The Man Who Knew Too Much

EL SITIO WEB MUSICAL DE INGLES PREFERIDO POR LOS HISPANOPARLANTES

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Glossary & Grammar

just a little girl: just a few years old (apenas una niña)

SIMPLE FUTURE INTERROGATIVE: WILL + PRONOUN + BARE INFINITIVE

The little girl asked her mother, "Will I be pretty when I grow up?
(La niña le preguntó a su madre, "¿Seré bonita cuando crezca?").

The kid asked me, "What will I be when I grow up?
(El niño me preguntó, "¿Qué seré cuando crezca?").

here's what she said: this is what she said (esto es lo que dijo)
whatever will be? (qué será?)
the future's not ours to see: the future doesn't belong to us (el futuro no nos pertenece)

USE OF POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS

Possessive Adjectives are: MY, YOUR, HIS, HER, ITS, OUR, THEIR.
Possessive Pronouns are MINE, YOURS, HIS, HERS, ITS, OURS, THEIRS.
Notice the difference in use between Possessive Adjectives and Possessive Pronouns in these examples:

This is my new car (Possessive Adjective). This new car is mine (Possessive Pronoun).
(Este es mi auto nuevo - Adjetivo Posesivo; Este nuevo auto es mío - Pronombre Posesivo).

Is that your house? (Possessive Adjective). Is that house yours? (Possessive Pronoun).
(¿Es esa tu casa? - Adjetivo Posesivo; ¿Es esa casa tuya? - Pronombre Posesivo).

to grow up / grew up / grown up / growing up: to become an adult (crecer)
to fall in love: to begin to experience feelings of love towards (enamorarse)
to fall / fell / fallen / falling
sweetheart: boyfriend (novio)
what lies ahead?: what about our fate? (¿qué nos depara el destino?)
to have rainbows: to become happy (ser felices, literalmente "tener arcoiris")
day after day: every day, one day after the other (día tras día, un día tras otro)
I have children of my own = I have my own children (tengo mis propios hijos)
tenderly: with tenderness, in a tender manner (con ternura)

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