Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 6
Twinkle, twinkle—'"
Brilla, brilla—
Here the Dormouse shook itself, and began singing in its sleep "_Twinkle, twinkle, twinkle, twinkle_—" and went on so long that they had to pinch it to make it stop.
Aquí el Lirón se sacudió y comenzó a cantar en su sueño "_Brilla, brilla, brilla, brilla_—" y continuó durante tanto tiempo que tuvieron que pellizcarlo para hacerlo parar.
"Well, I'd hardly finished the first verse," said the Hatter, "when the Queen jumped up and bawled out, 'He's murdering the time! Off with his head!'"
"Bueno, apenas había terminado el primer verso", dijo el Sombrerero, "cuando la Reina saltó y gritó: '¡Está asesinando el tiempo! ¡Que le corten la cabeza!'"
"How dreadfully savage!" exclaimed Alice.
"¡Qué terriblemente salvaje!", exclamó Alicia.
"And ever since that," the Hatter went on in a mournful tone, "he won't do a thing I ask! It's always six o'clock now."
"Y desde entonces", continuó el Sombrerero en un tono lúgubre, "¡no hace nada de lo que le pido! Ahora siempre son las seis en punto."
A bright idea came into Alice's head.
Una idea brillante vino a la cabeza de Alicia.
"Is that the reason so many tea-things are put out here?" she asked.
"¿Es esa la razón por la que hay tantas cosas de té puestas aquí?", preguntó ella.
"Yes, that's it," said the Hatter with a sigh: "it's always tea-time, and we've no time to wash the things between whiles."
"Sí, eso es", dijo el Sombrerero con un suspiro: "siempre es la hora del té, y no tenemos tiempo para lavar las cosas entre tanto."
"Then you keep moving round, I suppose?" said Alice.
"Entonces siguen moviéndose alrededor, supongo", dijo Alicia.
"Exactly so," said the Hatter: "as the things get used up."
"Exactamente", dijo el Sombrerero: "a medida que las cosas se van usando."
"But what happens when you come to the beginning again?" Alice ventured to ask.
"¿Pero qué sucede cuando llegan al principio otra vez?", se atrevió a preguntar Alicia.
"Suppose we change the subject," the March Hare interrupted, yawning.
"Supongamos que cambiamos de tema", interrumpió la Liebre de Marzo, bostezando.
"I'm getting tired of this. I vote the young lady tells us a story."
"Me estoy cansando de esto. Voto por que la señorita nos cuente una historia."
"I'm afraid I don't know one," said Alice, rather alarmed at the proposal.
"Me temo que no conozco ninguna", dijo Alicia, bastante alarmada ante la propuesta.
"Then the Dormouse shall!" they both cried.
"¡Entonces el Lirón lo hará!", gritaron ambos.
"Wake up, Dormouse!" And they pinched it on both sides at once.
"¡Despierta, Lirón!" Y lo pellizcaron por ambos lados a la vez.
The Dormouse slowly opened his eyes.
El Lirón abrió lentamente sus ojos.
Vocabulary
- Brilla
- Shines, glitters (third person singular present)
- brilla
- Shines, glitters (third person singular present)
- Aquí
- Here, in this place
- el
- The (masculine singular definite article)
- se
- Reflexive pronoun: himself, herself, itself, themselves
- sacudió
- Shook, shook off (third person singular preterite)
- y
- And (conjunction)
- comenzó
- Began, started (third person singular preterite)
- a
- To, at (preposition)
- cantar
- To sing (infinitive verb)
- en
- In, on, at (preposition)
- su
- His, her, its, their (possessive adjective)
- sueño
- Sleep, dream (noun)
- continuó
- Continued, went on (third person singular preterite)
- durante
- During, for (preposition indicating duration)
- tanto
- So much, so long (adverb or adjective)
- tiempo
- Time, weather (noun)
- que
- That, which, who (relative pronoun or conjunction)
- tuvieron
- Had, had to (third person plural preterite)
- pellizcarlo
- To pinch him (infinitive verb with pronoun)
- para
- For, in order to, to (preposition)
- hacerlo
- To do it, to make it (infinitive with pronoun)
- parar
- To stop, to halt (infinitive verb)
- Bueno
- Well, good (interjection or adjective)
- apenas
- Barely, hardly, scarcely (adverb)
- había
- Had, there was/were (imperfect of haber)
- terminado
- Finished, ended (past participle)
- primer
- First (apocopated form before masculine singular noun)
- verso
- Verse, line of poetry (noun)
- dijo
- Said, told (third person singular preterite)
- cuando
- When (conjunction or adverb)
- la
- The (feminine singular definite article)
- Reina
- Queen (noun)
- saltó
- Jumped, leaped (third person singular preterite)
- gritó
- Shouted, yelled (third person singular preterite)
- ¡Está
- Is (third person singular present of estar)
- asesinando
- Murdering, assassinating (present participle, gerund)
- ¡Que
- That, let (conjunction, subjunctive marker)
- le
- Him, her, to him/her (indirect object pronoun)
- corten
- Cut (third person plural present subjunctive)
- cabeza
- Head (noun)
- ¡Qué
- What, how (exclamatory or interrogative)
- terriblemente
- Terribly, dreadfully (adverb)
- salvaje
- Wild, savage, fierce (adjective)
- exclamó
