Part 7: Renunciamos a la dote.
~~Renunciamos a la dote. La niña vendrá a casa de su marido nada más que con lo encapillado.
~~Concédame usted entonces obsequiarla los muebles y el ajuar de novia
~~Ni un alfiler. Si no acomoda, dejarlo y que se muera la chica.
~~Sea usted razonable, don Honorato. Mi hija necesita llevar siquiera una camisa para reemplazar la puesta.
~~Bien; paso por esa funda para que no me acuse de obstinado. Consiento en que le regale la camisa de novia y san se acabó.
Al día siguiente don Raimundo y don Honorato se dirigieron muy de mañana a San Francisco, arrodillándose para oír misa, y, segúnlo pactado, en el momento en que el sacerdote elevaba la Hostia divina, dijo el padre de Margarita:
~~Juro no dar a mi hija más que la camisa de novia. Así Dios me condene si perjurare.
6 Answers
These are just suggestions:
Renunciamos a la dote. La niña vendrá a casa de su marido nada más que con lo encapillado.
We renounce the dowry. She will arrive at the house of her spouse with nothing more than the clothes on her back.
We refuse the dowry. She will come to her husbands house with nothing more than the clothes she has on.
Concédame usted entonces obsequiarla los muebles y el ajuar de novia
Concede to me and give me the furniture and trousseau.
Allow me then to give her the furniture and trousseau.
Ni un alfiler. Si no acomoda, dejarlo y que se muera la chica.
Nor a pin, or brooch????? If not accommodating, then let the girl die.
Not a single peg. If she doesn't see fit to give it up then I hope that she dies.
Sea usted razonable, don Honorato. Mi hija necesita llevar siquiera una camisa para reemplazar la puesta.
You are right, don Honrato.my daughter needs to wear even a shirt to replace the set.??????
Be reasonable, Mr. Honrato. My daughter needs to at least bring a shirt with her in order to replace what she's wearing.
Bien; paso por esa funda para que no me acuse de obstinado. Consiento en que le regale la camisa de novia y san se acabó.
It passes this time that that you cannot accuse me of being obstinate. I consent for her to buy the wedding shirt and san is over??????
Well; I am overlooking that covering so that you might not accuse me of obstinacy. I agree to giver her the bride gown and that's it.
Al día siguiente don Raimundo y don Honorato se dirigieron muy de mañana a San Francisco, arrodillándose para oír misa, y, segúnlo pactado, en el momento en que el sacerdote elevaba la Hostia divina, dijo el padre de Margarita:
Upon the following day don Raimundo y don Honorato went early in the morning to San Francisco. Bent down on knees to hear mass, and, according to the pact, in the moment that priest raised the divine Host, and the father of Margarita said:
On the following day, very early in the morning, Mr. Raimundo and Mr. Honorato headed for San Fransisco. Kneeling down to hear mass, and, according to the pact, the moment that the priest raised the Divine Host, Margarita's father said:
Juro no dar a mi hija más que la camisa de novia. Así Dios me condene si perjurare.
I pledge to not give my daughter moe that the wedding shirt. May God condemn me if I lie.
I swear to give my daughter nothing more than the bride gown. So may God **** me if I should swear falsely.
Is this a pre-telenovela drama? I am trying to read along with this and it looks pretty dramatic in its own way.I think you are looking for proofreading but it looks like this girl's father is trying to get her to a nunnery in the middle of Mass.Talk about pressure!
This is archaic Spanish, any particular reason to read this? Nobody in these day use this type of language nor this vocabulary anymore, it is very local and archaic from the xviii century. It is even hard for a local speaker to understand cause more of the expression are out of use. Still some can be curious about the past ha?
So basically, it seems two men arguing over one of their daughters and her potential wedding. :/ I'm a bit confused too :(
~~We renounce the dowry. She will arrive at the house of her spouse with nothing more than the clothes on her back. Concede to me and give me the furniture and trousseau.
~~Nor a pin, or brooch????? If not accommodating, then let the girl die.
~~You are right, don Honrato.my daughter needs to wear even a shirt to replace the set.??????
~~It passes this time that that you cannot accuse me of being obstinate. I consent for her to buy the wedding shirt and san is over??????
This one is killing me...... I undestand what is going on but putting the words together is what is confusing me.
Al día siguiente don Raimundo y don Honorato se dirigieron muy de mañana a San Francisco, arrodillándose para oír misa, y, segúnlo pactado, en el momento en que el sacerdote elevaba la Hostia divina, dijo el padre de Margarita:
~~Juro no dar a mi hija más que la camisa de novia. Así Dios me condene si perjurare.
Upon the following day don Raimundo y don Honorato went early in the morning to San Francisco. Bent down on knees to hear mass, and, according to the pact, in the moment that priest raised the divine Host, and the father of Margarita said:
I pledge to not give my daughter moe that the wedding shirt. May God condemn me if I lie.
