Tortuga y su flauta Flashcards
Turtle and his flute
Tortuga y su flauta
A Brazilian story
Cuento brasileño
Once upon a time
Érase una vez
A turtle who was playing his flute
Una tortuga que tocaba su flauta
on the banks of the river
a orillas del rio
When Turtle was playing
Cuando Tortuga tocaba
all the animals were hearing it (to listen to)
todos los animales la escuchaban
the lions, the elephants, the butterflies
los leones, los elefantes, las mariposas
the snakes and the monkeys
las serpientes y las o los monos
they were dancing to the sound of his music
bailaban al son de su música (son for music and sonido for general sounds both masculine)
One day a man heard the music (to hear)
Un dia un hombre escuchó la música
There are two verbs - oir means to actively listen to and escuchar means to discern, make out by hearing….ie can you hear me?)
'’Ah!’’ he thought
“¡Ah!” pensó
That must be Turtle who is making music
Debe ser Tortuga que está componiendo música
He would have a very rich flavour now Turtle
Tendria un sabor muy rico ahora Tortuga
and he called him
Y lo llamó
Hey Turtle show me your beautiful flute
¡Eh Tortuga! Muéstrame tu linda flauta (mostrar)
Turtle approached slowly the door
Tortuga se acercó despacio a la puerta. (acercarse a)
and held out his flute
y asomó su flauta (asomar)
As soon as he saw him
En cuanto verla
Tan pronto verla
the man caught him by the neck
el hombre la atrapó por el cuello
and he threw to run (started to run)
y echó a correr
Turtle tried to scream asking for help
Tortuga intentó gritar pidiendo ayuda
Gritar - To scream
Pidiendo - asking
Pedir - To ask for an object, service, favour,
Preguntar - To ask for information
but he wasn’t able to emit any sound
pero no pudo emitir ningún sonido
Ningún - Any in a negative sense. None of
He closed his eyes and he clung to his flute
Cerró los ojos y se aferró a su flauta
in order to have good luck
para tenir buena suerte
On arrival at his cabin
Al llegar a su cabaña
the man locked up Turtle in a cage and shut it
el hombre encerró a Tortuga en una jaula y la cerró
Then he said to his children
Entonces dijo a sus hijos