Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 2
Which brought them back again to the beginning of the conversation.
Lo cual los llevó de nuevo al principio de la conversación.
Alice felt a little irritated at the Caterpillar's making such _very_ short remarks, and she drew herself up and said, very gravely, "I think, you ought to tell me who _you_ are, first."
Alicia se sintió un poco irritada por los comentarios tan _muy_ breves de la Oruga, y se irguió y dijo, muy gravemente, "Creo que _usted_ debería decirme quién es primero."
"Why?" said the Caterpillar.
"¿Por qué?" dijo la Oruga.
Here was another puzzling question; and as Alice could not think of any good reason, and as the Caterpillar seemed to be in a _very_ unpleasant state of mind, she turned away.
He aquí otra pregunta desconcertante; y como Alicia no podía pensar en ninguna buena razón, y como la Oruga parecía estar de un humor _muy_ desagradable, se dio la vuelta.
"Come back!" the Caterpillar called after her. "I've something important to say!"
"¡Vuelve!" la llamó la Oruga. "¡Tengo algo importante que decir!"
This sounded promising, certainly: Alice turned and came back again.
Esto sonaba prometedor, ciertamente: Alicia se volvió y regresó de nuevo.
"Keep your temper," said the Caterpillar.
"Controla tu genio," dijo la Oruga.
"Is that all?" said Alice, swallowing down her anger as well as she could.
"¿Eso es todo?" dijo Alicia, tragándose su enojo lo mejor que pudo.
"No," said the Caterpillar.
"No," dijo la Oruga.
Alice thought she might as well wait, as she had nothing else to do, and perhaps after all it might tell her something worth hearing.
Alicia pensó que bien podría esperar, ya que no tenía nada más que hacer, y quizás después de todo podría decirle algo que valiera la pena escuchar.
For some minutes it puffed away without speaking, but at last it unfolded its arms, took the hookah out of its mouth again, and said, "So you think you're changed, do you?"
Durante algunos minutos dio bocanadas sin hablar, pero por fin descruzó los brazos, se quitó la pipa de agua de la boca otra vez, y dijo, "Así que crees que has cambiado, ¿verdad?"
"I'm afraid I am, sir," said Alice; "I can't remember things as I used—and I don't keep the same size for ten minutes together!"
"Me temo que sí, señor," dijo Alicia; "¡No puedo recordar las cosas como solía—y no mantengo el mismo tamaño ni diez minutos seguidos!"
"Can't remember _what_ things?" said the Caterpillar.
"¿No puedes recordar _qué_ cosas?" dijo la Oruga.
"Well, I've tried to say "How doth the little busy bee," but it all came different!" Alice replied in a very melancholy voice.
"Bueno, he intentado decir "Cómo trabaja la abejita laboriosa," ¡pero me salió todo diferente!" respondió Alicia con voz muy melancólica.
Vocabulary
- Lo
- It, him (masculine direct object pronoun)
- cual
- which, what (relative pronoun)
- los
- the (masculine plural definite article)
- llevó
- carried, took, led (preterite of llevar)
- de
- of, from (preposition)
- nuevo
- new, again (adjective/adverb)
- al
- to the (contraction of a + el)
- principio
- beginning, start, principle
- la
- the (feminine singular definite article)
- conversación
- conversation, talk
- se
- herself, himself, themselves (reflexive pronoun)
- sintió
- felt (preterite of sentir)
- un
- a, an (masculine indefinite article)
- poco
- little, bit, few
- irritada
- irritated, annoyed (feminine adjective)
- por
- by, for, through (preposition)
- comentarios
- comments, remarks
- tan
- so, such, as (adverb of degree)
- muy
- very, quite (adverb)
- breves
- brief, short (plural adjective)
- Oruga
- Caterpillar (proper name or caterpillar)
- y
- and (conjunction)
- irguió
- straightened up, stood erect (preterite of erguir)
- dijo
- said, told (preterite of decir)
- muy
- very, quite (adverb)
- gravemente
- seriously, gravely (adverb)
- Creo
- I believe, I think (present of creer)
- que
- that, which, what (conjunction/relative pronoun)
- usted
- you (formal singular pronoun)
- debería
- should, ought to (conditional of deber)
- decirme
- to tell me (infinitive decir + me)
- quién
- who, whom (interrogative pronoun)
- es
- is (third person singular of ser)
- primero
- first, firstly (adjective/adverb)
- Por
- by, for, through (preposition)
- qué
- why, what (interrogative)
- He
- I have (present of haber, auxiliary verb)
- aquí
- here (adverb of place)
- otra