- Exclaimed, cried out (third person singular preterite)
- Y
- And (conjunction, capitalized)
- desde
- Since, from (preposition)
- entonces
- Then, at that time, since then (adverb)
- un
- A, an, one (masculine singular indefinite article)
- tono
- Tone, manner of speaking (noun)
- lúgubre
- Gloomy, mournful, dismal (adjective)
- ¡no
- No, not (negative adverb)
- hace
- Does, makes, ago (third person singular present)
- nada
- Nothing, anything (pronoun or adverb)
- de
- Of, from, about (preposition)
- lo
- It, him (direct object pronoun, neuter article)
- pido
- Ask for, request (first person singular present)
- Ahora
- Now, right now (adverb)
- siempre
- Always, forever (adverb)
- son
- Are (third person plural present of ser)
- las
- The (feminine plural definite article)
- seis
- Six (number)
- punto
- Point, dot, o'clock (noun)
- Una
- A, an, one (feminine singular indefinite article)
- idea
- Idea, thought (noun)
- brillante
- Brilliant, bright, shining (adjective)
- vino
- Came (third person singular preterite of venir)
- ¿Es
- Is (third person singular present of ser)
- esa
- That (feminine singular demonstrative adjective or pronoun)
- razón
- Reason, right (noun)
- por
- By, for, through, because of (preposition)
- hay
- There is, there are (impersonal form of haber)
- tantas
- So many (feminine plural adjective)
- cosas
- Things, stuff (plural noun)
- té
- Tea (noun)
- puestas
- Put, placed, set (feminine plural past participle)
- aquí
- Here, in this place (adverb)
- preguntó
- Asked, questioned (third person singular preterite)
- ella
- She, her (subject or prepositional pronoun)
- Sí
- Yes (affirmative adverb)
- eso
- That (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
- es
- Is (third person singular present of ser)
- con
- With (preposition)
- suspiro
- Sigh, breath (noun)
- hora
- Hour, time (noun)
- del
- Of the (contraction of de + el)
- no
- No, not (negative adverb)
- tenemos
- Have, we have (first person plural present)
- lavar
- To wash (infinitive verb)
- entre
- Between, among (preposition)
- Entonces
- Then, so, therefore (adverb)
- siguen
- Follow, continue (third person plural present)
- moviéndose
- Moving (reflexive gerund, present participle)
- alrededor
- Around, about (adverb or preposition)
- supongo
- Suppose, assume (first person singular present)
- Exactamente
- Exactly, precisely (adverb)
- medida
- Measure, extent, as (noun or conjunction)
- van
- Go, are going (third person plural present)
- usando
- Using (gerund, present participle)
- ¿Pero
- But (conjunction, interrogative context)
- qué
- What (interrogative or exclamatory pronoun)
- sucede
- Happens, occurs (third person singular present)
- llegan
- Arrive, reach (third person plural present)
- al
- To the (contraction of a + el)
- principio
- Beginning, start, principle (noun)
- otra
- Other, another (feminine singular adjective)
- vez
- Time, occasion, turn (noun)
- atrevió
- Dared (third person singular preterite of atreverse)
- preguntar
- To ask, to question (infinitive verb)
- Supongamos
- Let's suppose (first person plural present subjunctive)
- cambiamos
- Change, we change (first person plural present)
- tema
- Topic, subject, theme (noun)
- interrumpió
- Interrupted (third person singular preterite)
- Marzo
- March (month)
- bostezando
- Yawning (gerund, present participle)
- Me
- Me, myself (reflexive or object pronoun)
- estoy
- Am (first person singular present of estar)
- cansando
- Tiring, getting tired (gerund, present participle)
- esto
- This (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
- Voto
- Vote, I vote (noun or first person verb)
- señorita
- Miss, young lady (noun)
- nos
- Us, ourselves (object or reflexive pronoun)
- cuente
- Tell, count (third person singular present subjunctive)
- una
- A, an, one (feminine singular indefinite article)
- historia
- Story, history (noun)
- temo
- Fear, I fear (first person singular present)
- conozco
- Know, I know (first person singular present)
- ninguna
- None, not any (feminine singular negative adjective)
- bastante
- Quite, enough, rather (adverb or adjective)
- alarmada
- Alarmed, worried (feminine singular past participle/adjective)
- ante
- Before, in front of, faced with (preposition)
- propuesta
- Proposal, proposition (noun)
- ¡Entonces
- Then, so (adverb, exclamatory)
- hará
- Will do, will make (third person singular future)
- gritaron
- Shouted, yelled (third person plural preterite)
- ambos
- Both (plural pronoun or adjective)
- ¡Despierta
- Wake up (third person singular imperative or present)
- pellizcaron
- Pinched (third person plural preterite)
- lados
- Sides (plural noun)
- El
- The (masculine singular definite article, capitalized)
- abrió
- Opened (third person singular preterite)
- lentamente
- Slowly (adverb)
- sus
- His, her, its, their (plural possessive adjective)
- ojos
- Eyes (plural noun)
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