The Wonderful Wizard of Oz — Page 7
"At the East, not far from here," said one, "there is a great desert, and none could live to cross it."
«A est, non lontano da qui,» disse uno, «c'è un grande deserto, e nessuno potrebbe sopravvivere per attraversarlo.»
"It is the same at the South," said another, "for I have been there and seen it. The South is the country of the Quadlings."
«È lo stesso a sud,» disse un altro, «perché ci sono stato e l'ho visto. Il Sud è il paese dei Quadling.»
"I am told," said the third man, "that it is the same at the West. And that country, where the Winkies live, is ruled by the Wicked Witch of the West, who would make you her slave if you passed her way."
«Mi è stato detto,» disse il terzo uomo, «che è lo stesso a ovest. E quel paese, dove vivono i Winkie, è governato dalla Strega Malvagia dell'Ovest, che farebbe di te la sua schiava se passassi dalle sue parti.»
"The North is my home," said the old lady, "and at its edge is the same great desert that surrounds this Land of Oz. I'm afraid, my dear, you will have to live with us."
«Il Nord è la mia casa,» disse la vecchia signora, «e al suo confine c'è lo stesso grande deserto che circonda questo Paese di Oz. Temo, mia cara, che dovrai vivere con noi.»
Dorothy began to sob at this, for she felt lonely among all these strange people.
Dorothy cominciò a singhiozzare a queste parole, poiché si sentiva sola tra tutta quella gente strana.
Her tears seemed to grieve the kind-hearted Munchkins, for they immediately took out their handkerchiefs and began to weep also.
Le sue lacrime sembrarono addolorare i gentili Munchkin, che immediatamente tirarono fuori i loro fazzoletti e cominciarono a piangere anche loro.
As for the little old woman, she took off her cap and balanced the point on the end of her nose, while she counted "One, two, three" in a solemn voice.
Quanto alla vecchietta, si tolse il cappello e ne bilanciò la punta sulla punta del naso, mentre contava «Uno, due, tre» con voce solenne.
At once the cap changed to a slate, on which was written in big, white chalk marks:
All'istante il cappello si trasformò in un'ardesia, sulla quale era scritto a grandi lettere di gesso bianco:
"LET DOROTHY GO TO THE CITY OF EMERALDS"
«LASCIATE CHE DOROTHY VADA ALLA CITTÀ DEGLI SMERALDI»
The little old woman took the slate from her nose, and having read the words on it, asked, "Is your name Dorothy, my dear?
La vecchietta tolse l'ardesia dal naso, e dopo aver letto le parole scritte sopra, chiese: «Il tuo nome è Dorothy, mia cara?
Vocabulary
- A
- Preposition meaning 'at' or 'to'
- est
- Cardinal direction meaning 'east'
- non
- Negation word meaning 'not'
- lontano
- Adjective or adverb meaning 'far' or 'distant'
- da
- Preposition meaning 'from' or 'by'
- qui
- Adverb meaning 'here'
- disse
- Past tense of 'dire,' meaning 'said'
- uno
- Number or article meaning 'one' or 'a'
- c'
- Contracted form of 'ci,' used before 'è'
- è
- Third person singular of 'essere,' meaning 'is'
- un
- Indefinite article meaning 'a' or 'an'
- grande
- Adjective meaning 'large,' 'big,' or 'great'
- deserto
- Noun meaning 'desert,' a dry barren landscape
- e
- Conjunction meaning 'and'
- nessuno
- Pronoun or adjective meaning 'nobody' or 'no one'
- potrebbe
- Conditional of 'potere,' meaning 'could' or 'might'
- sopravvivere
- Verb meaning 'to survive' or 'to live through'
- per
- Preposition meaning 'for,' 'to,' or 'in order to'
- attraversarlo
- Infinitive plus pronoun meaning 'to cross it'
- È
- Third person singular of 'essere,' meaning 'it is'
- lo
- Definite article or pronoun meaning 'the' or 'it'
- stesso
- Adjective meaning 'same' or 'itself'
- a
- Preposition meaning 'at,' 'to,' or 'in'
- sud
- Cardinal direction meaning 'south'
- altro
