One sentence of «La tortuga gigante»
Pero un día se enfermó, y los médicos le dijeron que solamente yéndose al campo podría curarse.
But one day he fell ill, and the doctors told him that only by going to the country could he be cured.
Every word in it
| As printed | Dictionary form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Pero | pero | but (conj.) |
| un | un | a, an, one (indef. art.) |
| día | día | day (n., m.) |
| se | se | himself, herself, themselves; one (reflexive pron.) |
| enfermó | enfermar | to fall ill (v.) |
| y | y | and (conj.) |
| los | el | the (masculine) |
| médicos | médico | doctor (n., m.) |
| le | le | to him, to her, to you (indirect object pron.) |
| dijeron | decir | to say, tell (v.) |
| que | que | that, which, who; than (conj./rel. pron.) |
| solamente | solamente | only (adv.) |
| yéndose | ir | to go (v.) — its preterite fue, fui, fueron is shared with ser, to be, so «se fue» is «he went» and «fue una noche larga» is «it was a long night» |
| al | al | to the, at the (a + el) |
| campo | campo | field; open country (n., m.) |
| podría | poder | to be able, can (v.) |
| curarse | curar | to cure, heal, treat (v.) |
Read «La tortuga gigante» in the room → Every word glossed where it stands, the English a tap away. This scene asks for no account.