Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 7
Everything is so out-of-the-way down here, that I should think very likely it can talk: at any rate, there's no harm in trying.
Todo es tan extraño aquí abajo, que me parece muy probable que pueda hablar: en todo caso, no hay ningún daño en intentarlo.
So she began: "O Mouse, do you know the way out of this pool?
Así que comenzó: "Oh Ratón, ¿conoces la salida de este estanque?
I am very tired of swimming about here, O Mouse!"
Estoy muy cansada de nadar por aquí, oh Ratón!"
(Alice thought this must be the right way of speaking to a mouse: she had never done such a thing before, but she remembered having seen in her brother's Latin Grammar, "A mouse—of a mouse—to a mouse—a mouse—O mouse!")
(Alicia pensó que esta debía ser la manera correcta de hablarle a un ratón: nunca había hecho tal cosa antes, pero recordaba haber visto en la Gramática Latina de su hermano, "Un ratón—de un ratón—a un ratón—un ratón—oh ratón!")
The Mouse looked at her rather inquisitively, and seemed to her to wink with one of its little eyes, but it said nothing.
El Ratón la miró con bastante curiosidad, y le pareció que guiñaba uno de sus ojitos, pero no dijo nada.
"Perhaps it doesn't understand English," thought Alice; "I daresay it's a French mouse, come over with William the Conqueror."
"Quizás no entiende inglés," pensó Alicia; "me atrevería a decir que es un ratón francés, venido con Guillermo el Conquistador."
(For, with all her knowledge of history, Alice had no very clear notion how long ago anything had happened.)
(Pues, con todo su conocimiento de historia, Alicia no tenía una noción muy clara de cuánto tiempo atrás había ocurrido algo.)
So she began again: "Où est ma chatte?" which was the first sentence in her French lesson-book.
Así que comenzó otra vez: "Où est ma chatte?" que era la primera oración en su libro de lecciones de francés.
The Mouse gave a sudden leap out of the water, and seemed to quiver all over with fright.
El Ratón dio un salto repentino fuera del agua, y pareció temblar completamente de miedo.
"Oh, I beg your pardon!" cried Alice hastily, afraid that she had hurt the poor animal's feelings.
"¡Oh, le pido perdón!" exclamó Alicia apresuradamente, temiendo haber herido los sentimientos del pobre animal.
"I quite forgot you didn't like cats."
"Olvidé por completo que no te gustan los gatos."
"Not like cats!" cried the Mouse, in a shrill, passionate voice.
"¡Que no me gustan los gatos!" gritó el Ratón, con voz aguda y apasionada.
"Would _you_ like cats if you were me?"
"¿A ti te gustarían los gatos si fueras yo?"
"Well, perhaps not," said Alice in a soothing tone: "don't be angry about it.
"Bueno, quizás no," dijo Alicia en tono tranquilizador: "no te enojes por eso.
