vourable to us than the old.
4. We sent it to the manager of our Liverpool branch (sucursal).
5. We sent it to him yesterday; he will return it to us after he has
read it (despues que lo haya leido).
6. Did you give (dio V.) it (_m._) to me or to him?
7. I gave (di) it to you, not to him.
8. Well (bien)! he says (dice) that he will not give it to me until you
tell him to do so (hasta que V. se lo diga).
9. He took it with him, and we took it with us.
10. I shall take it (_f._) with me.[81]
11. Take it with thee.[81]
12. It is a long letter, but it is necessary to write it to-day.
13. Writing it to-day you are in time (a tiempo) for the post.
14. Mr. So-and-So gave more money to you than to me.
15. We have taken notice of it.
16. Take due notice of the contents (del contenido) of the letter.
17. Give him notice (aviso) of the sales you effected on (por) his
account.
18. There is nothing worthy of notice (no hay nada de particular) in our
market to-day.
19. I gave him notice because he is very lazy.
20. This circumstance (circunstancia) must have escaped your notice
(debe habersele pasado por alto).
21. Do not take any notice of him (no le haga V. caso).
22. I gave notice to my landlord (propietario).
[Footnote 81: See next note.]
LESSON X.
(Leccion decima.)
REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS.
These pronouns are not, of course, used as subject of the verb. They are
used as the object of the verb when this and the subject are the same.
They are the same as the other personal pronouns, as--
Conjunctive form. Disjunctive form.
myself me mi
thyself te ti
EXCEPTION--
3rd person for both genders & numbers:
se si
EXAMPLES--
El se ama: He loves himself.
Ella se atribuye la culpa: She attributes the fault to herself.
Maria habla siempre de si[82]: Mary is always talking about herself.
Nosotros nos divertimos al mismo tiempo que hacemos negocios: We enjoy
ourselves at the same time as we do business.
Ellos se respetan a si y a otros tambien: They respect themselves and
others too.
_Mismo-a,-os,-as_, may be added to the disjunctive form for emphasis,
as--
Maria habla siempre de si misma: Mary always speaks of herself.
Ella se atribuye la culpa: She attributes the fa
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