Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 9
First, however, she waited for a few minutes to see if she was going to shrink any further: she felt a little nervous about this; "for it might end, you know," said Alice to herself, "in my going out altogether, like a candle.
Primero, sin embargo, esperó unos minutos para ver si iba a encogerse más: se sentía un poco nerviosa por esto; "porque podría terminar, ya sabes," se dijo Alicia a sí misma, "en que me apague del todo, como una vela.
I wonder what I should be like then?"
Me pregunto cómo sería yo entonces?"
And she tried to fancy what the flame of a candle is like after the candle is blown out, for she could not remember ever having seen such a thing.
Y trató de imaginarse cómo es la llama de una vela después de que la vela se apaga, pues no podía recordar haber visto jamás tal cosa.
After a while, finding that nothing more happened, she decided on going into the garden at once; but, alas for poor Alice! when she got to the door, she found she had forgotten the little golden key, and when she went back to the table for it, she found she could not possibly reach it: she could see it quite plainly through the glass, and she tried her best to climb up one of the legs of the table, but it was too slippery; and when she had tired herself out with trying, the poor little thing sat down and cried.
Al cabo de un rato, viendo que no pasaba nada más, decidió ir al jardín de inmediato; pero, ay de la pobre Alicia! cuando llegó a la puerta, descubrió que había olvidado la llavecita dorada, y cuando volvió a la mesa por ella, descubrió que no podía alcanzarla de ninguna manera: podía verla bastante claramente a través del cristal, e hizo todo lo posible por trepar por una de las patas de la mesa, pero era demasiado resbaladiza; y cuando se cansó de intentarlo, la pobrecita se sentó y lloró.
"Come, there's no use in crying like that!" said Alice to herself, rather sharply; "I advise you to leave off this minute!
"Vamos, no sirve de nada llorar así!" se dijo Alicia a sí misma, bastante bruscamente; "Te aconsejo que pares ahora mismo!
Vocabulary
- Primero
- First, at first, firstly
- sin
- Without
- embargo
- However, nevertheless (used in 'sin embargo')
- esperó
- He/she waited, you waited (preterite)
- unos
- Some, a few, approximately
- minutos
- Minutes
- para
- For, in order to, to
- ver
- To see
- si
- If, whether
- iba
- He/she/you was/were going, used to go (imperfect)
- a
- To, at
- encogerse
- To shrink, to shrug
- más
- More, most
- se
- Oneself, himself, herself, themselves (reflexive pronoun)
- sentía
- He/she/you felt, was feeling (imperfect)
- un
- A, an, one (masculine)
- poco
- A little, a bit, few
- nerviosa
- Nervous (feminine)
- por
- For, by, through, because of
- esto
- This
- porque
- Because
- podría
- Could, might, would be able to (conditional)
- terminar
- To finish, to end
- ya
- Already, now, yet
- sabes
- You know
- dijo
- He/she/you said, told (preterite)
- sí
- Yes, herself, himself, itself
- misma
- Same, herself (feminine)
- en
- In, on, at
- que
- That, which, who, what
- me
- Me, myself
- apague
- I go out, extinguish (subjunctive)
- del
- Of the, from the (de + el)
- todo
- All, everything, completely
- como
- Like, as, how
- una
- A, an, one (feminine)
- vela
- Candle, sail
- Me
- Me, myself (capitalized form)
- pregunto
- I wonder, I ask myself
- cómo
- How, what (with accent)
- sería
- Would be, it would be (conditional)
- yo
- I
- entonces
- Then, at that time, so
- Y
- And (capitalized form)
- trató
- He/she/you tried, treated (preterite)
- de
- Of, from, about
- imaginarse
- To imagine oneself, to imagine
- es
- Is, he/she/it is
- la
- The (feminine), her, it
- llama
- Flame, he/she/it calls
- después
- After, afterwards, later
- apaga
- He/she/it extinguishes, goes out, you extinguish
- pues
- Well, then, since, because
- no
- No, not
- podía
- Could, was able to (imperfect)
- recordar
- To remember, to recall
- haber
- To have (auxiliary verb), there to be
- visto
- Seen (past participle of ver)
- jamás
- Never, ever
- tal
- Such, such a
- cosa
- Thing
- Al
- To the, at the (a + el)
- cabo
- End, cape (used in 'al cabo')
- rato
- While, moment, short time
- viendo
- Seeing, watching (gerund)
- pasaba
- Was happening, passed, was passing (imperfect)
- nada
- Nothing, not anything
- decidió
- He/she/you decided (preterite)
- ir
- To go
- al
- To the, at the (a + el)
- jardín
- Garden
- inmediato
- Immediate, right away
- pero
- But, however
- ay
- Oh! Ouch! (exclamation of pain or surprise)
- pobre
- Poor
- cuando
- When
- llegó
- He/she/you arrived, reached (preterite)
- puerta
- Door
- descubrió
- He/she/you discovered, uncovered (preterite)
- había
- There was, there were, had (imperfect)
- olvidado
- Forgotten (past participle)
- llavecita
- Little key (diminutive of llave)
- dorada
- Golden, gilded (feminine)
- y
- And
- volvió
- He/she/you returned, came back (preterite)
- mesa
- Table
- ella
- She, her, it
- alcanzarla
- To reach it, to catch up to it
- ninguna
- No, none, not any (feminine)
- manera
- Way, manner
- verla
- To see her, to see it
- bastante
- Enough, quite, rather
- claramente
- Clearly
- través
- Through (used in 'a través')
- cristal
- Glass, crystal
- e
- And (before words starting with i/hi)
- hizo
- He/she/you did, made (preterite)
- lo
- It, him, the (masculine direct object)
- posible
- Possible
- trepar
- To climb
- las
- The (feminine plural), them
- patas
- Legs, paws, feet (of furniture/animals)
- era
- Was, he/she/it was (imperfect)
- demasiado
- Too much, too, excessively
- resbaladiza
- Slippery (feminine)
- cansó
- He/she/you tired, got tired (preterite)
- intentarlo
- To try it, to attempt it
- pobrecita
- Poor little thing (feminine, affectionate diminutive)
- sentó
- He/she/you sat down (preterite)
- lloró
- He/she/you cried, wept (preterite)
- Vamos
- Let's go, come on
- sirve
- Serves, is useful, he/she/it serves
- llorar
- To cry, to weep
- así
- Like this, so, thus
- bruscamente
- Abruptly, brusquely, sharply
- Te
- You, yourself (informal object pronoun)
- aconsejo
- I advise, I counsel
- pares
- You stop, you halt (subjunctive)
- ahora
- Now
- mismo
- Same, self, right now
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