ho _or_ tanto."]

[Footnote 162: _Ya_ is also used for "now." "Ya no"--no longer.]

Those marked with an asterisk may govern a noun or pronoun through the
preposition _de_ with the exception of _junto_, which governs these
words through _a_.

Adverbs may be formed from adjectives as in English.

The English termination _ly_ is rendered by =mente= _added to the
feminine form_ of the adjective, when this changes for the feminine.

Adverbs are compared like the adjectives, but the superlative relative
of adverbs is formed with _lo mas_, and _lo menos_, as--

Es el mas rico: He is the richest.

Esta adornado lo mas ricamente posible: It is ornamented in the richest
manner possible.

Es el menos exacto: He is the least exact.

Cotice lo menos que pueda: Quote the least you can.

Besides the primitive adverbs given in our list, there are many
adverbial locutions--

a toda prisa (with all speed).
a la espanola (in the Spanish fashion).
a troche y moche, a trochimoche (in a slipshod way).
con blandura (gently).
de mala gana (unwillingly).
de vez (_or_ de cuando) en cuando (from time to time).
tal cual vez (once in a while).
un si es, no es (ever so little).

When an adverb is followed by a verb in English _que_ must be inserted
in Spanish before a finite mood and _de_ before an infinitive, as--

Despues de venir (after coming).

Despues que vino (after he came).

The phrases "I say so," " I think it is (so)," "I do not think so," are
rendered "Digo que si" (or "lo digo"), "Creo que si" (or "lo creo"),
"Creo que no" (or "no lo creo").

Some adjectives are used adverbially, as in English, without the
addition of _mente_, as--

Vender barato, caro (to sell cheap, dear).

Hablar alto, bajo (to speak loud, low).

When two or more adverbs ending in _mente_ occur in the same sentence,
the termination is added only to the last, as--

Escribe clara,[163] concisa[163] y elegantemente: He writes clearly,
concisely and elegantly.

[Footnote 163: Notice "clara" and "concisa" in the feminine.]

=Caer= (to fall).

_Pres. Ind._, Caigo -- -- -- -- --
_Pres. Subj._, Caiga, caigas, caiga, caigamos, caigais, caigan.

VOCABULARY.

=a duras penas=, with great difficulty
=a la larga=, m the long run
=a medida que=, in proportion as
=a mejor andar=, at best
=a plazos=, in instalments
=ajeno=, averse
=apagado= extinguished, dull (colours)
=*asentar=, to book (an order)
=chillones=, gaudy,