Capitulo Uno-El nino que vivio

Question 1

orgullosos

Answer 1

proud

Question 2

the man lived in number 4

Answer 2

El hombre que vivian en el numero 4.

use que with people in the past tense who do the verb

Question 3

orgulloso

Answer 3

proud

Question 4

they were proud to say that they were very normal

Answer 4

ellos estaban orgullosos de decir que eran muy normales

1. de decir que, to say that. we use this form if there is a conjugated verb first, or if someone is blank to say, happy to say, sad to say etc.
2. eran vs estaban
   use estaban for a feeling, in this case being proud, and eran is used if its past tense is something more permanent in this case being normal

Question 5

They were the last people that you would expect to find related (connected) with anything strange or mysterious

Answer 5

Eran las ultimas personas que se esperaria encontrar relacionadas con algo extrano o misterioso.

1. They were/eran-again that can be said by itself. descrbing
2. se esperaria- you yourself would expect (you are doing the expecting)
3. algo-something
4. extrano-strange

Question 6

Mr. Dusrley was the director of a firm called Grunnings that made drills

Answer 6

El senor Dursley era el director de una empresa llamada Grunnings, que fabricaba teladros.

ser-occupation

empresa-frim, company

llamada-called

fabricar- to make, to fabricate, produce-
aba because the action can still be ongoing

drill-teladro

Question 7

because they were not for such nonsense.

Answer 7

porque no estaban para tales tonterias

para-for (in favor of)

tal/tales-such

tonteria-nonsense, silly, runnish

Question 8

He was a chubby and burly man, with hardly (without) any neck, although he had a big mustache

Answer 8

El era un corpulento y rolizo, casi sin cuello, aunque con un bigote inmenso

ser-Ser is used to talk about permanent or lasting attributes.
DOCTOR, which stands for Descriptions, Occupations, Characteristics, Time, Origin, and Relationships.
so essential qualities that cant easily change like being fat

corupletno-cvroad, stalky, heavy built

rolizo-chubby, plump

casi-hardly,almost, nearly

sin-without

cuello-neck

bigote-mustache

inmenso-vast, enormous, great

notice we dont have to re conjugate and re ownerize the mustache part becasue the context was set up in the same sentence

Question 9

que se esperaría encontrar relacionadas

Answer 9

se esperaria- “you would expect.” so the you is general and not specific. its like saying you yourself would expect so in this case you would put se before it and use the conditional form which is the unconjugated
verb plus ia

encontrart-to find

relaciondades-related involved, notice how its plural

Question 10

El señor Dursley era el director de una empresa llamada Grunnings

Answer 10

empresa- firm, business

era-was a director, a director is a job so use the imperfect form of ser, because we dont know what time it ended or if it did

llamada-called
it was called _____

Question 11

fabricaba taladros

Answer 11

taladro-drill

fabricabar-made, fabricate as in an industrial sense

notice the form is imperfect because again we dont have a time associated with this past action

Question 12

corpulento

rollizo,

Answer 12

corpulent-fat, stalky, broad

plump, chubby

Question 13

casi sin cuello

Answer 13

casi- almost, nearly,

sin-without

cuello-neck

Book- “with hardly any neck”

Question 14

aunque con un bigote inmenso

Answer 14

aunque-although, even though

bigote-mustache

inmenso-very large

Book-the book didn’t put any more past tense in this because the SAME sentence already had past tense so the context is already set up

Question 15

delgada/o

Answer 15

thin person

Question 16

rubia/o

Answer 16

blonde

Question 17

un cuello casi el doble de largo de lo habitual,

Answer 17

habitual-usual

el doble- twice as much

Question 18

el doble de largo de lo habitual,

Answer 18

twice as long as usual

de ___ de ___

format for description..

de lo habitual actually directly translates as than usual

Question 19

Los Dursley tenían todo lo que querían

Answer 19

imperfect tense

todo= all

lo que = that

querian = they wanted

Question 20

pero también tenían un secreto

Answer 20

but they also had a secret

Question 21

y

su mayor temor era que lo descubriesen

Answer 21

mayor temor = greatest fear

era que lo descubriesen
was that they would be discovered

so the sentence doesn’t mention who would discover them..its a general fear of someone doing the action to them

Question 22

“Mas o menos” is, in fact, the correct translation for the English “so, so” or “more or less”.

Answer 22

so so

Question 23

no habrían soportado que se supiera lo de los Potter.

Answer 23

soportar = to stand, bear, endure

no habrían soportado
they wouldnt bear

in this case que means if

se supiera lo de los Potter.
anyone knew about the potters

supiera is subjective of saber

The subjunctive mood is used to talk about desires, doubts, wishes, conjectures, and possibilities.