- Adjective or pronoun meaning 'other' or 'another'
- perché
- Conjunction or adverb meaning 'because' or 'why'
- ci
- Pronoun meaning 'there,' 'us,' or 'to us'
- sono
- First person plural or singular of 'essere,' meaning 'I am' or 'they are'
- stato
- Past participle of 'essere,' meaning 'been'
- l'
- Contracted definite article meaning 'the'
- ho
- First person singular of 'avere,' meaning 'I have'
- visto
- Past participle of 'vedere,' meaning 'seen'
- Il
- Definite article meaning 'the' (masculine singular)
- Sud
- Noun meaning 'the South,' a geographic direction
- il
- Definite article meaning 'the' (masculine singular)
- paese
- Noun meaning 'country,' 'village,' or 'land'
- dei
- Contracted preposition plus article meaning 'of the'
- Mi
- Pronoun meaning 'me' or 'to me'
- detto
- Past participle of 'dire,' meaning 'told' or 'said'
- terzo
- Ordinal number meaning 'third'
- uomo
- Noun meaning 'man' or 'human being'
- che
- Conjunction or pronoun meaning 'that,' 'which,' or 'who'
- ovest
- Cardinal direction meaning 'west'
- E
- Conjunction meaning 'and'
- quel
- Demonstrative adjective meaning 'that' (masculine)
- dove
- Adverb meaning 'where'
- vivono
- Third person plural of 'vivere,' meaning 'they live'
- i
- Definite article meaning 'the' (masculine plural)
- governato
- Past participle of 'governare,' meaning 'governed' or 'ruled'
- dalla
- Contracted preposition meaning 'by the' or 'from the'
- Strega
- Noun meaning 'witch,' a woman with magical powers
- Malvagia
- Adjective meaning 'wicked' or 'evil'
- dell'
- Contracted preposition meaning 'of the'
- Ovest
- Noun meaning 'the West,' a cardinal direction
- farebbe
- Conditional of 'fare,' meaning 'would make' or 'would do'
- di
- Preposition meaning 'of,' 'from,' or 'about'
- te
- Pronoun meaning 'you' (stressed object form)
- la
- Definite article or pronoun meaning 'the' or 'her'
- sua
- Possessive adjective meaning 'his,' 'her,' or 'its'
- schiava
- Noun meaning 'slave' (female)
- se
- Conjunction meaning 'if' or 'whether'
- passassi
- Imperfect subjunctive of 'passare,' meaning 'if you passed'
- dalle
- Contracted preposition meaning 'from the' (feminine plural)
- sue
- Possessive adjective meaning 'her,' 'his,' or 'its' (plural)
- parti
- Noun meaning 'parts,' 'regions,' or 'sides'
- Nord
- Cardinal direction meaning 'north'
- mia
- Possessive adjective meaning 'my' (feminine singular)
- casa
- Noun meaning 'house' or 'home'
- vecchia
- Adjective meaning 'old' (feminine singular)
- signora
- Noun meaning 'lady,' 'madam,' or 'Mrs.'
- al
- Contracted preposition meaning 'at the' or 'to the'
- suo
- Possessive adjective meaning 'his,' 'her,' or 'its'
- confine
- Noun meaning 'border,' 'boundary,' or 'frontier'
- circonda
- Third person singular of 'circondare,' meaning 'surrounds'
- questo
- Demonstrative adjective meaning 'this' (masculine singular)
- Paese
- Noun meaning 'land,' 'country,' or 'place'
- Temo
- First person singular of 'temere,' meaning 'I fear'
- cara
- Adjective or noun meaning 'dear' or 'darling' (feminine)
- dovrai
- Future tense of 'dovere,' meaning 'you will have to'
- vivere
- Infinitive meaning 'to live'
- con
- Preposition meaning 'with'
- noi
- Pronoun meaning 'we' or 'us'
- cominciò
- Past tense of 'cominciare,' meaning 'began' or 'started'
- singhiozzare
- Verb meaning 'to sob' or 'to cry with hiccups'
- queste
- Demonstrative adjective meaning 'these' (feminine plural)
- parole
- Noun meaning 'words' (plural of 'parola')
- poiché
- Conjunction meaning 'since,' 'because,' or 'as'
- si
- Reflexive pronoun meaning 'oneself,' 'himself,' or 'herself'
- sentiva
- Imperfect of 'sentire,' meaning 'felt' or 'was feeling'
- sola
- Adjective meaning 'alone' or 'lonely' (feminine)
- tra
- Preposition meaning 'among,' 'between,' or 'in'
