Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 1
The Mock Turtle's Story
La Historia de la Falsa Tortuga
"You can't think how glad I am to see you again, you dear old thing!" said the Duchess, as she tucked her arm affectionately into Alice's, and they walked off together.
"¡No puedes imaginar cuánto me alegro de verte otra vez, querida criatura!" dijo la Duquesa, mientras enlazaba su brazo afectuosamente con el de Alicia, y se alejaron juntas.
Alice was very glad to find her in such a pleasant temper, and thought to herself that perhaps it was only the pepper that had made her so savage when they met in the kitchen.
Alicia se alegró mucho de encontrarla de tan buen humor, y pensó para sí misma que quizás era sólo la pimienta lo que la había puesto tan furiosa cuando se encontraron en la cocina.
"When _I'm_ a Duchess," she said to herself, (not in a very hopeful tone though), "I won't have any pepper in my kitchen _at all_.
"Cuando yo sea Duquesa," se dijo a sí misma, (aunque no en un tono muy esperanzado), "no tendré nada de pimienta en mi cocina.
Soup does very well without—Maybe it's always pepper that makes people hot-tempered," she went on, very much pleased at having found out a new kind of rule, "and vinegar that makes them sour—and camomile that makes them bitter—and—and barley-sugar and such things that make children sweet-tempered.
La sopa queda muy bien sin ella—Quizás es siempre la pimienta lo que pone a la gente de mal genio," continuó, muy complacida de haber descubierto una nueva clase de regla, "y el vinagre lo que los vuelve agrios—y la manzanilla lo que los vuelve amargados—y—y el azúcar de cebada y cosas así lo que vuelve a los niños de carácter dulce.
I only wish people knew _that_: then they wouldn't be so stingy about it, you know—"
Ojalá la gente supiera eso: entonces no serían tan tacaños con ello, sabes—"
She had quite forgotten the Duchess by this time, and was a little startled when she heard her voice close to her ear.
Para entonces había olvidado por completo a la Duquesa, y se sobresaltó un poco cuando oyó su voz cerca de su oído.
"You're thinking about something, my dear, and that makes you forget to talk.
"Estás pensando en algo, querida, y eso hace que olvides hablar.
I can't tell you just now what the moral of that is, but I shall remember it in a bit."
No puedo decirte ahora mismo cuál es la moraleja de eso, pero la recordaré en un momento."
"Perhaps it hasn't one," Alice ventured to remark.
"Quizás no tenga ninguna," se aventuró a comentar Alicia.
"Tut, tut, child!" said the Duchess.
"¡Vamos, vamos, niña!" dijo la Duquesa.
"Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it.
"Todo tiene una moraleja, si tan sólo puedes encontrarla.
Vocabulary
- La
- The (feminine singular definite article)
- Historia
- Story, history, tale
- de
- Of, from (preposition)
- la
- The (feminine singular definite article)
- Falsa
- False, fake, untrue
- Tortuga
- Turtle, tortoise
- No
- No, not (negation)
- puedes
- You can, you are able to
- imaginar
- To imagine, to picture
- cuánto
- How much, how many
- me
- Me, myself (reflexive or object pronoun)
- alegro
- I am glad, I rejoice (first person present)
- verte
- To see you (infinitive with pronoun attached)
- otra
- Another, other (feminine)
- vez
- Time, occasion (as in one time)
- querida
- Dear, beloved (feminine)
- criatura
- Creature, child, being
- dijo
- Said, told (third person preterite of decir)
- Duquesa
- Duchess (noble title)
- mientras
- While, meanwhile, whereas
- su
- His, her, their, your (possessive)
- brazo
- Arm (body part)
- afectuosamente
- Affectionately, lovingly, warmly
- con
- With (preposition)
- el
- The (masculine singular definite article)
- y
- And (conjunction)
- se
- Themselves, herself, himself (reflexive pronoun)
- alejaron
- They moved away, they distanced themselves
- juntas
- Together (feminine plural)
- alegró
- Gladdened, made happy (third person preterite)
- mucho
- Much, a lot, very
- encontrarla
- To find her, to encounter her
- tan
- So, such, as (adverb of degree)
- buen
- Good (shortened form of bueno before masculine noun)
- humor
- Mood, humor, temper
- pensó
- Thought (third person preterite of pensar)
- para
