Light O' the Morning: The Story of an Irish Girl — Page 5
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That we O'Shanaghgans are the proudest and oldest family in the county, and that there is scarcely an Englishman across the water who would not give all he possesses to change places with us."
Que nós, os O'Shanaghgan, somos a família mais orgulhosa e mais antiga do condado, e que dificilmente há um inglês do outro lado do mar que não desse tudo o que possui para trocar de lugar conosco."
"You talk like a silly child," said Mrs. O'Shanaghgan; "and please remember that I am English."
"Você fala como uma criança tola", disse a senhora O'Shanaghgan; "e por favor lembre-se de que sou inglesa."
"Oh, mummy, I am so sorry!" said the girl.
"Oh, mamãe, sinto muito!" disse a menina.
She laid her soft head down on the sofa, pressing it against her mother's shoulder.
Ela deitou sua cabeça suave no sofá, pressionando-a contra o ombro da mãe.
"I cannot think of you as English," she said.
"Não consigo pensar em você como inglesa", ela disse.
"You have lived here all, all my life.
"Você viveu aqui toda, toda a minha vida.
You belong to father, and you belong to Terence and me--what have you to do with the cold English?"
Você pertence ao pai, e pertence a Terence e a mim — que tem você a ver com os frios ingleses?"
"I remember a time," said Mrs. O'Shanaghgan, "when I thought Ireland the most desolate and God-forsaken place on the earth.
"Lembro-me de uma época", disse a senhora O'Shanaghgan, "em que eu achava a Irlanda o lugar mais desolado e abandonado por Deus na terra.
It is true I have become accustomed to it now.
É verdade que já me acostumei a ela agora.
But, Nora, if you only could realize what my old home was really like."
Mas, Nora, se você ao menos pudesse imaginar como era realmente a minha antiga casa."
"I don't want to realize any home different from this," said the girl, a cloud shading her bright eyes for the moment.
"Não quero imaginar nenhuma casa diferente desta", disse a menina, uma sombra cobrindo seus olhos brilhantes por um momento.
"You are silly and prejudiced," said Mrs. O'Shanaghgan.
"Você é tola e preconceituosa", disse a senhora O'Shanaghgan.
"It is a great trial to me to have a daughter so unsympathetic."
"É uma grande provação para mim ter uma filha tão insensível."
"Oh, mummy! I don't mean to be unsympathetic.
"Oh, mamãe! Não tenho intenção de ser insensível.
There now, we are quite cozy together.
Veja bem, estamos bem aconchegadas juntas.
Tell me one of the old stories; I do so love to listen."
Conte-me uma das histórias antigas; adoro tanto ouvir."
The frown cleared from Mrs. O'Shanaghgan's forehead, and the peevish lines went out of her face.
O franzido desapareceu da testa da senhora O'Shanaghgan, e as linhas irritadiças sumiram de seu rosto.
Vocabulary
- Que
- ke — That; which; a common conjunction or relative pronoun
- nós
- nósh — We; first-person plural subject pronoun
- os
- oosh — The; masculine plural definite article
- somos
- sô-moosh — We are; first-person plural of 'ser'
- a
- a — The; feminine singular definite article
- família
- fa-mée-lya — Family; a group of related people
- mais
- mysh — More; most; used in comparisons
- orgulhosa
- or-goo-lyô-za — Proud; feeling pride in oneself or others
- e
- ee — And; basic coordinating conjunction
- antiga
- an-tée-ga — Old; ancient; long-established
- do
- doo — Of the; contraction of 'de' and 'o'
- condado
- kon-dá-doo — County; an administrative territorial division
- que
- ke — That; which; relative pronoun or conjunction
- dificilmente
- di-fi-síl-men-te — Hardly; scarcely; with great difficulty
- há
- á — There is/are; third-person present of 'haver'
- um
- oom — A; one; masculine singular indefinite article
- inglês
