Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 8
"If you're going to turn into a pig, my dear," said Alice, seriously, "I'll have nothing more to do with you.
"Si vas a convertirte en un cerdo, querida," dijo Alicia, seriamente, "no tendré nada más que ver contigo.
Mind now!"
¡Ten cuidado!"
The poor little thing sobbed again (or grunted, it was impossible to say which), and they went on for some while in silence.
La pobre criaturita sollozó de nuevo (o gruñó, era imposible decir cuál), y continuaron durante un rato en silencio.
Alice was just beginning to think to herself, "Now, what am I to do with this creature when I get it home?"
Alicia estaba empezando a pensar para sí misma, "Ahora, ¿qué voy a hacer con esta criatura cuando la lleve a casa?"
when it grunted again, so violently, that she looked down into its face in some alarm.
cuando gruñó de nuevo, tan violentamente, que ella miró hacia abajo a su cara con cierta alarma.
This time there could be _no_ mistake about it: it was neither more nor less than a pig, and she felt that it would be quite absurd for her to carry it further.
Esta vez no podía haber error alguno: no era ni más ni menos que un cerdo, y ella sintió que sería bastante absurdo llevarlo más lejos.
So she set the little creature down, and felt quite relieved to see it trot away quietly into the wood.
Así que depositó a la pequeña criatura en el suelo, y se sintió bastante aliviada al verla trotar tranquilamente hacia el bosque.
"If it had grown up," she said to herself, "it would have made a dreadfully ugly child: but it makes rather a handsome pig, I think."
"Si hubiera crecido," se dijo a sí misma, "habría sido un niño terriblemente feo: pero resulta ser un cerdo bastante hermoso, creo."
And she began thinking over other children she knew, who might do very well as pigs, and was just saying to herself, "if one only knew the right way to change them—" when she was a little startled by seeing the Cheshire Cat sitting on a bough of a tree a few yards off.
Y empezó a pensar en otros niños que conocía, que podrían servir muy bien como cerdos, y estaba diciéndose a sí misma, "si uno supiera la manera correcta de cambiarlos—" cuando se sobresaltó un poco al ver al Gato de Cheshire sentado en la rama de un árbol a unos metros de distancia.
The Cat only grinned when it saw Alice.
El Gato solo sonrió cuando vio a Alicia.
Vocabulary
- Si
- If; conditional conjunction
- vas
- You go; second person singular of ir
- a
- To; preposition indicating direction or purpose
- convertirte
- To become; reflexive infinitive of convert yourself
- en
- In, into; preposition indicating location or transformation
- un
- A, an; masculine singular indefinite article
- cerdo
- Pig; farm animal
- querida
- Dear, darling; term of endearment, feminine
- dijo
- Said; third person singular preterite of decir
- seriamente
- Seriously; adverb meaning in a serious manner
- no
- No, not; negation adverb
- tendré
- I will have; first person future of tener
- nada
- Nothing; pronoun indicating absence of anything
- más
- More; adverb indicating greater quantity or degree
- que
- That, than; relative pronoun or conjunction
- ver
- To see; infinitive verb
- contigo
- With you; prepositional phrase, informal singular
- Ten
- Have; imperative form of tener, command
- cuidado
- Care, caution; noun meaning careful attention
- La
- The; feminine singular definite article
- pobre
- Poor; adjective meaning lacking money or pitiful
- criaturita
- Little creature; diminutive of criatura
- sollozó
- Sobbed; third person singular preterite of sollozar
- de
- Of, from; preposition indicating possession or origin
- nuevo
- New, again; adjective or adverb
- o
- Or; conjunction indicating alternative
- gruñó
- Grunted, growled; third person preterite of gruñir
- era
- Was; third person singular imperfect of ser
- imposible
- Impossible; adjective meaning cannot be done
- decir
- To say, to tell; infinitive verb
- cuál
- Which; interrogative pronoun
- y
- And; coordinating conjunction
- continuaron
- They continued; third person plural preterite of continuar
- durante
- During; preposition indicating time span
- rato
- While, short time; noun meaning brief period
- silencio
- Silence; noun meaning absence of sound
- estaba
- Was; third person singular imperfect of estar
- empezando
- Beginning, starting; gerund of empezar
- pensar
- To think; infinitive verb
- para
- For, to; preposition indicating purpose or destination
- sí
- Yes, oneself; affirmation or reflexive pronoun
- misma
- Same, herself; adjective or emphatic pronoun, feminine
- Ahora
- Now; adverb indicating present time
