Grimms' Fairy Tales — Page 15
'With all my heart,' said Hans: 'but as you are so kind to me, I must tell you one thing--you will have a weary task to draw that silver about with you.'
«Con todo mi corazón», dijo Hans: «pero como eres tan amable conmigo, debo decirte una cosa: tendrás una ardua tarea arrastrando toda esa plata contigo».
However, the horseman got off, took the silver, helped Hans up, gave him the bridle into one hand and the whip into the other, and said, 'When you want to go very fast, smack your lips loudly together, and cry "Jip!"'
Sin embargo, el jinete desmontó, tomó la plata, ayudó a Hans a subir, le puso las riendas en una mano y el látigo en la otra, y dijo: «Cuando quieras ir muy rápido, chasquea los labios fuertemente y grita "¡Jip!"».
Hans was delighted as he sat on the horse, drew himself up, squared his elbows, turned out his toes, cracked his whip, and rode merrily off, one minute whistling a merry tune, and another singing,
Hans estaba encantado mientras se sentaba en el caballo, se irguió, cuadró los codos, giró los pies hacia afuera, chasqueó su látigo y se alejó alegremente, silbando un momento una melodía alegre, y cantando al siguiente,
'No care and no sorrow, A fig for the morrow! We'll laugh and be merry, Sing neigh down derry!'
«¡Sin penas ni tristezas, un higo para el mañana! ¡Nos reiremos y seremos felices, cantando alegremente!»
After a time he thought he should like to go a little faster, so he smacked his lips and cried 'Jip!'
Al cabo de un rato pensó que le gustaría ir un poco más rápido, así que chasqueó los labios y gritó «¡Jip!».
Away went the horse full gallop; and before Hans knew what he was about, he was thrown off, and lay on his back by the road-side.
El caballo salió a todo galope; y antes de que Hans se diera cuenta de lo que estaba pasando, fue arrojado y quedó tendido de espaldas al lado del camino.
His horse would have ran off, if a shepherd who was coming by, driving a cow, had not stopped it.
Su caballo habría huido, si un pastor que pasaba por allí, llevando una vaca, no lo hubiera detenido.
Hans soon came to himself, and got upon his legs again, sadly vexed, and said to the shepherd, 'This riding is no joke, when a man has the luck to get upon a beast like this that stumbles and flings him off as if it would break his neck.
Hans no tardó en recobrar el sentido, se puso de pie de nuevo, muy disgustado, y le dijo al pastor: «Esto de montar no es ninguna broma, cuando a un hombre le toca la suerte de subirse a una bestia como esta que tropieza y lo tira como si quisiera romperle el cuello.
Vocabulary
- Con
- Preposition meaning 'with'
- todo
- Meaning 'all' or 'everything'
- mi
- Possessive adjective meaning 'my'
- corazón
- Noun meaning 'heart'
- dijo
- Past tense of 'decir'; meaning 'said'
- pero
- Conjunction meaning 'but'
- como
- Conjunction or adverb meaning 'as' or 'since'
- eres
- Second person singular present of 'ser'; 'you are'
- tan
- Adverb meaning 'so' or 'such' before adjectives
- amable
- Adjective meaning 'kind' or 'friendly'
- conmigo
- Prepositional pronoun meaning 'with me'
- debo
- First person singular of 'deber'; 'I must'
- decirte
- Infinitive 'decir' plus 'te'; 'to tell you'
- una
- Indefinite article meaning 'a' or 'one' (feminine)
- cosa
- Noun meaning 'thing'
- tendrás
- Future tense of 'tener'; 'you will have'
- ardua
- Adjective meaning 'arduous' or 'difficult'
- tarea
- Noun meaning 'task' or 'assignment'
- arrastrando
- Gerund of 'arrastrar'; meaning 'dragging' or 'hauling'
