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One sentence of «Las medias de los flamencos»
Todos los pescados saben por qué es, y se burlan de ellos.
All the fish know why it is, and make fun of them.
Where it stands
The sentences either side of it, each with its own page.
This is the story of the flamingos, who once had white legs and now have red ones.
But the flamingos, while they cure themselves in the water, never miss a chance to take their revenge, eating up any little fish that comes too close to mock them.
Every word in it
| As printed | Dictionary form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Todos | todo | all, every; everything (adj./pron.) |
| los | el | the (def. art., m. pl.); also them (m. object pron., before a verb) |
| pescados | pescado | fish (as caught or eaten) (n., m.) |
| saben | saber | to know (a fact); to know how to (v.) |
| por | por | by, for, through, because of (prep.) |
| qué | qué | what; how (interrog.); in the 1918 printing also the que of a wish — ¡qué vengan! may they come! |
| es | ser | to be — what a thing IS, against estar, how it is right now (v.) |
| y | y | and (conj.) |
| se | se | himself, herself, themselves (reflexive); stands in for le before lo/la (se la dieron — they gave it to her); one, people (se ve — one sees) (pron.) |
| burlan | burlar | to mock, make fun of (burlarse de) (v.) |
| de | de | of, from (prep.) |
| ellos | él | they, them (pron., m. pl.) |
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.