Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 11
"I've seen hatters before," she said to herself; "the March Hare will be much the most interesting, and perhaps as this is May it won't be raving mad—at least not so mad as it was in March."
"He visto sombreros antes," se dijo a sí misma; "la Liebre de Marzo será mucho más interesante, y quizás como esto es Mayo no estará loca de remate—al menos no tan loca como estaba en Marzo."
As she said this, she looked up, and there was the Cat again, sitting on a branch of a tree.
Al decir esto, levantó la vista, y allí estaba el Gato otra vez, sentado en la rama de un árbol.
"Did you say pig, or fig?" said the Cat.
"¿Dijiste cerdo, o higo?" dijo el Gato.
"I said pig," replied Alice; "and I wish you wouldn't keep appearing and vanishing so suddenly: you make one quite giddy."
"Dije cerdo," respondió Alicia; "y desearía que no siguieras apareciendo y desapareciendo tan repentinamente: me mareas bastante."
"All right," said the Cat; and this time it vanished quite slowly, beginning with the end of the tail, and ending with the grin, which remained some time after the rest of it had gone.
"Está bien," dijo el Gato; y esta vez se desvaneció muy lentamente, comenzando con el extremo de la cola, y terminando con la sonrisa, que permaneció un tiempo después de que el resto había desaparecido.
"Well! I've often seen a cat without a grin," thought Alice; "but a grin without a cat! It's the most curious thing I ever saw in my life!"
"¡Bueno! He visto a menudo un gato sin sonrisa," pensó Alicia; "¡pero una sonrisa sin gato! ¡Es la cosa más curiosa que he visto en mi vida!"
She had not gone much farther before she came in sight of the house of the March Hare: she thought it must be the right house, because the chimneys were shaped like ears and the roof was thatched with fur.
No había ido mucho más lejos cuando divisó la casa de la Liebre de Marzo: pensó que debía ser la casa correcta, porque las chimeneas tenían forma de orejas y el techo estaba techado con piel.
It was so large a house, that she did not like to go nearer till she had nibbled some more of the lefthand bit of mushroom, and raised herself to about two feet high: even then she walked up towards it rather timidly, saying to herself "Suppose it should be raving mad after all!
Era una casa tan grande, que no quiso acercarse más hasta que hubo mordisqueado un poco más del trozo izquierdo de hongo, y se elevó a unos dos pies de altura: aun así se acercó hacia ella bastante tímidamente, diciéndose a sí misma "¡Supón que esté loca de remate después de todo!
Vocabulary
- He
- First person singular present perfect auxiliary verb (have)
- visto
- Past participle of ver (seen)
- sombreros
- Hats
- antes
- Before, previously
- se
- Reflexive pronoun (himself, herself, itself, themselves)
- dijo
- Third person singular preterite of decir (said)
- a
- Preposition meaning to, at, or for
- sí
- Reflexive pronoun (oneself) or affirmation (yes)
- misma
- Feminine form of mismo (same, self)
- la
- Feminine singular definite article (the)
- Liebre
- Hare
- de
- Preposition meaning of, from, or about
- Marzo
- March (month)
- será
- Third person singular future of ser (will be)
- mucho
- Much, a lot, very
- más
- More, most
- interesante
- Interesting
- y
- And
- quizás
- Perhaps, maybe
- como
- Like, as, since
- esto
- This (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
- es
- Third person singular present of ser (is)
- Mayo
- May (month)
- no
- No, not
- estará
- Third person singular future of estar (will be)
- loca
- Crazy, mad (feminine)
- remate
- End, finish; completely
- al
- Contraction of a + el (to the)
- menos
- Less, least; at least
- tan
- So, as, such
- estaba
- Third person singular imperfect of estar (was)
- en
- In, on, at
- Al
- Contraction of a + el (to the)
- decir
- To say, to tell (infinitive)
- levantó
- Third person singular preterite of levantar (raised, lifted)
- vista
- View, sight; past participle of ver (seen)
- allí
