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English → Spanish CHAPTER II. Level 4/10

Alice took up the fan and gloves, and, as the hall was very hot, she kept fanning herself all the time she went on talking: "Dear, dear!

Alicia tomó el abanico y los guantes, y, como el vestíbulo estaba muy caliente, se abanicó todo el tiempo mientras seguía hablando: "¡Vaya, vaya!

How queer everything is to-day!

¡Qué extraño está todo hoy!

And yesterday things went on just as usual.

Y ayer las cosas sucedían como siempre.

I wonder if I've been changed in the night?

Me pregunto si he sido cambiada durante la noche.

Let me think: was I the same when I got up this morning?

Déjame pensar: ¿era yo la misma cuando me levanté esta mañana?

I almost think I can remember feeling a little different.

Casi creo que puedo recordar haberme sentido un poco diferente.

But if I'm not the same, the next question is, Who in the world am I?

Pero si no soy la misma, la siguiente pregunta es: ¿Quién en el mundo soy yo?

Ah, _that's_ the great puzzle!"

¡Ah, ese es el gran enigma!"

And she began thinking over all the children she knew that were of the same age as herself, to see if she could have been changed for any of them.

Y comenzó a pensar en todos los niños que conocía que tenían su misma edad, para ver si podría haber sido cambiada por alguno de ellos.

"I'm sure I'm not Ada," she said, "for her hair goes in such long ringlets, and mine doesn't go in ringlets at all; and I'm sure I can't be Mabel, for I know all sorts of things, and she, oh!

"Estoy segura de que no soy Ada", dijo, "porque su cabello cae en rizos tan largos, y el mío no cae en rizos en absoluto; y estoy segura de que no puedo ser Mabel, porque yo sé toda clase de cosas, y ella, ¡oh!

she knows such a very little!

ella sabe tan poco!

Besides, _she's_ she, and _I'm_ I, and—oh dear, how puzzling it all is!

Además, ella es ella, y yo soy yo, y—¡ay, qué desconcertante es todo esto!

I'll try if I know all the things I used to know.

Probaré si sé todas las cosas que solía saber.

Let me see: four times five is twelve, and four times six is thirteen, and four times seven is—oh dear!

Veamos: cuatro por cinco es doce, y cuatro por seis es trece, y cuatro por siete es—¡ay, no!

I shall never get to twenty at that rate!

¡Nunca llegaré a veinte a ese ritmo!

However, the Multiplication Table doesn't signify: let's try Geography.

Sin embargo, la Tabla de Multiplicar no importa: probemos con Geografía.

