Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 8
On various pretexts they all moved off, and Alice was soon left alone.
Con varios pretextos todos se marcharon, y Alicia pronto quedó sola.
"I wish I hadn't mentioned Dinah!" she said to herself in a melancholy tone.
"¡Ojalá no hubiera mencionado a Dinah!" se dijo a sí misma en tono melancólico.
"Nobody seems to like her, down here, and I'm sure she's the best cat in the world!
"Nadie parece quererla, aquí abajo, y estoy segura de que es la mejor gata del mundo!
Oh, my dear Dinah!
¡Oh, mi querida Dinah!
I wonder if I shall ever see you any more!"
¡Me pregunto si volveré a verte alguna vez!"
And here poor Alice began to cry again, for she felt very lonely and low-spirited.
Y entonces la pobre Alicia comenzó a llorar otra vez, porque se sentía muy sola y desanimada.
In a little while, however, she again heard a little pattering of footsteps in the distance, and she looked up eagerly, half hoping that the Mouse had changed his mind, and was coming back to finish his story.
Sin embargo, al poco rato volvió a oír un leve repiqueteo de pasos a lo lejos, y levantó la vista ansiosamente, esperando a medias que el Ratón hubiera cambiado de opinión y estuviera regresando para terminar su historia.
Vocabulary
- Con
- With; accompanying or using something
- varios
- Several; various; more than two but not many
- pretextos
- Pretexts; excuses given to hide real reasons
- todos
- All; everyone; every one of a group
- se
- Reflexive pronoun; himself, herself, themselves, oneself
- marcharon
- They left; they went away; past tense march
- y
- And; conjunction connecting words, phrases, or clauses
- pronto
- Soon; quickly; in a short time
- quedó
- Remained; stayed; was left; past tense quedar
- sola
- Alone; by herself; without company (feminine)
- Ojalá
- I hope; if only; expressing wish
- no
- No; not; negation word
- hubiera
- Had; past subjunctive of haber, expressing hypothesis
- mencionado
- Mentioned; referred to; past participle of mencionar
- a
- To; at; preposition indicating direction or recipient
- dijo
- Said; told; past tense of decir
- sí
- Yes; affirmative response; also means oneself
- misma
- Same; self; herself (feminine form)
- en
- In; on; at; preposition of location
- tono
- Tone; manner of expression; pitch or mood
- melancólico
- Melancholic; sad; showing pensive sadness
- Nadie
- Nobody; no one; not anyone
- parece
- Seems; appears; looks like; present tense parecer
- quererla
- To love her; to want her; infinitive plus pronoun
- aquí
- Here; in this place; at this location
- abajo
- Below; down; downstairs; lower position
- estoy
- I am; first person present of estar
- segura
- Sure; certain; secure; confident (feminine)
- de
- Of; from; about; preposition showing possession
- que
- That; which; conjunction or relative pronoun
- es
- Is; third person singular present of ser
- la
- The; definite article feminine singular
- mejor
- Better; best; superior in quality
- gata
- Cat; female cat; feminine of gato
- del
- Of the; contraction of de plus el
- mundo
- World; earth; globe; entire planet
- mi
- My; possessive adjective first person singular
- querida
- Dear; beloved; darling; loved one (feminine)
- Me
- Me; myself; first person object pronoun
- pregunto
- I wonder; I ask myself; present tense preguntarse
- si
- If; whether; conditional conjunction
- volveré
- I will return; future tense of volver
- verte
- To see you; infinitive ver plus pronoun
- alguna
- Some; any; one; indefinite adjective (feminine)
- vez
- Time; occasion; instance; single occurrence
- Y
- And; conjunction, capitalized form of y
- entonces
- Then; at that time; in that case
- pobre
- Poor; unfortunate; lacking money or resources
- comenzó
- Began; started; past tense of comenzar
- llorar
- To cry; to weep; to shed tears
- otra
- Another; other; different one (feminine)
- porque
- Because; since; for the reason that
- sentía
- Felt; sensed; imperfect tense of sentir
- muy
- Very; quite; extremely; intensifying adverb
- desanimada
- Discouraged; disheartened; lacking spirit (feminine)
- Sin
- Without; lacking; not having
- embargo
- However; nevertheless; usually in phrase sin embargo
- al
- To the; contraction of a plus el
- poco
- Little; not much; small amount
- rato
- While; short time; brief period
- volvió
- Returned; came back; past tense of volver
- oír
- To hear; to listen; infinitive verb
- un
- A; an; indefinite article masculine singular
- leve
- Light; slight; faint; not heavy or strong
- repiqueteo
- Pattering; tapping sound; repeated light noise
- pasos
- Steps; footsteps; paces; plural of paso
- lo
- It; him; masculine direct object pronoun
- lejos
- Far; distant; at a great distance
- levantó
- Raised; lifted up; past tense of levantar
- vista
- Sight; view; gaze; vision or eyes
- ansiosamente
- Anxiously; eagerly; with worry or anticipation
- esperando
- Hoping; waiting; expecting; present participle of esperar
- medias
- Half; stockings; socks; plural of media
- el
- The; definite article masculine singular
- Ratón
- Mouse; small rodent; capitalized as character name
- cambiado
- Changed; altered; past participle of cambiar
- opinión
- Opinion; view; belief or judgment
- estuviera
- Were; was; past subjunctive of estar
- regresando
- Returning; coming back; present participle of regresar
- para
- For; to; in order to; preposition of purpose
- terminar
- To finish; to end; to complete
- su
- His; her; its; their; possessive adjective
- historia
- Story; history; tale or account
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