- toda
- Adjective meaning 'all' or 'entire' (feminine)
- esa
- Demonstrative adjective meaning 'that' (feminine)
- plata
- Noun meaning 'silver' or colloquially 'money'
- contigo
- Prepositional pronoun meaning 'with you'
- Sin
- Preposition meaning 'without'
- embargo
- Used in 'sin embargo'; meaning 'however' or 'nevertheless'
- el
- Definite article meaning 'the' (masculine singular)
- jinete
- Noun meaning 'rider' or 'horseman'
- desmontó
- Past tense of 'desmontar'; meaning 'dismounted'
- tomó
- Past tense of 'tomar'; meaning 'took'
- la
- Definite article or pronoun meaning 'the' or 'her'
- ayudó
- Past tense of 'ayudar'; meaning 'helped'
- a
- Preposition meaning 'to' or 'at'
- subir
- Infinitive meaning 'to go up' or 'to mount'
- le
- Indirect object pronoun meaning 'to him/her/you'
- puso
- Past tense of 'poner'; meaning 'put' or 'placed'
- las
- Definite article meaning 'the' (feminine plural)
- riendas
- Noun meaning 'reins' used to control a horse
- en
- Preposition meaning 'in' or 'on'
- mano
- Noun meaning 'hand'
- y
- Conjunction meaning 'and'
- látigo
- Noun meaning 'whip'
- otra
- Adjective meaning 'other' or 'another' (feminine)
- Cuando
- Conjunction meaning 'when'
- quieras
- Subjunctive of 'querer'; meaning 'whenever you want'
- ir
- Infinitive meaning 'to go'
- muy
- Adverb meaning 'very'
- rápido
- Adjective or adverb meaning 'fast' or 'quickly'
- chasquea
- Imperative of 'chasquear'; meaning 'snap' or 'crack'
- los
- Definite article meaning 'the' (masculine plural)
- labios
- Noun meaning 'lips'
- fuertemente
- Adverb meaning 'strongly' or 'hard'
- grita
- Imperative of 'gritar'; meaning 'shout' or 'yell'
- estaba
- Imperfect of 'estar'; meaning 'was' (temporary state)
- encantado
- Adjective meaning 'delighted' or 'enchanted'
- mientras
- Conjunction meaning 'while' or 'as'
- se
- Reflexive pronoun meaning 'himself/herself/itself'
- sentaba
- Imperfect of 'sentar'; meaning 'was sitting'
- caballo
- Noun meaning 'horse'
- irguió
- Past tense of 'erguir'; meaning 'straightened up'
- cuadró
- Past tense of 'cuadrar'; meaning 'squared' or 'aligned'
- codos
- Noun meaning 'elbows'
- giró
- Past tense of 'girar'; meaning 'turned' or 'rotated'
- pies
- Noun meaning 'feet'
- hacia
- Preposition meaning 'toward' or 'towards'
- afuera
- Adverb meaning 'outward' or 'outside'
- chasqueó
- Past tense of 'chasquear'; meaning 'snapped' or 'clicked'
- su
- Possessive adjective meaning 'his', 'her', or 'its'
- alejó
- Past tense of 'alejarse'; meaning 'moved away'
- alegremente
- Adverb meaning 'cheerfully' or 'happily'
- silbando
- Gerund of 'silbar'; meaning 'whistling'
- un
- Indefinite article meaning 'a' or 'one' (masculine)
- momento
- Noun meaning 'moment'
- melodía
- Noun meaning 'melody' or 'tune'
- alegre
- Adjective meaning 'cheerful' or 'merry'
- cantando
- Gerund of 'cantar'; meaning 'singing'
- al
- Contraction of 'a' and 'el'; meaning 'to the'
- siguiente
- Adjective meaning 'next' or 'following'
- penas
- Noun meaning 'sorrows', 'troubles', or 'hardships'
- ni
- Conjunction meaning 'nor' or 'neither'
- tristezas
- Noun meaning 'sadnesses' or 'griefs'
- higo
- Noun meaning 'fig'; used idiomatically for 'nothing'
- para
- Preposition meaning 'for' or 'in order to'
- mañana
- Noun or adverb meaning 'morning' or 'tomorrow'
- Nos
- Reflexive or object pronoun meaning 'us' or 'ourselves'
- reiremos
- Future tense of 'reír'; meaning 'we will laugh'
- seremos
- Future tense of 'ser'; meaning 'we will be'
- felices
