- Noun meaning 'type', 'kind', or colloquially 'guy'
- som
- Noun meaning 'sound' perceived by the ears
- fantasma
- Noun meaning 'ghost' or 'phantom'
- faz
- Third person singular present of fazer, 'does/makes'
- quando
- Conjunction or adverb meaning 'when'
- quer
- Third person singular of querer, meaning 'wants'
- contar
- Infinitive verb meaning 'to tell' or 'to count'
- está
- Third person singular of estar, meaning 'is'
- sua
- Possessive adjective meaning 'his', 'her', or 'your'
- mente
- Noun meaning 'mind' referring to mental capacity
- consegue
- Third person singular of conseguir, meaning 'manages to'
- se
- Reflexive pronoun meaning 'himself', 'herself', or 'itself'
- fazer
- Infinitive verb meaning 'to do' or 'to make'
- por
- Preposition meaning 'by', 'for', or 'through'
- isso
- Demonstrative pronoun meaning 'this' or 'that'
- descansar
- Infinitive verb meaning 'to rest' or 'to relax'
- paz
- Noun meaning 'peace' or 'tranquility'
- seu
- Possessive pronoun meaning 'his', 'her', or 'your'
- túmulo
- Noun meaning 'tomb' or 'grave'
- tem
- Third person singular of ter, meaning 'has' or 'must'
- andar
- Infinitive verb meaning 'to walk' or 'to go around'
- aí
- Adverb meaning 'there' indicating a nearby place
- desse
- Contraction of 'de esse', meaning 'of that'
- jeito
- Noun meaning 'way', 'manner', or 'style'
- toda
- Feminine adjective meaning 'all', 'every', or 'whole'
- noite
- Noun meaning 'night'
- lamentando
- Gerund of lamentar, meaning 'lamenting' or 'mourning'
- Fiquei
- First person past tense of ficar, meaning 'I became/stayed'
- abatido
- Adjective meaning 'downcast', 'dejected', or 'depressed'
- assustado
- Adjective meaning 'frightened' or 'scared'
- ter
- Infinitive verb meaning 'to have'
- alguma
- Feminine indefinite adjective meaning 'some' or 'any'
- companhia
- Noun meaning 'company' or 'companionship'
- Logo
- Adverb meaning 'soon', 'shortly after', or 'right away'
- depois
- Adverb meaning 'after' or 'afterwards'
- aranha
- Noun meaning 'spider'
- rastejando
- Gerund of rastejar, meaning 'crawling' or 'creeping'
- ombro
- Noun meaning 'shoulder'
- sacudi
- First person past of sacudir, meaning 'I shook'
- caiu
- Third person past of cair, meaning 'it fell'
- antes
- Adverb meaning 'before' in time or order
- pudesse
- Past subjunctive of poder, meaning 'could' or 'be able to'
- mexer
- Infinitive verb meaning 'to move' or 'to touch'
- já
- Adverb meaning 'already' or 'right now'
- estava
- Past imperfect of estar, meaning 'was' in a state
- encolhida
- Curled up, shrunken, or huddled; feminine past participle
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