Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 2
Alice went timidly up to the door, and knocked.
Alicia se acercó tímidamente a la puerta y llamó.
"There's no sort of use in knocking," said the Footman, "and that for two reasons.
"No sirve de nada llamar", dijo el Lacayo, "y eso por dos razones.
First, because I'm on the same side of the door as you are; secondly, because they're making such a noise inside, no one could possibly hear you."
Primero, porque estoy del mismo lado de la puerta que tú; segundo, porque están haciendo tal ruido adentro que nadie podría oírte."
And certainly there _was_ a most extraordinary noise going on within—a constant howling and sneezing, and every now and then a great crash, as if a dish or kettle had been broken to pieces.
Y ciertamente había un ruido de lo más extraordinario en el interior: aullidos y estornudos constantes, y de vez en cuando un gran estruendo, como si un plato o una tetera se hubieran hecho pedazos.
"Please, then," said Alice, "how am I to get in?"
"Por favor, entonces", dijo Alicia, "¿cómo voy a entrar?"
"There might be some sense in your knocking," the Footman went on without attending to her, "if we had the door between us.
"Podría tener algo de sentido que llamaras", continuó el Lacayo sin prestarle atención, "si tuviéramos la puerta entre nosotros.
For instance, if you were _inside_, you might knock, and I could let you out, you know."
Por ejemplo, si estuvieras adentro, podrías llamar y yo podría dejarte salir, ¿sabes?"
He was looking up into the sky all the time he was speaking, and this Alice thought decidedly uncivil.
Estuvo mirando al cielo todo el tiempo que hablaba, y esto a Alicia le pareció decididamente descortés.
"But perhaps he can't help it," she said to herself; "his eyes are so _very_ nearly at the top of his head.
"Pero quizás no puede evitarlo", se dijo a sí misma; "sus ojos están tan cerca de la parte superior de su cabeza.
But at any rate he might answer questions.—How am I to get in?" she repeated, aloud.
Pero en todo caso podría responder preguntas. ¿Cómo voy a entrar?" repitió en voz alta.
"I shall sit here," the Footman remarked, "till tomorrow—"
"Me quedaré sentado aquí", comentó el Lacayo, "hasta mañana".
At this moment the door of the house opened, and a large plate came skimming out, straight at the Footman's head: it just grazed his nose, and broke to pieces against one of the trees behind him.
En ese momento se abrió la puerta de la casa y un plato grande salió volando, directo a la cabeza del Lacayo: apenas le rozó la nariz y se hizo pedazos contra uno de los árboles detrás de él.
Vocabulary
- se
- reflexive pronoun: himself, herself, themselves, oneself
- acercó
- approached, moved closer (past tense of acercarse)
- tímidamente
- timidly, shyly, in a hesitant manner
- a
- to, at (preposition indicating direction or location)
- la
- the (feminine singular definite article)
- puerta
- door, entrance, gateway
- y
- and (conjunction connecting words or phrases)
- llamó
- knocked, called, rang (past tense of llamar)
- No
- no, not (negative adverb)
- sirve
- serves, is useful, works (present tense)
- de
- of, from (preposition indicating possession or origin)
- nada
- nothing, anything (in negative contexts)
- llamar
- to knock, to call, to ring
- dijo
- said, told (past tense of decir)
- el
- the (masculine singular definite article)
- eso
- that (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
- por
- for, by, through (preposition with multiple meanings)
- dos
- two (cardinal number)
- razones
- reasons, explanations, motives
- Primero
- first, firstly (ordinal number or adverb)
- porque
- because (conjunction introducing a reason)
- estoy
- I am (first person singular of estar)
- del
- of the, from the (contraction: de + el)
- mismo
- same, very, self (adjective)
- lado
- side, edge, direction
- que
- that, which, than (relative pronoun or conjunction)
- tú
- you (informal singular subject pronoun)
- segundo
- second (ordinal number or noun)
- están
- they are, you all are (plural estar)
- haciendo
- doing, making (present participle of hacer)
- tal
- such, so, such a (adjective)
- ruido
- noise, sound, racket
- adentro
- inside, indoors, within
- nadie
- nobody, no one, anyone (negative)
- podría
- could, would be able to (conditional poder)
- oírte
- to hear you (infinitive oír + pronoun)
- Y
- and (conjunction, capitalized at sentence start)
- ciertamente
- certainly, surely, indeed
- había
- there was, there were (imperfect of haber)
- un
- a, an (masculine singular indefinite article)
- lo
- it, the (masculine article or direct object)
- más
- more, most (comparative/superlative adverb)
