st
conjugation and into =a= for the 2nd and 3rd conjugations. These remain
the ruling vowels throughout the tense.

N.B.--The Subjunctive Mood occurs only in dependent sentences when the
action is not expressed in a positive manner but is doubtful or merely
contingent.]

VOCABULARY.

=actual=, present
=al por mayor, por menor=, wholesale, retail
=arroz=, rice
=articulo=, article
=asociacion de obreros=, trade union
=blanquear=, to bleach
=ya caigo=, I understand, I see
=colocar=, to place
=*conseguir=, to get
=consignacion=, consignment
=contenido=, contents
=decadencia=, decadence
=delegado=, delegate
=demasiado=, too, too much
=dificil=, difficult
=driles labrados=, figured drills
=driles lisos=, plain drills
=entrar a reinar=, to begin to reign
=escoger, *elegir=, to choose, to select
=extrano=, strange, queer, funny
=el germen=, the germ
=grueso=, thick, stout
=hallar=, to find
=ilustrado=, enlightened
=incluyendo=, enclosing
=limitar=, to limit
=mientrastanto=, meanwhile
=*obtener=, to get
=peso=, weight
=poder=, power
=podriamos=, we should be able to, might, could
=proximo=, next
=rebaja=, abatement
=rebajar, *reducir=, reduce, to abate
=reduccion=, abatement, reduction
=reunion=, meeting
=*salir=, to come, to go, out
=*salir en=, to come to
=solo= (_adj._), alone
=solo, solamente= (_adv._), only
=sujeto a=, subject to
=sumar=, to add
=tocino=, bacon
=tomar=, to take
=varios=, several
=verificarse=, to take place[68]
=*verse obligado a=, to be compelled to[69]

[Footnote 68: Lit.: _to verify itself_.]

[Footnote 69: Lit.: _to see oneself obliged_.]

EXERCISE 1 (13).

Translate into English--

1. ?Cual envio han recibido Vs.?

2. Nos han llegado el primero y el cuarto, pero el tercer lote no ha
llegado todavia.

3. El postrer hombre a entrar en la reunion fue el delegado de la
asociacion de obreros.

4. ?(A) cuanto por libra cuesta este tocino?

5. Al por menor sale en seis peniques y cuarto, pero al por mayor
podriamos darlo a cinco y tercio o talvez un poquito menos, digamos
(say) cinco y cinco dieciseisavos.

6. ?Puede V. sumar tres dozavos y siete quinzavos?

7. Si, Senor, esto hace ciento veintinueve cientiochentavos.

8. iQue fraccion tan extrana!

9. Lo es en efecto pero se da (it is given)[70] solo por ejemplo.

10. iAh, ya caigo!

11. Felipe II entro a reinar en 1556. Ningun soberano (sovereign) de
Europa podia comp