Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 3
"—or next day, maybe," the Footman continued in the same tone, exactly as if nothing had happened.
"—o al día siguiente, quizás," continuó el Lacayo en el mismo tono, exactamente como si nada hubiera ocurrido.
"How am I to get in?" asked Alice again, in a louder tone.
"¿Cómo voy a entrar?" preguntó Alicia otra vez, en un tono más alto.
"_Are_ you to get in at all?" said the Footman.
"¿_Vas_ a entrar acaso?" dijo el Lacayo.
"That's the first question, you know."
"Esa es la primera pregunta, sabes."
It was, no doubt: only Alice did not like to be told so.
Lo era, sin duda: sólo que a Alicia no le gustaba que se lo dijeran.
"It's really dreadful," she muttered to herself, "the way all the creatures argue.
"Es realmente espantoso," murmuró para sí misma, "la manera en que todas las criaturas discuten.
It's enough to drive one crazy!"
¡Es suficiente para volver loco a uno!"
The Footman seemed to think this a good opportunity for repeating his remark, with variations.
El Lacayo pareció pensar que esta era una buena oportunidad para repetir su comentario, con variaciones.
"I shall sit here," he said, "on and off, for days and days."
"Me sentaré aquí," dijo él, "de vez en cuando, por días y días."
"But what am _I_ to do?" said Alice.
"¿Pero qué debo hacer _yo_?" dijo Alicia.
"Anything you like," said the Footman, and began whistling.
"Cualquier cosa que quieras," dijo el Lacayo, y comenzó a silbar.
"Oh, there's no use in talking to him," said Alice desperately: "he's perfectly idiotic!"
"Oh, no tiene sentido hablar con él," dijo Alicia desesperadamente: "¡es perfectamente idiota!"
And she opened the door and went in.
Y abrió la puerta y entró.
The door led right into a large kitchen, which was full of smoke from one end to the other: the Duchess was sitting on a three-legged stool in the middle, nursing a baby; the cook was leaning over the fire, stirring a large cauldron which seemed to be full of soup.
La puerta conducía directamente a una gran cocina, que estaba llena de humo de un extremo al otro: la Duquesa estaba sentada en un taburete de tres patas en el medio, amamantando a un bebé; la cocinera estaba inclinada sobre el fuego, removiendo un gran caldero que parecía estar lleno de sopa.
"There's certainly too much pepper in that soup!" Alice said to herself, as well as she could for sneezing.
"¡Ciertamente hay demasiada pimienta en esa sopa!" se dijo Alicia a sí misma, tan bien como pudo entre estornudos.
There was certainly too much of it in the air.
Ciertamente había demasiada en el aire.
Vocabulary
- al
- To the (contraction of a + el)
- día
- Day
- siguiente
- Following, next
- quizás
- Perhaps, maybe
- continuó
- He/she/it continued
- el
- The (masculine singular)
- Lacayo
- Footman, lackey
- en
- In, on, at
- mismo
- Same
- tono
- Tone
- exactamente
- Exactly
- como
- Like, as
- si
- If
- nada
- Nothing
- hubiera
- Had (past subjunctive of haber)
- ocurrido
- Happened, occurred
- ¿Cómo
- How (interrogative)
- voy
- I go, I am going
- a
- To
- entrar
- To enter
- preguntó
- He/she asked
- otra
- Other, another (feminine)
- vez
- Time, occasion
- un
- A, an (masculine)
- más
- More
- alto
- Loud, high, tall
- _Vas_
- You go (emphasized)
- acaso
- Perhaps, by chance
- dijo
- He/she said
- Esa
- That (feminine)
- es
- Is (third person singular of ser)
- la
- The (feminine singular)
- primera
- First (feminine)
- pregunta
- Question
- sabes
- You know
- Lo
- It (masculine direct object pronoun)
- era
- Was (imperfect of ser)
- sin
- Without
- duda
- Doubt
- sólo
- Only
- que
- That, which
- no
- No, not
- le
- To him/her (indirect object pronoun)
- gustaba
- Liked, was pleasing (imperfect of gustar)
- se
- Reflexive pronoun (himself, herself, themselves)
- lo
- It, him (masculine direct object pronoun)
- dijeran
- They said (imperfect subjunctive of decir)
- Es
- Is (third person singular of ser)
- realmente
- Really, truly
- espantoso
- Dreadful, frightful, horrible
- murmuró
- He/she murmured
- para
- For, to, in order to
- sí
- Yes; oneself (reflexive)
- misma
- Same, self (feminine)
- manera
- Way, manner
- todas
- All (feminine plural)
- las
- The (feminine plural)
- criaturas
- Creatures
- discuten
- They argue, discuss
- suficiente
- Enough, sufficient
- volver
- To return, to make, to turn
- loco
- Crazy, mad
- uno
- One
- El
- The (masculine singular); he
- pareció
- Seemed, appeared
- pensar
- To think
- esta
- This (feminine)
- una
- A, an (feminine)
- buena
- Good (feminine)
- oportunidad
- Opportunity
- repetir
- To repeat
- su
- His, her, their, your (formal)
- comentario
- Comment, remark
- con
- With
- variaciones
- Variations
- Me
- Me, myself (object pronoun)
- sentaré
- I will sit
- aquí
- Here
- él
- He
- de
- Of, from
- cuando
- When
- por
- For, by, through
- días
- Days
- y
- And
- ¿Pero
- But (interrogative)
- qué
- What (interrogative or exclamatory)
- debo
- I must, I should
- hacer
- To do, to make
- _yo_
- I (emphasized)
- Cualquier
- Any, whatever
- cosa
- Thing
- quieras
- You want (subjunctive)
- comenzó
- He/she began, started
- sillar
- To whistle
- tiene
- Has, have (third person singular of tener)
- sentido
- Sense, meaning; felt
- hablar
- To speak, to talk
- desesperadamente
- Desperately
- perfectamente
- Perfectly
- idiota
- Idiot, stupid
- Y
- And
- abrió
- He/she opened
- puerta
- Door
- entró
- He/she entered
- La
- The (feminine singular); her
- conducía
- Led, was leading
- directamente
- Directly, straight
- gran
- Great, big (apocopated form of grande)
- cocina
- Kitchen
- estaba
- Was (imperfect of estar)
- llena
- Full (feminine)
- humo
- Smoke
- extremo
- End, extreme
- otro
- Other, another (masculine)
- Duquesa
- Duchess
- sentada
- Seated, sitting (feminine)
- taburete
- Stool
- tres
- Three
- patas
- Legs, paws
- medio
- Half, middle, medium
- amamantando
- Nursing, breastfeeding
- bebé
- Baby
- cocinera
- Cook, female chef
- inclinada
- Leaning, bent over (feminine)
- sobre
- Over, on, about
- fuego
- Fire
- removiendo
- Stirring, removing
- caldero
- Cauldron, large pot
- parecía
- Seemed, appeared (imperfect of parecer)
- estar
- To be (location, condition, temporary state)
- lleno
- Full (masculine)
- sopa
- Soup
- Ciertamente
- Certainly
- hay
- There is, there are
- demasiada
- Too much (feminine)
- pimienta
- Pepper (spice)
- esa
- That (feminine)
- tan
- So, as, such
- bien
- Well, good
- pudo
- Could, was able (preterite of poder)
- entre
- Between, among
- estornudos
- Sneezes
- había
- There was/were; had (imperfect of haber)
- aire
- Air
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