Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 9
It looked good-natured, she thought: still it had _very_ long claws and a great many teeth, so she felt that it ought to be treated with respect.
Parecía bondadoso, pensó ella: aun así tenía garras _muy_ largas y muchísimos dientes, así que sintió que debía ser tratado con respeto.
"Cheshire Puss," she began, rather timidly, as she did not at all know whether it would like the name: however, it only grinned a little wider.
"Gato de Cheshire," comenzó ella, bastante tímidamente, ya que no sabía en absoluto si le gustaría el nombre: sin embargo, solo sonrió un poco más ampliamente.
"Come, it's pleased so far," thought Alice, and she went on.
"Vamos, está complacido hasta ahora," pensó Alicia, y continuó.
"Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?"
"¿Podrías decirme, por favor, qué camino debo tomar desde aquí?"
"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat.
"Eso depende mucho de adónde quieras llegar," dijo el Gato.
"I don't much care where—" said Alice.
"No me importa mucho adónde—" dijo Alicia.
"Then it doesn't matter which way you go," said the Cat.
"Entonces no importa qué camino tomes," dijo el Gato.
"—so long as I get _somewhere_," Alice added as an explanation.
"—siempre que llegue a _algún lugar_," añadió Alicia como explicación.
"Oh, you're sure to do that," said the Cat, "if you only walk long enough."
"Oh, seguro que lo harás," dijo el Gato, "si tan solo caminas lo suficiente."
Alice felt that this could not be denied, so she tried another question.
Alicia sintió que esto no podía ser negado, así que intentó otra pregunta.
"What sort of people live about here?"
"¿Qué tipo de gente vive por aquí?"
"In _that_ direction," the Cat said, waving its right paw round, "lives a Hatter: and in _that_ direction," waving the other paw, "lives a March Hare.
"En _esa_ dirección," dijo el Gato, agitando su pata derecha, "vive un Sombrerero: y en _esa_ dirección," agitando la otra pata, "vive una Liebre de Marzo.
Visit either you like: they're both mad."
Visita al que quieras: ambos están locos."
"But I don't want to go among mad people," Alice remarked.
"Pero no quiero ir entre gente loca," comentó Alicia.
"Oh, you can't help that," said the Cat: "we're all mad here.
"Oh, no puedes evitarlo," dijo el Gato: "todos estamos locos aquí.
I'm mad.
Yo estoy loco.
You're mad."
Tú estás loca."
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"¿Cómo sabes que estoy loca?" dijo Alicia.
"You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn't have come here.
"Debes estarlo," dijo el Gato, "o no habrías venido aquí.
Vocabulary
- Parecía
- It seemed, appeared (imperfect tense of parecer)
- bondadoso
- Kind, good-natured, kindhearted person
- pensó
- He/she thought (preterite tense of pensar)
- ella
- She, her (subject or prepositional pronoun)
- aun
- Even, still (without accent, means even)
- así
- Like this, so, thus, in this way
- tenía
- He/she had, possessed (imperfect tense of tener)
- garras
- Claws, talons of an animal
- _muy_
- Very, quite, really (adverb of degree)
- largas
- Long (feminine plural adjective)
- y
- And (conjunction connecting words or phrases)
- muchísimos
- Very many, a great many (superlative)
- dientes
- Teeth (plural of diente)
- que
- That, which, who (relative pronoun or conjunction)
- sintió
- He/she felt (preterite tense of sentir)
- debía
- He/she should, ought to (imperfect of deber)
- ser
- To be (infinitive, permanent or essential characteristics)
- tratado
- Treated (past participle of tratar)
- con
- With (preposition indicating accompaniment or means)
- respeto
- Respect, regard, consideration
- Gato
- Cat (male or generic)
- de
- Of, from (preposition showing possession or origin)
- comenzó
- He/she began, started (preterite of comenzar)
- bastante
- Quite, enough, rather, fairly
- tímidamente
- Timidly, shyly, in a timid manner
- ya
- Already, now, anymore (adverb of time)
- no
- No, not (negation adverb)
- sabía
- He/she knew (imperfect tense of saber)
- en
- In, on, at (preposition of location)
- absoluto
- Absolute, at all (used in negations)
- si
- If, whether (conjunction for conditions)
- le
- To him/her, for him/her (indirect object pronoun)
- gustaría
- Would like, would please (conditional of gustar)
- el
- The (masculine singular definite article)
- nombre
- Name, noun
- sin
- Without (preposition indicating absence or lack)
- embargo
- However (used in phrase sin embargo)
