Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 10
She generally gave herself very good advice, (though she very seldom followed it), and sometimes she scolded herself so severely as to bring tears into her eyes; and once she remembered trying to box her own ears for having cheated herself in a game of croquet she was playing against herself, for this curious child was very fond of pretending to be two people.
Generalmente se daba muy buenos consejos a sí misma, (aunque muy rara vez los seguía), y a veces se regañaba tan severamente que se le saltaban las lágrimas; y una vez recordó haber intentado darse de bofetadas por haberse hecho trampa a sí misma en un juego de croquet que estaba jugando contra sí misma, pues esta niña curiosa era muy aficionada a fingir ser dos personas.
"But it's no use now," thought poor Alice, "to pretend to be two people!
"Pero no tiene caso ahora", pensó la pobre Alicia, "fingir ser dos personas!
Why, there's hardly enough of me left to make _one_ respectable person!"
Vaya, apenas queda lo suficiente de mí para hacer _una_ persona respetable!"
Soon her eye fell on a little glass box that was lying under the table: she opened it, and found in it a very small cake, on which the words "EAT ME" were beautifully marked in currants.
Pronto su mirada cayó sobre una cajita de cristal que estaba bajo la mesa: la abrió, y encontró en ella un pastelito muy pequeño, en el cual las palabras "CÓMEME" estaban bellamente marcadas con pasas.
"Well, I'll eat it," said Alice, "and if it makes me grow larger, I can reach the key; and if it makes me grow smaller, I can creep under the door; so either way I'll get into the garden, and I don't care which happens!"
"Bueno, me lo comeré", dijo Alicia, "y si me hace crecer más, podré alcanzar la llave; y si me hace encoger, podré deslizarme bajo la puerta; así que de cualquier manera entraré al jardín, y no me importa cuál ocurra!"
She ate a little bit, and said anxiously to herself, "Which way?
Comió un poquito, y se dijo ansiosamente a sí misma, "¿Hacia dónde?
Which way?
¿Hacia dónde?
Vocabulary
- Generalmente
- Generally, usually, typically
- se
- Reflexive pronoun: oneself, himself, herself, themselves
- daba
- Past imperfect of dar: gave, used to give
- muy
- Very, quite
- buenos
- Good, kind (masculine plural adjective)
- consejos
- Advice, counsel, tips (plural noun)
- a
- To, at, for (preposition)
- sí
- Yes; oneself, himself, herself (with preposition)
- misma
- Same, self (feminine adjective)
- aunque
- Although, even though, though
- rara
- Rare, strange, odd (feminine adjective)
- vez
- Time, occasion, instance
- los
- The, them (masculine plural article/pronoun)
- seguía
- Past imperfect of seguir: followed, continued, used to follow
- y
- And (conjunction)
- veces
- Times, occasions (plural of vez)
- regañaba
- Past imperfect of regañar: scolded, used to scold
- tan
- So, such, as (adverb)
- severamente
- Severely, harshly, strictly
- que
- That, which, who (conjunction/relative pronoun)
- le
- To him, to her, indirect object pronoun
- saltaban
- Past imperfect of saltar: jumped, leaped, were jumping
- las
- The, them (feminine plural article/pronoun)
- lágrimas
- Tears (from crying)
- una
- One, a, an (feminine article/number)
- recordó
- Preterite of recordar: remembered, recalled
- haber
- To have (auxiliary verb for compound tenses)
- intentado
- Past participle of intentar: tried, attempted
- darse
- Reflexive infinitive: to give oneself, to hit oneself
- de
- Of, from, about (preposition)
- bofetadas
- Slaps, smacks (plural noun)
- por
- For, by, through, because of (preposition)
- haberse
- Reflexive infinitive of haber: to have (done to oneself)
- hecho
- Past participle of hacer: done, made
