Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 1
Who Stole the Tarts?
¿Quién Robó las Tartas?
The King and Queen of Hearts were seated on their throne when they arrived, with a great crowd assembled about them—all sorts of little birds and beasts, as well as the whole pack of cards: the Knave was standing before them, in chains, with a soldier on each side to guard him; and near the King was the White Rabbit, with a trumpet in one hand, and a scroll of parchment in the other.
El Rey y la Reina de Corazones estaban sentados en su trono cuando llegaron, con una gran multitud reunida alrededor de ellos—toda clase de pequeños pájaros y bestias, así como toda la baraja de cartas: la Sota estaba de pie ante ellos, encadenada, con un soldado a cada lado para vigilarla; y cerca del Rey estaba el Conejo Blanco, con una trompeta en una mano y un rollo de pergamino en la otra.
In the very middle of the court was a table, with a large dish of tarts upon it: they looked so good, that it made Alice quite hungry to look at them—"I wish they'd get the trial done," she thought, "and hand round the refreshments!"
En el mero centro de la sala había una mesa, con una gran fuente de tartas sobre ella: tenían tan buen aspecto, que hicieron que Alicia sintiera bastante hambre al mirarlas—"Ojalá terminaran el juicio", pensó, "¡y repartieran los refrigerios!"
But there seemed to be no chance of this, so she began looking at everything about her, to pass away the time.
Pero parecía no haber posibilidad de ello, así que comenzó a mirar todo a su alrededor, para pasar el tiempo.
Alice had never been in a court of justice before, but she had read about them in books, and she was quite pleased to find that she knew the name of nearly everything there.
Alicia nunca había estado en un tribunal de justicia antes, pero había leído sobre ellos en libros, y estaba bastante complacida al descubrir que conocía el nombre de casi todo allí.
"That's the judge," she said to herself, "because of his great wig."
"Ese es el juez", se dijo a sí misma, "por su gran peluca".
The judge, by the way, was the King; and as he wore his crown over the wig, (look at the frontispiece if you want to see how he did it,) he did not look at all comfortable, and it was certainly not becoming.
El juez, por cierto, era el Rey; y como llevaba su corona sobre la peluca, (mira el frontispicio si quieres ver cómo lo hizo,) no parecía nada cómodo, y ciertamente no le favorecía.
Vocabulary
- ¿
- Inverted question mark used to open questions in Spanish
- Quién
- Who, which person
- Robó
- Stole, past tense of to steal
- las
- The, feminine plural definite article
- Tartas
- Tarts, pies, cakes
- El
- The, masculine singular definite article
- Rey
- King, male monarch or ruler
- y
- And, conjunction connecting words or phrases
- la
- The, feminine singular definite article
- Reina
- Queen, female monarch or ruler
- de
- Of, from, preposition indicating possession or origin
- Corazones
- Hearts, plural of heart
- estaban
- Were, they/you were, imperfect tense of estar
- sentados
- Seated, sitting down, past participle of sentar
- en
- In, on, at, preposition of location
- su
- His, her, their, your possessive adjective
- trono
- Throne, ceremonial chair for monarchs
- cuando
- When, at the time that
- llegaron
- Arrived, they/you arrived, past tense of llegar
- con
- With, accompanied by, preposition
- una
- A, an, one, feminine indefinite article
- gran
- Great, large, big, apocopated form of grande
- multitud
- Multitude, crowd, large number of people
- reunida
- Gathered, assembled, past participle of reunir
- alrededor
- Around, surrounding, in the vicinity of
- ellos
- They, them, masculine plural pronoun
- toda
- All, every, entire, feminine form of todo
- clase
- Class, kind, type, category
- pequeños
- Small, little, tiny, masculine plural adjective
- pájaros
- Birds, plural of pájaro
- bestias
- Beasts, animals, creatures
- así
- Thus, so, like this, in this way
- como
- As, like, such as, how
- baraja
- Deck of cards, pack of playing cards
- cartas
- Cards, letters, playing cards or correspondence
- Sota
- Jack, knave in a deck of cards
- estaba
- Was, he/she/it was, imperfect tense of estar
- pie
- Foot, standing position, base
- ante
- Before, in front of, in the presence of
- encadenada
- Chained, shackled, bound in chains
- un
- A, an, one, masculine indefinite article
- soldado
