Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 4
"You ought to have finished," said the King.
"Deberías haber terminado", dijo el Rey.
"When did you begin?"
"¿Cuándo empezaste?"
The Hatter looked at the March Hare, who had followed him into the court, arm-in-arm with the Dormouse.
El Sombrerero miró a la Liebre de Marzo, que lo había seguido a la corte, del brazo con el Lirón.
"Fourteenth of March, I _think_ it was," he said.
"Catorce de marzo, creo que fue", dijo.
"Fifteenth," said the March Hare.
"Quince", dijo la Liebre de Marzo.
"Sixteenth," added the Dormouse.
"Dieciséis", añadió el Lirón.
"Write that down," the King said to the jury, and the jury eagerly wrote down all three dates on their slates, and then added them up, and reduced the answer to shillings and pence.
"Anoten eso", dijo el Rey al jurado, y el jurado ansiosamente anotó las tres fechas en sus pizarras, y luego las sumó, y redujo la respuesta a chelines y peniques.
"Take off your hat," the King said to the Hatter.
"Quítate el sombrero", dijo el Rey al Sombrerero.
"It isn't mine," said the Hatter.
"No es mío", dijo el Sombrerero.
"_Stolen!_" the King exclaimed, turning to the jury, who instantly made a memorandum of the fact.
"¡Robado!", exclamó el Rey, volviéndose hacia el jurado, que instantáneamente tomó nota del hecho.
"I keep them to sell," the Hatter added as an explanation; "I've none of my own. I'm a hatter."
"Los guardo para vender", añadió el Sombrerero como explicación; "no tengo ninguno propio. Soy sombrerero."
Here the Queen put on her spectacles, and began staring at the Hatter, who turned pale and fidgeted.
Aquí la Reina se puso sus anteojos, y comenzó a mirar fijamente al Sombrerero, quien palideció y se inquietó.
"Give your evidence," said the King; "and don't be nervous, or I'll have you executed on the spot."
"Da tu testimonio", dijo el Rey; "y no estés nervioso, o te haré ejecutar en el acto."
This did not seem to encourage the witness at all: he kept shifting from one foot to the other, looking uneasily at the Queen, and in his confusion he bit a large piece out of his teacup instead of the bread-and-butter.
Esto no pareció animar al testigo en absoluto: siguió cambiando de un pie al otro, mirando inquietamente a la Reina, y en su confusión mordió un gran pedazo de su taza de té en lugar del pan con mantequilla.
Vocabulary
- Deberías
- You should (conditional form of deber)
- haber
- to have (auxiliary verb for perfect tenses)
- terminado
- finished (past participle of terminar)
- dijo
- said (preterite of decir)
- el
- the (masculine singular definite article)
- Rey
- King
- Cuándo
- When (interrogative)
- empezaste
- you started (preterite of empezar)
- El
- the (masculine singular definite article)
- miró
- looked at (preterite of mirar)
- a
- to, at (preposition)
- la
- the (feminine singular definite article)
- de
- of, from (preposition)
- Marzo
- March (month)
- que
- that, which, who (relative pronoun)
- lo
- him, it (masculine direct object pronoun)
- había
- had (imperfect of haber)
- seguido
- followed (past participle of seguir)
- corte
- court (royal court or law court)
- del
- of the (contraction of de + el)
- brazo
- arm (body part)
- con
- with (preposition)
- Catorce
- Fourteen
- marzo
- March (month)
- creo
- I believe, I think (present of creer)
- fue
- was, it was (preterite of ser/ir)
- Quince
- Fifteen
- Dieciséis
- Sixteen
- añadió
- added (preterite of añadir)
- Anoten
- Write down, note (imperative plural of anotar)
- eso
- that (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
- al
- to the (contraction of a + el)
- jurado
- jury
- y
- and (conjunction)
- ansiosamente
- anxiously, eagerly
- anotó
- noted, wrote down (preterite of anotar)
- las
- the (feminine plural definite article)
- tres
- three
- fechas
- dates (calendar dates)
- en
- in, on (preposition)
- sus
- their, his, her, your (plural possessive)
- pizarras
- slates, blackboards
- luego
- then, later
- sumó
- added up, summed (preterite of sumar)
- redujo
- reduced (preterite of reducir)
- respuesta
- answer, response
- Quítate
- Take off (imperative reflexive of quitar)
- sombrero
- hat
- No
- No, not
- es
- is (present of ser)
- mío
- mine (possessive pronoun)
- Robado
- Stolen (past participle of robar)
- exclamó
- exclaimed (preterite of exclamar)
- volviéndose
- turning around (gerund reflexive of volver)
- hacia
- toward, towards (preposition)
- instantáneamente
- instantly, immediately
- tomó
- took (preterite of tomar)
- nota
- note
- hecho
- fact, deed; done (past participle of hacer)
- Los
- the (masculine plural definite article)
- guardo
- I keep, I save (present of guardar)
- para
- for, in order to (preposition)
- vender
- to sell
- como
- as, like (preposition/conjunction)
- explicación
- explanation
- no
- no, not (negation)
- tengo
- I have (present of tener)
- ninguno
- none, not any
- propio
- own, proper
- Soy
- I am (present of ser)
- Aquí
- Here
- Reina
- Queen
- se
- reflexive pronoun; himself, herself, themselves
- puso
- put, put on (preterite of poner)
- anteojos
- eyeglasses, spectacles
- comenzó
- began (preterite of comenzar)
- mirar
- to look at, to watch
- fijamente
- fixedly, intently, steadily
- quien
- who, whom (relative pronoun)
- inquietó
- became anxious, worried (preterite of inquietarse)
- Da
- Give (imperative of dar)
- tu
- your (singular informal possessive)
- testimonio
- testimony, evidence
- estés
- you are (present subjunctive of estar)
- nervioso
- nervous
- o
- or (conjunction)
- te
- you (object pronoun, reflexive pronoun)
- haré
- I will do/make (future of hacer)
- ejecutar
- to execute, to carry out
- acto
- act, action
- Esto
- This (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
- pareció
- seemed (preterite of parecer)
- animar
- to encourage, to cheer up
- testigo
- witness
- absoluto
- absolute; at all (in negatives)
- siguió
- continued, followed (preterite of seguir)
- cambiando
- changing (gerund of cambiar)
- un
- a, an (masculine indefinite article)
- pie
- foot (body part)
- otro
- other, another
- mirando
- looking (gerund of mirar)
- inquietamente
- anxiously, restlessly, uneasily
- su
- his, her, its, their, your (possessive)
- confusión
- confusion
- mordió
- bit (preterite of morder)
- gran
- great, big (apocopated form of grande)
- pedazo
- piece, bit
- taza
- cup, mug
- té
- tea
- lugar
- place, location
- pan
- bread
- mantequilla
- butter
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