- trampa
- Trap, trick, cheating
- en
- In, on, at (preposition)
- un
- A, an, one (masculine article)
- juego
- Game, play, set
- estaba
- Past imperfect of estar: was, used to be
- jugando
- Gerund of jugar: playing
- contra
- Against, versus (preposition)
- pues
- Well, then, because, since
- esta
- This (feminine demonstrative adjective/pronoun)
- niña
- Girl, child (feminine noun)
- curiosa
- Curious, inquisitive (feminine adjective)
- era
- Past imperfect of ser: was, used to be
- aficionada
- Fan, enthusiast, fond of (feminine adjective)
- fingir
- To pretend, to fake, to feign
- ser
- To be (permanent/essential characteristics)
- dos
- Two (number)
- personas
- People, persons (plural noun)
- Pero
- But, however (conjunction)
- no
- No, not (negation)
- tiene
- Present of tener: has, have
- caso
- Case, instance, situation, point
- ahora
- Now, right now (adverb)
- pensó
- Preterite of pensar: thought
- la
- The, her, it (feminine article/pronoun)
- pobre
- Poor, unfortunate (adjective)
- Vaya
- Present subjunctive of ir: go; interjection: well, goodness
- apenas
- Barely, hardly, scarcely, just
- queda
- Present of quedar: remains, stays, is left
- lo
- It, him, the (masculine pronoun/article)
- suficiente
- Enough, sufficient (adjective/noun)
- mí
- Me (prepositional pronoun after preposition)
- para
- For, to, in order to (preposition)
- hacer
- To do, to make
- persona
- Person, individual (noun)
- respetable
- Respectable, decent (adjective)
- Pronto
- Soon, quickly, promptly
- su
- His, her, its, their, your (possessive)
- mirada
- Gaze, look, glance
- cayó
- Preterite of caer: fell, dropped
- sobre
- On, over, about, upon (preposition)
- cajita
- Little box, small box (diminutive)
- cristal
- Crystal, glass (noun)
- bajo
- Under, below, beneath (preposition); low (adjective)
- mesa
- Table, desk
- abrió
- Preterite of abrir: opened
- encontró
- Preterite of encontrar: found, encountered
- ella
- She, her, it (feminine pronoun)
- pastelito
- Little cake, small pastry (diminutive)
- pequeño
- Small, little, tiny (adjective)
- el
- The (masculine singular article)
- cual
- Which, who (relative pronoun)
- palabras
- Words (plural noun)
- CÓMEME
- Eat me (imperative of comer with pronoun)
- estaban
- Past imperfect of estar: were, used to be
- bellamente
- Beautifully, prettily (adverb)
- marcadas
- Marked, written (feminine plural past participle)
- con
- With (preposition)
- pasas
- Raisins; present of pasar: pass, happen
- Bueno
- Well, good, okay (adjective/interjection)
- me
- Me, myself (pronoun)
- comeré
- Future of comer: will eat
- dijo
- Preterite of decir: said, told
- si
- If, whether (conjunction)
- hace
- Present of hacer: makes, does, causes
- crecer
- To grow, to increase
- más
- More, most, plus (adverb)
- podré
- Future of poder: will be able to
- alcanzar
- To reach, to achieve, to attain
- llave
- Key (for locks)
- encoger
- To shrink, to contract, to shrug
- deslizarme
- Reflexive infinitive: to slip, to slide myself
- puerta
- Door, gate
- así
- So, thus, like this, this way
- cualquier
- Any, whichever (adjective before noun)
- manera
- Way, manner, mode
- entraré
- Future of entrar: will enter, will go in
- al
- Contraction of a + el: to the
- jardín
- Garden, yard
- importa
- Present of importar: matters, is important
- cuál
- Which, what (interrogative/exclamatory pronoun)
- ocurra
- Present subjunctive of ocurrir: occurs, happens
- Comió
- Preterite of comer: ate
- poquito
- A little bit, tiny amount (diminutive)
- ansiosamente
- Anxiously, eagerly (adverb)
- Hacia
- Toward, towards (preposition)
- dónde
- Where (interrogative/exclamatory adverb)
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