- For, to, in order to
- sí
- Himself, herself, itself (reflexive); yes
- misma
- Same, self (feminine)
- que
- That, which, who (relative pronoun or conjunction)
- quizás
- Perhaps, maybe, possibly
- era
- Was, used to be (imperfect of ser)
- sólo
- Only, just, solely
- pimienta
- Pepper (spice)
- lo
- It, him (masculine direct object pronoun)
- había
- Had, there was/were (imperfect of haber)
- puesto
- Put, placed (past participle of poner)
- furiosa
- Furious, angry (feminine)
- cuando
- When (conjunction or adverb)
- encontraron
- They found, they encountered (preterite)
- en
- In, on, at (preposition)
- cocina
- Kitchen; she/he cooks
- Cuando
- When (conjunction, capitalized)
- yo
- I (subject pronoun)
- sea
- Be, am (subjunctive of ser)
- a
- To, at (preposition)
- aunque
- Although, even though, though
- no
- No, not (negation)
- un
- A, an (masculine indefinite article)
- tono
- Tone, pitch, manner
- muy
- Very, quite, really
- esperanzado
- Hopeful, full of hope
- tendré
- I will have (future tense of tener)
- nada
- Nothing, not anything
- mi
- My (possessive adjective)
- sopa
- Soup
- queda
- Remains, stays, is left
- bien
- Well, good, fine
- sin
- Without (preposition)
- ella
- She, her, it (feminine pronoun)
- Quizás
- Perhaps, maybe (capitalized)
- es
- Is, it is (third person present of ser)
- siempre
- Always, ever
- pone
- Puts, places, makes (third person present of poner)
- gente
- People, folks
- mal
- Bad, badly, poorly
- genio
- Temper, genius, mood
- continuó
- Continued, went on (preterite)
- complacida
- Pleased, satisfied (feminine)
- haber
- To have (auxiliary verb); there to be
- descubierto
- Discovered, uncovered (past participle)
- una
- A, an, one (feminine indefinite article)
- nueva
- New (feminine)
- clase
- Class, kind, type
- regla
- Rule, regulation; ruler
- vinagre
- Vinegar
- los
- The, them (masculine plural article or pronoun)
- vuelve
- Turns, makes, returns (third person present of volver)
- agrios
- Sour, bitter (masculine plural)
- manzanilla
- Chamomile; manzanilla sherry
- amargados
- Bitter, embittered (masculine plural)
- azúcar
- Sugar
- cebada
- Barley
- cosas
- Things, stuff
- así
- Like this, so, thus
- niños
- Children, kids (masculine plural)
- carácter
- Character, nature, personality
- dulce
- Sweet, gentle, candy
- Ojalá
- Hopefully, if only, I wish
- supiera
- Knew (imperfect subjunctive of saber)
- eso
- That (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
- entonces
- Then, so, at that time
- serían
- They would be (conditional of ser)
- tacaños
- Stingy, miserly, cheap (masculine plural)
- ello
- It (neuter pronoun for abstract ideas)
- sabes
- You know (second person present of saber)
- Para
- For, to, in order to (capitalized)
- olvidado
- Forgotten (past participle of olvidar)
- por
- By, for, through (preposition)
- completo
- Complete, completely, entirely
- sobresaltó
- Startled, was startled (preterite)
- poco
- Little, few, a bit
- oyó
- Heard (third person preterite of oír)
- voz
- Voice, sound
- cerca
- Near, close, nearby
- oído
- Ear; heard (past participle of oír)
- Estás
- You are (second person present of estar)
- pensando
- Thinking (present participle of pensar)
- algo
- Something, anything, somewhat
- hace
- Makes, does, ago (third person present of hacer)
- olvides
- Forget (subjunctive of olvidar)
- hablar
- To speak, to talk
- puedo
- I can, I am able to
- decirte
- To tell you, to say to you
- ahora
- Now, right now
- mismo
- Same, self, very; right now
- cuál
- Which, what (interrogative pronoun)
- moraleja
- Moral, lesson (of a story)
- pero
- But, however
- recordaré
- I will remember (future tense of recordar)
- momento
- Moment, instant, time
- tenga
- Have, has (subjunctive of tener)
- ninguna
- No, none, not any (feminine)
- aventuró
- Ventured, dared (preterite of aventurar)
- comentar
- To comment, to remark
- Vamos
- Let's go, come on (first person plural command)
- vamos
- We go, let's go
- niña
- Girl, child (feminine)
- Todo
- Everything, all (capitalized)
- tiene
- Has, have (third person present of tener)
- si
- If, whether (conjunction)
Unlock audio playback, vocabulary games, and reading progress tracking.
Create free account →