- extraordinario
- extraordinary, unusual, remarkable
- en
- in, on, at (preposition of location)
- interior
- interior, inside, inner part
- aullidos
- howls, screams, wails
- estornudos
- sneezes, sneezing sounds
- constantes
- constant, continuous, persistent
- vez
- time, occasion, instance
- cuando
- when (temporal conjunction or adverb)
- gran
- great, big, grand (shortened form before noun)
- estruendo
- crash, loud noise, clamor, din
- como
- like, as, how (comparison or manner)
- si
- if, whether (conditional conjunction)
- plato
- plate, dish, course of a meal
- o
- or (disjunctive conjunction showing alternatives)
- una
- a, an, one (feminine singular article)
- tetera
- teapot, kettle for boiling water
- hubieran
- had, would have (past subjunctive of haber)
- hecho
- made, done (past participle of hacer)
- pedazos
- pieces, fragments, bits
- Por
- for, by, through, please (preposition, capitalized)
- favor
- favor, kindness (used in por favor: please)
- entonces
- then, so, therefore, at that time
- cómo
- how, what (interrogative adverb with accent)
- voy
- I go, I am going (first person ir)
- entrar
- to enter, to go in, to come in
- Podría
- could, might, would be able to (conditional)
- tener
- to have, to possess, to hold
- algo
- something, anything, somewhat
- sentido
- sense, meaning, direction, feeling
- llamaras
- you knocked, you called (imperfect subjunctive llamar)
- continuó
- continued, carried on (past tense of continuar)
- sin
- without (preposition indicating absence)
- prestarle
- to pay him/her/it (infinitive prestar + pronoun)
- atención
- attention, care, notice
- tuviéramos
- we had (imperfect subjunctive of tener)
- entre
- between, among (preposition)
- nosotros
- we, us (first person plural pronoun)
- ejemplo
- example, instance, model
- estuvieras
- you were (imperfect subjunctive of estar)
- podrías
- you could, you would be able to
- yo
- I (first person singular subject pronoun)
- dejarte
- to let you, to allow you (infinitive + pronoun)
- salir
- to leave, to go out, to exit
- sabes
- you know (second person singular of saber)
- Estuvo
- was, stayed (preterite of estar)
- mirando
- looking at, watching (present participle of mirar)
- al
- to the, at the (contraction: a + el)
- cielo
- sky, heaven
- todo
- all, every, whole, everything
- tiempo
- time, weather, period
- hablaba
- was speaking, talked (imperfect of hablar)
- esto
- this (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
- le
- to him, to her, to you (indirect object)
- pareció
- seemed, appeared (past tense of parecer)
- decididamente
- decidedly, definitely, resolutely
- descortés
- rude, impolite, discourteous
- Pero
- but, however (adversative conjunction)
- quizás
- perhaps, maybe, possibly
- puede
- can, is able to (third person poder)
- evitarlo
- to avoid it (infinitive evitar + pronoun)
- sí
- yes (affirmative adverb with accent)
- misma
- same, very, herself (feminine form)
- sus
- his, her, their, your (possessive plural)
- ojos
- eyes
- tan
- so, as, such (adverb of degree)
- cerca
- near, close, nearby
- parte
- part, portion, place, side
- superior
- upper, higher, superior, top
- su
- his, her, its, your, their (possessive)
- cabeza
- head
- caso
- case, instance, situation, matter
- responder
- to answer, to respond, to reply
- preguntas
- questions, queries
- Cómo
- how, what (interrogative, capitalized at sentence start)
- repitió
- repeated, said again (past tense of repetir)
- voz
- voice, sound, word
- alta
- high, loud, tall (feminine adjective)
- Me
- me, myself (first person object pronoun)
- quedaré
- I will stay, I will remain (future tense)
- sentado
- seated, sitting down (past participle)
- aquí
- here, in this place
- comentó
- commented, remarked (past tense of comentar)
- hasta
- until, up to, even
- mañana
- tomorrow, morning
- En
- in, on, at (preposition, capitalized)
- ese
- that (masculine demonstrative adjective)
- momento
- moment, instant, time
- abrió
- opened (past tense of abrir)
- casa
- house, home
- grande
- big, large, great, grand
- salió
- went out, left, exited (past tense salir)
- volando
- flying (present participle of volar)
- directo
- direct, straight, straightforward
- apenas
- barely, hardly, scarcely, just
- rozó
- grazed, brushed against (past tense of rozar)
- nariz
- nose
- hizo
- made, did (past tense of hacer)
- contra
- against (preposition)
- uno
- one (number or indefinite pronoun)
- los
- the (masculine plural definite article)
- árboles
- trees
- detrás
- behind, in back of
- él
- he, him (third person masculine pronoun with accent)
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