tive for "Hail!" and "Farewell!"

_Placer_ (to please). Generally used in "Plegue a Dios" (may it please
God) and "Pluguiera (pluguiese) a Dios" (might it please God).

It is still used also in the 3rd pers. of Pres. Indic., Imperf. Indic,
and Past Def. (the Past Def. is "Plugo").

EXAMPLES--

Mucho me place: It pleases me much.

Plegue a Dios que no se declare la huelga: May it please God that a
strike is not declared.

_Abolir_ (to abolish) is irregular like "mover" (viz., changes _o_ into
_ue_ when stressed). Its irregular parts are however never used, and are
substituted by giving a different turn to the sentence, as--

Digo que =se debe abolir= _instead of_ =se abuela=: I say that it must
be abolished.

_Ataner_ (to bear upon) is only used in the 3rd pers., as--

Lo que atane al asunto: What bears on the subject.

Las noticias que atanen a nuestro proyecto: The news that bears on our
scheme.

_Concerner_ (to concern) is only used in the pres.
participle--concerniendo (concerning) and in the 3rd persons, as:
concierne (it concerns), etc.

=Pronominal Verbs= are verbs conjugated throughout with a double pronoun
of the same person, as--

_Amarse_--Yo me amo, tu te amas, el se ama, nosotros nos amamos,
vosotros os amais, ellos se aman.

These are--

1. Reflexive Verbs (when the action falls back on the subject. See
Lesson XVIII), as--Yo me amo: I love myself.

N.B.--The second pronoun must be direct object. If the second pronoun
is indirect object, the verb is called Transitive Pronominal, as--

Procurarse una clientela: To get a _clientele_ (a connection).

2. Intransitive Pronominal Verbs (see Lesson XIX).

3. Intransitive Verbs made Pronominal from verbs ordinarily transitive
(see Lesson XIX), as--

Hacerse, Volverse: To become.

La competencia se ha hecho imposible: Competition has become impossible.

4. The 3rd pers. pronominal forms the Passive Voice, same as the verb
_ser_, as--

La sabiduria se alaba _or_ es alabada: Wisdom is praised.

N.B.--If the doer is expressed after using _ser_ it may be preceded by
_de_ or _por_, as--

La sabiduria es alabada de _or_ por todos[134]: Wisdom is praised by
all.

[Footnote 134: When the verb does not mean a physical action _de_ is
preferable.]

If it is expressed after using _se_, =Por= must be used, as--

La sabiduria se alaba por todos: Wisdom is praised by all. (Grammar of
the Academy.)

Pronominal Verbs are used in Spanish very