Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 4
Luckily for Alice, the little magic bottle had now had its full effect, and she grew no larger: still it was very uncomfortable, and, as there seemed to be no sort of chance of her ever getting out of the room again, no wonder she felt unhappy.
Afortunadamente para Alicia, la botellita mágica ya había surtido todo su efecto, y no creció más: aun así era muy incómodo, y, como parecía no haber ninguna posibilidad de salir otra vez de la habitación, no es de extrañar que se sintiera desdichada.
"It was much pleasanter at home," thought poor Alice, "when one wasn't always growing larger and smaller, and being ordered about by mice and rabbits.
"Era mucho más agradable en casa," pensó la pobre Alicia, "cuando una no estaba siempre creciendo y menguando, y recibiendo órdenes de ratones y conejos.
I almost wish I hadn't gone down that rabbit-hole—and yet—and yet—it's rather curious, you know, this sort of life!
Casi desearía no haber bajado por aquella madriguera de conejo—y sin embargo—y sin embargo—¡es bastante curioso, sabes, este tipo de vida!
I do wonder what _can_ have happened to me!
¡Me pregunto qué me habrá podido pasar!
When I used to read fairy-tales, I fancied that kind of thing never happened, and now here I am in the middle of one!
Cuando solía leer cuentos de hadas, pensaba que ese tipo de cosas nunca sucedían, ¡y ahora estoy aquí en medio de uno!
There ought to be a book written about me, that there ought!
¡Debería haber un libro escrito sobre mí, sí que debería!
And when I grow up, I'll write one—but I'm grown up now," she added in a sorrowful tone; "at least there's no room to grow up any more _here_."
Y cuando crezca, escribiré uno—pero ya he crecido ahora," añadió en un tono afligido; "al menos no hay espacio para crecer más aquí."
"But then," thought Alice, "shall I _never_ get any older than I am now?
"Pero entonces," pensó Alicia, "¿nunca seré mayor de lo que soy ahora?
That'll be a comfort, one way—never to be an old woman—but then—always to have lessons to learn!
Eso será un consuelo, en cierto modo—nunca ser una anciana—pero entonces—¡siempre tener lecciones que aprender!
Oh, I shouldn't like _that!_"
¡Oh, eso no me gustaría!"
"Oh, you foolish Alice!" she answered herself.
"¡Oh, Alicia tonta!" se respondió a sí misma.
"How can you learn lessons in here?
"¿Cómo puedes aprender lecciones aquí dentro?
Why, there's hardly room for _you_, and no room at all for any lesson-books!
¡Vaya, apenas hay sitio para ti, y no hay espacio en absoluto para ningún libro de lecciones!
Vocabulary
- Afortunadamente
- Fortunately, luckily
- para
- For, to, in order to
- la
- The (feminine singular definite article)
- botellita
- Little bottle, small bottle
- mágica
- Magical, magic (feminine adjective)
- ya
- Already, now, yet
- había
- Had, there was/were (imperfect of haber)
- surtido
- Produced, taken effect, assorted
- todo
- All, every, entire, whole
- su
- His, her, its, their, your (formal)
- efecto
- Effect, result, impact
- y
- And
- no
- No, not
- creció
- Grew, increased (preterite of crecer)
- más
- More, most, plus
- aun
- Even, still (without accent)
- así
- Thus, so, like this, this way
- era
- Was, used to be (imperfect of ser)
- muy
- Very, quite, really
- incómodo
- Uncomfortable, awkward, inconvenient
- como
- As, like, how, since
- parecía
- Seemed, appeared (imperfect of parecer)
- haber
- To have (auxiliary verb), there to be
- ninguna
- No, none, not any (feminine)
- posibilidad
- Possibility, chance, option
- de
- Of, from, about
- salir
- To leave, go out, exit
- otra
- Other, another (feminine)
- vez
- Time, occasion, turn
- habitación
- Room, bedroom, chamber
- es
- Is (third person singular of ser/estar)
- extrañar
- To miss, find strange, be surprised
- que
- That, which, who, than
- se
- Reflexive pronoun: himself, herself, itself, themselves
- sintiera
- Felt (imperfect subjunctive of sentir)
- desdichada
- Unhappy, miserable, wretched, unfortunate
- Era
- Was, it was (imperfect of ser)
- mucho
- Much, a lot, very much
- agradable
- Pleasant, nice, agreeable, enjoyable