- qué
- What; interrogative pronoun
- voy
- I go; first person singular present of ir
- hacer
- To do, to make; infinitive verb
- con
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment
- esta
- This; feminine singular demonstrative adjective
- criatura
- Creature; noun meaning living being
- cuando
- When; conjunction or adverb indicating time
- la
- The, her, it; feminine article or pronoun
- lleve
- Take, carry; first or third person subjunctive of llevar
- casa
- House, home; noun
- tan
- So, such; adverb indicating degree
- violentamente
- Violently; adverb meaning in a violent manner
- ella
- She, her; third person singular feminine pronoun
- miró
- Looked; third person singular preterite of mirar
- hacia
- Towards; preposition indicating direction
- abajo
- Down, below; adverb indicating downward direction
- su
- His, her, its, their; possessive adjective
- cara
- Face; noun meaning front of head
- cierta
- Certain; feminine adjective meaning some or sure
- alarma
- Alarm; noun meaning warning or concern
- Esta
- This; feminine demonstrative adjective or pronoun
- vez
- Time, occasion; noun meaning instance
- podía
- Could; third person singular imperfect of poder
- haber
- To have; auxiliary verb or there is/are
- error
- Error, mistake; noun
- alguno
- Some, any; indefinite adjective or pronoun
- ni
- Nor, neither; conjunction indicating negation
- menos
- Less, fewer; adverb or adjective
- sintió
- Felt; third person singular preterite of sentir
- sería
- Would be; third person conditional of ser
- bastante
- Quite, enough; adverb or adjective
- absurdo
- Absurd; adjective meaning ridiculous or nonsensical
- llevarlo
- To carry it/him; infinitive llevar with pronoun
- lejos
- Far, distant; adverb indicating distance
- Así
- Thus, so; adverb indicating manner
- depositó
- Deposited, put down; third person preterite of depositar
- pequeña
- Small, little; feminine adjective
- el
- The; masculine singular definite article
- suelo
- Ground, floor; noun
- se
- Himself, herself, oneself; reflexive pronoun
- aliviada
- Relieved; feminine past participle or adjective
- al
- To the; contraction of a + el
- verla
- To see her/it; infinitive ver with pronoun
- trotar
- To trot; infinitive verb meaning move at pace
- tranquilamente
- Calmly, quietly; adverb meaning in peaceful manner
- bosque
- Forest, woods; noun
- hubiera
- Had; third person imperfect subjunctive of haber
- crecido
- Grown; past participle of crecer
- habría
- Would have; third person conditional of haber
- sido
- Been; past participle of ser
- niño
- Boy, child; masculine noun
- terriblemente
- Terribly; adverb meaning in a terrible manner
- feo
- Ugly; adjective meaning not attractive
- pero
- But; conjunction indicating contrast
- resulta
- Turns out, results; third person present of resultar
- ser
- To be; infinitive verb indicating essence
- hermoso
- Beautiful, handsome; adjective meaning attractive
- creo
- I believe, I think; first person present of creer
- Y
- And; coordinating conjunction
- empezó
- Began, started; third person preterite of empezar
- otros
- Others; plural masculine adjective or pronoun
- niños
- Children, boys; plural masculine noun
- conocía
- Knew; third person singular imperfect of conocer
- podrían
- Could, would be able; third person plural conditional of poder
- servir
- To serve; infinitive verb
- muy
- Very; adverb intensifying adjectives or adverbs
- bien
- Well, good; adverb meaning in good manner
- como
- Like, as, how; conjunction or adverb
- cerdos
- Pigs; plural masculine noun
- diciéndose
- Saying to herself; reflexive gerund of decir
- si
- If; conditional conjunction
- uno
- One; number or indefinite pronoun
- supiera
- Knew; third person imperfect subjunctive of saber
- manera
- Way, manner; noun meaning method
- correcta
- Correct; feminine adjective meaning right or proper
- cambiarlos
- To change them; infinitive cambiar with pronoun
- sobresaltó
- Startled; third person preterite of sobresaltar
- poco
- Little, few; adjective or adverb of small quantity
- Gato
- Cat; masculine noun
- sentado
- Seated, sitting; past participle of sentar
- rama
- Branch; noun meaning tree limb
- árbol
- Tree; masculine noun
- unos
- Some, a few; plural masculine indefinite article
- metros
- Meters; plural noun, unit of measurement
- distancia
- Distance; noun meaning space between things
- El
- The; masculine singular definite article
- solo
- Only, alone; adjective or adverb
- sonrió
- Smiled; third person preterite of sonreír
- vio
- Saw; third person preterite of ver
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