White nights, and other stories — Page 4
They had spared nothing, neither columns, nor cornices, and my poor little friend was as yellow as a canary.
Não pouparam nada, nem colunas, nem cornijas, e meu pobre amiguinho estava tão amarelo quanto um canário.
It almost made me bilious.
Quase me deixou bilioso.
And to this day I have not had the courage to visit my poor disfigured friend, painted the colour of the Celestial Empire.
E até hoje não tive coragem de visitar meu pobre amigo desfigurado, pintado com a cor do Império Celestial.
So now you understand, reader, in what sense I am acquainted with all Petersburg.
Então agora você entende, leitor, em que sentido eu conheço toda a Petersburgo.
I have mentioned already that I had felt worried for three whole days before I guessed the cause of my uneasiness.
Já mencionei que me senti preocupado por três dias inteiros antes de adivinhar a causa do meu mal-estar.
And I felt ill at ease in the street--this one had gone and that one had gone, and what had become of the other?--and at home I did not feel like myself either.
E me sentia desconfortável na rua — este havia partido e aquele havia partido, e o que tinha sido feito do outro? — e em casa também não me sentia eu mesmo.
For two evenings I was puzzling my brains to think what was amiss in my corner; why I felt so uncomfortable in it.
Por duas noites fiquei quebrando a cabeça para descobrir o que havia de errado no meu cantinho; por que me sentia tão desconfortável nele.
And in perplexity I scanned my grimy green walls, my ceiling covered with a spider's web, the growth of which Matrona has so successfully encouraged.
E em perplexidade examinei minhas paredes verdes e sujas, meu teto coberto por uma teia de aranha, cujo crescimento Matrona tão exitosamente incentivou.
I looked over all my furniture, examined every chair, wondering whether the trouble lay there (for if one chair is not standing in the same position as it stood the day before, I am not myself).
Passei os olhos por todos os meus móveis, examinei cada cadeira, perguntando-me se o problema estava ali (pois se uma cadeira não está na mesma posição em que estava no dia anterior, não sou eu mesmo).
I looked at the window, but it was all in vain ... I was not a bit the better for it!
Olhei para a janela, mas foi tudo em vão... Não me senti nem um pouco melhor com isso!
Vocabulary
- Não
- Nãw — Negation word meaning 'no' or 'not'
- pouparam
- poh-PAH-rãw — They spared or saved something
- nada
- NAH-dah — Nothing; not anything at all
- nem
- nẽy — Neither; nor; not even
- colunas
- koh-LOO-nahz — Columns or pillars of a building
- cornijas
- kor-NEE-zhahz — Architectural cornices along a building's edge
- e
- ee — And; connecting conjunction between words
- meu
- MEH-oo — My; first-person singular possessive pronoun
- pobre
- POH-breh — Poor; lacking money or unfortunate
- amiguinho
- ah-mee-GEEN-yoo — Little friend; affectionate diminutive of friend
- estava
- ehs-TAH-vah — Was; imperfect past tense of 'estar'
- tão
- tãw — So; such; to such a degree
- amarelo
- ah-mah-REH-loo — Yellow; the color yellow
- quanto
- KWÃN-too — As much as; how much
- um
- oõ — A; an; indefinite article, masculine singular
- canário
- kah-NAH-ryoo — Canary; small yellow songbird
- Quase
- KWAH-zeh — Almost; nearly; not quite
- me
- meh — Me; first-person singular object pronoun
- deixou
- day-SHOH — Left; caused; made someone feel something
- bilioso
- bee-lee-OH-zoo — Bilious; nauseated; irritably ill feeling
- E
- ee — And; conjunction linking clauses together
- até
- ah-TEH — Until; up to; even now
- hoje
- OH-zheh — Today; the current day
- não
- nãw — No; not; negation particle
- tive
- CHEE-veh — I had; past tense of 'ter'
- coragem
- koh-RAH-zhẽy — Courage; bravery to face difficult situations
- de
- deh — Of; from; preposition indicating origin or possession
- visitar
- vee-zee-TAR — To visit; to go see someone
- amigo
- ah-MEE-goo — Friend; a close companion
- desfigurado
- deh-sfee-goo-RAH-doo — Disfigured; altered in appearance unpleasantly
- pintado
- peen-TAH-doo — Painted; covered with paint
- com
- kõ — With; preposition indicating accompaniment or means
- a
- ah — The; feminine definite article, singular
- cor
- kor — Color; hue or shade of something
- do
- doo — Of the; contraction of 'de' and 'o'
- Império
- eem-PEH-ryoo — Empire; large political dominion or realm
- Celestial
- seh-lehs-TYAW — Celestial; heavenly; referring to the sky
- Então
- en-TÃW — Then; so; therefore; at that moment
- agora
- ah-GOH-rah — Now; at the present moment
- você
- voh-SEH — You; second-person singular pronoun, informal
- entende
- en-TEN-deh — Understands; comprehends something explained
- leitor
- lay-TOR — Reader; person who reads a text
- em
- ẽy — In; at; preposition of location or state
- que
- keh — That; which; what; relative pronoun
- sentido
- sen-CHEE-doo — Sense; meaning; direction; felt emotion
- eu
- EH-oo — I; first-person singular subject pronoun
- conheço
- kohn-YEH-soo — I know; I am acquainted with someone
