One sentence of «La tortuga gigante»
El no quería ir, porque tenía hermanos chicos a quienes daba de comer; y se enfermaba cada día más.
He did not want to go, because he had small brothers he fed; and every day he grew more ill.
Every word in it
| As printed | Dictionary form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| El | el | the (masculine) |
| no | no | no, not (adv.) |
| quería | querer | to want; to love (v.) |
| ir | 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» |
| porque | porque | because (conj.) |
| tenía | tener | to have; tener que — to have to (v.) |
| hermanos | hermano | brother; hermana — sister (n., m.) |
| chicos | chico | small; boy, child (adj./n., m.) |
| a | a | to; at; on (prep.) |
| quienes | quien | who, whom (rel. pron.) |
| daba | dar | to give (v.) |
| de | de | of, from (prep.) |
| comer | comer | to eat (v.) |
| y | y | and (conj.) |
| se | se | himself, herself, themselves; one (reflexive pron.) |
| enfermaba | enfermar | to fall ill (v.) |
| cada | cada | each, every (adj.) |
| día | día | day (n., m.) |
| más | más | more, most (adv.) |
Read «La tortuga gigante» in the room → Every word glossed where it stands, the English a tap away. This scene asks for no account.