Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 7
" said the Queen, turning purple.
" dijo la Reina, poniéndose morada.
"I won't!" said Alice.
"¡No quiero!" dijo Alicia.
"Off with her head!" the Queen shouted at the top of her voice.
"¡Que le corten la cabeza!" gritó la Reina a voz en cuello.
Nobody moved.
Nadie se movió.
"Who cares for you?" said Alice, (she had grown to her full size by this time.) "You're nothing but a pack of cards!"
"¿A quién le importas?" dijo Alicia, (ya había crecido hasta su tamaño normal.) "¡No sois más que una baraja de cartas!"
At this the whole pack rose up into the air, and came flying down upon her: she gave a little scream, half of fright and half of anger, and tried to beat them off, and found herself lying on the bank, with her head in the lap of her sister, who was gently brushing away some dead leaves that had fluttered down from the trees upon her face.
Al oír esto, toda la baraja se elevó en el aire y vino volando sobre ella: dio un pequeño grito, mitad de miedo y mitad de rabia, e intentó apartarlas, y se encontró tumbada en la orilla, con la cabeza en el regazo de su hermana, que le apartaba suavemente unas hojas secas que habían caído de los árboles sobre su cara.
"Wake up, Alice dear!" said her sister; "Why, what a long sleep you've had!"
"¡Despierta, querida Alicia!" dijo su hermana; "¡Vaya, qué sueño tan largo has tenido!"
"Oh, I've had such a curious dream!" said Alice, and she told her sister, as well as she could remember them, all these strange Adventures of hers that you have just been reading about; and when she had finished, her sister kissed her, and said, "It _was_ a curious dream, dear, certainly: but now run in to your tea; it's getting late."
"¡Oh, he tenido un sueño tan curioso!" dijo Alicia, y le contó a su hermana, tan bien como pudo recordarlas, todas estas extrañas Aventuras suyas que acabas de leer; y cuando terminó, su hermana la besó y le dijo: "Fue un sueño curioso, querida, ciertamente: pero ahora corre a tomar tu té; se está haciendo tarde."
So Alice got up and ran off, thinking while she ran, as well she might, what a wonderful dream it had been.
Así que Alicia se levantó y se fue corriendo, pensando mientras corría, como bien podía, qué sueño tan maravilloso había sido.
Vocabulary
- dijo
- said, told (preterite of decir)
- la
- the (feminine singular definite article)
- Reina
- Queen
- poniéndose
- putting on, becoming, getting (reflexive gerund)
- morada
- purple, violet (color); dwelling
- No
- no, not
- quiero
- I want, I love (first person present)
- Que
- that, which, who (conjunction/relative pronoun)
- le
- to him, to her, to you (indirect object)
- corten
- cut, chop (subjunctive or command form)
- cabeza
- head
- gritó
- shouted, screamed (preterite)
- a
- to, at (preposition)
- voz
- voice
- en
- in, on, at (preposition)
- cuello
- neck, collar
- Nadie
- nobody, no one
- se
- reflexive pronoun; oneself, himself, herself, themselves
- movió
- moved (preterite)
- A
- to, at (preposition)
- quién
- who, whom (interrogative with accent)
- importas
- you matter, you are important
- ya
- already, now, anymore
- había
- there was, there were; had (imperfect)
- crecido
- grown (past participle of crecer)
- hasta
- until, up to, even
- su
- his, her, its, your, their (possessive)
- tamaño
- size
- normal
- normal, usual
- sois
- you are (plural informal in Spain)
- más
- more, most, plus
- que
- that, than, which (conjunction)
- una
- a, an, one (feminine indefinite article)
- baraja
- deck of cards
- de
- of, from, about (preposition)
- cartas
- cards, letters
- Al
- to the, at the (contraction: a + el)
- oír
- to hear
- esto
- this (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
- toda
- all, whole, every (feminine)
- elevó
- raised, lifted, elevated (preterite)
- el
- the (masculine singular definite article)
- aire
- air
- y
- and
- vino
- came (preterite of venir); wine
- volando
- flying (gerund)
- sobre
- over, above, on, about
- ella
- she, her (subject/object pronoun)
- dio
- gave (preterite of dar)
- un
- a, an, one (masculine indefinite article)
- pequeño
- small, little
- grito
- scream, shout, cry
- mitad
- half, middle
- miedo
- fear
- rabia
- rage, anger, rabies
- e
- and (used before words starting with i- or hi-)
- intentó
- tried, attempted (preterite)
- apartarlas
- to push them away, to separate them
- encontró
- found, met (preterite)
- tumbada
- lying down (feminine past participle)
- orilla
- shore, bank, edge
- con
- with
- regazo
- lap
- hermana
- sister
- apartaba
- was pushing away, was removing (imperfect)
- suavemente
- softly, gently, smoothly
- unas
- some, a few (feminine plural)
- hojas
- leaves, sheets (of paper)
- secas
- dry (feminine plural)
- habían
- they had, there had been (imperfect)
- caído
- fallen (past participle)
- los
- the (masculine plural definite article)
- árboles
- trees
- cara
- face; expensive (feminine)
- Despierta
- wake up (command); awake (adjective)
- querida
- dear, beloved (feminine)
- Vaya
- wow, well (interjection); go (subjunctive)
- qué
- what, how (interrogative/exclamatory with accent)
- sueño
- sleep, dream; sleepiness
- tan
- so, as, such
- largo
- long
- has
- you have (auxiliary verb, present perfect)
- tenido
- had (past participle of tener)
- he
- I have (auxiliary verb)
- curioso
- curious, odd, strange
- contó
- told, counted, recounted (preterite)
- bien
- well, good, fine
- como
- as, like, how
- pudo
- could, was able to (preterite)
- recordarlas
- to remember them (feminine)
- todas
- all (feminine plural)
- estas
- these (feminine plural demonstrative)
- extrañas
- strange, odd (feminine plural)
- Aventuras
- adventures
- suyas
- hers, of hers, yours (feminine plural possessive)
- acabas
- you finish, you have just (present)
- leer
- to read
- cuando
- when
- terminó
- finished, ended (preterite)
- besó
- kissed (preterite)
- Fue
- was, went (preterite of ser/ir)
- ciertamente
- certainly, surely
- pero
- but
- ahora
- now
- corre
- run, runs (command or present)
- tomar
- to take, to drink, to have
- tu
- your (informal singular possessive)
- té
- tea
- está
- is, are (present of estar)
- haciendo
- doing, making (gerund)
- tarde
- late; afternoon, evening
- Así
- so, thus, like this
- levantó
- lifted, raised, got up (preterite)
- fue
- was, went (preterite of ser/ir)
- corriendo
- running (gerund)
- pensando
- thinking (gerund)
- mientras
- while, meanwhile
- corría
- ran, was running (imperfect)
- podía
- could, was able to (imperfect)
- maravilloso
- marvelous, wonderful
- sido
- been (past participle of ser)
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