McGuffey's Eclectic Primer, Revised Edition — Page 16
A girl asks him to show her the way to the town.
Una niña le pide que le muestre el camino a la ciudad.
He tells her the way, and then drives on.
Él le indica el camino y luego sigue adelante.
LESSON XLIX.
LECCIÓN XLIX.
I'll she'll don't puss pur pat fur harm deeds
yo lo haré ella lo hará no minina ronronear acariciar pelaje daño actos
I love my dear puss,
Quiero a mi querida minina,
Her fur is so warm;
Su pelaje es tan cálido;
And, if I don't hurt her,
Y, si no la lastimo,
She'll do me no harm.
Ella no me hará daño.
I'll pat my dear puss,
Acariciaré a mi querida minina,
And then she will pur,
Y entonces ella ronroneará,
And show me her thanks
Y me mostrará su agradecimiento
For my kind deeds to her.
Por mis buenos actos hacia ella.
LESSON L.
LECCIÓN L.
now wreaths who queen woods shall crown
ahora guirnaldas quién reina bosques deberá corona
It is the first of May.
Es el primero de mayo.
The boys and girls have gone to the woods to have a good time.
Los niños y las niñas han ido al bosque a divertirse.
See them at their play.
Míralos jugando.
The girls have wreaths in their hands.
Las niñas tienen guirnaldas en sus manos.
Now they will crown some one Queen of the May.
Ahora coronarán a alguien como Reina de Mayo.
Who shall it be?
¿Quién será?
It should be the best girl, and that is Kate.
Debería ser la mejor niña, y esa es Kate.
LESSON LI.
LECCIÓN LI.
God small from world moon shine nut long ago
Dios pequeño desde mundo luna brillar nuez largo atrás
Do you see that tall tree?
¿Ves ese árbol alto?
Long ago it sprang up from a small nut.
Hace mucho tiempo brotó de una pequeña nuez.
Do you know who made it do so?
¿Sabes quién hizo que ocurriera eso?
It was God, my child.
Fue Dios, hijo mío.
God made the world and all things in it.
Dios hizo el mundo y todas las cosas en él.
He made the sun to light the day, and the moon to shine at night.
Él hizo el sol para iluminar el día, y la luna para brillar en la noche.
God shows that he loves us by all that he has done for us.
Dios muestra que nos ama por todo lo que ha hecho por nosotros.
Vocabulary
- niña
- A young female child; a girl
- le
- Indirect object pronoun meaning 'to him/her/you'
- pide
- Third person singular of pedir; asks or requests something
- muestre
- Subjunctive form of mostrar; to show something
- camino
- A road, path, or way to a destination
- ciudad
- A city or large urban settlement
- indica
- Points out or indicates a direction or place
- luego
- Adverb meaning 'then' or 'afterwards' in sequence
- sigue
- Continues or follows; keeps going forward
- adelante
- Forward; ahead in direction or progress
- LECCIÓN
- A lesson or unit of study in a course
- haré
- First person future of hacer; I will do it
- hará
- Third person future of hacer; she/he will do
- minina
- An affectionate informal term for a female cat
- ronronear
- To purr, as a cat does when content
- acariciar
- To caress or gently stroke a person or animal
- pelaje
- The fur or coat of an animal's body
- daño
- Harm, damage, or injury caused to someone
- actos
- Actions or deeds performed by someone
- Quiero
- First person of querer; I want or I love
- querida
- Dear or beloved; term of endearment for someone
- tan
- Adverb meaning 'so' or 'as' in comparisons
- cálido
- Warm in temperature or feeling; affectionate
- si
- Conditional conjunction meaning 'if'
- lastimo
- First person of lastimar; I hurt or injure someone
- Acariciaré
- Future tense; I will caress or stroke gently
- entonces
- Adverb meaning 'then' or 'at that time'
- ronroneará
- Future tense; will purr contentedly like a cat
- mostrará
- Future tense of mostrar; will show or display something
- agradecimiento
