A New, Easy, and Complete Grammar of the Spanish Language, Commercial and Military: With a Copious Vocabulary, Dialogues, a Correspondence, Fables, and Prose and Poetical Extracts from the Best AuthorsLackington, Allen, 1810 - 356 pages |
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... comparative of superiority is formed by prefixing the word mas to the adjective , as Soy mas alto que mi hermano , I am taller than my brother . The comparative of inferiority is formed by putting a negative 20 OF ADJECTIVES .
... comparative of superiority is formed by prefixing the word mas to the adjective , as Soy mas alto que mi hermano , I am taller than my brother . The comparative of inferiority is formed by putting a negative 20 OF ADJECTIVES .
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... hermano murió , His brother is dead ; and the plural when we speak of more than one ; as Sus hermanas son muy hermosas , His sisters are very hand- some . There are three persons in each number : the first when we speak of ourselves ...
... hermano murió , His brother is dead ; and the plural when we speak of more than one ; as Sus hermanas son muy hermosas , His sisters are very hand- some . There are three persons in each number : the first when we speak of ourselves ...
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... hermano , Give me some of my brother's loaf . Déme vmd de la carne , que tiene , Give me some of your meat . 3d . When this article is before a substantive plural taken in a limited sense , the same article de is made use of , as Dé- me ...
... hermano , Give me some of my brother's loaf . Déme vmd de la carne , que tiene , Give me some of your meat . 3d . When this article is before a substantive plural taken in a limited sense , the same article de is made use of , as Dé- me ...
Page 153
... hermano médico ? Is not his brother a physician ? ¿ Es um . Españól ? Are you a Spaniard ? Rule 12. A , not uno , or una . The indefinite article ( a or an ) is also used in English , and not in Spanish , in the four following cases : 1 ...
... hermano médico ? Is not his brother a physician ? ¿ Es um . Españól ? Are you a Spaniard ? Rule 12. A , not uno , or una . The indefinite article ( a or an ) is also used in English , and not in Spanish , in the four following cases : 1 ...
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... hermano son eruditos , His mother and brother are learned . Mi hermano y mi hermana son tontos . My brother and sister are foolish . Rule 26. Where adjectives ought to be placed . When two or more adjectives refer to the same sub ...
... hermano son eruditos , His mother and brother are learned . Mi hermano y mi hermana son tontos . My brother and sister are foolish . Rule 26. Where adjectives ought to be placed . When two or more adjectives refer to the same sub ...
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aborrecér acertár acordár adherir adjectives adverb algúna cósa algúno amigo Andar años bien buen buena caballo carta casa Comp Compound tenses conjugated conjunctive cuenta dative Dios drink English entendér estado esto Estoy Example expressed in Spanish fué fuéra fuése Future tense gender and number genitive Gerund give govern haber había habido hablado Hablar Hacerse haya hecho hermano hombre hubiére Imperative Imperative mood Imperfect tense impersonal verbs indeclinable Indicat Indicative mood Infinitive mood interrogative libro LINDLEY MURRAY mano masc masculine menester muger noun one's oneself padre pára Participle pedir personal pronouns piés Plur Plur.-Masculine and feminine plural ponér preceded preposition pres Present tense Preterite tense Price quales Qualquiera rendered rise Rule Sancho señor shelter ourselves sido or estado Sing Sing.-Masculine singular Spanish language speak Subjunctive mood substantive tengo tenido thing thou shalt tiempo tive veinte venir words
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Page 340 - Haz gala, Sancho, de la humildad de tu linaje, y no te desprecies de decir que vienes de labradores; porque viendo que no te corres, ninguno se pondrá a correrte, y precíate más de ser humilde virtuoso que pecador soberbio.
Page 329 - Belle,' whereof is master, for this present voyage, Tillman, and now riding at anchor in the river Hooghley, and bound for London, that is to say, twelve bales of silk, being marked and numbered as in the margin, and are to be delivered in the like good order and well...
Page 338 - ... -Ahora bien -respondió Sancho-, venga esa ínsula, que yo pugnaré por ser tal gobernador que, a pesar de bellacos, me vaya al cielo...
Page 329 - In witness whereof the master or purser of the said ship hath affirmed to three bills of lading, all of this tenor and date, the one of which three bills being accomplished, the other two to stand void, and so God send the good ship to her desired port in safety. Amen.
Page 334 - ... -Mire vuestra merced -respondió Sancho- que aquellos que allí se parecen no son gigantes, sino molinos de viento, y lo que en ellos parecen brazos son las aspas, que, volteadas del viento, hacen andar la piedra del molino.
Page 339 - Otros cohechan, importunan, solicitan, madrugan, ruegan, porfian, y no alcanzan lo que pretenden ; y llega otro, y sin saber cómo ni cómo no, se halla con el cargo y oficio que otros muchos pretendieron : y aquí entra y encaja bien el decir que hay buena y mala fortuna en las pretensiones.
Page 342 - Al que has de castigar con obras, no trates mal con palabras, pues le basta al desdichado la pena del suplicio, sin la añadidura de las malas razones.
Page 341 - Cuando pudiere y debiere tener lugar la equidad, no cargues todo el rigor de la ley al delincuente ; que no es mejor la fama del juez riguroso que la del compasivo. 'Si acaso doblares la vara de la justicia, no sea con...
Page 337 - Y en tanto que él iba de aquella manera menudeando tragos, no se le acordaba de ninguna promesa que su amo le hubiese hecho, ni tenía por ningún trabajo, sino por mucho descanso, andar buscando las aventuras, por peligrosas que fuesen.
Page 342 - ... aunque los atributos de Dios todos son iguales, más resplandece y campea a nuestro ver el de la misericordia que el de la justicia.