- Adjective meaning 'happy' (plural form)
- Al
- Contraction 'a' plus 'el'; meaning 'to the' or 'at the'
- cabo
- Noun meaning 'end'; 'al cabo de' means 'after'
- de
- Preposition meaning 'of' or 'from'
- rato
- Noun meaning 'a while' or 'a short time'
- pensó
- Past tense of 'pensar'; meaning 'thought'
- que
- Conjunction or pronoun meaning 'that' or 'which'
- gustaría
- Conditional of 'gustar'; meaning 'would like'
- poco
- Adjective or adverb meaning 'a little' or 'few'
- más
- Adverb meaning 'more'
- así
- Adverb meaning 'like this' or 'in this way'
- gritó
- Past tense of 'gritar'; meaning 'shouted' or 'yelled'
- El
- Definite article meaning 'the' (masculine singular)
- salió
- Past tense of 'salir'; meaning 'went out' or 'left'
- galope
- Noun meaning 'gallop'; fast horse gait
- antes
- Adverb meaning 'before' or 'previously'
- diera
- Imperfect subjunctive of 'dar'; meaning 'gave'
- cuenta
- Noun meaning 'account'; 'darse cuenta' means 'to realize'
- lo
- Object pronoun meaning 'it' or 'him'
- pasando
- Gerund of 'pasar'; meaning 'happening' or 'passing'
- fue
- Past tense of 'ser' or 'ir'; meaning 'was' or 'went'
- arrojado
- Past participle of 'arrojar'; meaning 'thrown' or 'hurled'
- quedó
- Past tense of 'quedar'; meaning 'remained' or 'stayed'
- tendido
- Past participle of 'tender'; meaning 'lying stretched out'
- espaldas
- Noun meaning 'back' (of the body), plural form
- lado
- Noun meaning 'side'
- del
- Contraction of 'de' and 'el'; meaning 'of the'
- camino
- Noun meaning 'road' or 'path'
- Su
- Possessive adjective meaning 'his', 'her', or 'its'
- habría
- Conditional of 'haber'; meaning 'would have'
- huido
- Past participle of 'huir'; meaning 'fled' or 'run away'
- si
- Conjunction meaning 'if'
- pastor
- Noun meaning 'shepherd'
- pasaba
- Imperfect of 'pasar'; meaning 'was passing by'
- por
- Preposition meaning 'through', 'by', or 'for'
- allí
- Adverb meaning 'there'
- llevando
- Gerund of 'llevar'; meaning 'carrying' or 'leading'
- vaca
- Noun meaning 'cow'
- no
- Adverb meaning 'no' or 'not'
- hubiera
- Imperfect subjunctive of 'haber'; used in conditionals
- detenido
- Past participle of 'detener'; meaning 'stopped' or 'detained'
- tardó
- Past tense of 'tardar'; meaning 'took time' or 'delayed'
- recobrar
- Infinitive meaning 'to recover' or 'to regain'
- sentido
- Noun meaning 'sense' or 'consciousness'
- pie
- Noun meaning 'foot'; 'ponerse de pie' means to stand up
- nuevo
- Adjective meaning 'new'; 'de nuevo' means 'again'
- disgustado
- Adjective meaning 'displeased' or 'annoyed'
- Esto
- Demonstrative pronoun meaning 'this'
- montar
- Infinitive meaning 'to ride' or 'to mount'
- es
- Third person singular of 'ser'; meaning 'is'
- ninguna
- Adjective meaning 'no' or 'not any' (feminine)
- broma
- Noun meaning 'joke' or 'prank'
- cuando
- Conjunction meaning 'when'
- hombre
- Noun meaning 'man'
- toca
- Present of 'tocar'; meaning 'touches' or 'falls to one'
- suerte
- Noun meaning 'luck' or 'fate'
- subirse
- Reflexive infinitive meaning 'to get on' or 'to climb onto'
- bestia
- Noun meaning 'beast' or 'animal'
- esta
- Demonstrative adjective meaning 'this' (feminine)
- tropieza
- Present of 'tropezar'; meaning 'stumbles' or 'trips'
- tira
- Present of 'tirar'; meaning 'throws' or 'knocks off'
- quisiera
- Imperfect subjunctive of 'querer'; meaning 'I would like'
- romperle
- Infinitive 'romper' plus 'le'; meaning 'to break its neck'
- cuello
- Noun meaning 'neck'
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