Spanish Composition Part 16

=Vaya si ha recibido una ovacion!=--LOS QUINTERO.

_Do you remember? Do I remember!_

=Se acuerda usted? (Vaya) si me acuerdo!=

--LOS QUINTERO.

_You are good! You are an angel!_

=Tu si que eres buena! Tu si que eres un angel!=

--TOMAYO Y BAUS.

Emphasis in a negative sentence may be expressed by repeating the negative =no= at the end of the sentence or by using the phrase =eso no= at the end.

_She hasn't stolen anything from me._

=No me ha robado nada, eso no.=--LOS QUINTERO.

_The journey didn't tire me._

=El viaje no me canso, eso no.=

_I will not let him go, I tell you._

=No le dejare ir, te digo, que no.=

(_a_) Personal p.r.o.nouns in the nominative case are usually omitted.

When emphasized, they must be expressed.

_I'll help you if I have time._

=Te ayudare si tengo el tiempo.=

_I would help you if I had time._

=Yo te ayudaria si tuviera el tiempo.=

In the objective case these p.r.o.nouns are emphasized by adding the disjunctive, or prepositional, form of the p.r.o.noun to the sentence.

_You may say all you want to to me, but don't insult him._

=A mi puede Vd. decirme cuanto quiera, pero no le ofenda a el.=

--PeREZ GALDoS.

(_b_) To a.s.sert emphatic belief in a statement the expressions =ya lo creo!=, =como no!=, =si, por cierto=, are used. Equivalent expressions in the negative form are =de ningun modo!=, =no, por cierto!=

_He's coming at once, isn't he? Yes, indeed_ (_certainly_; _why, of course_).

=Viene en seguida, no? Ya lo creo!=--ECHEGARAY.

_He's coming with us, isn't he? No, indeed._

=Va a acompanarnos a nosotros, no? No, por cierto.=

=57.= =EXERCISES=

(_a_) 1. _I_ won't do that. 2. _What_ a pretty flower! 3. You _won't_ do that! 4. That _is_ good. 5. Will he _come_? I should say so! 6. Shall I give it to _you_? 7. No, give it to _them_. 8. He hasn't missed the money yet. 9. I miss all the good friends who used to live near me. 10.

I don't know _him_, but I _do_ know his brother. 11. Is that door open?

I don't know, but I _do_ know that I am cold. 12. My, but this lesson is hard! 13. Do you want it now? Certainly. 14. _There's_ a pretty house!

15. They say they miss us at home. 16. I miss three of my books (_say, three of my books are missing to me_). 17. Do you want to go with _her_?

I certainly do. 18. I _shall_ miss _you_, but _not_ the others. 19.

There is something missing here and _you_ know what it is. 20. I do _not_ know.

LESSON XX

_El topo no ve en lo que profundiza, pero el hombre, si._[20]

--ECHEGARAY.

=58.= =REVIEW EXERCISES=

(_a_) 1. _Let's_ prepare for the worst. 2. _Let's go._ We mustn't _let_ our presence here excite suspicion. 3. _Come now!_ you ought to have more sense. 4. The man of whom we were speaking is here _now_. 5. _All right._ But I can't see him _just now_. 6. _Come, come!_ _Leave_ me in peace. 7. _Look at_ the fire! _Now_ it seems that it is dying out (=morirse=), _now_ it flames up (=alzar=) again. 8. You ought to _know now_ that they were deceiving you. 9. Water the flower beds _first of all_.

10. I paid my creditors and now I can _leave_ the house without fear.

(_b_) 1. _How long_ have you _felt_ ill? 2. _Shall_ I take this away?

No, _leave_ it. _I'll_ eat it. 3. He _shall_ eat nothing. I _will_ see to that. 4. Has he hurt himself? _Not at all._ 5. He _shall_ not _leave_ the house if he _will_ not tell me what he has done. 6. On the table were _left_ only the knives, forks, and spoons. 7. Provided their strength does not _give out_, they will continue their journey to-day.

8. _Think_ well before you speak. 9. She has _made up her mind_ to _keep_ you in this afternoon. 10. Do you _think_ this lesson is hard?

_Note._--In the exercises above the italics indicate words which require especial care in translating. In Exercise C the italics indicate emphasis.

(_c_) 1. They _don't_ miss him, but they _do_ miss her. 2. The _electric_ light has gone out, but the lamp hasn't. 3. Do I think of them? Indeed I _do_ think of them! 4. He has never written such a letter to _me_. 5. I _feel_ ill, but I shall not call the doctor. 6. _That's_ not what I was talking about. 7. I _won't_ do it for _him_! 8. Why, they are going to leave it _here_! 9. I _don't_ want to go! 10. He _won't_ make haste.

LESSON XXI

_La buena musica es como una espuela de las ideas perezosas._[21]

--PeREZ GALDoS.