Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 6
Early in the morning, before she had risen, he cleared away the snow that obstructed her path to the milk-house, drew water from the well, and brought the wood from the outhouse, where, to his perpetual astonishment, he found his store always replenished by an invisible hand.
Temprano por la mañana, antes de que ella se hubiera levantado, él despejaba la nieve que obstruía su camino hacia la lechería, sacaba agua del pozo y traía la leña del cobertizo, donde, para su perpetuo asombro, encontraba sus provisiones siempre repuestas por una mano invisible.
In the day, I believe, he worked sometimes for a neighbouring farmer, because he often went forth and did not return until dinner, yet brought no wood with him.
Durante el día, creo, trabajaba a veces para un granjero vecino, porque a menudo salía y no regresaba hasta la hora de cenar, pero no traía leña consigo.
At other times he worked in the garden, but as there was little to do in the frosty season, he read to the old man and Agatha.
En otras ocasiones trabajaba en el jardín, pero como había poco que hacer en la temporada de heladas, le leía al anciano y a Agatha.
"This reading had puzzled me extremely at first, but by degrees I discovered that he uttered many of the same sounds when he read as when he talked.
"Esta lectura me había desconcertado enormemente al principio, pero poco a poco descubrí que pronunciaba muchos de los mismos sonidos cuando leía que cuando hablaba.
I conjectured, therefore, that he found on the paper signs for speech which he understood, and I ardently longed to comprehend these also; but how was that possible when I did not even understand the sounds for which they stood as signs?
Conjeturé, por tanto, que encontraba en el papel signos para el habla que él comprendía, y anhelaba ardientemente comprender estos también; pero ¿cómo era eso posible cuando yo ni siquiera entendía los sonidos que dichos signos representaban?
Vocabulary
- Temprano
- Early; at an early time of day
- por
- By, for, through; common preposition with many uses
- mañana
- Morning; also means tomorrow
- antes
- Before; earlier in time
- hubiera
- Past subjunctive of haber; had (auxiliary)
- levantado
- Gotten up, risen; past participle of levantarse
- despejaba
- Was clearing away; imperfect of despejar
- nieve
- Snow; frozen precipitation
- obstruía
- Was blocking, obstructing; imperfect of obstruir
- camino
- Path, road, way; route to a destination
- hacia
- Toward, towards; indicating direction
- lechería
- Dairy; place where dairy products are sold or made
- sacaba
- Was drawing out, taking out; imperfect of sacar
- agua
- Water; liquid essential for life
- pozo
- Well; deep hole dug to access groundwater
- traía
- Was bringing; imperfect tense of traer
- leña
- Firewood; cut wood used as fuel
- cobertizo
- Shed, shelter; small outdoor storage structure
- donde
- Where; relative adverb of place
- perpetuo
- Perpetual, everlasting; continuing without end
- asombro
- Astonishment, amazement; great surprise
- encontraba
- Was finding; imperfect tense of encontrar
- provisiones
- Provisions, supplies; stored food and necessities
- siempre
- Always; at all times, on every occasion
- repuestas
- Restocked, replenished; past participle of reponer
- mano
- Hand; body part at the end of the arm
- invisible
- Invisible; unable to be seen
- Durante
- During; throughout a period of time
- día
- Day; 24-hour period
- creo
- I believe, I think; first-person singular of creer
- trabajaba
- Was working; imperfect tense of trabajar
- veces
- Times, occasions; plural of vez
- granjero
- Farmer; person who works on a farm
- vecino
- Neighbor; person living nearby
- porque
- Because; conjunction giving reason or cause
- menudo
- Often; a menudo means frequently
- salía
- Was going out, leaving; imperfect of salir
- regresaba
- Was returning; imperfect tense of regresar
- hasta
- Until, up to; preposition of limit or extent
- hora
- Hour, time; unit of time or time of day
- cenar
- To have dinner; to eat the evening meal
- pero
- But; conjunction showing contrast
- consigo
- With himself/herself; reflexive form of con + pronoun
- ocasiones
- Occasions, times; plural of ocasión
- jardín
- Garden; outdoor area for growing plants
- como
- Like, as, since; conjunction or comparative word
- había
- There was/were; imperfect of haber
- poco
- Little, few; small amount
- hacer
- To do, to make; fundamental action verb
- temporada
- Season, period; specific time of the year
- heladas
- Frosts, freezes; cold temperatures causing freezing
- leía
- Was reading; imperfect tense of leer
- anciano
- Elderly man, old man; aged male person
- lectura
- Reading; the act of reading a text
- desconcertado
- Confused, puzzled, baffled; past participle of desconcertar
- enormemente
- Enormously, greatly; to a very large degree
- principio
- Beginning, start; also principle or rule
- descubrí
- I discovered; preterite of descubrir
- pronunciaba
- Was pronouncing; imperfect tense of pronunciar
- muchos
- Many; large number, masculine plural
- mismos
- Same; masculine plural of mismo
- sonidos
- Sounds; auditory perceptions, plural of sonido
- cuando
- When; conjunction or adverb of time
- hablaba
- Was speaking; imperfect tense of hablar
- Conjeturé
- I conjectured, guessed; preterite of conjeturar
- tanto
- So much, as much; indicating a large amount
- papel
- Paper; material for writing, also means role
- signos
- Signs, symbols; written marks conveying meaning
- habla
- Speech, spoken language; third-person of hablar
- comprendía
- Was understanding; imperfect tense of comprender
- anhelaba
- Was longing, yearning; imperfect of anhelar
- ardientemente
- Ardently, passionately; with great intensity or desire
- comprender
- To understand, to comprehend; to grasp meaning
- también
- Also, too; in addition to something else
- cómo
- How; interrogative adverb of manner
- era
- Was; imperfect tense of ser
- eso
- That; neuter demonstrative pronoun
- posible
- Possible; able to happen or be done
- ni
- Nor, not even; negative conjunction
- siquiera
- Even; used in negative sentences, not even
- entendía
- Was understanding; imperfect of entender
- dichos
- Said, mentioned; also sayings or proverbs
- representaban
- Represented, stood for; imperfect of representar
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