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One sentence of «Las medias de los flamencos»
—Aquí están las medias— les dijo la lechuza.
“Here are the stockings,” the owl said to them.
Where it stands
The sentences either side of it, each with its own page.
“Do not worry about anything except one single thing: dance all night, dance without stopping for a moment, dance sideways, on your beaks, on your heads, however you like; but do not stop for a moment, because instead of dancing you will then be weeping.”
Every word in it
| As printed | Dictionary form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Aquí | aquí | here (adv.) |
| están | estar | to be — where a thing is, or how it is right now, against ser, what it is (v.) |
| las | el | the (def. art., f. pl.); also them (f. object pron., before a verb) |
| medias | media | stocking (n., f.) |
| les | le | to them (pron.) |
| dijo | decir | to say, tell (v.) |
| lechuza | lechuza | owl (n., f.) |
Read «Las medias de los flamencos» in the room Every word glossed where it stands, the English a tap away. The whole tale is free and asks for no account.