On the Method of Zadig: Essay #1 from "Science and Hebrew Tradition" — Page 5
I noticed the track of an animal in the sand, and it was easy to see that it was that of a small dog.
Percebi o rastro de um animal na areia, e foi fácil ver que era o de um cão pequeno.
Long faint streaks upon the little elevations of sand between the footmarks convinced me that it was a she dog with pendent dugs, showing that she must have had puppies not many days since.
Longas marcas tênues sobre as pequenas elevações de areia entre as pegadas convenceram-me de que era uma cadela com tetas pendentes, mostrando que devia ter tido filhotes não muitos dias antes.
Other scrapings of the sand, which always lay close to the marks of the forepaws, indicated that she had very long ears;
Outras escavações na areia, que sempre ficavam próximas às marcas das patas dianteiras, indicavam que ela tinha orelhas muito compridas;
and, as the imprint of one foot was always fainter than those of the other three, I judged that the lady dog of our august Queen was, if I may venture to say so, a little lame.
e, como a impressão de uma pata era sempre mais fraca do que a das outras três, julguei que a cadela de nossa augusta Rainha estava, se me é permitido dizê-lo, um pouco manca.
'With respect to the horse of the King of Kings, permit me to observe that, wandering through the paths which traverse the wood, I noticed the marks of horse-shoes.
'Com respeito ao cavalo do Rei dos Reis, permita-me observar que, ao percorrer os caminhos que atravessam o bosque, percebi as marcas de ferraduras.
They were all equidistant.
Todas eram equidistantes.
"Ah!" said I, "this is a famous galloper."
"Ah!" disse eu, "este é um famoso galopador."
In a narrow alley, only seven feet wide, the dust upon the trunks of the trees was a little disturbed at three feet and a half from the middle of the path.
Numa viela estreita, de apenas sete pés de largura, a poeira nos troncos das árvores estava um pouco perturbada a três pés e meio do centro do caminho.
"This horse," said I to myself, "had a tail three feet and a half long, and, lashing it from one side to the other, he has swept away the dust."
"Este cavalo", disse eu a mim mesmo, "tinha uma cauda de três pés e meio de comprimento, e, açoitando-a de um lado para o outro, varreu a poeira."
Vocabulary
- Percebi
- pehr-SEH-bee — I noticed, I perceived, I became aware of
- o
- oh — the (masculine singular definite article)
- rastro
- HAHS-troo — trail, track, or trace left by an animal
- de
- deh — of, from (common preposition linking words)
- um
- oong — a, an (masculine indefinite article)
- animal
- ah-nee-MAL — animal, any living creature
- na
- nah — in the, on the (feminine contraction)
- areia
- ah-RAY-ah — sand, granular material found on beaches
- e
- eh — and (basic coordinating conjunction)
- foi
- foy — it was, he/she went (past tense)
- fácil
- FAH-seel — easy, not difficult or complicated
- ver
- vehr — to see, to observe visually
- que
- keh — that, which (subordinating conjunction or pronoun)
- era
- EH-rah — it was, used to be (imperfect tense)
- cão
- kown — dog, domestic canine animal
- pequeno
- peh-KEH-noo — small, little in size
- Longas
- LOHN-gahs — long, extended in length (feminine plural)
- marcas
- MAR-kahs — marks, impressions, or signs left behind
- tênues
- TEH-noo-ehs — faint, subtle, barely visible or noticeable
- sobre
- SOH-breh — on, over, about (preposition)
- as
- ahz — the (feminine plural definite article)
- pequenas
- peh-KEH-nahs — small, little (feminine plural adjective)
- elevações
- eh-leh-vah-SOYNSH — elevations, raised areas or mounds on surface
- entre
- EHN-treh — between, among (preposition)
- pegadas
- peh-GAH-dahs — footprints, paw prints left on ground
- convenceram-me
- kon-vehn-SEH-rowng-meh — they convinced me, persuaded me of something
- uma
- OO-mah — a, an (feminine indefinite article)
- cadela
- kah-DEH-lah — female dog, a bitch
- com
- kong — with (preposition indicating accompaniment)
- tetas
- TEH-tahs — teats, nipples of a female mammal
- pendentes
- pehn-DEHN-tehs — hanging, dangling, suspended downward
- mostrando
- mohs-TRAHN-doo — showing, demonstrating, making visible
- devia
- deh-VEE-ah — must have, should have (past obligation)
- ter
- tehr — to have (auxiliary or main verb)
- tido
- TEE-doo — had (past participle of ter)
- filhotes
- fee-LYOH-tehs — puppies, young offspring of an animal
- não
- nown — no, not (negation word)
- muitos
- MOO-ee-toosh — many, a lot of (masculine plural)
- dias
- DEE-ahs — days (plural of dia)
- antes
- AHN-tehs — before, previously (adverb of time)
- Outras
- OH-trahs — other, another (feminine plural adjective)
- escavações
- ehs-kah-vah-SOYNSH — excavations, digs, scratches in the ground
- sempre
- SEHM-preh — always, at all times
- ficavam
- fee-KAH-vowng — remained, stayed, used to be located
- próximas
- PROH-shee-mahs — close, nearby, adjacent (feminine plural)
