I asked him if he understood it, and he told me he did perfectly well, and that if I wished him to tell me its meaning word for word, I must give him pen and ink that he might do it more satisfactorily.
Preguntéle si lo entendía; díjome que muy bien, y, que si quería que me lo declarase palabra por palabra, que le diese tinta y pluma, porque mejor lo hiciese.