The Wonderful Wizard of Oz — Page 5
I know this is true, for I am one of them myself, and cannot be mistaken.
So che questo è vero, perché sono una di loro io stessa, e non posso sbagliarmi.
Those who dwelt in the East and the West were, indeed, wicked witches; but now that you have killed one of them, there is but one Wicked Witch in all the Land of Oz—the one who lives in the West."
Quelle che abitavano nell'Est e nell'Ovest erano, in effetti, streghe malvagie; ma ora che ne hai uccisa una, c'è soltanto una Strega Malvagia in tutta la Terra di Oz—quella che vive nell'Ovest."
"But," said Dorothy, after a moment's thought, "Aunt Em has told me that the witches were all dead—years and years ago."
«Ma,» disse Dorothy, dopo un momento di riflessione, «la zia Em mi ha detto che le streghe erano tutte morte—anni e anni fa.»
"Who is Aunt Em?" inquired the little old woman.
«Chi è la zia Em?» chiese la vecchina.
"She is my aunt who lives in Kansas, where I came from."
«È mia zia che vive nel Kansas, da dove vengo io.»
The Witch of the North seemed to think for a time, with her head bowed and her eyes upon the ground.
La Strega del Nord sembrò riflettere per un po', con la testa chinata e gli occhi fissi a terra.
Then she looked up and said, "I do not know where Kansas is, for I have never heard that country mentioned before.
Poi alzò lo sguardo e disse: «Non so dove si trovi il Kansas, perché non ho mai sentito nominare quel paese prima d'ora.
But tell me, is it a civilized country?"
Ma dimmi, è un paese civilizzato?»
"Oh, yes," replied Dorothy.
«Oh, sì,» rispose Dorothy.
"Then that accounts for it.
«Allora questo spiega tutto.
In the civilized countries I believe there are no witches left, nor wizards, nor sorceresses, nor magicians.
Nei paesi civilizzati credo che non ci siano più streghe, né maghi, né fattucchiere, né magicians.
But, you see, the Land of Oz has never been civilized, for we are cut off from all the rest of the world.
Ma, vedi, la Terra di Oz non è mai stata civilizzata, perché siamo tagliati fuori dal resto del mondo.
Therefore we still have witches and wizards amongst us."
Perciò abbiamo ancora streghe e maghi tra noi.»
"Who are the wizards?" asked Dorothy.
«Chi sono i maghi?» chiese Dorothy.
"Oz himself is the Great Wizard," answered the Witch, sinking her voice to a whisper.
«Oz stesso è il Grande Mago,» rispose la Strega, abbassando la voce fino a un sussurro.
"He is more powerful than all the rest of us together.
«È più potente di tutti noi messi insieme.
Vocabulary
- So
- I know; first person singular of sapere
- che
- that, which, who; common conjunction and pronoun
- questo
- this; demonstrative pronoun or adjective
- è
- is; third person singular of essere
- vero
- true, real; expressing truth or agreement
- perché
- because, why; conjunction or question word
- sono
- I am, they are; form of essere
- una
- a, one; feminine indefinite article
- di
- of, from; very common Italian preposition
- loro
- they, them, their; third person plural pronoun
- io
- I; first person singular subject pronoun
- stessa
- same, herself; feminine form of stesso
- e
- and; basic coordinating conjunction
- non
- not; standard Italian negation word
- posso
- I can; first person singular of potere
- sbagliarmi
- to be wrong, to make a mistake (reflexive)
- Quelle
- those; feminine plural demonstrative adjective or pronoun
- abitavano
- they lived, they used to live; imperfect tense
- nell'
- in the; contraction of in plus l'
- Est
- East; cardinal direction
- Ovest
- West; cardinal direction
- erano
- they were; imperfect tense of essere
- in
- in, into; very common Italian preposition
- effetti
- effects; in effetti means in fact, indeed
- streghe
- witches; plural of strega
- malvagie
- wicked, evil; feminine plural adjective
- ma
- but; coordinating conjunction showing contrast
- ora
- now, hour; adverb of time
- ne
- of them, of it; partitive pronoun
- hai
- you have; second person singular of avere
- uccisa
- killed; feminine past participle of uccidere
- c'
- there; clitic ci before vowel, as in c'è
- soltanto
- only, just; adverb limiting quantity or scope
- Strega
- witch; female practitioner of magic or sorcery
- Malvagia
- wicked, evil; feminine adjective describing wickedness
- tutta
- all, entire; feminine singular form of tutto
- la
- the; feminine singular definite article
- Terra
- land, earth, ground; feminine noun
- quella
- that; feminine singular demonstrative adjective or pronoun
- vive
- lives, dwells; third person singular of vivere
- Ma
- but; coordinating conjunction showing contrast
- disse
- said; third person singular passato remoto of dire
- dopo
- after, afterwards; preposition or adverb of time
- un
- a, one; masculine singular indefinite article
- momento
- moment, instant; brief period of time
- riflessione
- reflection, thought; act of thinking carefully
- zia
- aunt; female relative, parent's sister
- mi
- me, myself; first person singular object pronoun
- ha
