Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 8
Alice did not quite know what to say to this: so she helped herself to some tea and bread-and-butter, and then turned to the Dormouse, and repeated her question.
Alicia no sabía muy bien qué decir a esto: así que se sirvió un poco de té y pan con mantequilla, y luego se volvió hacia el Lirón y repitió su pregunta.
"Why did they live at the bottom of a well?"
"¿Por qué vivían en el fondo de un pozo?"
The Dormouse again took a minute or two to think about it, and then said, "It was a treacle-well."
El Lirón se tomó de nuevo un minuto o dos para pensarlo, y luego dijo: "Era un pozo de melaza."
"There's no such thing!"
"¡No existe tal cosa!"
Alice was beginning very angrily, but the Hatter and the March Hare went "Sh! sh!" and the Dormouse sulkily remarked, "If you can't be civil, you'd better finish the story for yourself."
Alicia estaba empezando muy enfadada, pero el Sombrerero y la Liebre de Marzo dijeron "¡Sh! ¡sh!" y el Lirón comentó malhumoradamente: "Si no puedes ser educada, será mejor que termines la historia tú misma."
"No, please go on!"
"¡No, por favor continúa!"
Alice said very humbly; "I won't interrupt again.
Alicia dijo muy humildemente; "No interrumpiré de nuevo.
I dare say there may be _one_."
Me atrevo a decir que puede haber una."
"One, indeed!" said the Dormouse indignantly.
"¡Una, en efecto!" dijo el Lirón indignado.
However, he consented to go on.
Sin embargo, consintió en continuar.
"And so these three little sisters—they were learning to draw, you know—"
"Y entonces estas tres hermanitas—estaban aprendiendo a dibujar, ¿sabes?—"
"What did they draw?" said Alice, quite forgetting her promise.
"¿Qué dibujaban?" dijo Alicia, olvidando por completo su promesa.
"Treacle," said the Dormouse, without considering at all this time.
"Melaza," dijo el Lirón, sin reflexionar en absoluto esta vez.
"I want a clean cup," interrupted the Hatter: "let's all move one place on."
"Quiero una taza limpia," interrumpió el Sombrerero: "movámонos todos un lugar."
He moved on as he spoke, and the Dormouse followed him: the March Hare moved into the Dormouse's place, and Alice rather unwillingly took the place of the March Hare.
Se movió mientras hablaba, y el Lirón lo siguió: la Liebre de Marzo se movió al lugar del Lirón, y Alicia tomó bastante a regañadientes el lugar de la Liebre de Marzo.
The Hatter was the only one who got any advantage from the change: and Alice was a good deal worse off than before, as the March Hare had just upset the milk-jug into his plate.
El Sombrerero fue el único que obtuvo alguna ventaja del cambio: y Alicia estaba bastante peor que antes, ya que la Liebre de Marzo acababa de volcar la jarra de leche en su plato.
