Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 6
I—"
Yo—
"Oh, don't bother _me_," said the Duchess; "I never could abide figures!"
"¡Oh, no me molestes!", dijo la Duquesa; "¡nunca pude soportar las cifras!"
And with that she began nursing her child again, singing a sort of lullaby to it as she did so, and giving it a violent shake at the end of every line:
Y con eso comenzó a acunar a su niño otra vez, cantándole una especie de canción de cuna mientras lo hacía, y dándole una violenta sacudida al final de cada verso:
"Speak roughly to your little boy, And beat him when he sneezes: He only does it to annoy, Because he knows it teases."
"Háblale bruscamente a tu niñito, Y pégale cuando estornude: Sólo lo hace para fastidiar, Porque sabe que molesta."
CHORUS.
CORO.
(In which the cook and the baby joined):
(En el que se unieron la cocinera y el bebé):
"Wow! wow! wow!"
"¡Guau! ¡guau! ¡guau!"
While the Duchess sang the second verse of the song, she kept tossing the baby violently up and down, and the poor little thing howled so, that Alice could hardly hear the words:—
Mientras la Duquesa cantaba el segundo verso de la canción, seguía lanzando al bebé violentamente hacia arriba y hacia abajo, y la pobre criaturita aullaba tanto, que Alicia apenas podía oír las palabras:—
"I speak severely to my boy, I beat him when he sneezes; For he can thoroughly enjoy The pepper when he pleases!"
"Le hablo severamente a mi niño, Le pego cuando estornuda; ¡Pues él puede disfrutar plenamente La pimienta cuando le plazca!"
CHORUS.
CORO.
"Wow! wow! wow!"
"¡Guau! ¡guau! ¡guau!"
"Here! you may nurse it a bit, if you like!" the Duchess said to Alice, flinging the baby at her as she spoke.
"¡Toma! ¡puedes acunarlo un poco, si quieres!", la Duquesa le dijo a Alicia, lanzándole al bebé mientras hablaba.
"I must go and get ready to play croquet with the Queen," and she hurried out of the room.
"Debo ir a prepararme para jugar al croquet con la Reina", y salió apresuradamente de la habitación.
The cook threw a frying-pan after her as she went out, but it just missed her.
La cocinera le arrojó una sartén cuando salía, pero no le dio.
Alice caught the baby with some difficulty, as it was a queer-shaped little creature, and held out its arms and legs in all directions, "just like a star-fish," thought Alice.
Alicia atrapó al bebé con cierta dificultad, ya que era una criaturita de forma extraña, y extendía sus brazos y piernas en todas direcciones, "igual que una estrella de mar", pensó Alicia.
Vocabulary
- Yo
- I, first person singular subject pronoun
- Oh
- oh, interjection expressing surprise or emotion
- no
- no, not, negation word
- me
- me, first person singular object pronoun
- molestes
- bother, second person singular subjunctive of molestar
- dijo
- said, third person singular preterite of decir
- la
- the, feminine singular definite article
- Duquesa
- Duchess, noble title for a woman
- nunca
- never, at no time
- pude
- could, first person singular preterite of poder
- soportar
- to tolerate, to bear, to endure
- las
- the, feminine plural definite article
- cifras
- numbers, figures, numerical digits
- Y
- and, conjunction connecting words or phrases
- con
- with, preposition indicating accompaniment or means
- eso
- that, neuter demonstrative pronoun
- comenzó
- began, third person singular preterite of comenzar
- a
- to, preposition indicating direction or purpose
- acunar
- to rock, to cradle a baby
- su
- his, her, its, their, possessive adjective
- niño
- child, boy, young male
- otra
- another, other, feminine singular adjective
- vez
- time, occasion, instance
- cantándole
- singing to him/her, gerund with indirect object
- una
- a, an, feminine singular indefinite article
- especie
- kind, type, sort, species
- de
- of, from, preposition indicating possession or origin
- canción
- song, musical composition with lyrics
- cuna
- cradle, crib, baby bed
- mientras
- while, during the time that
- lo
- him, it, masculine singular direct object pronoun
- hacía
- did, made, third person singular imperfect of hacer
- y
- and, conjunction connecting words or phrases
- dándole
- giving him/her, gerund with indirect object pronoun
- violenta
- violent, forceful, intense, aggressive
- sacudida
- shake, jolt, abrupt movement
- al
- to the, contraction of a plus el
- final
- end, conclusion, final part
- cada
- each, every, individual
- verso
- verse, line of poetry
- Háblale
- speak to him/her, informal imperative with pronoun
- bruscamente
- sharply, brusquely, abruptly, roughly
- tu
- your, second person singular possessive adjective
- niñito
- little boy, child, diminutive of niño
- pégale
- hit him/her, informal imperative of pegar
- cuando
- when, at the time that
- estornude
- sneezes, third person singular subjunctive of estornudar
- Sólo
- only, just, solely
