parece a V.?

10. Me parece que V. ha dado en el clavo y estoy satisfecho.

11. Y ahora iojo! en la aplicacion y ino olvidar!

EXERCISE 2 (50).

Translate into Spanish--

1. I believe his behaviour is most (muy) objectionable.

2. And I do also.

3. Did you receive the B/L for the cargo (cargamento) of oranges and
grapes from Seville?

4. I did; and I expect a good parcel (partida) of muscatels from
Valencia as well.

5. Are these the lemons, onions and pomegranates you were expecting?

6. They are.

7. I am sorry they were delayed so long because now the market is
glutted with fruit.

8. He is my friend and I am his.

9. We received this year three cargoes of bananas from the Canary
Islands (Islas Canarias). Six were consigned to us last year, but we
used to receive many more when we sent our traveller in those islands at
harvest time.

10. Ten thousand boxes of currants, 3,000 of figs, and 4,561 of dates
were sold by auction.

11. There had not been such large quantities offered for a long time
(hacia mucho tiempo que).

12. The iron-clad "Achilles" left yesterday for Vigo. The sea was
perfectly calm although a light breeze blew, _or_ was blowing (soplaba
_not_ estaba soplando), from the S.W. (sudoeste).

13. The commission-agent (comisionista) went by the three o'clock train.

14. When I went to say good-bye to him (para despedirme de 61) he was
writing (escribia _or_ estaba escribiendo) a letter.

15. The cargo was examined and it was found that some of the fruit was
unripe, some shrivelled or frost-bitten (tomada por la escarcha), and a
parcel of garlic was rotten and had to be destroyed.

LESSON XXVI.
(Leccion vigesima sexta.)

THE TENSES (_contd._).

Uses of the Past Definite (or Preterite) and the Present Perfect (as: Yo
he comprado: I have bought).

According to the English rule, the Past Def. (or Preterite) should be
used to narrate events which happened in the past, in a period of time
which does not include the present moment as--

Yo lo compre el ano pasado: I bought it last year.

The Present Perfect (called in Spanish Preterito Compuesto) should be
used when the period of time includes the present moment, as--

He fletado muchos buques: I have chartered many ships.

By following this rule students will always be correct, but we must
notice that in Spanish