Peter Pan — Page 11
She explained in quite a matter-of-fact way that she thought Peter sometimes came to the nursery in the night and sat on the foot of her bed and played on his pipes to her.
Spiegò in modo abbastanza naturale che pensava che Peter a volte venisse in camera dei bambini di notte e sedesse ai piedi del suo letto e suonasse i suoi flauti per lei.
Unfortunately she never woke, so she didn't know how she knew, she just knew.
Sfortunatamente non si svegliava mai, quindi non sapeva come lo sapesse, lo sapeva e basta.
"What nonsense you talk, precious. No one can get into the house without knocking."
«Che sciocchezze dici, tesoro. Nessuno può entrare in casa senza bussare.»
"I think he comes in by the window," she said.
«Penso che entri dalla finestra,» disse lei.
"My love, it is three floors up."
«Cara mia, è al terzo piano.»
"Were not the leaves at the foot of the window, mother?"
«Non c'erano forse le foglie ai piedi della finestra, mamma?»
It was quite true; the leaves had been found very near the window.
Era del tutto vero; le foglie erano state trovate molto vicino alla finestra.
Mrs. Darling did not know what to think, for it all seemed so natural to Wendy that you could not dismiss it by saying she had been dreaming.
La signora Darling non sapeva cosa pensare, poiché tutto sembrava così naturale a Wendy che non si poteva liquidare la cosa dicendo che aveva sognato.
"My child," the mother cried, "why did you not tell me of this before?"
«Figlia mia,» esclamò la madre, «perché non me ne hai parlato prima?»
"I forgot," said Wendy lightly.
«Ho dimenticato,» disse Wendy con leggerezza.
She was in a hurry to get her breakfast.
Aveva fretta di fare colazione.
Oh, surely she must have been dreaming.
Oh, di sicuro doveva aver sognato.
But, on the other hand, there were the leaves.
Ma, d'altro canto, c'erano le foglie.
Mrs. Darling examined them very carefully; they were skeleton leaves, but she was sure they did not come from any tree that grew in England.
La signora Darling le esaminò con molta attenzione; erano foglie scheletrite, ma era sicura che non provenissero da alcun albero che crescesse in Inghilterra.
She crawled about the floor, peering at it with a candle for marks of a strange foot.
Gattonò sul pavimento, scrutandolo con una candela alla ricerca di impronte di un piede sconosciuto.
She rattled the poker up the chimney and tapped the walls.
Scosse l'attizzatoio su per il camino e bussò sulle pareti.
Vocabulary
- Spiegò
- spyeh-GOH — She/he explained something to someone
- modo
- MOH-doh — Manner, way, or method of doing something
- abbastanza
- ab-bas-TAN-tsah — Enough, fairly, or rather; expressing sufficiency
- naturale
- nah-too-RAH-leh — Natural, normal, or unaffected in manner
- pensava
- pen-SAH-vah — She/he was thinking or believed something
- volte
- VOL-teh — Times, occasions; plural of 'volta'
- venisse
- veh-NEES-seh — That he/she might come; subjunctive of venire
- camera
- KAH-meh-rah — Room, especially a bedroom in a house
- bambini
- bam-BEE-nee — Children; plural of bambino
- notte
- NOT-teh — Night; the dark hours after sunset
- sedesse
- seh-DES-seh — That he/she might sit; imperfect subjunctive
- piedi
- PYEH-dee — Feet; plural of piede
- letto
- LET-toh — Bed; furniture used for sleeping
- suonasse
- swoh-NAS-seh — That he/she might play; imperfect subjunctive of suonare
- flauti
- FLAW-tee — Flutes; plural of flauto, wind instrument
- Sfortunatamente
- sfor-too-nah-tah-MEN-teh — Unfortunately; expressing an unfortunate circumstance
- svegliava
- zveh-LYAH-vah — She/he used to wake up; imperfect of svegliarsi
- mai
- MAH-ee — Never, ever; used in negation or questions
- quindi
- KWEEN-dee — Therefore, so, then; logical consequence connector
- sapeva
- sah-PEH-vah — She/he knew something; imperfect of sapere
- come
- KOH-meh — How, as, like; interrogative or comparative word
- sapesse
- sah-PES-seh — That she/he might know; imperfect subjunctive of sapere
- basta
- BAS-tah — Enough, that's all; expressing sufficiency or stop
- sciocchezze
- shok-KET-tseh — Nonsense, foolishness; silly or absurd things said
- dici
- DEE-chee — You say; second person singular of dire
- tesoro
- teh-ZOH-roh — Treasure; also used as term of endearment
- Nessuno
- nes-SOO-noh — Nobody, no one; indefinite negative pronoun
- può
- pwoh — Can, is able to; third person of potere
- entrare
- en-TRAH-reh — To enter, to come in somewhere
- casa
- KAH-zah — House, home; place where one lives
- senza
- SEN-tsah — Without; preposition indicating absence of something
- bussare
- boos-SAH-reh — To knock; to rap on a door
- Penso
