Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 4
Even the Duchess sneezed occasionally; and as for the baby, it was sneezing and howling alternately without a moment's pause.
Hasta la Duquesa estornudaba de vez en cuando; y en cuanto al bebé, estornudaba y aullaba alternativamente sin un momento de pausa.
The only things in the kitchen that did not sneeze, were the cook, and a large cat which was sitting on the hearth and grinning from ear to ear.
Las únicas cosas en la cocina que no estornudaban eran la cocinera y un gato grande que estaba sentado en el hogar y sonreía de oreja a oreja.
"Please would you tell me," said Alice, a little timidly, for she was not quite sure whether it was good manners for her to speak first, "why your cat grins like that?"
"Por favor, ¿podría decirme," dijo Alicia, un poco tímidamente, pues no estaba muy segura de si eran buenos modales que ella hablara primero, "por qué su gato sonríe así?"
"It's a Cheshire cat," said the Duchess, "and that's why. Pig!"
"Es un gato de Cheshire," dijo la Duquesa, "y por eso. ¡Cerdo!"
She said the last word with such sudden violence that Alice quite jumped; but she saw in another moment that it was addressed to the baby, and not to her, so she took courage, and went on again:—
Dijo la última palabra con tal violencia repentina que Alicia dio un buen salto; pero vio al momento siguiente que estaba dirigida al bebé, y no a ella, así que tomó valor y continuó de nuevo:—
"I didn't know that Cheshire cats always grinned; in fact, I didn't know that cats _could_ grin."
"No sabía que los gatos de Cheshire siempre sonreían; de hecho, no sabía que los gatos pudieran sonreír."
"They all can," said the Duchess; "and most of 'em do."
"Todos pueden," dijo la Duquesa; "y la mayoría lo hacen."
"I don't know of any that do," Alice said very politely, feeling quite pleased to have got into a conversation.
"No conozco ninguno que lo haga," dijo Alicia muy educadamente, sintiéndose bastante complacida de haber entrado en una conversación.
"You don't know much," said the Duchess; "and that's a fact."
"No sabes mucho," dijo la Duquesa; "y eso es un hecho."
Alice did not at all like the tone of this remark, and thought it would be as well to introduce some other subject of conversation.
A Alicia no le gustó en absoluto el tono de este comentario, y pensó que sería mejor introducir algún otro tema de conversación.
Vocabulary
- Hasta
- Until, up to, even
- la
- The (feminine singular definite article)
- Duquesa
- Duchess (female noble title)
- estornudaba
- Was sneezing (imperfect tense of estornudar)
- de
- Of, from, about
- vez
- Time, occasion, instance
- en
- In, on, at
- cuando
- When, whenever
- y
- And (conjunction)
- cuanto
- As much as, how much, all that
- al
- To the (contraction of a + el)
- bebé
- Baby, infant
- aullaba
- Was howling, was wailing (imperfect tense)
- alternativamente
- Alternately, alternatively, in turns
- sin
- Without, lacking
- un
- A, an (masculine singular indefinite article)
- momento
- Moment, instant, time
- pausa
- Pause, break, rest
- Las
- The (feminine plural definite article)
- únicas
- Only, sole, unique (feminine plural)
- cosas
- Things, stuff, objects
- cocina
- Kitchen, cooking, stove
- que
- That, which, who, what
- no
- No, not, don't
- estornudaban
- Were sneezing (imperfect tense, third person plural)
- eran
- Were, used to be (imperfect of ser)
- cocinera
- Cook, female chef
- gato
- Cat (male cat or generic)
- grande
- Big, large, great
- estaba
- Was, was being (imperfect of estar)
- sentado
- Seated, sitting, sat down
- el
- The (masculine singular definite article)
- hogar
- Hearth, fireplace, home
- sonreía