- às
- ahsh — to the, at the (feminine plural contraction)
- das
- dahsh — of the (feminine plural contraction)
- patas
- PAH-tahs — paws, animal feet
- dianteiras
- dee-ahn-TAY-rahs — front, forward (feminine plural adjective)
- indicavam
- een-dee-KAH-vowng — indicated, showed, pointed to something
- ela
- EH-lah — she, her (third person singular pronoun)
- tinha
- TEEN-yah — had, possessed (imperfect past tense)
- orelhas
- oh-REH-lyahs — ears (plural of orelha)
- muito
- MOO-ee-too — very, much, a lot (adverb or adjective)
- compridas
- kohm-PREE-dahs — long, lengthy (feminine plural adjective)
- como
- KOH-moo — as, like, how (conjunction or adverb)
- a
- ah — the (feminine singular definite article)
- impressão
- eem-preh-SOWNG — impression, mark, print left on surface
- pata
- PAH-tah — paw, animal foot or leg
- mais
- mysh — more, most (comparative adverb)
- fraca
- FRAH-kah — weak, faint, lacking strength (feminine)
- do
- doo — of the (masculine singular contraction)
- outras
- OH-trahs — other, the rest of (feminine plural)
- três
- trehsh — three (cardinal number)
- julguei
- zhool-GAY — I judged, I concluded, I determined
- nossa
- NOH-sah — our (feminine possessive adjective)
- augusta
- ow-GOOS-tah — august, majestic, venerable (feminine adjective)
- Rainha
- hah-EEN-yah — Queen, female monarch of a kingdom
- estava
- ehs-TAH-vah — was, used to be (imperfect continuous)
- se
- seh — if, reflexive pronoun (versatile function word)
- me
- meh — me, to me (first person object pronoun)
- é
- eh — is (third person singular present tense)
- permitido
- pehr-mee-TEE-doo — permitted, allowed (past participle)
- dizê-lo
- dee-ZEH-loo — to say it, to express or state it
- pouco
- POH-koo — a little, slightly, not much
- manca
- MAHN-kah — lame, limping, having a slight disability
- Com
- kong — with (preposition indicating association)
- respeito
- hesh-PAY-too — respect, regard, consideration for someone
- ao
- ow — to the (masculine singular contraction)
- cavalo
- kah-VAH-loo — horse, large domesticated riding animal
- Rei
- hay — King, male monarch of a kingdom
- dos
- doosh — of the (masculine plural contraction)
- Reis
- haysh — Kings (plural of Rei, monarchs)
- permita-me
- pehr-MEE-tah-meh — allow me, permit me (polite imperative)
- observar
- ohb-zehr-VAR — to observe, to notice carefully
- percorrer
- pehr-koh-HEHR — to travel through, to traverse a path
- os
- oosh — the (masculine plural definite article)
- caminhos
- kah-MEEN-yoosh — paths, roads, ways to travel
- atravessam
- ah-trah-VEH-sowng — cross, traverse, pass through (present tense)
- bosque
- BOHS-keh — forest, woodland, grove of trees
- percebi
- pehr-seh-BEE — I noticed, I perceived, I became aware
- ferraduras
- feh-hah-DOO-rahs — horseshoes, metal shoes fitted to hooves
- Todas
- TOH-dahs — all, every one (feminine plural)
- eram
- EH-rowng — were (third person plural imperfect tense)
- equidistantes
- eh-kee-dees-TAHN-tehs — equidistant, equally spaced apart from each other
- Ah
- ah — ah, exclamation of realization or surprise
- disse
- DEE-seh — said, stated (past tense of dizer)
- eu
- EH-oo — I (first person singular subject pronoun)
- este
- EHS-teh — this (masculine demonstrative pronoun/adjective)
- famoso
- fah-MOH-zoo — famous, well-known, celebrated
- galopador
- gah-loo-pah-DOR — galloper, a horse that gallops swiftly
- Numa
- NOO-mah — in a, within a (contraction)
- viela
- vee-EH-lah — alley, narrow lane between structures
- estreita
- ehs-TRAY-tah — narrow, tight, not wide (feminine)
- apenas
- ah-PEH-nahs — only, just, merely (limiting adverb)
- sete
- SEH-teh — seven (cardinal number)
- pés
- pehsh — feet, unit of measurement or body part
- largura
- lar-GOO-rah — width, breadth, measure across something
- poeira
- poo-AY-rah — dust, fine dry particles on surfaces
- nos
- noosh — in the, on the (masculine plural contraction)
- troncos
- TROHN-koosh — trunks, main stems of trees
- árvores
- AR-voh-rehs — trees (plural of árvore)
- perturbada
- pehr-toor-BAH-dah — disturbed, unsettled, disrupted (feminine past participle)
- meio
- MAY-oo — middle, half, center of something
- centro
- SEHN-troo — center, middle point of an area
- caminho
- kah-MEEN-yoo — path, road, way or route traveled
- Este
- EHS-teh — this (masculine demonstrative pronoun/adjective)
- mim
- meeng — me (first person singular prepositional pronoun)
- mesmo
- MEHZ-moo — same, even, himself (emphatic particle)
- cauda
- KOW-dah — tail of an animal
- comprimento
- kohm-pree-MEHN-too — length, measurement from end to end
- açoitando-a
- ah-soy-TAHN-doo-ah — whipping it, lashing it side to side
- lado
- LAH-doo — side, direction left or right
- para
- PAH-rah — to, for, toward (preposition of direction)
- outro
- OH-troo — other, another (masculine singular)
- varreu
- vah-HEH-oo — swept, brushed away (past tense)
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