- Gratitude or thankfulness expressed toward someone
- hacia
- Preposition meaning 'toward' or 'in the direction of'
- ahora
- Adverb meaning 'now' or 'at this moment'
- guirnaldas
- Garlands or wreaths made of flowers or leaves
- quién
- Interrogative pronoun meaning 'who'
- reina
- A queen; female ruler or leader of a kingdom
- bosques
- Plural of bosque; forests or woodlands
- deberá
- Future of deber; will have to or should do
- corona
- A crown worn on the head of royalty
- primero
- Ordinal number meaning 'first' in a sequence
- mayo
- The month of May in the calendar year
- niños
- Plural of niño; young boys or children
- niñas
- Plural of niña; young girls or female children
- ido
- Past participle of ir; gone somewhere
- bosque
- A forest or woodland area with many trees
- divertirse
- Reflexive verb meaning to have fun or enjoy oneself
- Míralos
- Imperative form; look at them doing something
- jugando
- Present participle of jugar; playing a game or activity
- tienen
- Third person plural of tener; they have something
- manos
- Plural of mano; hands of a person
- Ahora
- Adverb meaning 'now' or 'at this moment'
- coronarán
- Future tense; they will crown someone as royalty
- alguien
- Indefinite pronoun meaning 'someone' or 'somebody'
- Reina
- A queen; female leader or ruler of a group
- Mayo
- The month of May; also used in May Day festivities
- Quién
- Interrogative pronoun asking 'who' someone is
- será
- Future tense of ser; will be something or someone
- Debería
- Conditional of deber; should or ought to do something
- ser
- Infinitive verb meaning 'to be' (permanent characteristics)
- mejor
- Adjective or adverb meaning 'better' or 'best'
- esa
- Demonstrative adjective meaning 'that' (feminine)
- Dios
- God; the supreme divine being in religion
- pequeño
- Adjective meaning small or little in size
- desde
- Preposition meaning 'from' or 'since' a point
- mundo
- The world or earth; all of existence
- luna
- The moon; the natural satellite orbiting Earth
- brillar
- To shine or gleam with light
- nuez
- A nut, especially a walnut or similar hard-shelled fruit
- largo
- Adjective meaning long in length or duration
- atrás
- Adverb meaning 'behind' or 'back' in position
- Ves
- Second person singular of ver; you see something
- ese
- Demonstrative adjective meaning 'that' (masculine)
- árbol
- A tree; a large woody perennial plant
- alto
- Adjective meaning tall or high in stature
- Hace
- Used in time expressions; ago or it has been
- mucho
- Adjective or adverb meaning 'much' or 'a lot'
- tiempo
- Time or weather; duration of events
- brotó
- Past tense of brotar; sprouted or grew from ground
- pequeña
- Feminine adjective meaning small or little in size
- Sabes
- Second person of saber; you know a fact
- hizo
- Third person preterite of hacer; made or did something
- ocurriera
- Subjunctive of ocurrir; that it would happen or occur
- eso
- Neuter demonstrative pronoun meaning 'that thing'
- Fue
- Preterite of ser or ir; was or went
- hijo
- A son; male offspring of a parent
- mío
- Possessive pronoun meaning 'mine' (masculine singular)
- todas
- Feminine plural of todo; all or every one
- cosas
- Plural of cosa; things or objects in general
- sol
- The sun; the star at the center of our solar system
- iluminar
- To illuminate or light up a place or thing
- día
- A day; a 24-hour period of time
- noche
- Night; the dark period after sunset
- muestra
- Shows or demonstrates; third person of mostrar
- ama
- Third person of amar; loves someone deeply
- todo
- Adjective or pronoun meaning 'all' or 'everything'
- hecho
- Past participle of hacer; done or made something
- nosotros
- First person plural subject pronoun meaning 'we'
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