Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 10
Alice didn't think that proved it at all; however, she went on "And how do you know that you're mad?"
Alicia no pensó que eso lo probara en absoluto; sin embargo, continuó "¿Y cómo sabes que estás loco?"
"To begin with," said the Cat, "a dog's not mad. You grant that?"
"Para empezar," dijo el Gato, "un perro no está loco. ¿Concedes eso?"
"I suppose so," said Alice.
"Supongo que sí," dijo Alicia.
"Well, then," the Cat went on, "you see, a dog growls when it's angry, and wags its tail when it's pleased. Now _I_ growl when I'm pleased, and wag my tail when I'm angry. Therefore I'm mad."
"Bueno, entonces," continuó el Gato, "verás, un perro gruñe cuando está enojado, y mueve la cola cuando está contento. Ahora _yo_ gruño cuando estoy contento, y muevo mi cola cuando estoy enojado. Por lo tanto estoy loco."
"_I_ call it purring, not growling," said Alice.
"_Yo_ lo llamo ronroneo, no gruñido," dijo Alicia.
"Call it what you like," said the Cat.
"Llámalo como quieras," dijo el Gato.
"Do you play croquet with the Queen to-day?"
"¿Juegas al croquet con la Reina hoy?"
"I should like it very much," said Alice, "but I haven't been invited yet."
"Me gustaría mucho," dijo Alicia, "pero aún no he sido invitada."
"You'll see me there," said the Cat, and vanished.
"Me verás allí," dijo el Gato, y desapareció.
Alice was not much surprised at this, she was getting so used to queer things happening.
Alicia no se sorprendió mucho por esto, se estaba acostumbrando tanto a que sucedieran cosas extrañas.
While she was looking at the place where it had been, it suddenly appeared again.
Mientras miraba el lugar donde había estado, de repente apareció otra vez.
"By-the-bye, what became of the baby?" said the Cat.
"Por cierto, ¿qué fue del bebé?" dijo el Gato.
"I'd nearly forgotten to ask."
"Casi lo había olvidado preguntar."
"It turned into a pig," Alice quietly said, just as if it had come back in a natural way.
"Se convirtió en un cerdo," dijo Alicia tranquilamente, como si hubiera vuelto de manera natural.
"I thought it would," said the Cat, and vanished again.
"Pensé que lo haría," dijo el Gato, y desapareció otra vez.
Alice waited a little, half expecting to see it again, but it did not appear, and after a minute or two she walked on in the direction in which the March Hare was said to live.
Alicia esperó un poco, medio esperando verlo otra vez, pero no apareció, y después de uno o dos minutos caminó en la dirección en la que se decía que vivía la Liebre de Marzo.
Vocabulary
- no
- no, not
- pensó
- thought (third person singular preterite of pensar)
- que
- that, which, than
- eso
- that (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
- lo
- it, him (masculine direct object pronoun)
- probara
- would try, might try (imperfect subjunctive of probar)
- en
- in, on, at
- absoluto
- absolute; at all (in negative contexts)
- sin
- without
- embargo
- however (in phrase sin embargo); seizure
- continuó
- continued (third person singular preterite of continuar)
- Y
- and
- cómo
- how (interrogative or exclamatory adverb)
- sabes
- you know (second person singular present of saber)
- estás
- you are (second person singular present of estar)
- loco
- crazy, mad, insane
- Para
- for, to, in order to
- empezar
- to begin, to start
- dijo
- said (third person singular preterite of decir)
- el
- the (masculine singular definite article)
- Gato
- cat; Cat (capitalized, as a character name)
- un
- a, an (masculine singular indefinite article)
- perro
- dog
- está
- is (third person singular present of estar)
- Concedes
- you concede, you grant (second person singular present)
- Supongo
- I suppose (first person singular present of suponer)
- sí
- yes
- Bueno
- well, good, okay
- entonces
- then, so, at that time
- verás
- you will see (second person singular future of ver)
- gruñe
- growls (third person singular present of gruñir)
- cuando
- when
- enojado