- another, other (feminine adjective)
- pregunta
- question, query
- desconcertante
- disconcerting, puzzling, bewildering
- como
- as, like, how (conjunction/adverb)
- no
- no, not (negation adverb)
- podía
- could, was able to (imperfect of poder)
- pensar
- to think, to consider
- en
- in, on, at (preposition)
- ninguna
- none, not any (feminine negative adjective)
- buena
- good (feminine adjective)
- razón
- reason, cause
- parecía
- seemed, appeared (imperfect of parecer)
- estar
- to be (location/temporary state verb)
- humor
- mood, humor
- desagradable
- unpleasant, disagreeable
- dio
- gave (preterite of dar)
- vuelta
- turn, return, lap
- Vuelve
- come back, return (imperative of volver)
- llamó
- called, shouted (preterite of llamar)
- Tengo
- I have (present of tener)
- algo
- something, anything (indefinite pronoun)
- importante
- important (adjective)
- decir
- to say, to tell
- Esto
- this (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
- sonaba
- sounded (imperfect of sonar)
- prometedor
- promising (adjective)
- ciertamente
- certainly, surely (adverb)
- volvió
- returned, came back (preterite of volver)
- regresó
- returned, came back (preterite of regresar)
- Controla
- control, manage (imperative of controlar)
- tu
- your (informal possessive adjective)
- genio
- temper, genius
- Eso
- that (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
- todo
- all, everything, whole
- tragándose
- swallowing (gerund of tragarse, reflexive)
- su
- his, her, its, their (possessive adjective)
- enojo
- anger, annoyance
- lo
- it, him (masculine direct object pronoun)
- mejor
- better, best (comparative/superlative adjective)
- pudo
- could, was able to (preterite of poder)
- No
- no, not (negation)
- pensó
- thought, considered (preterite of pensar)
- bien
- well, good (adverb)
- podría
- could, might (conditional of poder)
- esperar
- to wait, to hope, to expect
- ya
- already, now, yet (adverb)
- tenía
- had (imperfect of tener)
- nada
- nothing, anything (negative pronoun)
- más
- more, most, plus
- hacer
- to do, to make
- quizás
- perhaps, maybe (adverb)
- después
- after, later, afterwards (adverb)
- decirle
- to tell him/her (infinitive decir + le)
- valiera
- was worth (imperfect subjunctive of valer)
- pena
- pity, sorrow, penalty, trouble
- escuchar
- to listen, to hear
- Durante
- during, for (preposition)
- algunos
- some, a few (plural adjective)
- minutos
- minutes
- bocanadas
- puffs, mouthfuls, gusts
- sin
- without (preposition)
- hablar
- to speak, to talk
- pero
- but, however (conjunction)
- fin
- end, finish
- descruzó
- uncrossed (preterite of descruzar)
- brazos
- arms
- quitó
- removed, took off (preterite of quitar)
- pipa
- pipe (for smoking)
- agua
- water
- boca
- mouth
- vez
- time, occasion, turn
- Así
- so, thus, like this (adverb)
- crees
- you believe, you think (present of creer)
- has
- you have (present of haber, auxiliary)
- cambiado
- changed (past participle of cambiar)
- verdad
- truth, true
- Me
- me, myself (object/reflexive pronoun)
- temo
- I fear, I'm afraid (present of temer)
- sí
- yes (affirmation)
- señor
- sir, mister, gentleman
- puedo
- I can, I am able (present of poder)
- recordar
- to remember, to recall
- las
- the (feminine plural definite article)
- cosas
- things, stuff
- solía
- used to, was accustomed to (imperfect of soler)
- mantengo
- I maintain, I keep (present of mantener)
- el
- the (masculine singular definite article)
- mismo
- same, self (adjective)
- tamaño
- size
- ni
- nor, neither, not even (conjunction)
- diez
- ten (number)
- seguidos
- consecutive, in a row (plural adjective)
- puedes
- you can, you are able (present of poder)
- qué
- what, which (interrogative)
- Bueno
- well, good, okay (interjection/adjective)
- he
- I have (present of haber, auxiliary)
- intentado
- tried, attempted (past participle of intentar)
- Cómo
- how (interrogative adverb)
- trabaja
- works, labors (present of trabajar)
- abejita
- little bee (diminutive of abeja)
- laboriosa
- hardworking, industrious (feminine adjective)
- me
- me, myself (object/reflexive pronoun)
- salió
- came out, left (preterite of salir)
- diferente
- different (adjective)
- respondió
- answered, responded (preterite of responder)
- con
- with (preposition)
- voz
- voice
- melancólica
- melancholic, sad (feminine adjective)
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