Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 8
And yet I wish I could show you our cat Dinah: I think you'd take a fancy to cats if you could only see her.
Y sin embargo, me gustaría poder mostrarte a nuestra gata Dinah: creo que te aficionarías a los gatos si pudieras verla.
cried Alice again, for this time the Mouse was bristling all over, and she felt certain it must be really offended.
gritó Alicia otra vez, porque esta vez el Ratón estaba erizado por todas partes, y ella sintió la certeza de que debía estar realmente ofendido.
We won't talk about her any more if you'd rather not.
No hablaremos más de ella si prefiere que no lo hagamos.
As if _I_ would talk on such a subject!
¡Como si yo fuera a hablar de semejante tema!
Our family always _hated_ cats: nasty, low, vulgar things!
Nuestra familia siempre odió a los gatos: ¡cosas desagradables, bajas, vulgares!
Don't let me hear the name again!
¡No me deje oír ese nombre otra vez!
Are you—are you fond—of—of dogs?
¿Le gustan—le gustan—los—los perros?
A little bright-eyed terrier, you know, with oh, such long curly brown hair!
Un pequeño terrier de ojos brillantes, ¿sabes?, ¡con oh, un pelo castaño tan largo y rizado!
Vocabulary
- Y
- And; conjunction connecting words or clauses
- sin
- Without; lacking something
- embargo
- However; nevertheless (used in 'sin embargo')
- me
- Me; first person singular indirect object pronoun
- gustaría
- Would like; conditional form of gustar
- poder
- To be able to; can; to have power
- mostrarte
- To show you; infinitive with attached pronoun
- a
- To; at; preposition indicating direction or indirect object
- nuestra
- Our; feminine possessive adjective
- gata
- Female cat; feminine form of cat
- creo
- I believe; I think; first person present tense
- que
- That; which; relative pronoun or conjunction
- te
- You; second person singular object pronoun
- aficionarías
- You would become fond of; conditional tense
- los
- The; masculine plural definite article
- gatos
- Cats; plural of male or mixed gender cats
- si
- If; conditional conjunction
- pudieras
- You could; imperfect subjunctive of poder
- verla
- To see her/it; infinitive with feminine pronoun attached
- gritó
- Shouted; screamed; third person preterite of gritar
- otra
- Another; other; feminine form
- vez
- Time; occasion; instance
- porque
- Because; conjunction showing cause
- esta
- This; feminine demonstrative adjective or pronoun
- el
- The; masculine singular definite article
- Ratón
- Mouse; capitalized as character name
- estaba
- Was; imperfect tense of estar
- erizado
- Bristled; standing on end (hair, fur)
- por
- By; for; through; preposition with multiple meanings
- todas
- All; every; feminine plural form
- partes
- Parts; places; sides
- y
- And; conjunction connecting words or clauses
- ella
- She; her; third person feminine pronoun
- sintió
- Felt; third person preterite of sentir
- la
- The; her; feminine singular article or pronoun
- certeza
- Certainty; assurance; confidence
- de
- Of; from; about; preposition showing possession or origin
- debía
- Should; ought to; imperfect of deber
- estar
- To be; temporary state or location
- realmente
- Really; actually; truly
- ofendido
- Offended; insulted; past participle
- No
- No; not; negation word
- hablaremos
- We will speak; future tense of hablar
- más
- More; most; anymore
- prefiere
- Prefers; third person present of preferir
- no
- No; not; negation adverb
- lo
- It; him; masculine singular object pronoun
- hagamos
- We do; let's do; present subjunctive of hacer
- Como
- As if; like; how
- yo
- I; first person singular subject pronoun
- fuera
- Were; was; imperfect subjunctive of ser/ir
- hablar
- To speak; to talk; infinitive verb
- semejante
- Such; similar; like that
- tema
- Topic; theme; subject
- Nuestra
- Our; feminine possessive adjective, capitalized
- familia
- Family; relatives
- siempre
- Always; ever; all the time
- odió
- Hated; third person preterite of odiar
- cosas
- Things; stuff; objects
- desagradables
- Unpleasant; disagreeable; offensive
- bajas
- Low; base; vulgar; feminine plural
- vulgares
- Vulgar; common; coarse
- deje
- Stop; let; present subjunctive of dejar
- oír
- To hear; infinitive verb
- ese
- That; masculine demonstrative adjective
- nombre
- Name; noun
- Le
- To him/her/you; indirect object pronoun
- gustan
- Please; are pleasing to; third person plural gustar
- perros
- Dogs; plural of perro
- Un
- A; an; masculine singular indefinite article
- pequeño
- Small; little; tiny
- ojos
- Eyes; plural of ojo
- brillantes
- Bright; brilliant; shiny
- sabes
- You know; second person present of saber
- con
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment
- un
- A; an; masculine singular indefinite article
- pelo
- Hair; fur; strand
- castaño
- Brown; chestnut colored
- tan
- So; such; as; adverb of degree
- largo
- Long; lengthy
- rizado
- Curly; wavy; past participle of rizar
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