- angry, annoyed
- y
- and
- mueve
- moves (third person singular present of mover)
- la
- the (feminine singular definite article)
- cola
- tail; queue, line
- contento
- happy, content, pleased
- Ahora
- now
- _yo_
- I (first person singular pronoun, emphasized with underscores)
- gruño
- I growl (first person singular present of gruñir)
- estoy
- I am (first person singular present of estar)
- muevo
- I move (first person singular present of mover)
- mi
- my (possessive adjective)
- Por
- by, for, through, because of
- tanto
- so much, therefore (in phrase por tanto)
- _Yo_
- I (first person singular pronoun, emphasized with underscores)
- llamo
- I call (first person singular present of llamar)
- ronroneo
- purr, purring (noun); I purr (verb)
- gruñido
- growl, growling, grunt
- Llámalo
- call it (imperative of llamar with pronoun)
- como
- like, as, how
- quieras
- you want, you wish (second person subjunctive of querer)
- Juegas
- you play (second person singular present of jugar)
- al
- to the (contraction of a + el)
- con
- with
- Reina
- queen; Queen (capitalized, as title)
- hoy
- today
- Me
- me (indirect or reflexive object pronoun)
- gustaría
- I would like (conditional of gustar)
- mucho
- much, a lot, very
- pero
- but
- aún
- still, yet, even
- he
- I have (first person singular present of haber)
- sido
- been (past participle of ser)
- invitada
- invited (feminine past participle of invitar)
- allí
- there
- desapareció
- disappeared (third person singular preterite of desaparecer)
- se
- himself, herself, itself, oneself (reflexive pronoun)
- sorprendió
- surprised (third person singular preterite of sorprender)
- por
- by, for, through, because of
- esto
- this (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
- estaba
- was, used to be (imperfect of estar)
- acostumbrando
- getting used to (gerund of acostumbrar)
- a
- to, at
- sucedieran
- happened, would happen (imperfect subjunctive of suceder)
- cosas
- things
- extrañas
- strange, odd (feminine plural adjective)
- Mientras
- while, meanwhile
- miraba
- was looking, looked (imperfect of mirar)
- lugar
- place, location
- donde
- where
- había
- there was, there were; had (imperfect of haber)
- estado
- been; state (past participle of estar; noun)
- de
- of, from
- repente
- suddenly (in phrase de repente)
- apareció
- appeared (third person singular preterite of aparecer)
- otra
- other, another (feminine singular adjective)
- vez
- time, occasion (as in otra vez: again)
- cierto
- certain, true, sure
- qué
- what (interrogative or exclamatory pronoun)
- fue
- was, went (third person preterite of ser/ir)
- del
- of the, from the (contraction of de + el)
- bebé
- baby
- Casi
- almost, nearly
- olvidado
- forgotten (past participle of olvidar)
- preguntar
- to ask
- Se
- himself, herself, itself (reflexive pronoun, capitalized)
- convirtió
- converted, became (third person preterite of convertir)
- cerdo
- pig, pork
- tranquilamente
- calmly, peacefully, quietly
- si
- if
- hubiera
- had, there were (imperfect subjunctive of haber)
- vuelto
- returned, turned (past participle of volver)
- manera
- way, manner
- natural
- natural
- Pensé
- I thought (first person singular preterite of pensar)
- haría
- would do, would make (conditional of hacer)
- esperó
- waited, hoped (third person preterite of esperar)
- poco
- little, few, a bit
- medio
- half, middle, medium
- esperando
- waiting, hoping (gerund of esperar)
- verlo
- see it, see him (infinitive ver + pronoun)
- después
- after, afterwards, later
- uno
- one (masculine singular number)
- o
- or
- dos
- two
- minutos
- minutes
- caminó
- walked (third person singular preterite of caminar)
- dirección
- direction, address
- decía
- said, used to say (imperfect of decir)
- vivía
- lived, used to live (imperfect of vivir)
- Liebre
- hare; Hare (capitalized, as character name)
- Marzo
- March (month)
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