- There (at that place)
- el
- Masculine singular definite article (the)
- Gato
- Cat
- otra
- Another, other (feminine)
- vez
- Time, occasion; once again
- sentado
- Seated, sitting (past participle)
- rama
- Branch (of a tree)
- un
- Masculine singular indefinite article (a, an)
- árbol
- Tree
- Dijiste
- Second person singular preterite of decir (you said)
- cerdo
- Pig, pork
- o
- Or
- higo
- Fig (fruit)
- Dije
- First person singular preterite of decir (I said)
- respondió
- Third person singular preterite of responder (responded, answered)
- desearía
- First person singular conditional of desear (would wish)
- que
- That, which, who; than
- siguieras
- Second person singular imperfect subjunctive of seguir (continue)
- apareciendo
- Gerund of aparecer (appearing)
- desapareciendo
- Gerund of desaparecer (disappearing)
- repentinamente
- Suddenly, abruptly
- me
- Me (first person object pronoun)
- mareas
- Second person singular present of marear (make dizzy)
- bastante
- Quite, enough, rather
- Está
- Third person singular present of estar (is)
- bien
- Well, good, fine
- esta
- This (feminine demonstrative adjective/pronoun)
- desvaneció
- Third person singular preterite of desvanecer (vanished, faded)
- muy
- Very
- lentamente
- Slowly
- comenzando
- Gerund of comenzar (beginning, starting)
- con
- With
- extremo
- End, extreme, tip
- cola
- Tail; queue, line
- terminando
- Gerund of terminar (ending, finishing)
- sonrisa
- Smile
- permaneció
- Third person singular preterite of permanecer (remained, stayed)
- tiempo
- Time, weather
- después
- After, afterwards, later
- resto
- Rest, remainder
- había
- Third person singular imperfect of haber (had, there was)
- desaparecido
- Past participle of desaparecer (disappeared)
- Bueno
- Good, well; okay
- menudo
- Often; small; what a (in exclamations)
- gato
- Cat
- sin
- Without
- pensó
- Third person singular preterite of pensar (thought)
- pero
- But
- una
- Feminine singular indefinite article (a, an)
- Es
- Third person singular present of ser (is)
- cosa
- Thing
- curiosa
- Curious, strange (feminine)
- he
- First person singular present of haber (have)
- mi
- My (possessive adjective)
- vida
- Life
- No
- No, not
- ido
- Past participle of ir (gone)
- lejos
- Far, far away
- cuando
- When
- divisó
- Third person singular preterite of divisar (spotted, sighted)
- casa
- House, home
- debía
- Third person singular imperfect of deber (should, ought)
- ser
- To be (infinitive, essence/identity)
- correcta
- Correct, right (feminine)
- porque
- Because
- las
- Feminine plural definite article (the)
- chimeneas
- Chimneys
- tenían
- Third person plural imperfect of tener (had, were)
- forma
- Form, shape
- orejas
- Ears
- techo
- Roof, ceiling
- techado
- Roofed, covered (past participle of techar)
- piel
- Skin, fur, hide
- Era
- Third person singular imperfect of ser (was)
- grande
- Big, large, great
- quiso
- Third person singular preterite of querer (wanted, tried)
- acercarse
- To approach, to get close (reflexive infinitive)
- hasta
- Until, up to, even
- hubo
- Third person singular preterite of haber (there was)
- mordisqueado
- Past participle of mordisquear (nibbled)
- poco
- Little, few, not much
- del
- Contraction of de + el (of the)
- trozo
- Piece, chunk
- izquierdo
- Left (direction, masculine)
- hongo
- Mushroom, fungus
- elevó
- Third person singular preterite of elevar (raised, lifted)
- unos
- Some, a few (masculine plural)
- dos
- Two
- pies
- Feet
- altura
- Height
- aun
- Even, still
- así
- Thus, so, like this
- acercó
- Third person singular preterite of acercar (approached, brought close)
- hacia
- Toward, towards
- ella
- She, her, it (feminine pronoun)
- tímidamente
- Timidly, shyly
- diciéndose
- Reflexive gerund of decir (saying to oneself)
- Supón
- Second person singular imperative of suponer (suppose)
- esté
- Third person singular present subjunctive of estar (be)
- todo
- All, everything, whole
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