- tutta
- Adjective meaning 'all' or 'entire' (feminine singular)
- quella
- Demonstrative adjective meaning 'that' (feminine singular)
- gente
- Noun meaning 'people' or 'folk'
- strana
- Adjective meaning 'strange' or 'odd' (feminine)
- Le
- Definite article meaning 'the' (feminine plural)
- lacrime
- Noun meaning 'tears' (plural of 'lacrima')
- sembrarono
- Past tense of 'sembrare,' meaning 'seemed' or 'appeared'
- addolorare
- Verb meaning 'to sadden' or 'to cause sorrow'
- gentili
- Adjective meaning 'kind,' 'gentle,' or 'polite' (plural)
- immediatamente
- Adverb meaning 'immediately' or 'right away'
- tirarono
- Past tense of 'tirare,' meaning 'they pulled out'
- fuori
- Adverb or preposition meaning 'out' or 'outside'
- loro
- Pronoun or possessive meaning 'they,' 'them,' or 'their'
- fazzoletti
- Noun meaning 'handkerchiefs' (plural of 'fazzoletto')
- cominciarono
- Past tense of 'cominciare,' meaning 'they began'
- piangere
- Infinitive meaning 'to cry' or 'to weep'
- anche
- Adverb meaning 'also,' 'too,' or 'even'
- Quanto
- Adverb or pronoun meaning 'as for,' 'how much'
- vecchietta
- Diminutive noun meaning 'little old lady'
- tolse
- Past tense of 'togliere,' meaning 'she removed' or 'took off'
- cappello
- Noun meaning 'hat' or 'cap'
- ne
- Pronoun meaning 'of it,' 'from it,' or 'some'
- bilanciò
- Past tense of 'bilanciare,' meaning 'balanced' or 'poised'
- punta
- Noun meaning 'tip,' 'point,' or 'top'
- sulla
- Contracted preposition meaning 'on the' (feminine)
- del
- Contracted preposition meaning 'of the' (masculine)
- naso
- Noun meaning 'nose'
- mentre
- Conjunction meaning 'while' or 'as'
- contava
- Imperfect of 'contare,' meaning 'was counting'
- Uno
- Number meaning 'one'
- due
- Number meaning 'two'
- tre
- Number meaning 'three'
- voce
- Noun meaning 'voice'
- solenne
- Adjective meaning 'solemn' or 'formal'
- All'
- Contracted preposition meaning 'at the' before a vowel
- istante
- Noun meaning 'instant' or 'moment'
- trasformò
- Past tense of 'trasformare,' meaning 'transformed' or 'changed'
- in
- Preposition meaning 'in,' 'into,' or 'to'
- un'
- Feminine indefinite article before a vowel meaning 'a'
- ardesia
- Noun meaning 'slate,' a gray stone used for writing
- quale
- Relative pronoun meaning 'which' or 'that'
- era
- Imperfect of 'essere,' meaning 'was' or 'there was'
- scritto
- Past participle of 'scrivere,' meaning 'written'
- grandi
- Adjective meaning 'large,' 'big,' or 'great' (plural)
- lettere
- Noun meaning 'letters' (plural of 'lettera')
- gesso
- Noun meaning 'chalk' or 'plaster'
- bianco
- Adjective meaning 'white'
- LASCIATE
- Imperative plural of 'lasciare,' meaning 'let' or 'allow'
- CHE
- Conjunction meaning 'that' or 'so that'
- VADA
- Subjunctive of 'andare,' meaning 'may go' or 'should go'
- ALLA
- Contracted preposition meaning 'to the' (feminine)
- CITTÀ
- Noun meaning 'city' or 'town'
- DEGLI
- Contracted preposition meaning 'of the' (masculine plural)
- SMERALDI
- Noun meaning 'emeralds' (plural of 'smeraldo')
- La
- Definite article meaning 'the' (feminine singular)
- dal
- Contracted preposition meaning 'from the' or 'by the'
- dopo
- Preposition or adverb meaning 'after' or 'later'
- aver
- Infinitive form of 'avere,' used in compound forms meaning 'having'
- letto
- Past participle of 'leggere,' meaning 'read'
- le
- Definite article or pronoun meaning 'the' (feminine plural) or 'her'
- scritte
- Noun meaning 'writings,' 'inscriptions,' or 'words written'
- sopra
- Preposition or adverb meaning 'above,' 'on,' or 'over'
- chiese
- Past tense of 'chiedere,' meaning 'asked'
- tuo
- Possessive adjective meaning 'your' (masculine singular)
- nome
- Noun meaning 'name'
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