Question 24

porque no estaban para tales tonterías.

Answer 24

because they were not for such nonsense.

Question 25

spanish such

Answer 25

tal or tales depending...it depends on the number of nouns

Question 26

tonteria

Answer 26

nonsense, foolishness

Question 27

lo que le resultaba muy útil, ya que pasaba la mayor parte del tiempo estirándolo por encima de la valla de los jardines para espiar a sus vecinos.

Answer 27

that was very useful ya que= since pasaba = spent (time) la mayor = most estirándolo = stretching it encima = on top, over, above valla= fence vall de los jardines = garden fences para espiar = (in order) to spy sus vecinos = her neighbors notice you would use "a" when the verb is done to another person...she is spying on her neighbors

Question 28

Los Dursley tenían un hijo pequeño llamado Dudley, | y para ellos no había un niño mejor que él.

Answer 28

The Dursely's had a small son named Dudley and for them (according to them) there was not a better boy than him

Question 29

La señora Potter era hermana de la señora Dursley,

Answer 29

use era (ser) for relationship to people. i.e. things that are considered permament...mrs potter will always be her sister

Question 30

pero no se veían | desde hacía años

Answer 30

but they had not seen eachother for (since) several year its refelxive because they are seeing themselves. so conjugate as ellos but just hrpow a se in front of it desde = from, since (indicating time)

Question 31

tanto era así que la señora Dursley fingía que no tenía | hermana, porque su hermana y su marido

Answer 31

tanto era asi que = lit. so much was like this that. or more loosely just in fact fingir = to pretend no tenia hermana she didnt have a sister marido = husband

Question 32

Pero nada había en aquel nublado cielo que sugiriera los acontecimientos extraños y misteriosos que poco después tendrían lugar en toda la región.

Answer 32

but there was nothing in that cloudy sky that would suggest the strange and mysterious events that would shortly thereafter take place across the region. que poco despues = shortly after nublado=cloudy, overcast sugerir = suggest, hint at acontecimientos=events extrano = strange tendrian lugar en toda la region = would happen (take place ) all over the country.

Question 33

un completo inútil, eran lo más opuesto a los Dursley que se pudiera imaginar

Answer 33

un completo inutil (a) completely useless eran lo mas opuesto a los dursely que pudiera imagnia were the most unDursleyish (most opposite from) that they (themselves) could (possibly) imagine The subjunctive mood is used to talk about desires, doubts, wishes, conjectures, and possibilities.

Question 34

Los Dursley se estremecían al pensar qué dirían los vecinos si los Potter apareciesen por la acera

Answer 34

The Dursely's (themselves) shuddered to think what the neighbors would say if the Potter (themselves) showed up on the street (sidewalk) acera=sidewalk apareciesen= to appear (refelxive) al pensar ( remember we are referring to people here) estremecer = shudder, tremble qué dirían los vecinos = what the Neighbor would say..notice decir went before the noun aparecer= to appear, to turn up

Question 35

Sabían que los Potter también tenían un hijo pequeño, pero nunca lo habían visto

Answer 35

They knew that the Potters also had a young small, but they had never seen him nunca lo habian visto = never him had they seen notice where the object goes, before the verb. Him there had seen

Question 36

El niño era otra buena razón para mantener alejados a los Potter: no querían que Dudley se juntara con un niño como aquél.

Answer 36

The boy was another good reason for keeping away from the Potters: they did not want Dudley (himself) to hang out with a boy like that razon = reason mantener alejados mantener = to keep (continue) alejar = to move away from, keep away from juntar = to hang out with como aquel = like that (similar)

Question 37

Nuestra historia comienza cuando el señor y la señora Dursley se despertaron un martes

Answer 37

Our story begins when Mr and Mrs Dursely (themselves) woke up one Tuesday

Question 38

con un cielo cubierto de nubes grises que amenazaban tormenta

Answer 38

with a sky covered by grey clouds that threatened storm

Question 39

He was a chubby and burly man, with hardly (without) any neck, although he had a big mustache

Answer 39

El era un corpulento y rolizo, casi sin cuello, aunque con un bigote inmenso ser-Ser is used to talk about permanent or lasting attributes. DOCTOR, which stands for Descriptions, Occupations, Characteristics, Time, Origin, and Relationships. so essential qualities that cant easily change like being fat corupletno-cvroad, stalky, heavy built rolizo-chubby, plump casi-hardly,almost, nearly sin-without cuello-neck bigote-mustache inmenso-vast, enormous, great notice we don't have to re conjugate and re ownerize the mustache part because the context was set up in the same sentence casi no-can mean hardly, nearly

