20th of August, 1911.
EXCEPTION: El primero, as--
El 1 deg. (primero) de Septiembre (1st September).
Numbers following names of kings, etc., are ordinal up to the tenth;
then generally cardinal, as--
Felipe II. (segundo): Philip II.
Alfonso XIII. (trece): Alphonso XIII.
Fractional numbers up to 1/10th are the same as ordinal numbers,
except--
(Un) medio: one half.
Un tercio (_not_ tercero): one-third.
From 1/11th upwards, fractions are formed from cardinal numbers adding
to them the termination =avo=, as--
Un dieciseisavo[65]: 1/16.
_Un_ need not be used before the fractions 1/2, 1/3 and 1/4, preceded by
an integer, as--
Uno y cuarto: One and a quarter.
Cuatro y tercio: Four and a third.
La mitad: The half.
La tercera parte: The 3rd part.
La cuarta parte: The 4th part.
La duodecima parte: The 12th part.
[Footnote 65: If the cardinal number ends in a vowel, this is elided, as
veinte--un veintavo (1/20th). If it ends in _ce_ the _c_ is changed into
_z_ as, doce--un dozavo (1/12th).]
Collective Numbers.
Un par: A pair. Una treintena: A set of 30.[66]
Una decena (half a score).[66] Una centena: A set of 100.[66]
Una docena (a dozen).[66] Un centenar: A set of 100.[66]
Una veintena: A score.[66] Un ciento: A set of 100.[66]
Un millar: A set of 1,000.[66]
[Footnote 66: Also the number approximately, as: Una treintena de
libros: (about 30 books).]
_Subjunctive Mood,[67] Present Tense_.
+---------------------+--------------------+----------------------+
| =Hablar=. | =Temer=. | =Partir=. |
+---------------------+--------------------+----------------------+
|Que yo hable (That I |Que tema (that I may|Que parta (that I may |
| may or shall | or shall fear).| or shall depart).|
| speak). | | |
| " tu hables | " temas | " partas |
| " el hable | " tema | " parta |
| " nosotros hablemos| " temamos | " partamos |
| " vosotros hableis | " temais | " partais |
| " ellos hablen | " teman | " partan |
+---------------------+--------------------+----------------------+
[Footnote 67: This tense is formed from the first person singular of the
present indicative by changing the last vowel into =e= for the 1
|