Spanish Composition Part 2

(_b_) Expressing exchange, cause, motive, or duration of time, _for_ is rendered =por=.

_I gave him twenty-five dollars for his bicycle._

=Le di veinticinco duros por su bicicleta.=

_For months at a time we did not see him._

=Por meses enteros no le habiamos visto.=

_They set fire to the house for fun._

=Por burla pegaron fuego a la casa.=

_We could not see the house for the smoke._

=No podiamos ver la casa por el humo.=

=5.= =EXERCISES=

(_a_) 1. La senora pregunta por la senorita. 2. Rueguele que me lo mande. 3. Pidame Vd. todo lo que quiera. 4. Cuando parte Vd. para Europa? 5. Para su edad es un muchacho muy intelligente. 6. No se contestar a todas las preguntas que me hacen estos chicos. 7. Le di mi gramatica espanola por su libro de lectura. 8. Para el almuerzo he comprado tocino. 9. Lo hace todo por sus hermanos y no saben agradecerselo. 10. Murio por la patria como yo muriera por ella.

(_b_) 1. I shall ask them to come and see me in the country. 2. I promised my mother that I would ask you for some of your beautiful roses. 3. Ask the children if they are hungry. 4. I will ask his mother to ask him for it. 5. Shall we ask them to dinner for the day after to-morrow? 6. Will you wait for me while I look for it? (For _will you_ say =Quiere Vd.=) 7. This is the book father bought for me in London. 8.

It is a beautiful book for the price. 9. If it wasn't for the dust, we could see the horses. 10. Some friends have asked me to go to the theater with them this evening. 11. In Spanish they call a typewriter a "machine for writing." 12. They will sing for joy when they receive this news.

LESSON III

_Cada uno es como Dios le ha criado._[3]

--PEDRO DE ALARCoN.

=6.= The verb _to have_ denoting possession is rendered =tener=. With auxiliary force it is =haber=.

_I used to have it, but I have it no longer._

=Lo tenia si, pero ya no lo tengo mas.=

_He says he has sold it, but I don't know who has bought it._

=Dice que lo ha vendido, pero no se quien lo ha comprado.=

(_a_) _To have_ meaning _to cause to be done_ or _made_, _let_, is rendered by =hacer= followed (1) by a direct infinitive, or (2) by =que= with the subjunctive of indirect command.

_Have them get the trunks down at once._

=Hagales bajar los baules en seguida= or =Haga Vd. que bajen los baules.=

_I like this book very much. I will have the children read it._

=Me gusta mucho este libro. Hare que lo lean los ninos.=

_He has had a new house built for his newly married daughter._

=Ha hecho construir una nueva casa para su hija recien casada.=

(_b_) _To have to_ denoting necessity or compulsion is translated =tener que=, which is followed by the infinitive.

_It is raining torrents. We shall have to stay here till it stops._

=Llueve a cantaros. Tendremos que quedarnos aqui hasta que deje de llover.=

_I can't go with you because I have to study some lessons._

=No puedo acompanarle porque tengo que estudiar unas lecciones.=

(_c_) _To have on_, _be wearing_, is rendered =tener puesto=, or by =llevar= or =vestir=. =Puesto= is an adjective and agrees in gender and number with the thing worn.

_She has on a simple dress and over her shoulders a wide black lace scarf._

=Viste un traje sencillo y trae sobre los hombros un amplio velo negro de encaje.=--LOS QUINTERO.

_They all had their hats on when they came out._

=Al salir todos tenian puestos los sombreros.=

=7.= English _to be to_ expressing futurity coupled with a vague necessity is rendered =haber de= followed by the infinitive.

_I have read in the papers that the president is to visit the city._

=He leido en los diarios que el presidente ha de visitar la ciudad.=

_The teacher told us that we were to finish that lesson._

=El maestro nos dijo que hubieramos de acabar aquella leccion.=

=8.= =EXERCISES=

(_a_) 1. Aquel dia habia de ser glorioso para el pais. 2. Yo quiero que nadie tenga noticia de nuestra conferencia. 3. Quien lo haya quebrado tendra que remendarlo. 4. Me habia ido, pero he vuelto porque tengo que hablarle a Vd. 5. Pues ya no has de ver mas a Paquita. Ella se casa. 6.

Lo compre esta manana y han de entregarmelo manana. 7. Tengo que subir al palomar para dar de comer a mis palomitas. 8. Ha mandado hacer un vestido nuevo para su hijita. 9. Celebro tener el gusto de conocer a Vd.

10. Tengo una viva satisfaccion en haber conocido a Vd. 11. Digales Vd.

que me traigan p.r.o.nto lo que les he pedido. 12. Tendran que acosta.r.s.e en cuanto lleguen.