_Cuando hay alegría, todo se hace bien._[33]
--PÉREZ GALDÓS.
=103.= The verb _to wonder_ is variously rendered. In the sense of _to be
surprised_ it is generally =extrañar= or =admirarse=. As a synonym of
_should_ or _would like to know_ it may be translated =quisiera saber=, or
=tener curiosidad por saber=. In the sense of _to be thinking_ or _asking
one's self_, the Spanish uses =preguntarse=.
_No one wondered at the girl's illness._
=Nadie extrañó la indisposición de la niña.=--JUAN VALERA.
_I don't wonder that they say certain things._
=No me admiro de que digan ciertas cosas.=
--EMILIA PARDO BAZÁN.
_I was wondering if I should have time to go before they came._
=Yo me preguntaba si tendría el tiempo de ir antes que llegasen ellos.=
_I wonder who did this._
=Yo quisiera saber quién habrá hecho eso.=
The verb _to wonder_ is, however, often best translated by the future of
probability, as illustrated in the following examples:
_Has he come yet, I wonder?_
=¿Habrá venido ya?=
_I wonder if it is time yet._
=¿Será ya la hora?=
_I wonder who that man is._
=¿Quién será ese hombre?=
_Cisneros_ (_observing them curiously_). _I wonder what's going on?_
=Cisneros= (=observándolos con curiosidad=). =¿Qué pasará?=
--NUÑEZ DE ARCE.
This form is used when the English sentence would make complete sense
without _wonder_.
=104.= In English _the one_ has three translations. When used in contrast
with _the other_, it is rendered =el uno=. Before the relative _who_ or
_that_ it is =el=. In adjective phrases such as _the new one_, _the old
one_, etc., the word _one_ is omitted.
_Both boys were busy. The one was helping his mother, the other, his
father._
=Ambos muchachos estaban ocupados. El uno ayudaba a su madre, el otro a
su padre.=
_You are not going from my house. They are the ones that are going._
=Tú no te vas de mi casa. Los que se van son ellos.=
--LOS QUINTERO.
_And the one that hurts most, is it above or below?_
=Y la que le duele más, ¿es de arriba o de abajo?=
--RAMOS CARRIÓN.
_You take the big ones. The little one is mine._
=Tome usted los grandes. El pequeño es mío.=
=105.= =EXERCISES=
(_a_) 1. No hay peor sordo que el que no quiere oír. 2. El hombre se
extrañó el no hallar a su hijo. 3. Yo soy la que se va de aquí. 4. Los
relojes andan desacordes, porque cuando el de la Puerta del Sol da las
ocho el del Palacio suele dar las ocho y media. 5. ¿Qué hora será? 6.
Envíeles a ellos los viejos y a mí los nuevos. 7. Se preguntaba si valía
la pena de continuar. 8. Vió que el paisano tenía dos caballos, el uno
muy gordo y el otro muy flaco, y se admiraba de la diferencia. 9. ¿Qué
revista será aquél que lee con tanto interés? 10. Llaman a la puerta.
¿Quién será a estas horas?
(_b_) 1. I was wondering if the dog was mad. 2. Take the big one. The
little ones aren't worth anything. 3. Who opened the door, I wonder?
Please shut it. 4. I don't wonder that you don't like that dress. The
other one is much prettier. 5. I don't mean that man. I mean the one who
was here before. 6. Everybody wondered what he would be like. 7. Will
they want this before I return, I wonder? 8. I wonder at their silence.
They must know that I am anxious to know how they stood the journey. 9.
The one that you have in your hand is mine. The one that you dropped is
my sister's. 10. They tell me that I must choose either this one or that
one. I wonder why I can't have the one that I like best.