Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 2
"You should learn not to make personal remarks," Alice said with some severity; "it's very rude."
"Deberías aprender a no hacer comentarios personales," dijo Alicia con cierta severidad; "es muy grosero."
The Hatter opened his eyes very wide on hearing this; but all he _said_ was, "Why is a raven like a writing-desk?"
El Sombrerero abrió los ojos desmesuradamente al oír esto; pero todo lo que dijo fue: "¿Por qué se parece un cuervo a un escritorio?"
"Come, we shall have some fun now!" thought Alice.
"¡Vamos, ahora nos divertiremos!" pensó Alicia.
"I'm glad they've begun asking riddles.—I believe I can guess that," she added aloud.
"Me alegra que hayan empezado a preguntar acertijos. Creo que puedo adivinar eso," añadió en voz alta.
"Do you mean that you think you can find out the answer to it?" said the March Hare.
"¿Quieres decir que crees que puedes encontrar la respuesta?" dijo la Liebre de Marzo.
"Exactly so," said Alice.
"Exactamente," dijo Alicia.
"Then you should say what you mean," the March Hare went on.
"Entonces deberías decir lo que quieres decir," continuó la Liebre de Marzo.
"I do," Alice hastily replied; "at least—at least I mean what I say—that's the same thing, you know."
"Lo hago," respondió Alicia apresuradamente; "al menos... al menos quiero decir lo que digo... es lo mismo, sabes."
"Not the same thing a bit!" said the Hatter.
"¡No es lo mismo en absoluto!" dijo el Sombrerero.
"You might just as well say that 'I see what I eat' is the same thing as 'I eat what I see'!"
"¡Podrías decir igualmente que 'veo lo que como' es lo mismo que 'como lo que veo'!"
"You might just as well say," added the March Hare, "that 'I like what I get' is the same thing as 'I get what I like'!"
"Podrías decir igualmente," añadió la Liebre de Marzo, "que 'me gusta lo que obtengo' es lo mismo que 'obtengo lo que me gusta'!"
"You might just as well say," added the Dormouse, who seemed to be talking in his sleep, "that 'I breathe when I sleep' is the same thing as 'I sleep when I breathe'!
"Podrías decir igualmente," añadió el Lirón, que parecía estar hablando en sueños, "que 'respiro cuando duermo' es lo mismo que 'duermo cuando respiro'!"
Vocabulary
- Deberías
- You should, you ought to (conditional form of deber)
- aprender
- to learn
- a
- to, at (preposition)
- no
- no, not (negation)
- hacer
- to do, to make
- comentarios
- comments, remarks
- personales
- personal (adjective, plural)
- dijo
- he/she said (preterite of decir)
- con
- with (preposition)
- cierta
- certain, some (feminine adjective)
- severidad
- severity, sternness
- es
- is (third person singular of ser/estar)
- muy
- very (adverb)
- grosero
- rude, crude
- El
- the (masculine singular definite article)
- abrió
- opened (preterite of abrir)
- los
- the (masculine plural definite article)
- ojos
- eyes
- al
- to the, upon (contraction of a + el)
- oír
- to hear
- esto
- this (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
- pero
- but (conjunction)
- todo
- all, everything
- lo
- it, him (masculine object pronoun)
- que
- that, which, what (relative pronoun/conjunction)
- fue
- was, went (preterite of ser/ir)
- Por
- for, by, through (preposition)
- qué
- what, why (interrogative)
- se
- himself, herself, itself (reflexive pronoun)
- parece
- seems, looks like (verb parecer)
- un
- a, an (masculine indefinite article)
- cuervo
- raven, crow
- escritorio
- desk, writing table
- Vamos
- let's go, we go (verb ir)
- ahora
- now (adverb)
- nos
- us, ourselves (pronoun)
- divertiremos
- we will have fun (future of divertirse)
- pensó
- thought (preterite of pensar)
- Me
- me, myself (pronoun)
- alegra
- makes happy, gladdens (verb alegrarse)
- hayan
- have (present subjunctive of haber)
- empezado
- started, begun (past participle of empezar)
- preguntar
- to ask
- acertijos
- riddles, puzzles
- Creo
- I believe, I think (verb creer)
- puedo
- I can, I am able (verb poder)
- adivinar
- to guess
- eso
- that (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
- añadió
- added (preterite of añadir)
- en
- in, on (preposition)
- voz
- voice
- alta
- high, loud (feminine adjective)
- Quieres
- you want (verb querer)
- decir
- to say, to tell, to mean
- crees
- you believe, you think (verb creer)
- puedes
- you can, you are able (verb poder)
- encontrar
- to find
- la
- the (feminine singular definite article)
- respuesta
- answer, response
- Liebre
- Hare (animal or proper name)
- de
- of, from (preposition)
- Marzo
- March (month)
- Exactamente
- exactly, precisely
- Entonces
- then, so (adverb)
- deberías
- you should (conditional of deber)
- quieres
- you want, you love (verb querer)
- continuó
- continued (preterite of continuar)
- Lo
- it (neuter object pronoun)
- hago
- I do, I make (verb hacer)
- respondió
- responded, answered (preterite of responder)
- apresuradamente
- hurriedly, hastily
- menos
- less, fewer, minus
- quiero
- I want, I love (verb querer)
- digo
- I say, I tell (verb decir)
- mismo
- same, self
- sabes
- you know (verb saber)
- No
- no, not
- absoluto
- absolute, at all
- el
- the (masculine singular definite article)
- Podrías
- you could (conditional of poder)
- igualmente
- equally, likewise
- veo
- I see (verb ver)
- como
- like, as, how
- me
- me, myself (pronoun)
- gusta
- pleases, like (verb gustar)
- obtengo
- I obtain, I get (verb obtener)
- parecía
- seemed, appeared (imperfect of parecer)
- estar
- to be (temporary states/location)
- hablando
- speaking, talking (gerund of hablar)
- sueños
- dreams
- respiro
- I breathe; breath, respite
- cuando
- when (conjunction)
- duermo
- I sleep (verb dormir)
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