The Spanish Teacher ...D. Appleton & Company, 1852 |
Common terms and phrases
answer believe best better breakfast Bring brother búena cambric coat coffee cold dinner early Endonde English Estoy evening everything exceptions father fear find fire first following French language friend give glad going gone good great gusta Habia Hágame half Have you hear home hope hour house Imperative keep know language last learn leave lesson Let us letter little long lost love made make mañana month morning never news Next week night o'clock pleased prano Pres pronounced punish quiere read ready rection same see you seen show sister soon sound Spanish speak study Subj suffer take tell tendrá Tendrémos tenémos Tengo tenia thank They thing think Thou three time to-day to-morrow used verbs walk want weather week wish word words work write year you not you will young your
Popular passages
Page 142 - For shame ! Are you not ashamed ? Are you not ashamed of yourself? You ought to be ashamed. I am ashamed of you. What a shame ! It is a shame.— It is shameful. It is a shameful thing. It is very bad.— It is too bad.
Page 230 - A vulgar man is captious and jealous, eager and impetuous about trifles. He suspects himself to be slighted, thinks everything that is said meant at him. If the company happens to laugh, he is persuaded they laugh at him ; he grows angry and testy, says something very impertinent, and draws himself into a scrape by showing what he calls a proper spirit and asserting himself.
Page 76 - Why do you shake the table ? Lend me your pen. Lend me your penknile.
Page 67 - I am of your opinion. it is the best way. would it not be better? it is the best we can do. it is the best thing we can do. it is the only thing we have to do. that is the only course we can take.
Page 92 - That report has proved false. This news is no longer talked of. Do they still talk of war? Do they think we shall have peace ? It is not likely. Have you heard from your brother ? Did you hear lately from...
Page 125 - Cherries and strawberries are now in their prime. They will soon be over. These grapes are quite ripe.
Page 262 - I was near falling from my horse She cannot open her mouth but she says some foolish thing or other. I know none of the merchants of this place. Sister, who gave you this letter ? Miss D.'s servant. I have not seen you these six weeks. Should we set out this afternoon, we shall let you know. Write to me by the first post, that I may receive your letter before my departure for California.
Page 48 - They have not been clean I was not happy Thou was't not intelligible You were not accustomed It was not vast It was not yellow He was not affected She was not old We were not alone You were not angry They were not apparent They were not fine I shall not be captive Thou wilt not be correct You will not be cruel It will not be broad It will not be damp He will not be dead She will not be deaf We shall not be...
Page 218 - I take great care never to remain idle. Let us wait for his return. Do you bring good news ? A spark may cause a great conflagration. This beautiful moonlight invites me to take a walk. We have had a great eclipse of the sun this year I see it in a very different light. She begins to grow old. The ass is a patient and laborijus animal.
Page 77 - Do you know your lesson? Have you learned your lesson ? What lesson have you learned? You do not know your lesson. You have not learned your lesson. You cannot say your lesson. Can you say your lesson ? I cannot say it yet. I can say it.