Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 5
Alice looked down at them, and considered a little before she gave her answer.
Alicia los miró y consideró un poco antes de dar su respuesta.
"They're done with blacking, I believe."
"Están hechas con betún, creo."
"Boots and shoes under the sea," the Gryphon went on in a deep voice, "are done with a whiting.
"Las botas y zapatos bajo el mar," continuó el Grifo con voz profunda, "están hechos con merluza.
Now you know."
Ahora ya lo sabes."
"And what are they made of?" Alice asked in a tone of great curiosity.
"¿Y de qué están hechos?" preguntó Alicia en un tono de gran curiosidad.
"Soles and eels, of course," the Gryphon replied rather impatiently: "any shrimp could have told you that."
"De suelas y anguilas, por supuesto," respondió el Grifo bastante impaciente: "cualquier camarón podría haberte dicho eso."
"If I'd been the whiting," said Alice, whose thoughts were still running on the song, "I'd have said to the porpoise, 'Keep back, please: we don't want _you_ with us!'"
"Si yo hubiera sido la merluza," dijo Alicia, cuyos pensamientos seguían en la canción, "le habría dicho a la marsopa, '¡Quédate atrás, por favor: no te queremos con nosotros!'"
"They were obliged to have him with them," the Mock Turtle said: "no wise fish would go anywhere without a porpoise."
"Estaban obligados a tenerlo con ellos," dijo la Falsa Tortuga: "ningún pez sensato iría a ninguna parte sin una marsopa."
"Wouldn't it really?" said Alice in a tone of great surprise.
"¿De verdad que no?" dijo Alicia en un tono de gran sorpresa.
"Of course not," said the Mock Turtle: "why, if a fish came to _me_, and told me he was going a journey, I should say 'With what porpoise?'"
"Por supuesto que no," dijo la Falsa Tortuga: "vaya, si un pez viniera a mí y me dijera que iba de viaje, yo diría '¿Con qué marsopa?'"
"Don't you mean 'purpose'?" said Alice.
"¿No querrás decir 'propósito'?" dijo Alicia.
"I mean what I say," the Mock Turtle replied in an offended tone.
"Digo lo que quiero decir," respondió la Falsa Tortuga en un tono ofendido.
And the Gryphon added "Come, let's hear some of _your_ adventures."
Y el Grifo añadió "Vamos, escuchemos algunas de tus aventuras."
"I could tell you my adventures—beginning from this morning," said Alice a little timidly: "but it's no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then."
"Podría contarles mis aventuras—empezando desde esta mañana," dijo Alicia un poco tímidamente: "pero no tiene sentido volver a ayer, porque entonces yo era una persona diferente."
"Explain all that," said the Mock Turtle.
"Explica todo eso," dijo la Falsa Tortuga.
"No, no!
"¡No, no!
Vocabulary
- los
- the (masculine plural definite article)
- miró
- looked at, watched (preterite of mirar)
- y
- and (conjunction)
- consideró
- considered, thought about (preterite of considerar)
- un
- a, an (masculine singular indefinite article)
- poco
- a little, a bit
- antes
- before, previously (adverb of time)
- de
- of, from (preposition)
- dar
- to give (infinitive verb)
- su
- his, her, your, their (possessive adjective)
- respuesta
- answer, response, reply
- Están
- they are, you are (plural of estar)
- hechas
- made, done (feminine plural past participle)
- con
- with (preposition)
- creo
- I believe, I think (present tense)
- Las
- the (feminine plural definite article)
- botas
- boots (feminine plural noun)
- zapatos
- shoes (masculine plural noun)
- bajo
- under, beneath (preposition)
- el
- the (masculine singular definite article)
- mar
- sea, ocean (noun)
- continuó
- continued, went on (preterite of continuar)
- voz
- voice (feminine noun)
- profunda
- deep, profound (feminine adjective)
- están
- they are, you are (plural estar)
- hechos
- made, done (masculine plural past participle)
- Ahora
- now (adverb of time)
- ya
- already, now (adverb)
- lo
- it, him (masculine direct object pronoun)
- sabes
- you know (second person singular saber)
- Y
- and (conjunction, capitalized)
- qué
- what (interrogative pronoun)
- preguntó
- asked, questioned (preterite of preguntar)
- en
- in, on, at (preposition)
- tono
- tone, manner (masculine noun)
- gran
- great, big (apocopated form of grande)
- curiosidad
- curiosity, inquisitiveness (feminine noun)
- De
- of, from (preposition, capitalized)
- por
