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[Footnote 124: The Imperf. and Fut. Subj. follow the Past Def.]

Verbs in whose conjugations _i_ should come =unstressed= between two
vowels change the unstressed _i_ into =y=, as--

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| =Creer= (to believe). |
+----------------------------------+
|_Pres. Part._, Creyendo. |
|_Past Def._, Creyo ... creyeron.|
+----------------------------------+

But the _Imperf. Indic._: creia, creias, creia, creiamos, creiais,
creian.

Verbs ending in _zar_ change the _z_ into =c= before =e= (because, with
very few exceptions, _z_ is not used in modern Spanish before _e_ or
_i_), as--

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| =Gozar= (to enjoy). |
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|_Pres. Subj._, Goce, goces, goce, gocemos, goceis, gocen.|
|_Past. Def._, Goce ... |
+---------------------------------------------------------+

VOCABULARY.

=abedul=, birch
=abeto=, fir
=adjunto=, herewith
=agradable=, agreeable, pleasant
=arpillera=, bagging
=asegurar=, to insure
=atribuir=, to attribute
=el billar=, billiards
=bola=, ball
=calzado=, footwear
=camas, armazones de cama=, bedsteads
=carne seca=, jerked beef
=chalecos=, vests
=consignacion=, consignment
=correas=, belts, belting (machinery)
=corresponsal=, correspondent
=egoista=, selfish
=encaminar=, to forward
=entrar en el dique=, to dock (ships)
=fresno=, ash
=garbanzos=, Spanish or chick peas
=a grande velocidad=, by passenger train
=guisantes=, green peas
=habas=, broad beans
=haya=, beech
=hortalizas=, green vegetables
=instruir=, to instruct
=judias=, French beans
=laton=, brass
=la leche=, the milk
=loza=, crockery
=a pequena velocidad=, by slow train
=pino=, pine
=plomo=, lead
=porcelana=, china
=productos quimicos=, chemicals
=roble, encina=, oak
=rotura=, breakage
=semestre=, half-year
=suprimir=, to suppress, to leave out
=tacos=, billiard-cues
=el viaje=, the journey
=zinc=, zinc

EXERCISE 1 (35).

Translate into English--

1. Estimamos en mucho a nuestros corresponsales y los servimos de la
mejor manera posible.

2. Comunica el capitan del vapor "Rios" que el jueves, al medio dia, se
hallaba a seiscientas millas de Veracruz, sin novedad (all well)