o se expidieron).

9. He now complains of being short of (que le faltan) printed linings,
jacconets and crimps, also of short measure (de falta de medida) in some
of the cloth invoiced.

10. Their orders fall short (son mucho menos) of what we expected.

11. We have run short of (se nos ha acabado) the raw material.

12. Our correspondents are short-staffed (no tienen bastante personal),
hence their delaying often to send out (y por tanto a menudo retardan el
envio de) our invoices, which is a great inconvenience.

[Footnote 185: To climb--_Trepar_.]

LESSON XXXVII.
(Leccion trigesima septima.)

THE PRONOUN.

The pronouns _Nos_ and _Vos_ are used for the 1st and 2nd person
_singular_, respectively, in poetry and high-flown prose.

_Nos_ is used in Royal decrees; and _Vos_ often to translate the French
"vous" and English "you" in novels. They require the verb in the plural
and any occurring adjective in the singular, masculine or feminine
according to the sex represented--

Nos el Rey somos justo: We the King are just.

Vos Dona Catalina sois generosa: You, Lady Catherine, are generous.

A subject pronoun following "to be" and preceding a relative may be
followed by a verb in the 1st or 3rd person, as--

Soy yo quien gire _or_ giro aquella letra: It is I who drew that bill.

Two or more personal pronouns used as subjects of one verb require the
verb in the plural, and in the 1st person in preference to the 2nd and
3rd, and 2nd in preference to 3rd, as--

Yo y tu (_or_ yo y el) vamos; tu y el vais.

A conjunctive pronoun should precede the verb in the Indic. Cond. and
Subj. moods, but with the verb in the Indic. or Cond. mood a great
latitude is allowed for the sake of euphony or emphasis. The principal
idea is to give thereby more prominence to the verb, as--

Entreguele los bultos, acordele toda facilidad para el pago y quise
acabarlo todo amistosamente.

The conjunctive pronouns _lo, le_, are both used for "him," "it" (_m._),
(direct object); the second is more generally used for a person, but no
distinction is strictly observed.

_Lo_ (not _le_) should however be used for "it," referring to a whole
statement.

_Lo_ translates often the English "so," as--

Lo digo: I say it, I say so.

Ya lo creo: I should think so.

The conjunctive dative (indirect object) should be _le_ for both genders
(_sing._). _