- solo
- Only, just, alone (adverb or adjective)
- sonrió
- He/she smiled (preterite tense of sonreír)
- un
- A, an (masculine singular indefinite article)
- poco
- Little, few, a bit
- más
- More, most, plus (comparative adverb)
- ampliamente
- Widely, broadly, amply
- Vamos
- Let's go, come on (first person plural)
- está
- He/she/it is (third person singular estar)
- complacido
- Pleased, satisfied, gratified
- hasta
- Until, up to, even (preposition)
- ahora
- Now, right now, at present
- continuó
- He/she continued (preterite of continuar)
- Podrías
- You could, would you (conditional of poder)
- decirme
- To tell me (infinitive decir plus me)
- por
- For, by, through, per (preposition)
- favor
- Favor, please (used in por favor)
- qué
- What, which (interrogative pronoun with accent)
- camino
- Road, path, way
- debo
- I should, must, ought to (deber)
- tomar
- To take, drink, grab
- desde
- From, since (preposition indicating starting point)
- aquí
- Here, in this place (adverb)
- Eso
- That (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
- depende
- It depends (third person singular depender)
- mucho
- Much, a lot, very much
- adónde
- To where, where to (interrogative adverb)
- quieras
- You want, wish (subjunctive of querer)
- llegar
- To arrive, reach, get to
- dijo
- He/she said (preterite of decir)
- No
- No, not (negation)
- me
- Me, to me (object pronoun)
- importa
- It matters, it's important (importar)
- Entonces
- Then, so, therefore, in that case
- tomes
- You take (subjunctive of tomar)
- siempre
- Always, forever, all the time
- llegue
- You arrive, reach (subjunctive of llegar)
- a
- To, at (preposition)
- _algún
- Some, any (shortened form of alguno)
- lugar_
- Place, location, spot
- añadió
- He/she added (preterite of añadir)
- como
- Like, as, how (conjunction or adverb)
- explicación
- Explanation, clarification
- Oh
- Oh (interjection expressing surprise or emotion)
- seguro
- Sure, certain, safe, secure
- lo
- It, him (masculine direct object pronoun)
- harás
- You will do (future tense of hacer)
- tan
- So, as, such (adverb of degree)
- caminas
- You walk (second person singular caminar)
- suficiente
- Enough, sufficient
- esto
- This (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
- podía
- He/she could, was able (imperfect poder)
- negado
- Denied, refused (past participle of negar)
- intentó
- He/she tried, attempted (preterite of intentar)
- otra
- Other, another (feminine adjective)
- pregunta
- Question, query
- Qué
- What, how (interrogative or exclamatory)
- tipo
- Type, kind, sort, guy
- gente
- People, folks (collective noun)
- vive
- Lives, resides (third person singular vivir)
- En
- In, on, at (preposition)
- _esa_
- That (feminine singular demonstrative adjective)
- dirección
- Direction, address
- agitando
- Waving, shaking (gerund of agitar)
- su
- His, her, its, their (possessive adjective)
- pata
- Paw, leg of animal, foot
- derecha
- Right (direction), right-hand side
- Sombrerero
- Hatter, hat maker
- la
- The (feminine singular article), her, it
- una
- A, an, one (feminine indefinite article)
- Liebre
- Hare, rabbit
- Marzo
- March (month of the year)
- Visita
- Visit, call (noun or verb)
- al
- To the (contraction of a plus el)
- ambos
- Both, the two
- están
- They are (third person plural estar)
- locos
- Crazy, mad, insane (plural masculine)
- Pero
- But, however (adversative conjunction)
- quiero
- I want, love (first person querer)
- ir
- To go (infinitive verb)
- entre
- Between, among (preposition)
- loca
- Crazy, mad, insane (feminine singular)
- comentó
- He/she commented, remarked (preterite)
- puedes
- You can, are able (second person poder)
- evitarlo
- To avoid it (infinitive evitar plus lo)
- todos
- All, everyone, every (plural masculine)
- estamos
- We are (first person plural estar)
- Yo
- I (subject pronoun, first person)
- estoy
- I am (first person singular estar)
- loco
- Crazy, mad, insane (masculine singular)
- Tú
- You (informal subject pronoun, singular)
- estás
- You are (second person singular estar)
- Cómo
- How, what (interrogative adverb with accent)
- sabes
- You know (second person singular saber)
- Debes
- You must, should, ought to (deber)
- estarlo
- To be it (infinitive estar plus lo)
- o
- Or (disjunctive conjunction)
- habrías
- You would have (conditional of haber)
- venido
- Come, arrived (past participle of venir)
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