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1st Form 1st Sing 2d Form accent adjective amigo años aunque ayer bien bueno caballo carta casa ciento cinco con tinta Cond cual cuarto Cuba decir denote días diez dinero diphthong el favor English escribir español estoy estudiar Exercise expressed in Spanish father favor fear francés frío haber habl hablado hablar hijo hombre hora Imperat Imperf imperfect IMPERFECT TENSE indirect object infinitive inglés interrog irregular Juan Latin LESSON libro live madre Madrid mañana más mejicano mucho niño noche noun object-pronoun ocho padre pagué past participle person singular pesos pluma pobre poco possessive adjective preposition Pres present indicative present participle present subjunctive Pret preterite prisa pronoun puedo quiere Rad.-ch radical-changing verbs refl regular verbs saber señor SINGULAR PLURAL speak stem Subj subjunctive tengo third conjugation tiempo usually veinte verdad vivir vowel wish
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Page 185 - ... infinitive, the first and second persons plural of the present indicative, and the second person plural of the imperative) the -ir or third conjugation has the same endings as the -er, or second.
Page 124 - Possessive adjectives regularly precede theit noun, and agree in gender and number with the thing possessed, not with the possessor.
Page 171 - Juan son, you and John are; etc. a. When subjects are of different persons, the verb is in the first person plural if any of the subjects is of the first person; and it is in the second person plural if the subjects are of the second and third persons.
Page 323 - En un lugar de la Mancha, de cuyo nombre no quiero acordarme, no ha mucho tiempo que vivía un hidalgo de los de lanza en astillero, adarga antigua, rocín flaco y galgo corredor.
Page 282 - ... m., caballero sister hermana sit (down) sentarse; — ting sentado, -a six seis sixteen diez y seis sixth sexto, -a sixty sesenta skilful experto, -a, hábil ' slate pizarra sleep sueño; verb dormir; goto — , fall a — , dormirse sleepy: be — , tener sueño slow lento, -a, detenido, -a, atrasado, -a; be — , (as a watch, train, etc.), atrasar, estar atrasado, -a slowly despacio small pequeño, -a, chico, -a smell oler; — • of oler a; it — s huele smoke humear, echar humo; — (tobacco)...
Page 28 - But adjectives ending in a consonant or in a vowel other than -o have the same form for the masculine and the feminine. Un libro azul. A blue book. Una casa azul. A blue house. Un hombre cortés. A polite man. Una mujer cortés. A polite woman. Un muchacho inteligente. An intelligent boy. Una muchacha inteligente. An intelligent girl. EXCEPTIONS. — a. Adjectives of nationality ending in a consonant add -a to form the feminine: inglés, inglesa, English; español, española, Spanish.
Page 25 - Unos, unas may be used to mean "some". la casa, the house los libros, the books el libro, the book las casas, the houses el hijo, the son los hijos, the sons la hija, the daughter las hijas, the daughters el padre, the father los padres, the fathers la madre, the mother las madres, the mothers el general, the general los generales, the generals la mujer, the woman las mujeres, the women 2. Pronounce both e's separately: ere es, le es. un libra, a book...
Page 93 - French language has, however, another form of address in the singular: whenjjwz stands for the name of a near relative, an intimate friend, a small child, an animal, or an inanimate object, it is usually translated by 'tu,' and the verb is singular. The word 'tu' corresponds also to English thou, used in poetry and poetic prose. The plural of 'tu
Page 87 - Observe, furthermore, that о is changed into u in the first and second persons plural of the present subjunctive, and in the first person plural of the Imperative.
Page 79 - ... commoner in French than in English. The adjective takes the gender and number of the noun it represents. Ex. : the little girl = la petite ; the rich man and the poor man = le riche et le pauvre ; three hours and a half = trois heures et demie ; the wise and the foolish = les sages et les imprudents. a. If the adjective is used substantively as the name of a color, or as an abstract noun, it is in the masculine singular : the red, the white, and the blue = le rouge, le blanc, et le bleu ; the...