Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 4
"You are old," said the youth, "one would hardly suppose That your eye was as steady as ever; Yet you balanced an eel on the end of your nose— What made you so awfully clever?"
"Eres viejo", dijo el joven, "difícilmente se supondría que tu ojo estuviera tan firme como siempre; sin embargo, equilibraste una anguila en la punta de tu nariz— ¿Qué te hizo tan terriblemente inteligente?"
"I have answered three questions, and that is enough," Said his father; "don't give yourself airs! Do you think I can listen all day to such stuff? Be off, or I'll kick you down stairs!"
"He respondido tres preguntas, y eso es suficiente", dijo su padre; "¡no te des aires! ¿Crees que puedo escuchar todo el día tales tonterías? ¡Vete, o te echaré a patadas escaleras abajo!"
"That is not said right," said the Caterpillar.
"Eso no está dicho correctamente", dijo la Oruga.
"Not _quite_ right, I'm afraid," said Alice, timidly; "some of the words have got altered."
"No del todo bien, me temo", dijo Alicia, tímidamente; "algunas de las palabras han sido alteradas".
"It is wrong from beginning to end," said the Caterpillar decidedly, and there was silence for some minutes.
"Está mal de principio a fin", dijo la Oruga decididamente, y hubo silencio durante algunos minutos.
The Caterpillar was the first to speak.
La Oruga fue la primera en hablar.
"What size do you want to be?" it asked.
"¿Qué tamaño quieres tener?", preguntó.
"Oh, I'm not particular as to size," Alice hastily replied; "only one doesn't like changing so often, you know."
"Oh, no soy exigente en cuanto al tamaño", respondió Alicia apresuradamente; "sólo que a uno no le gusta cambiar tan a menudo, ya sabes".
"I _don't_ know," said the Caterpillar.
"Yo no lo sé", dijo la Oruga.
Alice said nothing: she had never been so much contradicted in her life before, and she felt that she was losing her temper.
Alicia no dijo nada: nunca antes la habían contradicho tanto en su vida, y sentía que estaba perdiendo la paciencia.
"Are you content now?" said the Caterpillar.
"¿Estás contenta ahora?", dijo la Oruga.
"Well, I should like to be a _little_ larger, sir, if you wouldn't mind," said Alice: "three inches is such a wretched height to be."
"Bueno, me gustaría ser un poco más grande, señor, si no le importa", dijo Alicia: "tres pulgadas es una altura tan miserable".
"It is a very good height indeed!" said the Caterpillar angrily, rearing itself upright as it spoke (it was exactly three inches high).
"¡Es una altura muy buena en verdad!", dijo la Oruga enojada, irguiéndose mientras hablaba (medía exactamente tres pulgadas de alto).
"But I'm not used to it!
"¡Pero no estoy acostumbrada a eso!
Vocabulary
- Eres
- You are (informal singular form of ser)
- viejo
- Old; can also mean old man
- dijo
- He/she said (preterite of decir)
- el
- The (masculine singular definite article)
- joven
- Young; young person, youth
- difícilmente
- Hardly, with difficulty, scarcely
- se
- Reflexive pronoun; oneself, himself, herself, themselves
- supondría
- Would suppose, would assume (conditional of suponer)
- que
- That, which, who; common conjunction and relative pronoun
- tu
- Your (informal singular possessive adjective)
- ojo
- Eye; can also mean attention or care
- estuviera
- Were, was (imperfect subjunctive of estar)
- tan
- So, as, such (used for comparisons)
- firme
- Firm, steady, stable, strong
- como
- As, like, how; used in comparisons
- siempre
- Always, forever, all the time
- sin
- Without, lacking
- embargo
- However (in phrase sin embargo); also seizure
- equilibraste
- You balanced (preterite of equilibrar, informal)
- una
- A, an, one (feminine singular indefinite article)
- en
- In, on, at; common preposition of location
- la
- The (feminine singular definite article)
- punta
- Tip, point, end (of something)
- de
- Of, from; preposition indicating possession or origin
- nariz
- Nose (body part on face)
- Qué
- What; interrogative pronoun used in questions
- te
- You (informal object pronoun); to you
- hizo
- Made, did (preterite of hacer, third person)
- terriblemente
- Terribly, awfully, extremely
- inteligente
- Intelligent, smart, clever
- He
- I have (present perfect auxiliary verb)
- respondido
- Answered, responded (past participle of responder)
- tres
- Three (the number 3)
- preguntas
- Questions; you ask (noun or verb form)
- y
- And; conjunction connecting words or phrases
- eso
- That (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
- es
- Is (third person singular of ser/estar)
- suficiente
- Enough, sufficient, adequate
- su
- His, her, its, their, your (formal possessive)
- padre
- Father, parent (male)
- no
