Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 6
she was up to her chin in salt water.
estaba sumergida hasta la barbilla en agua salada.
Her first idea was that she had somehow fallen into the sea, "and in that case I can go back by railway," she said to herself.
Su primera idea fue que de alguna manera había caído al mar, "y en ese caso puedo volver por ferrocarril", se dijo a sí misma.
(Alice had been to the seaside once in her life, and had come to the general conclusion, that wherever you go to on the English coast you find a number of bathing machines in the sea, some children digging in the sand with wooden spades, then a row of lodging houses, and behind them a railway station.)
(Alicia había estado en la playa una vez en su vida, y había llegado a la conclusión general de que dondequiera que vayas en la costa inglesa encuentras varias casetas de baño en el mar, algunos niños cavando en la arena con palas de madera, luego una hilera de casas de huéspedes, y detrás de ellas una estación de ferrocarril.)
However, she soon made out that she was in the pool of tears which she had wept when she was nine feet high.
Sin embargo, pronto se dio cuenta de que estaba en el charco de lágrimas que había derramado cuando medía nueve pies de altura.
"I wish I hadn't cried so much!" said Alice, as she swam about, trying to find her way out.
"¡Ojalá no hubiera llorado tanto!" dijo Alicia, mientras nadaba, tratando de encontrar la salida.
"I shall be punished for it now, I suppose, by being drowned in my own tears!
"¡Supongo que ahora seré castigada por ello, ahogándome en mis propias lágrimas!
That _will_ be a queer thing, to be sure!
¡Eso sí que será una cosa extraña, sin duda!
However, everything is queer to-day."
Sin embargo, todo es extraño hoy."
Just then she heard something splashing about in the pool a little way off, and she swam nearer to make out what it was: at first she thought it must be a walrus or hippopotamus, but then she remembered how small she was now, and she soon made out that it was only a mouse that had slipped in like herself.
Justo entonces oyó algo chapoteando en el charco un poco más allá, y nadó más cerca para distinguir qué era: al principio pensó que debía ser una morsa o un hipopótamo, pero luego recordó lo pequeña que era ahora, y pronto se dio cuenta de que era solo un ratón que había caído como ella.
"Would it be of any use, now," thought Alice, "to speak to this mouse?
"¿Serviría de algo, ahora", pensó Alicia, "hablar con este ratón?
Vocabulary
- estaba
- was (third person singular imperfect of estar)
- sumergida
- submerged, immersed (feminine past participle)
- hasta
- until, up to, even
- la
- the (feminine singular definite article)
- barbilla
- chin
- en
- in, on, at
- agua
- water
- salada
- salty, salted (feminine adjective)
- Su
- his, her, its, their, your (formal possessive)
- primera
- first (feminine adjective)
- idea
- idea
- fue
- was, went (third person singular preterite of ser/ir)
- que
- that, which, who
- de
- of, from, about
- alguna
- some, any (feminine singular indefinite adjective)
- manera
- way, manner
- había
- there was/were; had (imperfect of haber)
- caído
- fallen (past participle of caer)
- al
- to the (contraction of a + el)
- mar
- sea, ocean
- y
- and
- ese
- that (masculine demonstrative adjective)
- caso
- case, situation, instance
- puedo
- I can, I am able to
- volver
- to return, to come back, to turn
- por
- by, for, through, because of
- ferrocarril
- railway, railroad
- se
- reflexive pronoun: himself, herself, itself, themselves
- dijo
- said, told (third person preterite of decir)
- a
- to, at, for
- sí
- yes; oneself, himself, herself (when reflexive)
- misma
- same, self (feminine adjective)
- estado
- state, condition; been (past participle of estar)
- playa
- beach
- una
- a, an, one (feminine singular indefinite article)
- vez
- time, occasion, turn
- su