- for, by, through (preposition)
- supuesto
- of course, supposed (adverb or adjective)
- respondió
- answered, responded (preterite of responder)
- bastante
- quite, rather, enough (adverb or adjective)
- impaciente
- impatient (adjective)
- cualquier
- any (apocopated adjective)
- podría
- could, would be able (conditional poder)
- haberte
- to have to you (infinitive haber plus pronoun)
- dicho
- said, told (past participle of decir)
- eso
- that (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
- Si
- if (conditional conjunction)
- yo
- I (first person singular subject pronoun)
- hubiera
- had, would have (past subjunctive haber)
- sido
- been (past participle of ser)
- la
- the, her, it (feminine article or pronoun)
- dijo
- said, told (preterite of decir)
- cuyos
- whose (masculine plural possessive relative pronoun)
- pensamientos
- thoughts (masculine plural noun)
- seguían
- continued, followed (imperfect of seguir)
- canción
- song (feminine noun)
- le
- him, her, you (indirect object pronoun)
- habría
- would have (conditional of haber)
- a
- to, at (preposition)
- Quédate
- stay, remain (imperative of quedarse)
- atrás
- behind, back (adverb of place)
- favor
- favor, please (masculine noun)
- no
- no, not (negation adverb)
- te
- you, yourself (reflexive or object pronoun)
- queremos
- we want, we love (present tense querer)
- nosotros
- we, us (first person plural pronoun)
- Estaban
- they were, you were (imperfect of estar)
- obligados
- obliged, required (masculine plural adjective)
- tenerlo
- to have it (infinitive tener plus pronoun)
- ellos
- they, them (masculine plural pronoun)
- Falsa
- false, fake (feminine adjective)
- Tortuga
- turtle, tortoise (feminine noun)
- ningún
- no, not any (apocopated masculine adjective)
- pez
- fish (masculine noun)
- sensato
- sensible, wise (masculine adjective)
- iría
- would go (conditional of ir)
- ninguna
- no, not any (feminine adjective)
- parte
- part, place (feminine noun)
- sin
- without (preposition)
- una
- a, an (feminine singular indefinite article)
- verdad
- truth (feminine noun)
- que
- that, which, what (conjunction or pronoun)
- sorpresa
- surprise (feminine noun)
- Por
- for, by, through (preposition, capitalized)
- vaya
- go, wow (subjunctive ir or interjection)
- si
- if, whether (conditional conjunction)
- viniera
- came, would come (past subjunctive venir)
- mí
- me (prepositional pronoun)
- me
- me, myself (reflexive or object pronoun)
- dijera
- told, said (past subjunctive decir)
- iba
- was going, went (imperfect of ir)
- viaje
- trip, journey, travel (masculine noun)
- diría
- would say, would tell (conditional decir)
- Con
- with (preposition, capitalized)
- No
- no, not (negation adverb, capitalized)
- querrás
- you will want (future tense querer)
- decir
- to say, to tell (infinitive verb)
- propósito
- purpose, intention (masculine noun)
- Digo
- I say, I tell (present tense decir)
- quiero
- I want, I love (present tense querer)
- ofendido
- offended (masculine adjective or past participle)
- añadió
- added (preterite of añadir)
- Vamos
- let's go, we go (present tense ir)
- escuchemos
- let's listen (present subjunctive escuchar)
- algunas
- some, a few (feminine plural adjective)
- tus
- your (plural possessive adjective)
- aventuras
- adventures (feminine plural noun)
- Podría
- could, would be able (conditional poder, capitalized)
- contarles
- to tell them (infinitive contar plus pronoun)
- mis
- my (plural possessive adjective)
- empezando
- starting, beginning (gerund of empezar)
- desde
- from, since (preposition)
- esta
- this (feminine demonstrative adjective)
- mañana
- morning, tomorrow (feminine noun or adverb)
- tímidamente
- timidly, shyly (adverb)
- pero
- but (adversative conjunction)
- tiene
- has, have (third person singular tener)
- sentido
- sense, meaning (masculine noun or past participle)
- volver
- to return, to go back (infinitive verb)
- ayer
- yesterday (adverb of time)
- porque
- because (causal conjunction)
- entonces
- then, at that time (adverb)
- era
- was, were (imperfect of ser)
- persona
- person (feminine noun)
- diferente
- different (adjective)
- Explica
- explain, explains (imperative or present explicar)
- todo
- all, everything (adjective or pronoun)
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