- PEN-soh — I think, I believe; first person of pensare
- entri
- EN-tree — He/she enters; present subjunctive of entrare
- finestra
- fee-NES-trah — Window; opening in a wall for light
- disse
- DEES-seh — She/he said; past tense of dire
- Cara
- KAH-rah — Dear; feminine term of affection or address
- terzo
- TEHR-tsoh — Third; ordinal number indicating position three
- piano
- PYAH-noh — Floor, story of a building; also softly
- c'erano
- CHEH-rah-noh — There were; imperfect of esserci
- forse
- FOR-seh — Perhaps, maybe; expressing uncertainty or doubt
- foglie
- FOH-lyeh — Leaves; plural of foglia, part of plant
- mamma
- MAM-mah — Mom, mother; affectionate word for mother
- Era
- EH-rah — It was, she/he was; imperfect of essere
- tutto
- TOOT-toh — All, everything; indicating totality or entirety
- vero
- VEH-roh — True, real; adjective indicating truth
- erano
- EH-rah-noh — They were; third person plural imperfect of essere
- trovate
- troh-VAH-teh — Found; feminine plural past participle of trovare
- molto
- MOL-toh — Very, much, a lot; adverb of degree
- vicino
- vee-CHEE-noh — Near, close; indicating proximity in space
- signora
- see-NYOH-rah — Mrs., lady; polite title for a woman
- cosa
- KOH-zah — Thing, what; noun or interrogative pronoun
- pensare
- pen-SAH-reh — To think, to believe or consider something
- poiché
- poy-KEH — Since, because; causal subordinating conjunction
- sembrava
- sem-BRAH-vah — It seemed, appeared; imperfect of sembrare
- così
- koh-ZEE — So, thus, like this; adverb of manner
- poteva
- poh-TEH-vah — She/he could; imperfect of potere
- liquidare
- lee-kwee-DAH-reh — To settle, dismiss, or deal with quickly
- dicendo
- dee-CHEN-doh — Saying; gerund of dire, indicating ongoing action
- aveva
- ah-VEH-vah — She/he had; imperfect of avere
- sognato
- soh-NYAH-toh — Dreamed; past participle of sognare
- Figlia
- FEE-lyah — Daughter; female child in relation to parent
- esclamò
- es-klah-MOH — She/he exclaimed; past tense of esclamare
- madre
- MAH-dreh — Mother; female parent
- perché
- pehr-KEH — Why, because; causal or interrogative conjunction
- ne
- neh — Of it, about it; partitive or topic pronoun
- hai
- AH-ee — You have; second person singular of avere
- parlato
- par-LAH-toh — Spoken, talked; past participle of parlare
- prima
- PREE-mah — Before, earlier, first; adverb of time
- dimenticato
- dee-men-tee-KAH-toh — Forgotten; past participle of dimenticare
- leggerezza
- lej-jeh-RET-tsah — Lightness, carelessness; lack of seriousness
- Aveva
- ah-VEH-vah — She/he had; imperfect of avere
- fretta
- FRET-tah — Hurry, rush; state of being in haste
- fare
- FAH-reh — To do, to make; very common Italian verb
- colazione
- koh-lah-TSYOH-neh — Breakfast; the first meal of the day
- sicuro
- see-KOO-roh — Sure, certain, safe; adjective of certainty
- doveva
- doh-VEH-vah — She/he had to, must have; imperfect of dovere
- d'altro
- DAL-troh — Of another, otherwise; contracted phrase
- canto
- KAN-toh — Side, part; also song; d'altro canto means on the other hand
- esaminò
- eh-zah-mee-NOH — She/he examined; past tense of esaminare
- molta
- MOL-tah — Much, a lot of; feminine singular of molto
- attenzione
- at-ten-TSYOH-neh — Attention, care; focus directed toward something
- sicura
- see-KOO-rah — Sure, certain; feminine adjective of sicuro
- provenissero
- proh-veh-NEES-seh-roh — That they might come from; imperfect subjunctive of provenire
- alcun
- al-KOON — Any, some; indefinite adjective before noun
- albero
- AL-beh-roh — Tree; woody perennial plant with trunk
- crescesse
- kreh-SHES-seh — That it might grow; imperfect subjunctive of crescere
- Inghilterra
- in-ghil-TEHR-rah — England; country in the United Kingdom
- Gattonò
- gat-toh-NOH — She/he crawled on all fours; past of gattonare
- pavimento
- pah-vee-MEN-toh — Floor; horizontal surface of a room
- scrutandolo
- skroo-TAN-doh-loh — Scrutinizing it; gerund of scrutare with pronoun
- candela
- kan-DEH-lah — Candle; wax stick that produces light when lit
- ricerca
- ree-CHEHR-kah — Search, research; act of looking for something
- impronte
- im-PRON-teh — Footprints, impressions; marks left on a surface
- piede
- PYEH-deh — Foot; lower extremity of the leg
- sconosciuto
- skoh-noh-SHOO-toh — Unknown, stranger; not known or recognized
- Scosse
- SKOS-seh — She/he shook; past tense of scuotere
- camino
- kah-MEE-noh — Fireplace, chimney; structure for containing fire
- bussò
- boos-SOH — She/he knocked; past tense of bussare
- pareti
- pah-REH-tee — Walls; plural of parete, vertical room surfaces
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