- No, not; negation word
- des
- Give (negative informal command of dar)
- aires
- Airs, pretensions; plural of air
- Crees
- You think, you believe (present tense of creer)
- puedo
- I can, I am able (present of poder)
- escuchar
- To listen, to hear
- todo
- All, everything, whole, entire
- día
- Day (24-hour period)
- tales
- Such, like that (plural of tal)
- tonterías
- Nonsense, foolishness, silly things
- Vete
- Go away, leave (informal command of irse)
- o
- Or; conjunction presenting alternatives
- echaré
- I will throw, I will kick out (future)
- a
- To, at; common preposition
- patadas
- Kicks (plural of patada)
- escaleras
- Stairs, staircase (plural of escalera)
- abajo
- Down, downstairs, below
- Eso
- That (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
- está
- Is, it is (third person of estar)
- dicho
- Said, stated (past participle of decir)
- correctamente
- Correctly, properly, rightly
- No
- No, not; negation
- del
- Of the, from the (contraction of de+el)
- bien
- Well, good, fine, correctly
- me
- Me, myself (first person object pronoun)
- temo
- I fear, I am afraid (present of temer)
- tímidamente
- Timidly, shyly, bashfully
- algunas
- Some, a few (feminine plural)
- las
- The (feminine plural definite article); them
- palabras
- Words (plural of palabra)
- han
- Have (third person plural auxiliary verb)
- sido
- Been (past participle of ser)
- alteradas
- Altered, changed, modified (feminine plural past participle)
- Está
- Is, it is (third person of estar)
- mal
- Bad, badly, wrong, poorly
- principio
- Beginning, start, principle
- fin
- End, finish, purpose
- decididamente
- Decidedly, definitely, firmly
- hubo
- There was, there were (preterite of haber)
- silencio
- Silence, quiet, stillness
- durante
- During, for (a period of time)
- algunos
- Some, a few (masculine plural)
- minutos
- Minutes (plural of minuto)
- La
- The (feminine singular); her, it
- fue
- Was, went (preterite of ser/ir)
- primera
- First (feminine form of primero)
- hablar
- To speak, to talk
- tamaño
- Size, dimension
- quieres
- You want (informal present of querer)
- tener
- To have, to possess
- preguntó
- Asked, questioned (preterite of preguntar)
- soy
- I am (first person of ser)
- exigente
- Demanding, fussy, exacting
- cuanto
- As much as, how much, regarding
- al
- To the, at the (contraction of a+el)
- respondió
- Responded, answered (preterite of responder)
- apresuradamente
- Hurriedly, hastily, quickly
- sólo
- Only, just, solely (also spelled solo)
- uno
- One (number or pronoun)
- le
- To him, to her, to you (indirect object)
- gusta
- Likes, pleases (third person of gustar)
- cambiar
- To change, to exchange, to alter
- menudo
- Often (in phrase a menudo); small, slight
- ya
- Already, now, anymore
- sabes
- You know (informal present of saber)
- Yo
- I (first person subject pronoun)
- lo
- It, him (masculine object pronoun)
- sé
- I know (first person of saber)
- nada
- Nothing, anything (in negative contexts)
- nunca
- Never, not ever
- antes
- Before, previously, earlier
- habían
- They had, there had been (imperfect of haber)
- contradicho
- Contradicted (past participle of contradecir)
- tanto
- So much, as much, so many
- vida
- Life, lifetime
- sentía
- Felt, sensed (imperfect of sentir)
- estaba
- Was, used to be (imperfect of estar)
- perdiendo
- Losing, wasting (gerund of perder)
- paciencia
- Patience, tolerance
- Estás
- You are (informal present of estar)
- contenta
- Happy, content, pleased (feminine)
- ahora
- Now, right now, at present
- Bueno
- Well, good, okay (masculine)
- gustaría
- Would like (conditional of gustar)
- ser
- To be (essential identity or characteristics)
- un
- A, an, one (masculine singular indefinite article)
- poco
- Little, a bit, few, small amount
- más
- More, most, plus, additional
- grande
- Big, large, great
- señor
- Sir, mister, gentleman, lord
- si
- If, whether; also yes (with accent: sí)
- importa
- Matters, imports; bothers, minds (verb importar)
- pulgadas
- Inches (unit of measurement, plural)
- altura
- Height, altitude, elevation
- miserable
- Miserable, wretched, pitiful
- Es
- Is, it is (third person of ser)
- muy
- Very, quite, really
- buena
- Good (feminine form of bueno)
- verdad
- Truth, true, reality
- enojada
- Angry, annoyed, upset (feminine)
- mientras
- While, meanwhile, whereas
- hablaba
- Was speaking, used to speak (imperfect of hablar)
- medía
- Measured, was measuring (imperfect of medir)
- exactamente
- Exactly, precisely
- alto
- High, tall, loud
- Pero
- But, however, yet
- estoy
- I am (first person of estar)
- acostumbrada
- Accustomed, used to (feminine past participle)
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