Friday 18 February 2011

I am translating a lesson from Spanish reader by E.S. Harrison. I find this reader quite interesting as it introduces to various grammatical concepts in a slow and steady pace. So this chapter introduces us to the various conjugations of "ir" - to go verb.

El Cuento del Pollo (The story of a chicken)

Un dia un pollo entra en un bosque. Una bellota cae en su cabeza. El pobre pollo cree que el cielo ha caido sobre el. Corre para informar al rey.

En el camino encuentra una gallina.
-?A donde vas? - pregunta una gallina.
-!Oh! - dice el pollo,- el cielo ha caido en mi cabeza y voy a informar al rey.
- Yo voy tambien, si quieres, - responde la gallina y se marchan juntos el pollo y la gallina al palacio del rey.
En el camino encuentran un gallo.














?A donde va?-pregunta el gallo a la gallina.
!Oh!-dice la gallina - el cielo ha caido sobre la cabeza del pobre pollo y vamos a informar al rey.
-Yo voy tambien, si quieres, - responde el gallo y se marchan juntos el pollo, la gallina y el gallo al palacio del rey.
En el camino encuentran un pato.
!?A donde vas? - pregunta el pato al gallo.
!oh! - dice el gallo, - el cielo ha caido en la cabeza del pobre pollo y vamos a informar al rey.
Yo voy tambien, si quieres-responde el pato y se marchan juntos el pollo, la gallina, el gallo y el pato al palacio del rey.
En el camino encuentran un ganso.
?A donde vas?-pregunta el ganso al pato.
Oh! dice el pato - el cielo ha caido en la cabeza del pobre pollo y vamos a informar al rey.
Yo voy tambien, si quieres,-responde el ganso y se marchan juntos el pollo, la gallina, el gallo, el pato y el ganso al palacio del rey.
En el camino encuentran un pavo. El pavo quiere ir con ellos a informar al rey que el cielo ha caido. Ninguno de los pobres animales sabe el camino.
En este momento encuentran una zorra. La zorra dice que quiere ensenarles el camnio al palacio del rey. Todos van con ella, pero ella los conduce a su cubil.
Aqui la zorra y sus cachorros se comen el pobre pollo y la gallina y el gallo y el pato el ganso y el pavo.
Los pobres no van al palacio y no pueden informar al rey que el cielo ha caido sobre la cabeza del pobre pollo.

This is "The story of the chicken"
One day a chicken enters a forest. An acorn falls on its head. The poor chicken thinks that the sky has fallen on it. It runs to inform the king.
On its way it encounters a hen.
"Where are you going?", questions the hen.
Oh!, says the chicken,- the sky has fallen on my head and I am going to inform the king.
I will also come, if you want, - responds the hen and they march together the chicken and the hen to the King's palace.
On their way they encounter a rooster.
"Where are you going?", questions the rooster to the hen.
Oh!, says the hen - the sky has fallen on the poor chicken's head and we are going to inform the king.
I will also come, if you want - responds the rooster and they march together, the chicken, hen and the rooster to the King's palace.
On their way they encounter a duck.
"Where are you going?", questions the duck to the rooster.
oh!, says the rooster - the sky has fallen on poor chicken's head and we are going to ifnorm the king.
I will also come, if you want - responds the duck and they march together, the chicken, hen, rooster and the duck to the King's palace.
On their way they encounter a goose.
"Where are you going?", questions the goose to the duck.
Oh! says the duck - the sky has fallen on the head of the poor chicken and we are going to inform the king.
I will also come, if you want- responds the goose and they march together, the chicken, hen, rooster, duck and goose to the King's palace.
On their walk they encounter a turkey.
The turkey wants to go with them to inform the king that the sky has fallen. None of the poor animals know the way.
In that moment, they encounter a fox. The fox says that it wants teach the way to King's palace. All of them walk with her, but she leads them to her lair.
Here the fox and her puppies eat the poor chicken and the hen and the duck and the rooster and the goose.
The poor animals did not go to the palace and inform the king that the sky has fallen on the poor chicken's head.

This lesson introduces you to five birds and an animal.

This lesson introduces the ir - to go verb with its various forms.
voy, vas, vamos and van.
(yo) voy - I go
(tu) vas - you go
(nosotros) vamos - we go
(ellos, ellas) van - they go

This was indeed an interesting read..


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