Vocabulary
- no
- no, not
- sabía
- knew, used to know (imperfect of saber)
- muy
- very, quite
- bien
- well, good, fine
- qué
- what, which (interrogative or exclamatory)
- decir
- to say, to tell
- a
- to, at, in (preposition)
- esto
- this (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
- así
- so, thus, like this
- que
- that, which, who (conjunction or relative pronoun)
- se
- reflexive pronoun; himself, herself, itself, themselves
- sirvió
- served, poured (preterite of servir)
- un
- a, an, one (masculine indefinite article)
- poco
- little, bit, few
- de
- of, from, about (preposition)
- té
- tea
- y
- and
- pan
- bread
- con
- with
- mantequilla
- butter
- luego
- then, later, afterwards
- volvió
- returned, turned (preterite of volver)
- hacia
- toward, towards
- el
- the (masculine singular definite article)
- repitió
- repeated (preterite of repetir)
- su
- his, her, its, their, your (formal)
- pregunta
- question
- Por
- for, by, through, because of
- vivían
- lived, were living (imperfect of vivir)
- en
- in, on, at
- fondo
- bottom, depth, background
- pozo
- well, pit
- El
- the (masculine singular definite article)
- tomó
- took, drank (preterite of tomar)
- nuevo
- new, another
- minuto
- minute
- o
- or
- dos
- two
- para
- for, to, in order to
- pensarlo
- to think about it (pensar + lo)
- dijo
- said, told (preterite of decir)
- Era
- was, were (imperfect of ser)
- melaza
- molasses, treacle
- No
- no, not
- existe
- exists, there is/are (present of existir)
- tal
- such, such a
- cosa
- thing
- estaba
- was, were (imperfect of estar)
- empezando
- beginning, starting (gerund of empezar)
- enfadada
- angry, annoyed (feminine)
- pero
- but
- la
- the (feminine singular definite article); her
- Marzo
- March (month)
- dijeron
- said, told (preterite plural of decir)
- comentó
- commented, remarked (preterite of comentar)
- malhumoradamente
- grumpily, bad-temperedly, sullenly
- Si
- if
- puedes
- can, are able to (present tú form of poder)
- ser
- to be (permanent or essential qualities)
- educada
- polite, well-mannered (feminine)
- será
- will be (future of ser)
- mejor
- better, best
- termines
- finish, end (present subjunctive tú form of terminar)
- historia
- story, history
- tú
- you (informal singular subject pronoun)
- misma
- same, self (feminine)
- por
- for, by, through, per
- favor
- favor, please (in por favor)
- continúa
- continue, go on (command or present of continuar)
- humildemente
- humbly, meekly
- interrumpiré
- will interrupt (future of interrumpir)
- Me
- me, myself (object pronoun)
- atrevo
- dare (present yo form of atreverse)
- puede
- can, may (present of poder)
- haber
- to have (auxiliary); there is/are
- una
- a, an, one (feminine indefinite article)
- Una
- a, an, one (feminine indefinite article, capitalized)
- efecto
- effect, result
- indignado
- indignant, outraged (masculine)
- Sin
- without
- embargo
- however (in sin embargo)
- consintió
- consented, agreed (preterite of consentir)
- continuar
- to continue
- Y
- and
- entonces
- then, so, at that time
- estas
- these (feminine plural)
- tres
- three
- hermanitas
- little sisters
- estaban
- were (imperfect plural of estar)
- aprendiendo
- learning (gerund of aprender)
- dibujar
- to draw
- sabes
- know (present tú form of saber)
- Qué
- what (interrogative or exclamatory, accented)
- dibujaban
- drew, were drawing (imperfect of dibujar)
- olvidando
- forgetting (gerund of olvidar)
- completo
- complete, full, entire
- promesa
- promise
- sin
- without
- reflexionar
- to reflect, to think about
- absoluto
- absolute, complete, total
- esta
- this (feminine singular)
- vez
- time, occasion
- Quiero
- want, love (present yo form of querer)
- taza
- cup
- limpia
- clean (feminine)
- interrumpió
- interrupted (preterite of interrumpir)
- todos
- all, everyone (masculine plural)
- lugar
- place, location
- Se
- reflexive pronoun (capitalized)
- movió
- moved (preterite of mover)
- mientras
- while, meanwhile
- hablaba
- spoke, was speaking (imperfect of hablar)
- lo
- him, it, the (masculine object pronoun)
- siguió
- followed, continued (preterite of seguir)
- al
- to the (contraction of a + el)
- del
- of the, from the (contraction of de + el)
- bastante
- quite, enough, rather
- regañadientes
- reluctance (in a regañadientes: reluctantly)
- fue
- was, went (preterite of ser or ir)
- único
- only, unique, sole
- obtuvo
- obtained, got (preterite of obtener)
- alguna
- some, any (feminine singular)
- ventaja
- advantage
- cambio
- change, exchange
- peor
- worse, worst
- antes
- before, previously
- ya
- already, now, yet
- acababa
- had just, was finishing (imperfect of acabar)
- volcar
- to spill, to overturn
- jarra
- pitcher, jug
- leche
- milk
- plato
- plate, dish
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