- Was smiling, smiled (imperfect tense)
- oreja
- Ear (outer ear)
- a
- To, at, towards
- Por
- For, by, through, because of
- favor
- Favor, please (in por favor)
- podría
- Could, would be able to (conditional)
- decirme
- Tell me, to tell me
- dijo
- Said, told (preterite of decir)
- poco
- Little, few, bit, not very
- tímidamente
- Timidly, shyly, hesitantly
- pues
- Because, since, for, well, then
- muy
- Very, really, quite
- segura
- Sure, certain, safe, secure (feminine)
- si
- If, whether
- buenos
- Good, fine, well (masculine plural)
- modales
- Manners, behavior, etiquette
- ella
- She, her (subject pronoun)
- hablara
- Spoke, were to speak (imperfect subjunctive)
- primero
- First, firstly
- por
- For, by, through, per, because of
- qué
- What, why (with accent, interrogative)
- su
- His, her, its, your, their (possessive)
- sonríe
- Smiles, smile (present tense, command)
- así
- Like this, so, thus, that way
- Es
- Is, it is (present tense of ser)
- eso
- That, that thing, that matter
- Cerdo
- Pig, swine, pork
- Dijo
- Said, told (preterite, capitalized)
- última
- Last, latest, final (feminine)
- palabra
- Word, term, speech
- con
- With, along with
- tal
- Such, so, such a
- violencia
- Violence, force, intensity
- repentina
- Sudden, unexpected, abrupt (feminine)
- dio
- Gave, hit, struck (preterite of dar)
- buen
- Good (apocopated form before masculine noun)
- salto
- Jump, leap, bounce
- pero
- But, however, yet
- vio
- Saw, viewed (preterite of ver)
- siguiente
- Following, next, subsequent
- dirigida
- Directed, addressed, aimed (feminine past participle)
- tomó
- Took, drank, grabbed (preterite of tomar)
- valor
- Courage, valor, value, worth
- continuó
- Continued, carried on (preterite of continuar)
- nuevo
- New, another, fresh
- No
- No, not, don't
- sabía
- Knew, was aware (imperfect of saber)
- los
- The (masculine plural definite article)
- gatos
- Cats (plural)
- siempre
- Always, ever, all the time
- sonreían
- Were smiling, smiled (imperfect, third person plural)
- hecho
- Fact, deed, done, made
- pudieran
- Could, might be able (imperfect subjunctive)
- sonreír
- To smile
- Todos
- All, everyone, everybody (masculine plural)
- pueden
- Can, are able to (present tense)
- mayoría
- Majority, most, greater part
- lo
- It, him, the (masculine direct object)
- hacen
- Do, make (present tense, third person plural)
- conozco
- Know, am acquainted with (present of conocer)
- ninguno
- None, no one, not any
- haga
- Does, do, make (present subjunctive)
- educadamente
- Politely, courteously, nicely
- sintiéndose
- Feeling (reflexive gerund of sentirse)
- bastante
- Quite, rather, enough, fairly
- complacida
- Pleased, satisfied, gratified (feminine)
- haber
- To have (auxiliary verb, infinitive)
- entrado
- Entered, gone in (past participle of entrar)
- una
- A, an, one (feminine indefinite article)
- conversación
- Conversation, talk, discussion
- sabes
- Know, you know (present tense of saber)
- mucho
- Much, a lot, very much
- es
- Is, it is (present tense of ser)
- A
- To, at (preposition, capitalized)
- le
- To him, to her, to you (indirect object)
- gustó
- Liked, pleased (preterite of gustar)
- absoluto
- Absolute, complete, total, at all
- tono
- Tone, manner, pitch, attitude
- este
- This (masculine demonstrative)
- comentario
- Comment, remark, observation
- pensó
- Thought, considered (preterite of pensar)
- sería
- Would be, should be (conditional of ser)
- mejor
- Better, best, rather
- introducir
- To introduce, insert, bring in
- algún
- Some, any (apocopated form before masculine noun)
- otro
- Other, another, different
- tema
- Topic, subject, theme
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