- en
- In, on, at
- casa
- House, home
- pensó
- Thought (preterite of pensar)
- pobre
- Poor, unfortunate, pitiful
- cuando
- When, whenever
- una
- A, an, one (feminine)
- estaba
- Was, was being (imperfect of estar)
- siempre
- Always, forever, all the time
- creciendo
- Growing, increasing (gerund of crecer)
- menguando
- Shrinking, diminishing, waning
- recibiendo
- Receiving, getting (gerund of recibir)
- órdenes
- Orders, commands
- ratones
- Mice, rats (plural)
- conejos
- Rabbits (plural)
- Casi
- Almost, nearly
- desearía
- Would wish, would like (conditional of desear)
- bajado
- Gone down, descended (past participle of bajar)
- por
- By, for, through, along, per
- aquella
- That (feminine, distant demonstrative)
- madriguera
- Burrow, den, warren
- conejo
- Rabbit
- sin
- Without
- embargo
- However (in 'sin embargo'), embargo
- bastante
- Enough, quite, rather, fairly
- curioso
- Curious, strange, odd, unusual
- sabes
- You know (informal second person of saber)
- este
- This (masculine demonstrative)
- tipo
- Type, kind, guy, fellow
- vida
- Life
- Me
- Me, myself (object pronoun)
- pregunto
- I wonder, I ask (first person of preguntar)
- qué
- What, which (with accent)
- me
- Me, to me, myself
- habrá
- Will have, there will be (future perfect haber)
- podido
- Been able to (past participle of poder)
- pasar
- To happen, pass, spend time, go by
- Cuando
- When, whenever
- solía
- Used to (imperfect of soler)
- leer
- To read
- cuentos
- Stories, tales
- hadas
- Fairies
- pensaba
- Thought, was thinking (imperfect of pensar)
- ese
- That (masculine demonstrative)
- cosas
- Things, stuff
- nunca
- Never, ever
- sucedían
- Happened, occurred (imperfect of suceder)
- ahora
- Now, right now
- estoy
- I am (first person present of estar)
- aquí
- Here
- medio
- Half, middle, medium, midst, means
- uno
- One, a, an (masculine)
- Debería
- Should, ought to (conditional of deber)
- un
- A, an, one (masculine indefinite article)
- libro
- Book
- escrito
- Written (past participle of escribir)
- sobre
- About, on, over, above
- mí
- Me (prepositional pronoun with accent)
- sí
- Yes, indeed (with accent)
- debería
- Should, ought to (conditional of deber)
- Y
- And
- crezca
- Grow, may grow (subjunctive of crecer)
- escribiré
- I will write (future of escribir)
- pero
- But, however, yet
- he
- I have (auxiliary verb, present perfect)
- crecido
- Grown, increased (past participle of crecer)
- añadió
- Added, said (preterite of añadir)
- tono
- Tone, pitch, mood
- afligido
- Distressed, afflicted, sorrowful, grieved
- al
- To the (contraction of a + el)
- menos
- Less, fewer, least, at least
- hay
- There is, there are (present of haber)
- espacio
- Space, room, gap
- crecer
- To grow, increase, expand
- Pero
- But, however, yet
- entonces
- Then, so, at that time
- seré
- I will be (future of ser)
- mayor
- Older, greater, bigger, larger, major
- lo
- It, him, the (masculine object pronoun)
- soy
- I am (first person present of ser)
- Eso
- That (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
- será
- Will be (future of ser)
- consuelo
- Consolation, comfort, solace
- cierto
- Certain, sure, true, a certain
- modo
- Way, manner, mode, method
- ser
- To be (permanent/essential characteristics)
- anciana
- Old woman, elderly woman
- tener
- To have, possess, hold
- lecciones
- Lessons, classes
- aprender
- To learn
- eso
- That (neuter demonstrative)
- gustaría
- Would like, would please (conditional of gustar)
- tonta
- Silly, foolish, stupid (feminine)
- respondió
- Responded, answered, replied (preterite of responder)
- a
- To, at, for
- misma
- Same, self (feminine: herself, itself)
- Cómo
- How (with accent, interrogative)
- puedes
- You can, you are able (informal present poder)
- dentro
- Inside, within, in
- Vaya
- Wow, well (interjection); go (subjunctive of ir)
- apenas
- Barely, hardly, scarcely, just
- sitio
- Place, space, room, site
- ti
- You (prepositional pronoun, informal)
- absoluto
- Absolute, complete, utter
- ningún
- No, not any (masculine before noun)
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