Vocabulary

tomó
took, grabbed (past tense of tomar)
el
the (masculine singular definite article)
abanico
fan (handheld object for cooling)
y
and (conjunction)
los
the (masculine plural definite article)
guantes
gloves (hand coverings)
como
as, like, since (conjunction or comparison)
vestíbulo
hall, lobby, vestibule (entrance room)
estaba
was, used to be (imperfect of estar)
muy
very, quite (adverb of intensity)
caliente
hot, warm (temperature adjective)
se
herself, himself, itself (reflexive pronoun)
abanicó
fanned (past tense of abanicar)
todo
all, every, whole (adjective or pronoun)
tiempo
time, weather (noun)
mientras
while, meanwhile (conjunction)
seguía
continued, was continuing (imperfect of seguir)
hablando
speaking, talking (gerund of hablar)
Vaya
wow, well, go (exclamation or subjunctive of ir)
vaya
wow, well, go (exclamation or subjunctive of ir)
Qué
what, how (exclamatory or interrogative pronoun)
extraño
strange, odd, weird (adjective)
está
is, are (present tense of estar)
hoy
today (adverb of time)
Y
and (conjunction, capitalized)
ayer
yesterday (adverb of time)
las
the (feminine plural definite article)
cosas
things, stuff (plural of cosa)
sucedían
happened, were happening (imperfect of suceder)
siempre
always, ever (adverb of frequency)
Me
me, myself (object or reflexive pronoun)
pregunto
wonder, ask myself (present tense of preguntarse)
si
if, whether (conjunction)
he
have (present perfect auxiliary verb, first person)
sido
been (past participle of ser)
cambiada
changed (feminine past participle of cambiar)
durante
during, for (preposition of time)
la
the (feminine singular definite article)
noche
night, evening (noun)
Déjame
let me, allow me (imperative plus pronoun)
pensar
think, consider (infinitive verb)
era
was, used to be (imperfect of ser)
yo
I (subject pronoun, first person singular)
misma
same, self (feminine form of mismo)
cuando
when (conjunction or adverb of time)
me
me, myself (object or reflexive pronoun)
levanté
got up, stood up (preterite of levantarse)
esta
this (feminine demonstrative adjective)
mañana
morning, tomorrow (noun or adverb)
Casi
almost, nearly (adverb of degree)
creo
believe, think (present tense of creer)
que
that, which, than (conjunction or relative pronoun)
puedo
can, am able to (present of poder)
recordar
remember, recall (infinitive verb)
haberme
having (perfect infinitive with reflexive pronoun)
sentido
felt, sense, meaning (past participle or noun)
un
a, an (masculine singular indefinite article)
poco
little, bit, few (adverb or adjective)
diferente
different, distinct (adjective)
Pero
but, however (conjunction)
no
no, not (negation adverb)
soy
am (present tense of ser, first person)
siguiente
next, following (adjective)
pregunta
question, ask (noun or verb)
es
is (present tense of ser, third person)
Quién
who, whom (interrogative pronoun)
en
in, on, at (preposition of place)
mundo
world (noun)
Ah
ah, oh (interjection expressing realization)
ese
that (masculine demonstrative adjective or pronoun)
gran
great, big, large (apocopated form of grande)
enigma
enigma, mystery, puzzle (noun)
comenzó
began, started (preterite of comenzar)
a
to, at (preposition)
todos
all, every, everyone (plural of todo)
niños
children, boys (plural of niño)
conocía
knew, was acquainted with (imperfect of conocer)
tenían
had, used to have (imperfect of tener)
su
his, her, its, their (possessive adjective)
edad
age (noun)
para
for, to, in order to (preposition)
ver
see, watch (infinitive verb)
podría
could, might, would be able (conditional of poder)
haber
have, there to be (auxiliary or impersonal verb)
por
by, for, through, per (preposition)
alguno
some, any, someone (indefinite pronoun or adjective)
de
of, from, about (preposition)
ellos
they, them (masculine plural pronoun)
Estoy
am (present tense of estar, first person)
segura
sure, certain, safe (feminine form of seguro)
dijo
said, told (preterite of decir)
porque
because (conjunction showing cause)
cabello
hair (on head)
cae
falls, drops (present tense of caer)
rizos
curls, ringlets (plural of rizo)
tan
so, as, such (adverb of comparison)
largos
long, lengthy (plural masculine of largo)
mío
mine (masculine possessive pronoun)
absoluto
absolute, complete, total (adjective)
estoy
am (present tense of estar, first person)
ser
be, to be (infinitive verb)
know, I know (present of saber)
toda
all, every, whole (feminine form of todo)
clase
class, kind, type, lesson (noun)
ella
she, her (subject pronoun, third person feminine)
oh
oh (interjection expressing emotion)
sabe
knows, know (present tense of saber)
Además
besides, moreover, furthermore (adverb)
ay
oh, ouch, alas (interjection expressing pain)
qué
what, how (exclamatory or interrogative)
desconcertante
disconcerting, puzzling, bewildering (adjective)
esto
this (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
Probaré
will try, will test (future of probar)
todas
all, every (feminine plural of todo)
solía
used to, was accustomed to (imperfect of soler)
saber
know, know how to (infinitive verb)
Veamos
let's see (first person plural subjunctive of ver)
cuatro
four (cardinal number)
cinco
five (cardinal number)
doce
twelve (cardinal number)
seis
six (cardinal number)
trece
thirteen (cardinal number)
siete
seven (cardinal number)
Nunca
never, ever (adverb of negation)
llegaré
will arrive, will reach (future of llegar)
veinte
twenty (cardinal number)
ritmo
rhythm, pace, rate (noun)
Sin
without (preposition)
embargo
however, nevertheless (used in sin embargo)
Tabla
table, chart, board (noun)
Multiplicar
multiplication, to multiply (noun or infinitive)
importa
matters, imports, cares (present of importar)
probemos
let's try, let's test (subjunctive of probar)
con
with (preposition)
Geografía
geography (academic subject or field)
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