Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 7
"I wasn't asleep," he said in a hoarse, feeble voice: "I heard every word you fellows were saying."
"No estaba dormido," dijo con voz ronca y débil: "Oí cada palabra que ustedes decían."
"Tell us a story!" said the March Hare.
"¡Cuéntanos una historia!" dijo la Liebre de Marzo.
"Yes, please do!" pleaded Alice.
"¡Sí, por favor!" suplicó Alicia.
"And be quick about it," added the Hatter, "or you'll be asleep again before it's done."
"Y date prisa," añadió el Sombrerero, "o te quedarás dormido otra vez antes de terminarla."
"Once upon a time there were three little sisters," the Dormouse began in a great hurry; "and their names were Elsie, Lacie, and Tillie; and they lived at the bottom of a well—"
"Había una vez tres hermanitas," comenzó el Lirón con gran prisa; "y sus nombres eran Elsie, Lacie y Tillie; y vivían en el fondo de un pozo—"
"What did they live on?" said Alice, who always took a great interest in questions of eating and drinking.
"¿De qué vivían?" dijo Alicia, quien siempre tenía gran interés en cuestiones de comer y beber.
"They lived on treacle," said the Dormouse, after thinking a minute or two.
"Vivían de melaza," dijo el Lirón, después de pensar un minuto o dos.
"They couldn't have done that, you know," Alice gently remarked; "they'd have been ill."
"No podrían haber hecho eso, sabes," comentó Alicia suavemente; "habrían estado enfermas."
"So they were," said the Dormouse; "_very_ ill."
"Así estaban," dijo el Lirón; "_muy_ enfermas."
Alice tried to fancy to herself what such an extraordinary way of living would be like, but it puzzled her too much, so she went on: "But why did they live at the bottom of a well?"
Alicia trató de imaginarse cómo sería tal extraordinaria forma de vivir, pero la desconcertó demasiado, así que continuó: "¿Pero por qué vivían en el fondo de un pozo?"
"Take some more tea," the March Hare said to Alice, very earnestly.
"Toma más té," dijo la Liebre de Marzo a Alicia, muy seriamente.
"I've had nothing yet," Alice replied in an offended tone, "so I can't take more."
"No he tomado nada aún," respondió Alicia en tono ofendido, "así que no puedo tomar más."
"You mean you can't take _less_," said the Hatter: "it's very easy to take _more_ than nothing."
"Quieres decir que no puedes tomar _menos_," dijo el Sombrerero: "es muy fácil tomar _más_ que nada."
"Nobody asked _your_ opinion," said Alice.
"Nadie pidió _tu_ opinión," dijo Alicia.
"Who's making personal remarks now?" the Hatter asked triumphantly.
"¿Quién está haciendo comentarios personales ahora?" preguntó el Sombrerero triunfalmente.
Vocabulary
- No
- No, not
- estaba
- was, used to be (imperfect of estar)
- dormido
- asleep, sleeping
- dijo
- said, told (preterite of decir)
- con
- with
- voz
- voice
- ronca
- hoarse, husky
- y
- and
- débil
- weak, feeble
- Oí
- I heard (preterite of oír)
- cada
- each, every
- palabra
- word
- que
- that, which, who
- ustedes
- you (plural formal)
- decían
- were saying, used to say (imperfect)
- ¡Cuéntanos
- Tell us (imperative of contar)
- una
- a, an (feminine)
- historia
- story, history
- la
- the (feminine singular)
- Liebre
- hare
- de
- of, from
- Marzo
- March (month)
- Sí
- yes
- por
- for, by, through
- favor
- favor, please
- suplicó
- begged, pleaded (preterite of suplicar)
- Y
- and
- date
- hurry up, give yourself (imperative)
- prisa
- hurry, haste
- añadió
- added (preterite of añadir)
- el
- the (masculine singular)
- o
- or
- te
- you, yourself (reflexive pronoun)
- quedarás
- will stay, will remain (future tense)
- otra
- other, another (feminine)
- vez
- time, occasion
- antes
- before
- terminarla
- to finish it (infinitive plus pronoun)
- Había
- there was, there were (imperfect of haber)
- tres
- three
- hermanitas
- little sisters
- comenzó
- began, started (preterite of comenzar)
- gran
- great, big (apocopated form)
- sus
- their, his, her, your (possessive)
- nombres
- names
- eran
- were, used to be (imperfect of ser)
- vivían
- lived, used to live (imperfect of vivir)
- en
- in, on, at
- fondo
- bottom, depth, background
- un
- a, an (masculine)
- pozo
- well, pit
- ¿De
- of what, from what (interrogative)
- qué
- what (interrogative)
- quien
- who, whom
- siempre
- always
- tenía
- had, used to have (imperfect of tener)
- interés
- interest
- cuestiones
- questions, issues, matters
- comer
- to eat
- beber
- to drink
- Vivían
- they lived, used to live (imperfect)
- melaza
- molasses, treacle
- después
- after, afterwards
- pensar
- to think
- minuto
- minute
- dos
- two
- podrían
- could, would be able (conditional of poder)
- haber
- to have (auxiliary verb)
- hecho
- done, made (past participle of hacer)
- eso
- that
- sabes
- you know (present tense of saber)
- comentó
- commented, remarked (preterite of comentar)
- suavemente
- softly, gently, smoothly
- habrían
- would have (conditional perfect of haber)
- estado
- been, state (past participle of estar)
- enfermas
- sick, ill (feminine plural)
- Así
- thus, so, like this
- estaban
- were, used to be (imperfect of estar)
- _muy_
- very (emphasized)
- trató
- tried, treated (preterite of tratar)
- imaginarse
- to imagine (reflexive infinitive)
- cómo
- how
- sería
- would be (conditional of ser)
- tal
- such, so, as
- extraordinaria
- extraordinary, unusual
- forma
- form, way, shape
- vivir
- to live
- pero
- but
- desconcertó
- disconcerted, confused (preterite of desconcertar)
- demasiado
- too much, excessively
- así
- thus, so, like this
- continuó
- continued (preterite of continuar)
- ¿Pero
- but (interrogative context)
- Toma
- take, have (imperative of tomar)
- más
- more
- té
- tea
- a
- to, at
- muy
- very
- seriamente
- seriously
- he
- I have (present perfect auxiliary)
- tomado
- taken, drunk (past participle of tomar)
- nada
- nothing
- aún
- yet, still
- respondió
- responded, answered (preterite of responder)
- tono
- tone
- ofendido
- offended
- no
- no, not
- puedo
- I can, I am able (present of poder)
- tomar
- to take, to drink
- Quieres
- you want (present tense of querer)
- decir
- to say, to tell
- puedes
- you can, you are able (present of poder)
- _menos_
- less (emphasized)
- es
- is (present tense of ser)
- fácil
- easy
- _más_
- more (emphasized)
- Nadie
- nobody, no one
- pidió
- asked for, requested (preterite of pedir)
- _tu_
- your (informal, emphasized)
- opinión
- opinion
- ¿Quién
- who (interrogative)
- está
- is (present tense of estar)
- haciendo
- doing, making (present participle of hacer)
- comentarios
- comments, remarks
- personales
- personal
- ahora
- now
- preguntó
- asked (preterite of preguntar)
- triunfalmente
- triumphantly
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