Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 3
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)
- sé
- 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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