McGuffey's Eclectic Primer, Revised Edition — Page 10
The girls are not on the pond; but some of them have skates which roll on the floor.
Las niñas no están en el estanque; pero algunas de ellas tienen patines que ruedan por el suelo.
How fast the cars go!
¡Qué rápido van los carros!
Can you see them?
¿Puedes verlos?
Ned and John are hard at work.
Ned y John están trabajando duro.
John has a saw, and Ned has an ax.
John tiene una sierra y Ned tiene un hacha.
They will try to cut all of the wood which you see in the pile.
Intentarán cortar toda la madera que ves en la pila.
Do you think they can do this in one day
¿Crees que pueden hacer esto en un día?
Two girls have gone out for a walk.
Dos niñas han salido a pasear.
It is May, and the air is cool.
Es mayo y el aire es fresco.
They hear the birds sing in the trees, and they hear the noise of the frogs in the pond.
Escuchan a los pájaros cantar en los árboles y oyen el ruido de las ranas en el estanque.
They see men at work and boys at play.
Ven a hombres trabajando y a niños jugando.
Bess has a cart and two goats.
Bess tiene una carreta y dos cabras.
She likes to ride in her cart.
A ella le gusta montar en su carreta.
See how the goats pull!
¡Mira cómo jalan las cabras!
Bess is so big, I think she should walk up the hill.
Bess es tan grande que creo que debería subir la colina caminando.
The goats love Bess, for she feeds them, and is kind to them.
Las cabras quieren a Bess, porque ella las alimenta y es amable con ellas.
Vocabulary
- niñas
- Young girls, female children
- están
- Third person plural of 'estar', meaning 'they are'
- estanque
- A pond or small body of still water
- pero
- Conjunction meaning 'but', showing contrast
- algunas
- Feminine form of 'some' or 'a few'
- ellas
- Third person feminine plural pronoun meaning 'they'
- tienen
- Third person plural of 'tener', meaning 'they have'
- patines
- Skates used on feet for rolling or skating
- ruedan
- They roll or move on wheels smoothly
- por
- Preposition meaning 'through', 'by', or 'along'
- suelo
- The ground or floor beneath one's feet
- Qué
- Exclamatory word meaning 'what' or 'how'
- rápido
- Adjective or adverb meaning 'fast' or 'quick'
- van
- Third person plural of 'ir', meaning 'they go'
- carros
- Cars, carts, or wheeled vehicles for transport
- Puedes
- Second person singular of 'poder', meaning 'you can'
- verlos
- To see them; verb 'ver' with pronoun attached
- trabajando
- Present participle of 'trabajar', meaning 'working'
- duro
- Adjective meaning 'hard', describing effort or texture
- tiene
- Third person singular of 'tener', meaning 'he/she has'
- sierra
- A saw used for cutting wood or other materials
- hacha
- An axe used for chopping wood or timber
- Intentarán
- They will try or attempt to do something
- cortar
- Infinitive verb meaning 'to cut' something
- toda
- Feminine form of 'all' or 'every', meaning 'all of'
- madera
- Wood or timber used in construction or fuel
- ves
- Second person singular of 'ver', meaning 'you see'
- pila
- A pile or stack of objects grouped together
- Crees
- Second person singular of 'creer', meaning 'you believe'
- pueden
- Third person plural of 'poder', meaning 'they can'
- hacer
- Infinitive meaning 'to do' or 'to make'
- esto
- Neuter demonstrative pronoun meaning 'this thing'
- día
- The word for 'day', a 24-hour time period
- Dos
- The number two in Spanish
- han
- Auxiliary verb 'haber' for third person plural perfect tense
- salido
- Past participle of 'salir', meaning 'gone out'
- pasear
- To stroll, take a walk, or go for a ride
- mayo
- The fifth month of the year, May
- aire
- The air or atmosphere surrounding us outside
- fresco
- Cool and refreshing, describing air or temperature
- Escuchan
- They listen to or hear something attentively
- pájaros
- Birds, small feathered animals that typically fly
- cantar
- Infinitive meaning 'to sing', producing musical sounds
- árboles
- Trees, tall woody plants found in nature
- oyen
- Third person plural of 'oír', meaning 'they hear'
- ruido
- A noise or loud sound that is heard
- ranas
- Frogs, small amphibians that croak near water
- Ven
- Third person plural of 'ver', meaning 'they see'
- hombres
- Men, adult male human beings
- niños
- Children or young boys, male youth
- jugando
- Present participle of 'jugar', meaning 'playing'
- carreta
- A cart or wagon pulled by animals
- dos
- The number two in Spanish
- cabras
- Goats, horned farm animals that give milk
- ella
- Third person feminine singular pronoun meaning 'she'
- le
- Indirect object pronoun meaning 'to him/her/it'
- gusta
- Third person singular of 'gustar', meaning 'to like'
- montar
- To ride or mount an animal or vehicle
- su
- Possessive adjective meaning 'his', 'her', or 'their'
- Mira
- Imperative or third person of 'mirar', meaning 'look'
- cómo
- Interrogative adverb meaning 'how' in Spanish
- jalan
- They pull or drag something with force
- tan
- Adverb meaning 'so' or 'as', used for comparisons
- grande
- Adjective meaning 'big', 'large', or 'great'
- creo
- First person singular of 'creer', meaning 'I believe'
- debería
- Conditional of 'deber', meaning 'should' or 'ought to'
- subir
- Infinitive meaning 'to go up' or 'to climb'
- colina
- A hill, a raised landform smaller than a mountain
- caminando
- Present participle of 'caminar', meaning 'walking'
- quieren
- Third person plural of 'querer', meaning 'they want'
- porque
- Conjunction meaning 'because', explaining a reason
- alimenta
- Third person singular of 'alimentar', meaning 'feeds'
- amable
- Adjective meaning 'kind', 'friendly', or 'pleasant'
- con
- Preposition meaning 'with', indicating accompaniment
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