Vocabulary
- Todo
- Everything, all
- es
- Is, it is
- tan
- So, as, such
- extraño
- Strange, odd, weird
- aquí
- Here, in this place
- abajo
- Down, below, downstairs
- que
- That, which, than
- me
- Me, to me, myself
- parece
- It seems, appears
- muy
- Very, quite, really
- probable
- Probable, likely
- pueda
- Can, may, be able to (subjunctive)
- hablar
- To speak, to talk
- en
- In, on, at
- todo
- All, every, whole
- caso
- Case, instance, situation
- no
- No, not
- hay
- There is, there are
- ningún
- No, none, not any (masculine)
- daño
- Harm, damage, injury
- intentarlo
- To try it, to attempt it
- Así
- So, thus, like this
- comenzó
- He/she/it began, started
- Oh
- Oh, interjection of surprise
- Ratón
- Mouse
- conoces
- You know, are familiar with
- la
- The (feminine singular)
- salida
- Exit, way out, departure
- de
- Of, from, about
- este
- This (masculine)
- estanque
- Pond, pool
- Estoy
- I am
- cansada
- Tired, weary (feminine)
- nadar
- To swim
- por
- By, for, through, per
- oh
- Oh, interjection
- pensó
- He/she thought, believed
- esta
- This (feminine)
- debía
- Should, ought to, must (imperfect)
- ser
- To be (permanent state)
- manera
- Way, manner, mode
- correcta
- Correct, right, proper
- hablarle
- To speak to him/her/it
- a
- To, at, for
- un
- A, an, one (masculine)
- ratón
- Mouse
- nunca
- Never, not ever
- había
- There was/were; had (imperfect)
- hecho
- Done, made (past participle)
- tal
- Such, so, like that
- cosa
- Thing, object, matter
- antes
- Before, previously, earlier
- pero
- But, however, yet
- recordaba
- He/she remembered, recalled
- haber
- To have (auxiliary verb)
- visto
- Seen (past participle)
- Gramática
- Grammar
- Latina
- Latin (feminine adjective)
- su
- His, her, its, your, their
- hermano
- Brother
- Un
- A, an, one (masculine)
- El
- The (masculine singular); he
- miró
- He/she looked, watched
- con
- With, along with
- bastante
- Quite, enough, rather, fairly
- curiosidad
- Curiosity
- y
- And
- le
- To him/her/it, for him/her
- pareció
- It seemed, appeared (preterite)
- guiñaba
- Was winking, blinked
- uno
- One, someone
- sus
- His, her, its, your, their (plural)
- ojitos
- Little eyes (diminutive)
- dijo
- He/she said, told
- nada
- Nothing, anything
- Quizás
- Perhaps, maybe
- entiende
- He/she understands, comprehends
- inglés
- English (language or adjective)
- atrevería
- Would dare (conditional)
- decir
- To say, to tell
- francés
- French (language or adjective)
- venido
- Come, arrived (past participle)
- el
- The (masculine singular)
- Conquistador
- Conqueror
- Pues
- Well, then, so
- conocimiento
- Knowledge, understanding, awareness
- historia
- History, story
- tenía
- Had, possessed (imperfect)
- una
- A, an, one (feminine)
- noción
- Notion, idea, concept
- clara
- Clear, bright, obvious
- cuánto
- How much, how many
- tiempo
- Time, weather
- atrás
- Back, behind, ago
- ocurrido
- Happened, occurred (past participle)
- algo
- Something, anything, somewhat
- otra
- Other, another (feminine)
- vez
- Time, occasion, turn
- era
- Was, used to be (imperfect)
- primera
- First (feminine)
- oración
- Sentence, prayer
- libro
- Book
- lecciones
- Lessons
- dio
- Gave, he/she gave
- salto
- Jump, leap
- repentino
- Sudden, abrupt, unexpected
- fuera
- Outside, out; were (subjunctive)
- del
- Of the, from the (de + el)
- agua
- Water
- temblar
- To tremble, to shake
- completamente
- Completely, entirely, fully
- miedo
- Fear, fright
- pido
- I ask for, request
- perdón
- Pardon, forgiveness, sorry
- exclamó
- He/she exclaimed, cried out
- apresuradamente
- Hastily, hurriedly, quickly
- temiendo
- Fearing, being afraid (gerund)
- herido
- Hurt, injured, wounded
- los
- The (masculine plural); them
- sentimientos
- Feelings, emotions
- pobre
- Poor, unfortunate
- animal
- Animal
- Olvidé
- I forgot
- completo
- Complete, full, entire
- te
- You, to you, yourself
- gustan
- You like, are pleasing to you
- gatos
- Cats
- Que
- That, which, what
- gritó
- He/she shouted, yelled
- voz
- Voice
- aguda
- High-pitched, acute, sharp
- apasionada
- Passionate, intense
- A
- To, at, for
- ti
- You (after preposition)
- gustarían
- You would like, would be pleasing
- si
- If, whether
- fueras
- You were (imperfect subjunctive)
- yo
- I, me
- Bueno
- Good, well, okay
- quizás
- Perhaps, maybe
- tono
- Tone, pitch
- tranquilizador
- Reassuring, calming, soothing
- enojes
- Get angry, get mad (subjunctive)
- eso
- That, it (neuter)
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