Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 9
And it'll fetch things when you throw them, and it'll sit up and beg for its dinner, and all sorts of things—I can't remember half of them—and it belongs to a farmer, you know, and he says it's so useful, it's worth a hundred pounds!
Y trae cosas cuando se las lanzas, y se sienta y mendiga su cena, y toda clase de cosas—no puedo recordar ni la mitad—y pertenece a un granjero, sabes, y él dice que es tan útil, que vale cien libras!
He says it kills all the rats and—oh dear!
Dice que mata todas las ratas y—¡oh, cielos!
For the Mouse was swimming away from her as hard as it could go, and making quite a commotion in the pool as it went.
Pues el Ratón se alejaba nadando de ella tan rápido como podía, y haciendo bastante conmoción en el estanque mientras se iba.
It was high time to go, for the pool was getting quite crowded with the birds and animals that had fallen into it: there were a Duck and a Dodo, a Lory and an Eaglet, and several other curious creatures.
Era hora de irse, pues el estanque se estaba llenando bastante con las aves y animales que habían caído en él: había un Pato y un Dodo, un Loro y un Aguilucho, y varias otras criaturas curiosas.
Alice led the way, and the whole party swam to the shore.
Alicia encabezó el camino, y todo el grupo nadó hacia la orilla.
Vocabulary
- Y
- And; conjunction connecting words, phrases, or clauses
- trae
- Brings; third person singular present of traer
- cosas
- Things; plural of cosa, general objects or matters
- cuando
- When; conjunction indicating time or condition
- se
- Reflexive pronoun; himself, herself, itself, themselves
- las
- The; feminine plural definite article
- lanzas
- Spears; or second person singular of lanzar, to throw
- y
- And; conjunction connecting words, phrases, or clauses
- sienta
- Sits or feels; subjunctive or formal command of sentar/sentir
- mendiga
- Beggar; feminine noun or verb form of mendigar
- su
- His, her, its, their; possessive adjective
- cena
- Dinner; evening meal or supper
- toda
- All, entire, whole; feminine singular form of todo
- clase
- Class, type, kind; category or classroom
- de
- Of, from; preposition indicating possession or origin
- no
- No, not; negation adverb
- puedo
- I can; first person singular present of poder
- recordar
- To remember, to recall; infinitive verb
- ni
- Nor, not even; negative conjunction
- la
- The; feminine singular definite article
- mitad
- Half; one of two equal parts
- pertenece
- Belongs; third person singular present of pertenecer
- a
- To, at; preposition indicating direction or location
- un
- A, an; masculine singular indefinite article
- granjero
- Farmer; person who works on a farm
- sabes
- You know; second person singular present of saber
- él
- He; third person singular masculine subject pronoun
- dice
- Says, tells; third person singular present of decir
- que
- That, which, who; relative pronoun or conjunction
- es
- Is; third person singular present of ser
- tan
- So, as, such; adverb of degree
- útil
- Useful, helpful; adjective describing utility
- vale
- Is worth; third person singular present of valer
- cien
- One hundred; number 100
- libras
- Pounds; unit of weight or British currency
- Dice
- Says, tells; third person singular present of decir
- mata
- Kills; third person singular present of matar
- todas
- All; feminine plural form of todo
- ratas
- Rats; plural of rata, rodent pest
- oh
- Oh; interjection expressing surprise or emotion
- cielos
- Heavens, skies; plural of cielo, often exclamation
- Pues
- Well, then, so; conjunction or filler word
- el
- The; masculine singular definite article
- Ratón
- Mouse; small rodent, often capitalized as character name
- alejaba
- Was moving away; imperfect tense of alejar
- nadando
- Swimming; gerund of nadar
- ella
- She; third person singular feminine subject pronoun
- rápido
- Fast, quick; adjective or adverb describing speed
- como
- As, like, how; conjunction or adverb of comparison
- podía
- Could, was able; imperfect tense of poder
- haciendo
- Doing, making; gerund of hacer
- bastante
- Enough, quite, fairly; adjective or adverb of quantity
- conmoción
- Commotion, disturbance; noise or upheaval
- en
- In, on, at; preposition indicating location
- estanque
- Pond; small body of still water
- mientras
- While, meanwhile; conjunction indicating simultaneous action
- iba
- Was going; imperfect tense of ir
- Era
- Was; imperfect tense of ser
- hora
- Hour, time; unit of time or moment
- irse
- To leave, to go away; reflexive infinitive of ir
- pues
- Because, since, well; conjunction showing cause or emphasis
- estaba
- Was; imperfect tense of estar
- llenando
- Filling; gerund of llenar
- con
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment or means
- aves
- Birds; plural of ave
- animales
- Animals; plural of animal
- habían
- Had; imperfect tense of haber, auxiliary verb
- caído
- Fallen; past participle of caer
- había
- There was, there were; imperfect tense of haber
- Pato
- Duck; waterfowl, often capitalized as character name
- Loro
- Parrot; tropical bird, often capitalized as character name
- varias
- Several, various; feminine plural of vario
- otras
- Other; feminine plural of otro
- criaturas
- Creatures; plural of criatura, living beings
- curiosas
- Curious, strange; feminine plural of curioso
- encabezó
- Led, headed; preterite tense of encabezar
- camino
- Path, way, road; noun or verb form
- todo
- All, every, whole; masculine singular adjective
- grupo
- Group; collection of people or things
- nadó
- Swam; preterite tense of nadar
- hacia
- Toward, to; preposition indicating direction
- orilla
- Shore, bank, edge; border of water body
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