Question 40

at 8:30, Mr. Dursely took his briefcase, kissed Mrs. Dursely on the mouth and tried to say goodbye to Dudley with a kis, although he coudn't (missed) since Dudley (he/the boy) was having a temper tantrum and was throwing his cereal against the walls

Answer 40

A las ocho y media. el Senor Dursley cojiO su maletin, besO a la senora Dursely en la mejilla y tratO de despedirse de Dudley con un beso, aunque no pudo, ya que el nino tenia un berrinche y estaba arrojando los cereales contra las paredes

Question 41

orgulloso

Answer 41

proud

Question 42

they were proud to say that they were very normal

Answer 42

ellos estaban orgullosos de decir que eran muy normales 1. de decir que, to say that. we use this form if there is a conjugated verb first, or if someone is blank to say, happy to say, sad to say etc. 2. eran vs estaban use estaban for a feeling, in this case being proud, and eran is used if its past tense is something more permanent in this case being normal

Question 43

They were the last people that you would expect to find related (connected) with anything strange or mysterious

Answer 43

Eran las ultimas personas que se esperaria encontrar relacionadas con algo extrano o misterioso. 1. They were/eran-again that can be said by itself. descrbing 2. se esperaria- you yourself would expect (you are doing the expecting) 3. algo-something 4. extrano-strange

Question 44

Mr. Dusrley was the director of a firm called Grunnings that made drills

Answer 44

El senor Dursley era el director de una empresa llamada Grunnings, que fabricaba teladros. ser-occupation empresa-frim, company llamada-called fabricar- to make, to fabricate, produce- aba because the action can still be ongoing drill-teladro

Question 45

because they were not for such nonsense.

Answer 45

porque no estaban para tales tonterias para-for (in favor of) tal/tales-such tonteria-nonsense, silly, runnish

Question 46

He was a chubby and burly man, with hardly (without) any neck, although he had a big mustache

Answer 46

El era un corpulento y rolizo, casi sin cuello, aunque con un bigote inmenso ser-Ser is used to talk about permanent or lasting attributes. DOCTOR, which stands for Descriptions, Occupations, Characteristics, Time, Origin, and Relationships. so essential qualities that cant easily change like being fat corupletno-cvroad, stalky, heavy built rolizo-chubby, plump casi-hardly,almost, nearly sin-without cuello-neck bigote-mustache inmenso-vast, enormous, great notice we don't have to re conjugate and re ownerize the mustache part because the context was set up in the same sentence casi no-can mean hardly, nearly

Question 47

at 8:30, Mr. Dursely took his briefcase, kissed Mrs. Dursely on the mouth and tried to say goodbye to Dudley with a kis, although he coudn't (missed) since Dudley (he/the boy) was having a temper tantrum and was throwing his cereal against the walls

Answer 47

A las ocho y media. el Senor Dursley cojiO su maletin, besO a la senora Dursely en la mejilla y tratO de despedirse de Dudley con un beso, aunque no pudo, ya que el nino tenia un berrinche y estaba arrojando los cereales contra las praedes

Question 48

Arriving at the corner (when he arrived at the corner)

Answer 48

Al llegar a la esquina

Question 49

to notice

Answer 49

percibir

Question 50

he noticed

Answer 50

percibiò

Question 51

sign (figurative indication)

Answer 51

indicio

Question 52

that something weird was happening

Answer 52

de que sucedía algo raro

Question 53

suceder

Answer 53

to happen, to occur | in a vague sense

Question 54

The cat was reading (looking at a map

Answer 54

El gato estaba mirando un plano de la ciduad map plano

Question 55

for a second

Answer 55

Durante de segundo

Question 56

darse cuenta de

Answer 56

to realize, become aware of

Question 57

me di cuenta de

Answer 57

i realized (i became aware of)

Question 58

what he had seen

Answer 58

lo que había visto

Question 59

what had he been thinking

Answer 59

en que habia estado pensado

Question 60

but then he turned his head to look again

Answer 60

pero luego volviò la cabeza para mirar otra vez

Question 61

to turn (your head)

Answer 61

volver

Question 62

body parts and ownership

Answer 62

put the le/el/los/las version...dont put su or mi...as the ownership is impled

Question 63

im going to look again

Answer 63

voy a para mirar otra vez

Question 64

atigrado

Answer 64

striped

Question 65

but he did not see any map

Answer 65

pero no vio nigun plano

Question 66

what had he been thinking

Answer 66

en que habia estado pensado

Question 67

must be (likelihood)

Answer 67

deber de