last shipment of clocks and watches.

11. Please send by slow train the coats, vests, and trousers and, by
passenger train, the remainder of the articles.

LESSON XIX.
(Leccion decima nona.)

INTRANSITIVE VERBS.

Intransitive verbs express a state, as "to live," "to sleep," or an
action that does not go beyond the doer, as "to go," "to walk."

The Spanish language abounds in Intransitive Pronominal verbs, i.e.,
verbs conjugated, same as the reflexive verbs, with a double pronoun =of
the same person= all through, as--

=Quejarse= (to complain).

_Pres. Indic._, Yo me quejo, tu te quejas, el se queja, nosotros nos
quejamos, vosotros os quejais, ellos se quejan.

_Fut. Indic._, Yo me quejare, tu te quejaras, el se quejara, etc.

These, of course, must not be confused with the Reflexive verbs. In the
reflexive verb, we have an action that passes from the doer and falls on
the doer itself, as--

Yo me amo: I love myself.

Whilst in a neuter pronominal the action =does not go beyond the doer=.

=Intransitive Pronominal Verbs= are of three kinds--

1. Those which are always pronominal, as--

+----------------------------+------------------------------+
|Quejarse (to complain) |Jactarse (to boast) |
|Avergonzarse (to be ashamed)|Maravillarse[126] (to wonder) |
|Alegrarse[126] (to rejoice) |Proponerse[126] (to intend, to|
|Arrepentirse (to repent) | purpose) |
|Hacerse[126], volverse[126] |Desanimarse[126] (to feel |
| (to become) | discouraged) |
+----------------------------+------------------------------+

[Footnote 126: Some of these verbs may be also Transitive verbs with a
modified meaning, as: Alegrar (to gladden), Maravillar (to surprise),
Proponer (to propose). Here the pronominal form marks the difference
between Transitive and Intransitive.]

2. A few which, when used pronominally, have their meaning intensified
or more or less modified, as--

+------------------------+----------------------------------+
|Ir (to go) |Irse (to go away) |
|Reir (to laugh) |Reirse (to laugh at = suggesting |
| | scorn) |
|Entender (to understand)|Entenderse de panos (to be a judge|
| | of cloths) |
|Dormir (to sleep) |Do