- has, have; third person singular of avere
- detto
- said, told; past participle of dire
- le
- the, them, her; feminine plural article or pronoun
- tutte
- all; feminine plural form of tutto
- morte
- dead, death; feminine noun or adjective
- anni
- years; plural of anno
- fa
- ago; used with time expressions like anni fa
- Chi
- who; interrogative pronoun asking about a person
- chiese
- asked; third person singular passato remoto of chiedere
- vecchina
- little old woman; affectionate diminutive of vecchia
- È
- is; third person singular of essere (capitalized)
- mia
- my; feminine singular possessive adjective
- nel
- in the; contraction of in plus il
- da
- from, by, since; versatile Italian preposition
- dove
- where; adverb of place or relative pronoun
- vengo
- I come; first person singular of venire
- La
- the; feminine singular definite article (capitalized)
- del
- of the; contraction of di plus il
- Nord
- North; cardinal direction
- sembrò
- seemed, appeared; third person singular passato remoto
- riflettere
- to reflect, to think carefully about something
- per
- for, through, in order to; preposition
- po'
- a little, a bit; shortened form of poco
- con
- with; preposition indicating accompaniment or manner
- testa
- head; upper part of the human body
- chinata
- bowed, lowered; feminine past participle of chinare
- gli
- the, him, to him; masculine plural article or pronoun
- occhi
- eyes; plural of occhio
- fissi
- fixed, staring; plural adjective from fissare
- a
- to, at, in; very common Italian preposition
- terra
- ground, earth, land; feminine noun
- Poi
- then, afterwards; adverb indicating sequence
- alzò
- raised, lifted; third person singular passato remoto
- lo
- the, him, it; masculine singular article or pronoun
- sguardo
- gaze, look, glance; the act of looking
- Non
- not; standard Italian negation word
- so
- I know; first person singular of sapere
- si
- oneself, itself; reflexive pronoun or impersonal si
- trovi
- is located, finds itself; subjunctive of trovarsi
- il
- the; masculine singular definite article
- ho
- I have; first person singular of avere
- mai
- never, ever; adverb of time or frequency
- sentito
- heard, felt; past participle of sentire
- nominare
- to name, to mention; to refer to by name
- quel
- that; masculine singular demonstrative adjective
- paese
- country, village, town; place where people live
- prima
- before, first, earlier; adverb of time
- d'
- of, from; elided form of di before vowel
- dimmi
- tell me; imperative of dire with mi attached
- civilizzato
- civilized; adjective describing an advanced organized society
- sì
- yes; affirmative response word
- rispose
- replied, answered; third person singular passato remoto
- Allora
- then, so, well then; discourse connector word
- spiega
- explain; second person singular imperative of spiegare
- tutto
- everything, all; masculine singular form of tutto
- Nei
- in the; contraction of in plus i (plural)
- paesi
- countries, villages; plural of paese
- civilizzati
- civilized; masculine plural adjective
- credo
- I believe, I think; first person singular of credere
- ci
- there, us, ourselves; common Italian clitic pronoun
- siano
- are; third person plural subjunctive of essere
- più
- more, no longer; adverb of quantity or negation
- né
- neither, nor; conjunction connecting negative alternatives
- maghi
- wizards, magicians; plural of mago
- fattucchiere
- sorceresses, witches; women who practice magic
- vedi
- you see; second person singular of vedere
- stata
- been; feminine past participle of essere
- civilizzata
- civilized; feminine singular adjective
- siamo
- we are; first person plural of essere
- tagliati
- cut off, separated; masculine plural past participle
- fuori
- outside, out; adverb indicating position or exclusion
- dal
- from the; contraction of da plus il
- resto
- rest, remainder; what is left over
- mondo
- world; the entire earth and its inhabitants
- Perciò
- therefore, so; conjunction showing logical consequence
- abbiamo
- we have; first person plural of avere
- ancora
- still, yet, again; adverb of time or repetition
- tra
- among, between, within; preposition of position or time
- noi
- we, us; first person plural pronoun
- i
- the; masculine plural definite article
- stesso
- same, himself; masculine form of stesso
- Grande
- great, large, big; adjective of size or importance
- Mago
- wizard, magician; male practitioner of magic
- abbassando
- lowering; present participle of abbassare
- voce
- voice; sound produced by a person speaking or singing
- fino
- until, up to, as far as; preposition of limit
- sussurro
- whisper; very soft, quiet way of speaking
- potente
- powerful, mighty; adjective describing great strength
- tutti
- all, everyone; masculine plural form of tutto
- messi
- put, placed; masculine plural past participle of mettere
- insieme
- together; adverb indicating things combined or united
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