- toda
- TOH-dah — All; entire; whole, feminine form
- Já
- zhah — Already; now; at this point
- mencionei
- men-syoh-NAY — I mentioned; I brought up a topic
- senti
- sen-CHEE — I felt; past tense of sentir
- preocupado
- preh-oh-koo-PAH-doo — Worried; anxious; concerned about something
- por
- por — For; by; through; preposition of cause
- três
- trehz — Three; the number 3
- dias
- JEE-ahz — Days; plural of 'dia'
- inteiros
- een-TAY-rooz — Entire; whole; complete days without interruption
- antes
- ÃN-tez — Before; previously; earlier in time
- adivinhar
- ah-jee-veen-YAR — To guess; to figure out a mystery
- causa
- KAW-zah — Cause; reason behind an event
- mal-estar
- maw-ehs-TAR — Malaise; general feeling of discomfort or unease
- sentia
- sen-CHEE-ah — I felt; imperfect past tense of sentir
- desconfortável
- dehs-kon-for-TAH-vel — Uncomfortable; causing discomfort or unease
- na
- nah — In the; contraction of 'em' and 'a'
- rua
- HOO-ah — Street; public road in a city
- este
- EHS-teh — This; demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular
- havia
- ah-VEE-ah — Had; imperfect past of 'haver'
- partido
- par-CHEE-doo — Left; departed; gone away
- aquele
- ah-KEH-leh — That one; demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular
- o
- oo — The; masculine definite article, singular
- tinha
- CHEEN-yah — Had; imperfect past tense of 'ter'
- sido
- SEE-doo — Been; past participle of 'ser'
- feito
- FAY-too — Done; made; past participle of 'fazer'
- outro
- OH-troo — Other; another; different one
- casa
- KAH-zah — House; home; a dwelling place
- também
- tãm-BẼY — Also; too; as well; likewise
- mesmo
- MEHZ-moo — Same; even; itself; very same thing
- Por
- por — For; by; during; preposition of duration
- duas
- DOO-ahz — Two; feminine form of the number two
- noites
- NOY-tez — Nights; plural of 'noite'
- fiquei
- fee-KAY — I stayed; I remained; past of ficar
- quebrando
- keh-BRÃN-doo — Breaking; cracking; gerund of quebrar
- cabeça
- kah-BEH-sah — Head; the top part of the body
- para
- For; to; in order to; preposition
- descobrir
- dehs-koh-BRIR — To discover; to find out something unknown
- errado
- eh-HAH-doo — Wrong; incorrect; mistaken; something amiss
- no
- noo — In the; contraction of 'em' and 'o'
- cantinho
- kãn-CHEEN-yoo — Little corner; cozy small space
- nele
- NEH-leh — In it; in him; contraction of em+ele
- perplexidade
- per-pleh-see-DAH-deh — Perplexity; state of bewilderment and confusion
- examinei
- eh-zah-mee-NAY — I examined; I inspected carefully
- minhas
- MEEN-yahz — My; first-person possessive, feminine plural
- paredes
- pah-REH-dez — Walls; interior walls of a room
- verdes
- VER-dez — Green; plural of verde, the color
- sujas
- SOO-zhahz — Dirty; unclean; soiled, feminine plural
- teto
- TEH-too — Ceiling; the overhead surface of a room
- coberto
- koh-BER-too — Covered; concealed by something on top
- uma
- OO-mah — A; an; feminine indefinite article, singular
- teia
- TAY-ah — Web; spider's woven network of silk
- aranha
- ah-RAHN-yah — Spider; an eight-legged arachnid
- cujo
- KOO-zhoo — Whose; relative possessive pronoun, masculine
- crescimento
- kreh-see-MEN-too — Growth; the process of growing larger
- exitosamente
- eh-zee-toh-zah-MEN-teh — Successfully; in a successful manner
- incentivou
- een-sen-chee-VOH — Encouraged; promoted; gave incentive to
- Passei
- pah-SAY — I passed; I ran my eyes over
- os
- ooz — The; masculine definite article, plural
- olhos
- OH-lyooz — Eyes; the organs of sight
- todos
- TOH-dooz — All; every; all of them, masculine plural
- meus
- MEH-ooz — My; first-person possessive, masculine plural
- móveis
- MOH-vehyz — Furniture; movable objects furnishing a room
- cada
- KAH-dah — Each; every individual one of something
- cadeira
- kah-DAY-rah — Chair; a seat with a backrest
- perguntando-me
- per-goon-TÃN-doo meh — Asking myself; questioning oneself internally
- se
- seh — If; whether; reflexive pronoun particle
- problema
- proh-BLEH-mah — Problem; an issue requiring a solution
- ali
- ah-LEE — There; in that place nearby
- pois
- pohyz — Because; since; for; causal conjunction
- está
- ehs-TAH — Is; third-person singular present of estar
- mesma
- MEHZ-mah — Same; the very same, feminine form
- posição
- poh-zee-SÃW — Position; place or arrangement of something
- dia
- JEE-ah — Day; a 24-hour period
- anterior
- ãn-teh-RYOR — Previous; prior; the one before
- sou
- soh — I am; first-person present of ser
- Olhei
- oh-LYAY — I looked; I glanced; past of olhar
- janela
- zhah-NEH-lah — Window; an opening in a wall
- mas
- mahz — But; however; adversative conjunction
- foi
- foy — Was; went; past tense of ser/ir
- tudo
- TOO-doo — Everything; all; the whole of it
- vão
- vãw — Vain; futile; in vain; useless
- pouco
- POH-koo — Little; a bit; small amount
- melhor
- meh-LYOR — Better; superior; comparative of good
- isso
- EE-soo — That; this; referring to something nearby
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