Exercise 2
Exercise 2
Translate into Spanish:
- I shall be compelled (me veré obligado á) to abandon this
undertaking. It is too difficult. - We received a consignment of rice, but the price demanded (pedido),
2-15/16d. a lb., is too dear; we shall never be able (nunca podremos) to
get it; a better quality (calidad), whiter and stouter, was placed at
2-29/32d. but (sólo) a few days ago (hace algunos días). - If you cannot sell your plain and figured drills at the figures
quoted it will be necessary to abate the price. - I shall accept those bleached linens subject to an abatement of 5 per
cent. - We shall consult our partners; meanwhile let us leave (dejemos)[9]
the matter in abeyance (en suspenso). - He has chosen several designs (diseños, dibujos) for his lot of
prints, but he finds that three of them are wrong (están equivocados). - Some firms always give wrong (falsos, inexactos) weights in their
declarations. - He ordered the wrong article (un ... por otro).
- You are wrong (V. se equivoca), it is the right (justo, exacto)
article. - This cloth is finished on the wrong side (al revés).
- We received your favour (su atenta) of 10th instant (del corriente),
enclosing copy of your previous letter 1st ult. (p°, p°.) and have taken
note of its contents. - By next mail (mala) we shall send you all the details required (que
Vs. necesitan).
Footnote 9: The Imperative Mood is like the Pres. Subj., except in the
2nd Person.]
2nd Person.]