Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 10
He was an old crab, _he_ was."
Era un viejo cascarrabias, lo era."
"I never went to him," the Mock Turtle said with a sigh: "he taught Laughing and Grief, they used to say."
"Yo nunca fui con él," dijo la Falsa Tortuga con un suspiro: "él enseñaba Risa y Pena, solían decir."
"So he did, so he did," said the Gryphon, sighing in his turn; and both creatures hid their faces in their paws.
"Así era, así era," dijo el Grifo, suspirando a su vez; y ambas criaturas ocultaron sus rostros en sus patas.
"And how many hours a day did you do lessons?" said Alice, in a hurry to change the subject.
"¿Y cuántas horas al día tenían lecciones?" dijo Alicia, con prisa por cambiar de tema.
"Ten hours the first day," said the Mock Turtle: "nine the next, and so on."
"Diez horas el primer día," dijo la Falsa Tortuga: "nueve al siguiente, y así sucesivamente."
"What a curious plan!" exclaimed Alice.
"¡Qué plan tan curioso!" exclamó Alicia.
"That's the reason they're called lessons," the Gryphon remarked: "because they lessen from day to day."
"Esa es la razón por la que se llaman lecciones," observó el Grifo: "porque disminuyen día a día."
This was quite a new idea to Alice, and she thought it over a little before she made her next remark.
Esta era una idea completamente nueva para Alicia, y la meditó un poco antes de hacer su siguiente comentario.
"Then the eleventh day must have been a holiday?"
"¿Entonces el undécimo día debió haber sido un día festivo?"
"Of course it was," said the Mock Turtle.
"Por supuesto que lo fue," dijo la Falsa Tortuga.
"And how did you manage on the twelfth?" Alice went on eagerly.
"¿Y cómo se las arreglaron el duodécimo?" continuó Alicia con interés.
"That's enough about lessons," the Gryphon interrupted in a very decided tone: "tell her something about the games now.
"Ya es suficiente sobre las lecciones," interrumpió el Grifo en un tono muy decidido: "cuéntale algo sobre los juegos ahora.
Vocabulary
- Era
- He/she/it was; third person singular imperfect of ser
- un
- A, an; masculine singular indefinite article
- viejo
- Old; elderly man
- cascarrabias
- Grumpy person, grouch, irritable individual
- lo
- It, him; masculine singular direct object pronoun
- era
- He/she/it was; third person singular imperfect of ser
- Yo
- I; first person singular subject pronoun
- nunca
- Never; at no time
- fui
- I was, I went; first person preterite ser/ir
- con
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment
- él
- Him; third person masculine singular prepositional pronoun
- dijo
- He/she said; third person preterite of decir
- la
- The; feminine singular definite article
- Falsa
- False, fake; feminine form of falso
- Tortuga
- Turtle, tortoise
- suspiro
- Sigh; act of sighing
- enseñaba
- He/she taught, was teaching; imperfect of enseñar
- Risa
- Laughter, laugh
- y
- And; coordinating conjunction
- Pena
- Sorrow, sadness, pity
- solían
- They used to, were accustomed to; imperfect soler
- decir
- To say, to tell; infinitive verb
- Así
- Thus, so, like this
- así
- Thus, so, like this
- el
- The; masculine singular definite article
- Grifo
- Faucet, tap; griffin
- suspirando
- Sighing; present participle of suspirar
- a
- To, at; preposition
- su
- His, her, its, your; possessive adjective
- vez
- Time, turn, occasion
- ambas
- Both; feminine plural form
- criaturas
- Creatures, beings
- ocultaron
- They hid, concealed; preterite of ocultar
- sus
- Their, his, her, your; plural possessive adjective
- rostros
- Faces, countenances
- en
- In, on, at; preposition of place
- patas
- Paws, legs of animals
- Y
- And; coordinating conjunction, capitalized
- cuántas
- How many; feminine plural interrogative adjective
- horas
- Hours; units of time
- al
- To the; contraction of a + el
- día
- Day; 24-hour period
- tenían
- They had, were having; imperfect of tener
- lecciones
- Lessons, classes
- prisa
- Haste, hurry, rush
- por
- For, by, through; preposition with multiple meanings
- cambiar
- To change, to switch; infinitive verb
- de
- Of, from, about; preposition
- tema
- Topic, subject, theme
- Diez
- Ten; number 10
- primer
- First; apocopated form of primero before masculine noun
- nueve
- Nine; number 9
- siguiente
- Following, next; subsequent
- sucesivamente
- Successively, in succession, and so forth
- Qué
- What, how; exclamatory or interrogative pronoun
- plan
- Plan, scheme, arrangement
- tan
- So, such; adverb intensifying adjectives
- curioso
- Curious, odd, strange
- exclamó
- He/she exclaimed; preterite of exclamar
- Esa
- That; feminine singular demonstrative adjective/pronoun
- es
- Is; third person singular present of ser
- razón
- Reason, reasoning; cause or explanation
- que
- That, which, who; relative pronoun or conjunction
- se
- Oneself, himself, herself, themselves; reflexive pronoun
- llaman
- They are called, they call; present tense llamar
- observó
- He/she observed, remarked; preterite of observar
- porque
- Because; conjunction indicating reason
- disminuyen
- They decrease, diminish; present tense of disminuir
- Esta
- This; feminine singular demonstrative adjective/pronoun
- una
- A, an, one; feminine singular indefinite article
- idea
- Idea, notion, thought
- completamente
- Completely, totally, entirely
- nueva
- New; feminine form of nuevo
- para
- For, to, in order to; preposition
- meditó
- He/she meditated, pondered; preterite of meditar
- poco
- Little, few, not much; small amount
- antes
- Before, earlier, previously
- hacer
- To do, to make; infinitive verb
- comentario
- Comment, remark, observation
- Entonces
- Then, so, at that time
- undécimo
- Eleventh; ordinal number 11th
- debió
- He/she must have, ought to have; preterite deber
- haber
- To have; auxiliary verb for perfect tenses
- sido
- Been; past participle of ser
- festivo
- Holiday, festive; day off
- Por
- For, by, through; preposition capitalized
- supuesto
- Of course, naturally, supposedly
- fue
- He/she/it was, went; preterite of ser/ir
- cómo
- How; interrogative adverb with accent
- las
- The, them; feminine plural article or pronoun
- arreglaron
- They arranged, fixed; preterite of arreglar
- duodécimo
- Twelfth; ordinal number 12th
- continuó
- He/she continued; preterite of continuar
- interés
- Interest, curiosity, concern
- Ya
- Already, now, anymore
- suficiente
- Enough, sufficient
- sobre
- About, on, over; preposition
- interrumpió
- He/she interrupted; preterite of interrumpir
- tono
- Tone, manner of speaking
- muy
- Very, quite; adverb of intensity
- decidido
- Decided, determined, resolute
- cuéntale
- Tell him/her; imperative of contar with pronoun
- algo
- Something, anything; indefinite pronoun
- los
- The, them; masculine plural article or pronoun
- juegos
- Games, plays
- ahora
- Now, at this moment
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