Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 4

Vocabulary

no

No, not, negation word

tenía

Had, possessed (imperfect tense of tener)

idea

Idea, concept, notion

de

Of, from, about (preposition)

qué

What (interrogative or exclamatory pronoun)

era

Was, used to be (imperfect of ser)

la

The (feminine singular definite article)

Latitud

Latitude, geographic coordinate measurement

ni

Nor, neither, not even

Longitud

Longitude, geographic coordinate measurement

tampoco

Neither, not either, also not

pero

But, however, yet

pensaba

Thought, was thinking (imperfect of pensar)

que

That, which, who (conjunction or relative pronoun)

eran

Were, used to be (imperfect of ser)

palabras

Words, terms, expressions

bonitas

Pretty, beautiful, nice (feminine plural)

y

And, plus (conjunction)

grandiosas

Grand, magnificent, grandiose (feminine plural)

para

For, to, in order to

decir

To say, to tell, to speak

Al

To the, at the (contraction of a+el)

poco

Little, few, short (amount or time)

tiempo

Time, period, weather

comenzó

Began, started (preterite of comenzar)

nuevo

New, novel, fresh

Me

Me, myself (reflexive or object pronoun)

pregunto

I wonder, I ask myself

si

If, whether (conjunction)

caeré

I will fall (future tense of caer)

directamente

Directly, straight, immediately

_a

To, at (preposition, with emphasis marker)

través_

Through (used in phrase 'a través de')

tierra

Earth, land, ground, soil

Qué

What, how (exclamatory)

gracioso

Funny, amusing, comical

parecerá

Will seem, will appear (future of parecer)

salir

To leave, to go out, to exit

entre

Between, among, amongst

gente

People, folk, persons

camina

Walks, is walking (present tense of caminar)

con

With, together with

cabeza

Head, top part of body

hacia

Toward, towards, in direction of

abajo

Down, downward, below

trató

Tried, attempted (preterite of tratar)

hacer

To do, to make, to perform

una

A, an, one (feminine indefinite article)

reverencia

Bow, curtsy, reverence

mientras

While, meanwhile, whereas

hablaba

Spoke, was speaking (imperfect of hablar)

imagínate

Imagine (informal command with reflexive pronoun)

_haciendo

Doing, making (gerund of hacer, with emphasis)

reverencia_

Bow, curtsy (with emphasis marker)

caes

You fall, you are falling

por

By, for, through, because of

el

The (masculine singular definite article)

aire

Air, atmosphere, breeze

Crees

You think, you believe

podrías

You could, you might (conditional of poder)

lograrlo

To achieve it, to manage it

Y

And (conjunction, capitalized)

niña

Girl, young female child

tan

So, such, as (adverb of degree)

ignorante

Ignorant, uninformed, lacking knowledge

pensará

Will think (future tense of pensar)

soy

I am (present tense of ser)

preguntar

To ask, to question, to inquire

No

No, not (capitalized negation)

nunca

Never, not ever

servirá

Will serve, will be useful (future of servir)

quizás

Perhaps, maybe, possibly

lo

It, him (masculine object pronoun)

vea

See, may see (subjunctive of ver)

escrito

Written (past participle of escribir)

en

In, on, at (preposition)

algún

Some, any (masculine, before noun)

lugar

Place, location, spot

Abajo

Below, down, downstairs (capitalized)

había

There was, there were (imperfect of haber)

nada

Nothing, anything (in negatives)

más

More, most, else

así

Thus, so, like this

pronto

Soon, quickly, early

a

To, at (preposition)

hablar

To speak, to talk

me

Me, myself (object or reflexive pronoun)

extrañará

Will miss (future tense of extrañar)

mucho

Much, a lot, very

esta

This (feminine demonstrative adjective)

noche

Night, evening, nighttime

supongo

I suppose, I assume, I guess