- Soldier, military personnel
- a
- To, at, preposition indicating direction or location
- cada
- Each, every, per
- lado
- Side, flank, edge
- para
- For, to, in order to
- vigilarla
- To watch her, to guard her, vigilar plus pronoun
- cerca
- Near, close, nearby
- del
- Of the, from the, contraction of de plus el
- el
- The, masculine singular definite article
- Conejo
- Rabbit, bunny
- Blanco
- White, the color white
- trompeta
- Trumpet, brass musical instrument
- mano
- Hand, body part at end of arm
- rollo
- Roll, scroll, rolled-up object
- pergamino
- Parchment, scroll, writing material from animal skin
- otra
- Other, another, different, feminine form
- En
- In, on, at, preposition of location
- mero
- Mere, very, exact, precise
- centro
- Center, middle, core
- sala
- Room, hall, living room
- había
- There was, there were, imperfect of haber
- mesa
- Table, furniture with flat surface
- fuente
- Fountain, source, platter, serving dish
- tartas
- Tarts, pies, cakes
- sobre
- On, upon, over, about
- ella
- She, her, it, feminine singular pronoun
- tenían
- Had, they/you had, imperfect tense of tener
- tan
- So, such, as, very
- buen
- Good, apocopated form of bueno before masculine nouns
- aspecto
- Appearance, look, aspect
- que
- That, which, than, conjunction or relative pronoun
- hicieron
- Made, did, they/you made, past tense of hacer
- sintiera
- Felt, would feel, imperfect subjunctive of sentir
- bastante
- Enough, quite, rather, fairly
- hambre
- Hunger, appetite, desire for food
- al
- To the, at the, contraction of a plus el
- mirarlas
- To look at them, mirar plus pronoun
- Ojalá
- I hope, if only, hopefully, expressing wishes
- terminaran
- Would finish, they/you would finish, imperfect subjunctive
- juicio
- Trial, judgment, opinion, legal proceeding
- pensó
- Thought, he/she thought, past tense of pensar
- ¡
- Inverted exclamation mark used to open exclamations
- repartieran
- Would distribute, they/you would hand out, imperfect subjunctive
- los
- The, them, masculine plural article or pronoun
- refrigerios
- Refreshments, snacks, light food
- Pero
- But, however, yet
- parecía
- Seemed, appeared, imperfect tense of parecer
- no
- No, not, negation adverb
- haber
- To have, to be, auxiliary verb or infinitive
- posibilidad
- Possibility, chance, likelihood
- ello
- It, that, neuter pronoun referring to concepts
- comenzó
- Began, started, past tense of comenzar
- mirar
- To look, to watch, to observe
- todo
- All, everything, whole, entire
- pasar
- To pass, to happen, to spend time
- tiempo
- Time, weather, period
- nunca
- Never, not ever, at no time
- estado
- State, condition, been, past participle of estar
- tribunal
- Court, tribunal, court of law
- justicia
- Justice, fairness, legal system
- antes
- Before, previously, earlier
- pero
- But, however, yet
- leído
- Read, past participle of leer
- libros
- Books, plural of libro
- complacida
- Pleased, satisfied, gratified, feminine form
- descubrir
- To discover, to find out, to uncover
- conocía
- Knew, was familiar with, imperfect tense of conocer
- nombre
- Name, noun, title
- casi
- Almost, nearly, practically
- allí
- There, over there, in that place
- Ese
- That, that one, demonstrative pronoun or adjective
- es
- Is, third person singular of ser
- juez
- Judge, magistrate, person who presides over court
- se
- Himself, herself, oneself, reflexive pronoun
- dijo
- Said, told, past tense of decir
- sí
- Yes, oneself, himself, herself
- misma
- Same, self, herself, feminine form
- por
- By, for, through, per, because of
- peluca
- Wig, hairpiece, artificial hair
- cierto
- Certain, sure, true, indeed
- era
- Was, era, imperfect tense of ser
- llevaba
- Wore, carried, was wearing, imperfect of llevar
- corona
- Crown, wreath, royal headpiece
- mira
- Look, watch, imperative or third person of mirar
- si
- If, whether, conditional conjunction
- quieres
- Want, you want, second person of querer
- ver
- To see, to watch, to view
- cómo
- How, in what way, interrogative adverb
- lo
- It, him, masculine singular direct object pronoun
- hizo
- Did, made, past tense of hacer
- nada
- Nothing, not anything, negation
- cómodo
- Comfortable, convenient, at ease
- ciertamente
- Certainly, surely, definitely
- le
- Him, her, you, indirect object pronoun
- favorecía
- Favored, suited, flattered, imperfect of favorecer
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