_¡Mira las estrellas! Cuentan cuentos dulces las estrellas y hacen
compañía._[8]--MARTÍNEZ SIERRA.
=19.= The verb _to look_ or _look at_ is rendered =mirar=, the _at_
remaining untranslated.
_Looking through the window, I saw that my friend was looking at the
flowers._
=Mirando por la ventana, vi que mi amiga miraba las flores.=
(_a_) _To look_ (_as if_) is rendered =parecer=. The impersonal _it
looks as if_ may be translated =según parece=, or =por lo visto=.
_You look very tired. It looks as if you had been working too
hard._
=Parece Vd. muy cansada. Ha trabajado Vd. demasiado según parece.=
_It looks as if he had determined to stop our talking._
=Parece que se ha propuesto impedirnos hablar.=--LOS QUINTERO.
(_b_) _To look for_ or _look up_ is translated =buscar=.
_I don't know where they went. For my part I'm not looking for
them._
=Yo no sé a donde iban. Por mi parte no los busco.=--JOSÉ MÁRMOL.
=20.= English _little_ as an adjective of size is rendered =pequeño=,
=chico=, or =menudo=.
_We have just rented that little house across the street._
=Acabamos de alquilar esa casa pequeña al otro lado de la calle.=
_Are the little folks coming too?_
=¿Vienen también la gente menuda?=
(_a_) Denoting quantity _little_ is rendered =poco=.
_Why, you went to bed a little after ten!_
=¡Si te acostaste a poco más de las diez!=--RAMOS CARRIÓN.
_It is a matter of little importance._
=Es asunto de poca importancia.=
(_b_) As an adverb of degree _little_ is rendered =poco=, =algo=, or =un
tanto=.
_The price is a little high, isn't it? A little, yes._
=Es algo subido el precio, ¿no? Un tanto, si.=
=21.= English _there_ as an adverb is translated =ahí=, =allí=, or
=allá=, the last being the form used with verbs of motion. Used with a
verb that doesn't express motion, =allá= indicates approximate situation
while =allí= always indicates definite situation.
_I wonder where my hat can be. I left it there on the table._
=¿Dónde estará mi sombrero? Lo dejé allí en la mesa.=
_I don't know where he has gone, but he went over there._
=No se adónde habrá ido, pero se fué por allá.=
(_a_) _There is_, _there was_, _there will be_, etc., are
translated by the various tenses of =haber=, the verb always being in
the singular.
_There is one here now. There were two before._
=Hay uno aquí ahora. Antes había dos.=
_There are absurdities in the spiritual life as in the natural._
=Hay absurdos en la vida del espíritu como en la naturaleza.=
--PÉREZ GALDÓS.
(_b_) _There_ as an exclamatory word has many renderings which can best
be learned by observation. Note the following examples.
_There, there, don't cry! You'll wake mother._
=¡Vamos, vamos, no llores! Despertarás a la madre.=
_There! I told you you would break it._
=¡Ya se ve! Te dije que ibas a quebrarlo.=
_There's a beautiful house!_
=¡Vaya una casa hermosa!=
=22.= =EXERCISES=
(_a_) 1. Dígale que yo voy allá en seguida. 2. ¡Vaya una muchacha guapa!
¿Quién es? 3. Parece que nunca van a terminar. 4. Habrá reunión allí
mañana por la mañana. 5. Es muy chico. Me gustaría más si fuese un
tantito más grande. 6. Parece que va a llover. Tal vez habrá tempestad.
7. Los chicos quieren ir a la playa, pero ya es un poco tarde para eso.
8. He perdido un guante. ¿Quieres volver a buscármelo? 9. ¡Mire Vd.
cuánta gente hay en la calle! 10. Parece más joven, pero la verdad es
que tiene algo más edad que yo.
(_b_) 1. Were you there when the accident occurred? 2. There were ten
boys in the class. How many are there in your class? 3. Oh, look! There
goes a deer. There's a pretty little animal! 4. We shall be there for an
hour. We went there last year, too. 5. How does it look to you? I
haven't looked at it well yet. 6. I need a little more milk. Who will go
and get me some? 7. The little money that I had was not sufficient. 8.
There had been a terrible storm and the little city had suffered not a
little damage. 9. Look up these words in the dictionary. 10. Look out!
(=¡Cuidado!=) There comes an automobile. _There's_ a reckless driver (for
you)!