Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 3
Alice took up the fan and gloves, and, as the hall was very hot, she kept fanning herself all the time she went on talking: "Dear, dear! How queer everything is to-day! And yesterday things went on just as usual.
Alicia tomó el abanico y los guantes, y, como el vestíbulo estaba muy caliente, siguió abaniándose todo el tiempo que continuó hablando: «¡Vaya, vaya! ¡Qué raro está todo hoy! Y ayer las cosas iban como de costumbre.
I wonder if I've been changed in the night? Let me think: was I the same when I got up this morning?
¿Me pregunto si me habrán cambiado durante la noche? Déjame pensar: ¿era yo la misma cuando me levanté esta mañana?
I almost think I can remember feeling a little different.
Casi creo recordar que me sentía un poco diferente.
But if I'm not the same, the next question is, Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle!"
Pero si no soy la misma, la siguiente pregunta es: ¿quién soy yo en el mundo? ¡Ah, ese es el gran enigma!»
And she began thinking over all the children she knew that were of the same age as herself, to see if she could have been changed for any of them.
Y se puso a pensar en todos los niños que conocía de su misma edad, para ver si podría haber sido cambiada por alguno de ellos.
"I'm sure I'm not Ada," she said, "for her hair goes in such long ringlets, and mine doesn't go in ringlets at all; and I'm sure I can't be Mabel, for I know all sorts of things, and she, oh! she knows such a very little!
«Estoy segura de que no soy Ada», dijo, «porque su pelo tiene unos rizos tan largos, y el mío no tiene rizos en absoluto; y estoy segura de que no puedo ser Mabel, porque yo sé todo tipo de cosas, y ella, ¡oh! ¡ella sabe tan poquísimo!
Besides, she's she, and I'm I, and—oh dear, how puzzling it all is!
Además, ella es ella, y yo soy yo, y… ¡ay, qué confuso es todo!
I'll try if I know all the things I used to know.
Voy a ver si recuerdo todas las cosas que solía saber.
Let me see: four times five is twelve, and four times six is thirteen, and four times seven is—oh dear! I shall never get to twenty at that rate!
Veamos: cuatro por cinco son doce, y cuatro por seis son trece, y cuatro por siete son… ¡ay, Dios! ¡A ese ritmo nunca llegaré al veinte!
However, the Multiplication Table doesn't signify: let's try Geography.
En fin, la tabla de multiplicar no importa: probemos con la Geografía.
Vocabulary
- tomó
- She/he took or grabbed something
- abanico
- A handheld folding fan used for cooling
- guantes
- Gloves worn on the hands
- como
- As, like, or since; comparison or reason conjunction
- vestíbulo
- An entrance hall or lobby of a building
- estaba
- Was, past imperfect of estar indicating state
- caliente
- Hot, describing high temperature or warmth
- siguió
- She/he continued or kept doing something
- abaniándose
- Fanning oneself with a fan continuously
- todo
- All, every, or the whole of something
- tiempo
- Time or weather; broad temporal reference
- continuó
- She/he continued or went on doing something
- hablando
- Speaking or talking, present participle of hablar
- Vaya
- Well, wow; exclamation expressing surprise or emphasis
- vaya
- Well, wow; exclamation expressing surprise or emphasis
- raro
- Strange, odd, or unusual in behavior or appearance
- hoy
- Today, referring to the current day
- ayer
- Yesterday, the day before today
- cosas
- Things, objects, or matters in general
- iban
- Were going, past imperfect of ir plural
- costumbre
- Custom, habit, or usual practice
- pregunto
- I wonder or I ask myself about something
- si
- If, whether; conditional subordinating conjunction
- habrán
- They will have; future perfect auxiliary verb form
- cambiado
- Changed, past participle of cambiar
- durante
- During, throughout a period of time
- noche
- Night, the dark hours after sunset
- Déjame
- Let me; imperative asking for permission to act
- pensar
- To think, to reflect, or to consider
- era
- Was, past imperfect of ser indicating identity
- misma
- Same, herself; feminine reflexive intensifier pronoun
- cuando
- When, at the time that something occurred
- levanté
- I got up or rose from bed this morning
- mañana
- Morning or tomorrow depending on context
- Casi
- Almost, nearly but not quite reaching something
- creo
- I believe, I think; first person present of creer
- recordar
- To remember or to recall past events
- sentía
- I/she felt; past imperfect of sentir
- poco
- A little, a small amount of something
- diferente
- Different, not the same as before or usual
- siguiente
- Next, following; the one coming after another
- pregunta
- Question, something asked to obtain information
- mundo
- World, the earth or all of humanity
- ese
- That, masculine singular demonstrative adjective
- gran
- Great, big; adjective placed before a noun
- enigma
- Enigma, a puzzling or mysterious unsolved question
- puso
- Put, placed, or set; preterite of poner
- todos
- All, every one; masculine plural of todo
- niños
- Children, boys, or young kids
- conocía
- Knew, was acquainted with; imperfect of conocer
- edad
- Age, the number of years someone has lived
- para
- For, in order to; purpose or destination preposition
- ver
- To see or to check; basic visual perception verb
- podría
- Could, would be able to; conditional of poder
- haber
- To have; auxiliary verb for compound tenses
- sido
- Been, past participle of ser
- cambiada
- Changed, switched; feminine past participle of cambiar
- por
- By, through, for; versatile Spanish preposition
- alguno
- Some, any one of a group of people
- segura
- Sure, certain, safe; feminine adjective of security
- dijo
- Said, told; preterite third person of decir
- porque
- Because; causal subordinating conjunction
- pelo
- Hair, the strands growing on the head
- tiene
- Has, possesses; third person singular present of tener
- unos
- Some, a few; masculine plural indefinite article
- rizos
- Curls, ringlets of curly hair
- tan
- So, as; adverb used in comparisons
- largos
- Long, extended in length; masculine plural adjective
- mío
- Mine, belonging to me; possessive pronoun
- absoluto
- Absolute, total; en absoluto means not at all
- puedo
- I can, I am able to; present of poder
- ser
- To be; fundamental Spanish verb of identity
- sé
- I know; first person singular present of saber
- tipo
- Type, kind, sort of thing or person
- sabe
- Knows, she/he knows; third person of saber
- poquísimo
- Very very little; superlative of poco
- Además
- Besides, furthermore, moreover; additive adverb
- ay
- Oh, ouch; interjection expressing pain or distress
- confuso
- Confused, muddled, or unclear in thought
- Voy
- I am going; first person present of ir
- recuerdo
- I remember, or a memory, souvenir
- todas
- All, every one; feminine plural of todo
- solía
- Used to; past imperfect of soler indicating habit
- saber
- To know facts or information; knowledge verb
- Veamos
- Let us see, let's check; hortatory of ver
- cuatro
- Four, the cardinal number 4
- cinco
- Five, the cardinal number 5
- doce
- Twelve, the cardinal number 12
- seis
- Six, the cardinal number 6
- trece
- Thirteen, the cardinal number 13
- siete
- Seven, the cardinal number 7
- Dios
- God, the supreme divine being
- ritmo
- Rhythm, pace, or rate of progress
- nunca
- Never, at no time; negative time adverb
- llegaré
- I will arrive or reach; future of llegar
- veinte
- Twenty, the cardinal number 20
- fin
- End; en fin means anyway or in short
- tabla
- Table or chart; tabla de multiplicar is times table
- multiplicar
- To multiply; mathematical operation of multiplication
- importa
- Matters, is important; third person of importar
- probemos
- Let us try; hortatory subjunctive of probar
- Geografía
- Geography, the study of Earth's lands and features
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