stood the directions he has given? Come here. Read what I

que

aquí.

lo que

have written to your father. Take this parcel, and carry it to

good. He laughed at the pretensions of the little man. The

girls will not write to-day. I should have written yesterday,

doncellita

hoy.

ayer

if I had had an opportunity. He smiled at the observation. I

have spent all the money I had in pocket. Has she translated

todo

que

traducir

the Italian tragedy? No; she will translate the Spanish

italiano

No

español

romance. The affair happened last week. Blessed is the

man whose name brings pleasure to the memory. I have said

what I think of this matter, but he will not discover his opinion.

it is not true, but I say nothing. He is gone out, and

pero

nada.

y

I do not know when he will return. They cursed the avarice

of the old man, and nourished a mortal hatred for his person.

viejo

aversion

ᎦᏓ

She is dead. When did she die? She died last month. I Ella

have never heard so much noise. She will not come to-day,

nunca

romor.

по

hoy

but her brother is already arrived. If I had gone out at that

time, I should not have seen the procession. He blessed his

horse? I am afraid he will not suit me. I am coming directly.

Yes, come. He says the children will come next week.

Si

que

proximo

Matters become worse every day, and if some efforts be not

made, it will be impossible to foretel the fatal consequences of

neglect. If ever I become rich, my first care will be to reward

jamas

mi

de

those friends who succoured me in my misfortunes. I hope aquel

quien

me

mis

they may not lose courage, but that they will persist in the

que

по

corage

persistir

path they have chosen. I shall put the book on the table.

man. The castle was destroyed, one tower only marking

castillo

solamente

the spot where it had been erected. He has done more to

lugar

erigir.

obtain the favour than the young man's father.

mas para

favor

CHAPTER XIV.

ON VERBS.-(CONTINUED.)

Reflective or Reciprocal, Unipersonal and Defective Verbs.

REFLECTIVE verbs are so called when the action they express falls upon or reflects on the subject which produces it; thus, when I say I flatter myself, he washes himself, &c., the verbs flatter and wash are in these cases reflective.

Reciprocal verbs express the action of several subjects acting on each other, and are known in English by the addition of the words each other, one another. They loved one another, we supported each other, are reciprocal phrases.

Now, some verbs in Spanish are naturally reflective or reciprocal, whilst all the active verbs may become so.

Such as

are so in themselves may be known by the particle se joined to the infinitive, several examples of which you may have already met with; and this same particle joined to an active verb renders it reflective.

As example is ever better than a multitude of rules, I will here give you a model of the conjugation of one of these verbs through all its moods and tenses.