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	Lección Tercera (3ͣ))
		C before e and i is sounded like the English hard th in think. The Andalusians and Argentines pronounce c like s; we shall indicate the Castilian c by th. It is in order to avoid starting by these explanations that we called our first two lessons readings

	Dos semanas después	Two weeks after
		In después, pués counts for one syllable; the sound of é dominates that of u (oo).
1	¡Que veo! No te has marchado? ¿Tu director no te ha permitido...	what (do I) see? you have not left? your director has not permitted you...

2	Sí, hombre, sí; me he marchado; he visto Paris; me he divertido mucho; todo el mundo me ha tratado bien...	Yes, yes, indeed; (I) have left; (I) have seen Paris; (I) have diverted myself, much; everybody [all the world] has treated me well.

3	¿Por qué has regresado tan pronto?	Why [for what] have you come back so quickly?
		(Do not soften the s in regresado).
4	¿Por qué he regresado tan pronto? ¿No lo adivinas?	Why have (I) come back so quickly? (Do you) not guess it?

5	No lo adivino... ¡Caramba! ¿te ha faltado dinero?	(I do) not guess it; By Jove! You were short of money [money has failed you] ?

6	Claro, hombre.	Of course,, then! [clear, man].
		Claro is one of the words that you will hear oftenest in current conversation, with the meaning of : Of course, certainly! You're right! Stress the first syllable strongly. A propos of stress, we advise you to read without further delay paragraph 2 of lesson 7.