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Alfred Elwes. CONTENTS . СНАР . PART I. I. - PRONUNCIATION : THE SPANISH ALPHABET Sounds of the Vowels Sounds of the Consonants Diphthongs and Triphthongs II . ORTHOGRAPHY Ancient and Modern Orthography III . - PUNCTUATION AND ...
Alfred Elwes. CONTENTS . СНАР . PART I. I. - PRONUNCIATION : THE SPANISH ALPHABET Sounds of the Vowels Sounds of the Consonants Diphthongs and Triphthongs II . ORTHOGRAPHY Ancient and Modern Orthography III . - PUNCTUATION AND ...
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... Sounds of the Vowels . A , E , I , O , U. The vowels , in English , admit great diversity of sound , all of them having two , and others several sounds : not so in * The th here designated should be the same as the th in the word thin ...
... Sounds of the Vowels . A , E , I , O , U. The vowels , in English , admit great diversity of sound , all of them having two , and others several sounds : not so in * The th here designated should be the same as the th in the word thin ...
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... sound of English oo in the words boot , moon : thus uno , one , should be pronounced oono . The sounds of the consonants cannot be so easily expressed to the English student as those of the vowels , as there are some of them , which ...
... sound of English oo in the words boot , moon : thus uno , one , should be pronounced oono . The sounds of the consonants cannot be so easily expressed to the English student as those of the vowels , as there are some of them , which ...
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... sound of English th in thin , as I have before remarked ; thus celeste , heavenly , should be sounded thaleste ; taking care that the th be the sharp th of thin , thanks , & c . cielo , cocido , centro , conocer , heaven . boiled ...
... sound of English th in thin , as I have before remarked ; thus celeste , heavenly , should be sounded thaleste ; taking care that the th be the sharp th of thin , thanks , & c . cielo , cocido , centro , conocer , heaven . boiled ...
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... sound of the g in ga , go , gu ; as- guerra , Miguel , guia , war . Michael . guide . guitarra , guiton , guinda , guitar . rascal . cherry . But when the Spaniards wish to sound the u , they place a diæresis ( ) over it , as in the ...
... sound of the g in ga , go , gu ; as- guerra , Miguel , guia , war . Michael . guide . guitarra , guiton , guinda , guitar . rascal . cherry . But when the Spaniards wish to sound the u , they place a diæresis ( ) over it , as in the ...
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active verb adjectives Adverbs alabádo amar amára ascended bueno casa CHAPTER ciudad compounds CONDITIONAL TENSE conjugation consonant cual cuarto decimo deseo Dictionary dió diphthong English esté EXAMPLES feminine fetch FORM FUTURE TENSE gender Grammar guerra haber habia habíamos habiendo habrá habré habrémos habria tenido hadst hast feared háya haya temido hayais hayamos hayan hermana hermoso hombre hube hubiera or hubiese hubiérais hubiéramos hubiese amado hubiese estado hubiese tenido hubiéseis hubiésemos hubiesen hubimos hubiste hubisteis hubo hundred Imperative Mood IMPERFECT TENSE Indicative Mood libro loved masculine millions muger negocio niño noun PAST PARTICIPLE Pedro person phrases pluma plural praised thyself praised yourselves PRESENT PARTICIPLE PRESENT TENSE PRETERITE TENSE pronouns regular conjugation si hubiera siete singular solicit sound Spanish language subido Subjunctive Mood superlative syllables termination thou hast thou mayst thou mightst thou wilt thou wouldst tiempo veinte vowel wish woman words
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Page 44 - I shall be Thou wilt be He will be We shall be You will be They will be...
Page 47 - I am * Thou art He is We are You are They are Perfect I have been Thou hast been He has been Present Participle Being Indicative Imperfect I was Thou wast He was We...
Page 49 - I had been. Thou hadst been. He had been. We had been. You had been. They had been. Future Perfect (§178) I shall have been.
Page 49 - I should have been, thou wouldst have been, he would have been; we should have been, you would have been, they would have been.
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Page 39 - I should have had, thou wouldst have had, he would have had ; we should have had, you would have had, they would have had.