- his, her, its, their, your (formal possessive)
- vida
- life
- llegado
- arrived, reached (past participle of llegar)
- conclusión
- conclusion
- general
- general, overall
- dondequiera
- wherever, anywhere
- vayas
- you go (subjunctive second person singular of ir)
- costa
- coast, shore
- inglesa
- English (feminine adjective)
- encuentras
- you find, you encounter
- varias
- several, various (feminine plural adjective)
- casetas
- booths, stalls, small houses
- baño
- bath, bathroom, bathing
- el
- the (masculine singular definite article)
- algunos
- some, a few (masculine plural)
- niños
- children, boys
- cavando
- digging (present participle of cavar)
- arena
- sand
- con
- with
- palas
- shovels, spades
- madera
- wood, timber
- luego
- then, later, afterwards
- hilera
- row, line, file
- casas
- houses
- huéspedes
- guests, lodgers
- detrás
- behind, back
- ellas
- they, them (feminine plural pronoun)
- estación
- station, season
- Sin
- without
- embargo
- however (used in sin embargo); embargo, seizure
- pronto
- soon, quickly, early
- dio
- gave (third person preterite of dar)
- cuenta
- account, bill; realization (in darse cuenta)
- charco
- puddle, pool
- lágrimas
- tears (crying)
- derramado
- spilled, shed (past participle of derramar)
- cuando
- when
- medía
- measured, was measuring (imperfect of medir)
- nueve
- nine
- pies
- feet (unit of measurement or body part)
- altura
- height, altitude
- Ojalá
- I wish, if only, hopefully
- no
- no, not
- hubiera
- had, would have (imperfect subjunctive of haber)
- llorado
- cried, wept (past participle of llorar)
- tanto
- so much, as much
- mientras
- while, meanwhile
- nadaba
- was swimming (imperfect of nadar)
- tratando
- trying, treating (present participle of tratar)
- encontrar
- to find, to encounter, to meet
- salida
- exit, departure, way out
- Supongo
- I suppose, I assume
- ahora
- now
- seré
- I will be (future tense of ser)
- castigada
- punished (feminine past participle of castigar)
- ello
- it (neuter pronoun for abstract concepts)
- ahogándome
- drowning myself (present participle with reflexive pronoun)
- mis
- my (plural possessive adjective)
- propias
- own (feminine plural adjective)
- Eso
- that (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
- será
- will be (future tense of ser)
- cosa
- thing
- extraña
- strange, odd (feminine adjective); she misses
- sin
- without
- duda
- doubt
- todo
- all, everything, every
- es
- is (third person singular present of ser)
- extraño
- strange, odd; I miss (masculine adjective/verb)
- hoy
- today
- Justo
- just, fair, exactly, right
- entonces
- then, at that time
- oyó
- heard (third person preterite of oír)
- algo
- something, somewhat
- chapoteando
- splashing (present participle of chapotear)
- un
- a, an, one (masculine singular indefinite article)
- poco
- little, a bit, few
- más
- more, most, plus
- allá
- there, over there
- nadó
- swam (third person preterite of nadar)
- cerca
- near, close, nearby
- para
- for, to, in order to
- distinguir
- to distinguish, to make out, to discern
- qué
- what (question word with accent)
- era
- was, used to be (imperfect of ser)
- principio
- beginning, principle, start
- pensó
- thought (third person preterite of pensar)
- debía
- should, ought to; owed (imperfect of deber)
- ser
- to be (permanent or essential qualities)
- morsa
- walrus
- o
- or
- hipopótamo
- hippopotamus
- pero
- but, however
- recordó
- remembered (third person preterite of recordar)
- lo
- it, him (masculine direct object pronoun)
- pequeña
- small, little (feminine adjective)
- solo
- only, alone, just
- ratón
- mouse
- como
- like, as, how
- ella
- she, her (feminine singular pronoun)
- Serviría
- would serve, would be useful (conditional of servir)
- hablar
- to speak, to talk
- este
- this (masculine demonstrative adjective/pronoun)
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