- hace
- does, makes, third person singular present of hacer
- para
- for, in order to, preposition indicating purpose
- fastidiar
- to annoy, to bother, to irritate
- Porque
- because, conjunction giving reason or cause
- sabe
- knows, third person singular present of saber
- que
- that, which, relative pronoun or conjunction
- molesta
- bothers, annoys, third person singular present of molestar
- CORO
- chorus, refrain, group singing together
- En
- in, on, at, preposition indicating location
- el
- the, masculine singular definite article
- se
- reflexive pronoun, oneself, himself, herself, themselves
- unieron
- joined, united, third person plural preterite of unir
- cocinera
- cook, female chef, woman who prepares food
- bebé
- baby, infant, very young child
- Guau
- woof, bark sound made by dog
- guau
- woof, bark sound made by dog
- Mientras
- while, during the time that, meanwhile
- cantaba
- sang, was singing, third person imperfect of cantar
- segundo
- second, ordinal number after first
- seguía
- continued, kept on, third person imperfect of seguir
- lanzando
- throwing, launching, hurling, gerund of lanzar
- violentamente
- violently, forcefully, with great force
- hacia
- toward, in the direction of, preposition
- arriba
- up, upward, above, higher position
- abajo
- down, downward, below, lower position
- pobre
- poor, unfortunate, lacking resources or luck
- criaturita
- little creature, small child, diminutive of criatura
- aullaba
- howled, wailed, third person imperfect of aullar
- tanto
- so much, so many, to such degree
- apenas
- barely, hardly, scarcely, only just
- podía
- could, was able, third person imperfect of poder
- oír
- to hear, to listen, to perceive sound
- palabras
- words, terms, units of language
- Le
- him, her, you, indirect object pronoun
- hablo
- speak, talk, first person singular present of hablar
- severamente
- severely, harshly, strictly, with severity
- mi
- my, first person singular possessive adjective
- pego
- hit, strike, first person singular present of pegar
- estornuda
- sneezes, third person singular present of estornudar
- Pues
- well, then, since, conjunction or filler word
- él
- he, him, masculine singular subject pronoun
- puede
- can, is able, third person singular present poder
- disfrutar
- to enjoy, to take pleasure in
- plenamente
- fully, completely, totally, to the fullest
- La
- the, feminine singular definite article
- pimienta
- pepper, spice from peppercorn
- le
- him, her, you, indirect object pronoun
- plazca
- pleases, third person singular subjunctive of placer
- Toma
- take, here, imperative of tomar or interjection
- puedes
- can, are able, second person singular present poder
- acunarlo
- to rock him/it, infinitive with object pronoun
- un
- a, an, masculine singular indefinite article
- poco
- little, bit, small amount
- si
- if, whether, conditional conjunction
- quieres
- want, wish, second person singular present of querer
- lanzándole
- throwing to him/her, gerund with indirect object pronoun
- hablaba
- spoke, was speaking, third person imperfect of hablar
- Debo
- must, should, first person singular present of deber
- ir
- to go, to move from one place
- prepararme
- to prepare myself, reflexive infinitive of preparar
- jugar
- to play, to participate in game
- croquet
- croquet, lawn game with mallets and hoops
- Reina
- Queen, female monarch, sovereign ruler
- salió
- left, went out, third person preterite of salir
- apresuradamente
- hurriedly, hastily, quickly, in a rushed manner
- habitación
- room, bedroom, chamber in building
- arrojó
- threw, hurled, third person singular preterite of arrojar
- sartén
- frying pan, skillet, cooking utensil
- salía
- left, was leaving, third person imperfect of salir
- pero
- but, however, conjunction showing contrast
- dio
- gave, third person singular preterite of dar
- atrapó
- caught, trapped, third person singular preterite of atrapar
- cierta
- certain, some, particular, feminine singular adjective
- dificultad
- difficulty, trouble, problem, obstacle
- ya
- already, now, by this time
- era
- was, third person singular imperfect of ser
- forma
- form, shape, way, manner
- extraña
- strange, odd, unusual, weird
- extendía
- extended, stretched out, third person imperfect of extender
- sus
- his, her, its, their, plural possessive adjective
- brazos
- arms, upper limbs of body
- piernas
- legs, lower limbs of body
- en
- in, on, at, preposition indicating location
- todas
- all, every, feminine plural adjective
- direcciones
- directions, courses, paths of movement
- igual
- equal, same, like, similar
- estrella
- star, celestial body or geometric shape
- mar
- sea, ocean, large body of saltwater
- pensó
- thought, third person singular preterite of pensar
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