- in-glésh — English; relating to England or its people
- outro
- ô-troo — Other; another; different one
- lado
- lá-doo — Side; edge; one direction from a center
- mar
- már — Sea; large body of salt water
- não
- nown — No; not; basic negation word
- desse
- dé-se — Of that; contraction of 'de' and 'esse'
- tudo
- too-doo — Everything; all things without exception
- o
- oo — The; masculine singular definite article
- possui
- po-zwée — Possesses; owns; has as a property
- para
- pá-ra — For; to; toward; indicating purpose or direction
- trocar
- tro-kár — To exchange; to swap; to trade places
- de
- de — Of; from; indicating origin or possession
- lugar
- loo-gár — Place; location; spot
- conosco
- ko-nósh-koo — With us; first-person plural prepositional pronoun
- Você
- vo-sê — You; second-person singular pronoun (Brazilian)
- fala
- fá-la — Speaks; talks; third-person singular of 'falar'
- como
- kô-moo — Like; as; how; used in comparisons
- uma
- oo-ma — A; one; feminine singular indefinite article
- criança
- kri-ân-sa — Child; a young person or infant
- tola
- tô-la — Foolish; silly; lacking good sense (feminine)
- disse
- dée-se — Said; told; past tense of 'dizer'
- senhora
- se-nyô-ra — Lady; madam; polite title for a woman
- por
- por — By; for; through; indicating means or cause
- favor
- fa-vór — Favor; please; used in polite requests
- lembre-se
- lém-bre-se — Remember; recall; reflexive imperative of 'lembrar'
- sou
- sô — I am; first-person singular present of 'ser'
- inglesa
- in-glé-za — English woman; feminine form of 'inglês'
- mamãe
- ma-mãe — Mom; mommy; informal address for mother
- sinto
- sín-too — I feel; I am sorry; from 'sentir'
- muito
- mwée-too — Very; much; a lot
- menina
- me-née-na — Girl; young female child or teenager
- Ela
- é-la — She; third-person feminine singular subject pronoun
- deitou
- day-tô — Laid down; reclined; past of 'deitar'
- sua
- soo-a — Her; his; your; possessive pronoun (feminine)
- cabeça
- ka-bé-sa — Head; the uppermost part of the body
- suave
- swá-ve — Soft; gentle; smooth; mild
- no
- noo — In the; contraction of 'em' and 'o'
- sofá
- so-fá — Sofa; couch; upholstered seating furniture
- pressionando-a
- pre-syo-nân-doo-a — Pressing it; pushing gently against something
- contra
- kôn-tra — Against; opposed to; in contact with
- ombro
- ôm-broo — Shoulder; joint connecting arm to torso
- da
- da — Of the; contraction of 'de' and 'a'
- mãe
- mãe — Mother; female parent
- Não
- nown — No; not; basic word of negation
- consigo
- kon-sée-goo — I can; I manage; from 'conseguir'
- pensar
- pen-sár — To think; to reflect; to consider
- em
- em — In; at; on; basic preposition of location
- você
- vo-sê — You; second-person singular pronoun (Brazilian)
- ela
- é-la — She; her; third-person feminine pronoun
- viveu
- vi-véw — Lived; dwelled; past tense of 'viver'
- aqui
- a-kée — Here; in this place
- toda
- tô-da — All; entire; whole (feminine form)
- minha
- mée-nya — My; first-person singular feminine possessive
- vida
- vée-da — Life; existence; one's time alive
- pertence
- per-tén-se — Belongs; is owned by; from 'pertencer'
- ao
- ow — To the; contraction of 'a' and 'o'
- pai
- pye — Father; male parent
- mim
- meem — Me; first-person singular object pronoun
- tem
- tem — Has; there is; third-person singular of 'ter'
- ver
- vér — To see; to look at; to watch
- com
- kom — With; together with; in the company of
- frios
- frée-oosh — Cold ones; cold people; plural of 'frio'
- ingleses
- in-glé-zesh — English people; plural of 'inglês'
- Lembro-me
- lém-broo-me — I remember; I recall; reflexive of 'lembrar'
- época
- é-po-ka — Era; period; time in history
- eu
- éw — I; first-person singular subject pronoun
- achava
- a-shá-va — I thought; I found; imperfect of 'achar'
- Irlanda
