Level B1 · Chapter 48.5
Review 9: lessons 43 to 48
The vocabulary from lessons 43 to 48 that does not come back, the grammar of the block in one table, and two exercises.
What you will learn
- Check, word by word, how much of the vocabulary from lessons 43 to 48 you actually remember.
- Choose between indicative and subjunctive according to what the first verb is doing.
- Read the whole block of Dorotea’s trick without looking at the translation.
The story in easy Spanish
Dorotea se vistió de princesa Micomicona y salió al monte a buscar a don Quijote.
Dorotea dressed up as the princess Micomicona and went out to the hills to find Don Quixote.
Quiso arrodillarse delante de él, pero el caballero no dejó de rodillas a una doncella.
She tried to kneel down in front of him, but the knight would not leave a maiden on her knees.
«Le ruego que hable sin prisa», dijo, «y le pido que no tenga miedo».
“I beg you to speak without hurrying,” he said, “and I ask you not to be afraid.”
La petición era que matara al gigante que le había robado el reino y lo dejara libre.
Her request was that he kill the giant who had stolen her kingdom, and set it free.
El cura le susurró al barbero que aguantara la risa hasta la venta.
The priest whispered to the barber to hold in his laughter until the inn.
Casualmente el camino pasaba por su pueblo, donde el caballero tendría que detenerse.
As it happened, the road went through their village, where the knight would have to stop.
Sancho ya se veía gobernador de una provincia, digno y rico.
Sancho already saw himself as governor of a province, dignified and rich.
«No creo que mi amo se equivoque», decía, sin dudar de nada.
“I do not believe my master is wrong,” he kept saying, without a shadow of doubt.
Llegaron a la venta con las mulas y las maletas al caer la tarde.
They reached the inn with the mules and the travelling bags as evening fell.
Al ventero le encantaba que llegaran viajeros, y se alegró de aquella noche.
The innkeeper loved having travellers arrive, and he was glad of that night.
Don Quijote se retiró pronto a un cuarto donde colgaban cueros de vino, gordos y redondos.
Don Quixote withdrew early to a room where wineskins hung, fat and round.
Estaban muy quietos, sin molestar a nadie.
They were perfectly still, bothering nobody.
Abajo, unos leían una novela en voz alta y otros dormitaban junto al fuego.
Downstairs, some were reading a novel aloud and others were dozing by the fire.
«Me extraña que este engaño funcione, y temo que alguien se eche a reír».
“It surprises me that this trick is working, and I am afraid somebody will burst out laughing.”
A medianoche se oyeron tajos secos, como de espada contra algo blando.
At midnight there came dry slashes, like a sword against something soft.
Don Quijote peleaba profundamente dormido, dentro de un sueño lleno de gigantes.
Don Quixote was fighting fast asleep, inside a dream full of giants.
Mientras el vino corría, Sancho pisaba los charcos sin entender nada.
While the wine ran across the floor, Sancho trod in the puddles without understanding a thing.
El cura le echó un caldero de agua fría, y él lo tomó por la princesa.
The priest threw a bucket of cold water over him, and he mistook him for the princess.
El ventero gritaba que le robaban con excusas.
The innkeeper was shouting that they were robbing him with excuses.
Nadie estaba seguro de quién pagaría aquel vino.
Nobody was sure who would pay for that wine.
Entonces llegó una mujer con velo negro, Cardenio se puso pálido y Dorotea se apoyó en la pared.
Then a woman in a black veil arrived, Cardenio turned pale and Dorotea leaned against the wall.
Don Fernando quiso soltarse y huir, pero ella no lo dejó marchar.
Don Fernando tried to break free and run, but she would not let him go.
«No se vaya usted y no haga infeliz a otra mujer», le pidió.
“Do not leave and do not make another woman unhappy,” she begged him.
Él la reconoció por fin y anunció delante de todos que se casaría con ella.
He recognised her at last and announced in front of everybody that he would marry her.
Don Quijote creía ver el séquito de su princesa y no preguntó nada.
Don Quixote believed he was seeing his princess’s retinue, and asked nothing.
Vocabulary
The princess’s request (lesson 44)
- arrodillarse
- to kneel down
- la petición
- the request
- rogar
- to beg, to plead
- susurrar
- to whisper
- el gobernador
- the governor
- detenerse
- to stop, to halt
- la prisa
- the hurry
- casualmente
- as it happens, by chance
The night at the inn (lesson 45)
- la maleta
- the suitcase, the travelling bag
- extrañar
- to find strange, to surprise
- temer
- to fear
- alegrarse
- to be glad
- encantar
- to love, to delight
- retirarse
- to withdraw, to go off to bed
- quieto
- still, motionless
- redondo
- round
The giant’s head (lesson 46)
- el charco
- the puddle
- dudar
- to doubt
- equivocarse
- to be wrong, to make a mistake
- digno
- dignified
- la excusa
- the excuse
- robar
- to steal, to rob
- anunciar
- to announce
- pisar
- to tread on, to step in
- libre
- free
- seguro
- sure, certain
The reunion (lesson 47)
- el velo
- the veil
- pálido
- pale
- apoyarse
- to lean
- soltar
- to let go of
- infeliz
- unhappy
- el séquito
- the retinue
- reconocer
- to recognise
- echarse a
- to throw oneself, to start to
The wineskins (lesson 48)
- dormitar
- to doze
- el tajo
- the slash, the sword stroke
- el caldero
- the bucket, the cauldron
- blando
- soft
- profundamente
- deeply, fast asleep
- el sueño
- the dream, the sleep
- tomar por
- to mistake for
Lessons 43 to 48 in one table
Start with the vocabulary list above, not with the table. Cover the English column, read the Spanish aloud, and mark every word you cannot turn into English in about three seconds. Those words, and only those, are your homework for this block.
| point | rule | from the summary above |
|---|---|---|
| present subjunctive | the vowel changes sides: hablar gives hable, comer gives coma | Le ruego que hable sin prisa. |
| wanting, asking, ordering | when one person leans on another, the second verb goes to the subjunctive | Le pido que no tenga miedo. |
| feelings | me alegro de que, temo que, me extraña que, me encanta que | Me extraña que este engaño funcione. |
| doubt and denial | no creo que and dudo que take the subjunctive, no dudo que does not | No creo que mi amo se equivoque. |
| negative orders | no plus the subjunctive, and the same form serves for usted | No se vaya usted. |
| connectors | en cuanto, mientras, mientras tanto, después | Mientras el vino corría, Sancho pisaba los charcos. |
The full conjugations are in the verb tables at the back of the book.