e razon[27] (you are right).
15. Entonces, debemos (we must) continuar la leccion.
16. Muy bien.
17. Debemos leer buenos libros y hablar en el idioma que estudiamos.
[27] Lit. "you have reason."
EXERCISE 2 (6).
Translate into Spanish--
1. Do you study German?
2. We study French and Italian, but my cousin studies English.
3. Does he understand English?
4. He understands English perfectly (perfectamente), but he speaks
Spanish badly.
5. Does your sister speak Italian?
6. No, she speaks only English.
7. What does the Englishman buy?
8. He buys a horse from the (al)[28] Frenchman.
9. My cousin sold (past. def.) his horse to Peter (Pedro).
10. John looks for his book and his paper.
11. The copy book is (esta) on the table.
12. Henry (Enrique) must (debe) copy some letters.
13. Who copies the letters here?
14. Peter copies them (las copia).[29]
15. Has Henry much paper?
16. Yes, he has much paper but little ink.
17. The roses and violets are in the flower-stand.
18. The merchant has received (recibido) four bales of silk
handkerchiefs (panuelo) and three cases of prints and muslins.
[Footnote 28: "To buy from" is translated by "Comprar a."]
[Footnote 29: The object pronoun precedes the verb in the indicative
mood.]
LESSON IV.
(Leccion cuarta.)
THE ADJECTIVE.
The Adjective in Spanish agrees with the noun it qualifies, in gender
and number, as--
El periodico italiano: The Italian newspaper.
La prensa americana: The American press.
It generally _follows the nouns_ as in the above examples, although
exceptions will be found, _e.g._, when the adjective recalls to our mind
a quality which _is already known to belong to it_, it generally
precedes the noun, as--
He visto sus hermosas flores: I have seen his beautiful flowers.[30]
Adjectives form their plural in the same way as nouns.
[Footnote 30: His flowers are known (or supposed) to be beautiful, before
we say it.]
=Formation of the Feminine of Adjectives=.
Adjectives ending in _O_ change _O_ into =A=, as--
El sombrero blanco: The white hat.
La casaca blanca: The white coat.
Adjectives of NATIONALITY which end in a consonant add =A= to form the
feminine, as--
El sastre frances: The French tailor.
La modista francesa: The French milliner.
Adjectives ending in _N_ add =A= for the fe
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