- ir-lân-da — Ireland; island nation in northwestern Europe
- desolado
- de-zo-lá-doo — Desolate; bleak; empty and dreary
- abandonado
- a-ban-do-ná-doo — Abandoned; forsaken; left behind
- Deus
- déwsh — God; the supreme divine being
- na
- na — In the; contraction of 'em' and 'a'
- terra
- té-ra — Earth; land; ground; territory
- É
- é — Is; third-person singular present of 'ser'
- verdade
- ver-dá-de — Truth; reality; something that is true
- já
- zhá — Already; now; soon; indicating prior action
- me
- me — Me; myself; first-person singular object pronoun
- acostumei
- a-kosh-too-méy — I got used to; I adapted; from 'acostumar'
- agora
- a-gô-ra — Now; at this moment; currently
- Mas
- mash — But; however; introducing a contrast
- se
- se — If; oneself; reflexive or conditional particle
- menos
- mé-noosh — Less; fewer; at least
- pudesse
- poo-dé-se — Could; were able to; imperfect subjunctive of 'poder'
- imaginar
- i-ma-zhi-nár — To imagine; to picture in one's mind
- era
- é-ra — Was; used to be; imperfect of 'ser'
- realmente
- re-al-mén-te — Really; truly; in actual fact
- casa
- ká-za — House; home; dwelling place
- quero
- ké-roo — I want; I wish; first-person of 'querer'
- nenhuma
- ne-nyoo-ma — None; not any; no (feminine form)
- diferente
- di-fe-rén-te — Different; unlike; not the same
- desta
- désh-ta — Of this; contraction of 'de' and 'esta'
- sombra
- sôm-bra — Shadow; shade; darkness cast by an object
- cobrindo
- ko-brín-doo — Covering; veiling; present participle of 'cobrir'
- seus
- séwsh — Her; his; your; their; plural possessive pronoun
- olhos
- ô-lyoosh — Eyes; organs of sight (plural)
- brilhantes
- bri-lyân-tesh — Bright; shining; sparkling (plural adjective)
- momento
- mo-mén-too — Moment; instant; a brief period of time
- é
- é — Is; third-person singular present of 'ser'
- preconceituosa
- pre-kon-say-too-ô-za — Prejudiced; biased; holding preconceived opinions
- grande
- grân-de — Great; big; large; significant
- provação
- pro-va-sown — Ordeal; trial; severe test of endurance
- ter
- tér — To have; to possess; infinitive of 'ter'
- filha
- fée-lya — Daughter; female child of a parent
- tão
- town — So; such; as; used in comparisons
- insensível
- in-sen-sée-vel — Insensitive; unfeeling; lacking empathy
- tenho
- té-nyoo — I have; first-person singular present of 'ter'
- intenção
- in-ten-sown — Intention; plan; purpose; aim
- ser
- sér — To be; infinitive of the verb 'ser'
- Veja
- vé-zha — See; look; imperative of 'ver'
- bem
- bem — Well; good; fine; satisfactorily
- estamos
- esh-tâ-moosh — We are; first-person plural of 'estar'
- aconchegadas
- a-kon-she-gá-dash — Cozy; snuggled; comfortably settled (feminine plural)
- juntas
- zhoon-tash — Together; in company; united (feminine plural)
- Conte-me
- kôn-te-me — Tell me; recount to me; imperative of 'contar'
- das
- dash — Of the; contraction of 'de' and 'as'
- histórias
- ish-tô-ryash — Stories; tales; historical accounts (plural)
- antigas
- an-tée-gash — Old; ancient; from the past (feminine plural)
- adoro
- a-dô-roo — I love; I adore; I really enjoy something
- tanto
- tân-too — So much; so many; to such a degree
- ouvir
- o-vír — To hear; to listen to; infinitive of 'ouvir'
- franzido
- fran-zée-doo — Frown; furrowed brow; wrinkled expression
- desapareceu
- de-za-pa-re-séw — Disappeared; vanished; past of 'desaparecer'
- testa
- tésh-ta — Forehead; front of the head above eyebrows
- linhas
- lée-nyash — Lines; wrinkles; marks on a surface
- irritadiças
- i-ri-ta-dée-sash — Irritable; fretful; easily annoyed (feminine plural)
- sumiram
- soo-mée-ram — Disappeared; vanished; past plural of 'sumir'
- seu
- séw — His; her; your; singular possessive pronoun
- rosto
- rôsh-too — Face; the front part of the head
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