) I have been fairly (equitativamente
_or_ bien) treated.

2. Silk and Cotton Linings.--We note (nos enteramos de) your complaints
but you know they were bought as job lots (imperfectos) and in buying
such lots, one has to put up with (conformarse con) some
imperfections (defectos, imperfecciones).

3. The hats and caps have turned out (salido) excellently.

4. The former (aquellos) are exactly of the shape and curl you require
and the latter (estas) include (abarcan) a large variety of designs.

5. They will reach you (le llegaran) in plenty of time (con bastante
anticipacion) for the coming (entrante) season.

6. Please report (hacer sus comentos) on samples as soon as received
(luego que las reciban).

7. Reading good papers is necessary to keep oneself posted up
(mantenerse al corriente), but reading the sensational news (noticias
sensacionales) of a certain press (prensa) is wasting one's time.

8. Are you going to Spain this year?

9. I do not think so, my correspondent is coming to England.

10. We shall write to the gentleman acting as secretary to send us (que
nos envie) a copy of the report.

11. Did you hear him saying that?

12. I regret having to inform you that once I have paid what I owe (to
owe = deber), I shall not continue my transactions with your firm.

LESSON XXIII.
(Leccion vigesima tercera.)

THE MOODS (_contd._).

The =Indicative Mood= (Modo Indicativo) is that form of the verb that
expresses the action in a =positive manner=, as a =fact=.

The =Conditional Mood= (Modo Condicional)[140] affirms like the
Indicative Mood in a positive manner, =but subject to a condition=.

The =Imperative Mood= is used to command or to beg. This mood has only
one tense and one distinct form of person: the second, as--

Habla tu: Speak thou.
Hablad vosotros: Speak ye _or_ you.

The 1st pers. sing, does not occur and the other persons are taken from
the Present Subjunctive.[141]

In the 3rd person (and sometimes even the 1st plural) the pres. subj.
may take the place of the Imperative used affirmatively. This becomes
apparent by the use of _Que_, which precedes the Subjunctive and when an
object pronoun occurs in the sentence, as--

Escribalo el _or_ Que lo escriba el: Let him write it.

There is no Imperative Mood negative in Spanish.[142]

[Footnote 140: English form: (auxiliary) should + verb for 1st pers