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	Español	Spanish
	Lección Octava (8ͣ)
	Iremos a España	(We) shall go to Spain.

1	Hay diversos medios para aprender una lengua (1).	There are divers means for Iearn(ing) a language.
2	Se pueden tomar lecciones en una escuela, o con un profesor, o por correspondencia (2).	One can take lessons in a school, or with a teacher, or by correspondence.
3	Se puede estudiar con un libro para aprender solo, sin profesor (3).	One can study with a book to learn alone, without (a) teacher.
4	También se pueden emplear discos, estudiando con más placer y menos esfuerzo (4).	One can also use [employ] records, studying with more pleasure and less effort.
5	Pero de todos los medios, ir al país es el más agradable y el más práctico...	But of all [the] means, to go to (the) country is the most agreeable and the most convenient.
6	¡Claro! Usted habla como un libro;	Of course, you (your H.) speak like a book;
7	¿cómo puedo yo ir a España para aprender el español? Me falta tiempo, me falta dinero...	How can I go to Spain to learn [the] Spanish? I lack time, I lack money [time fails me...].
8	No se preocupe usted, amigo mío; mañana mismo iremos a España... sin necesitar tiempo ni dinero.	Do not be preoccupied, my friend [friend my]; even to-morrow [to-m. even] (we) shall go to Spain... without needing time nor money.

		EXERCISE :
1	Mañana iré a la estación; Carlos irá también; iremos todos.	To-morrow (I) shall go to the station; Charles will go too; (we) shall all go.
2	¿Ha visto usted mi libro de español?	Have you [Has your H.] seen my book of Spanish?
3	Sí; es mas practico que el mío.	Yes (it) is more convenient than [the] mine.
4	¿Puede usted prestar dos o tres discos al amigo Pedro?	Can you lend two or three records to [the] friend Pedro?
5	Dispense, no puedo; no presto mis (pron. meess) discos.	Excuse (me, I) can't; (I do) not lend my records.
6	Es usted muy libre. (pron. leebry).	You are quite free [is your H. q. f.].

	NOTES.
1	To, in order to is para and not por. As you will see in the next sentence, por also means by. Hay (a-ee) means there are as well as there is.
2	Lección loses its accent in the plural; owing to the addition of a syllable ending in s, it needs it no longer, the stress being then normally on the last but one. We put a fat o only because it dominates in the diphthong io.
3	Se puede is the usual phrase for one can; in sent. 2, notice the use of the plural : se pueden. Nearly all words ending in ión (plur. iones) are feminine.
4	Z is always sounded like the Spanish ci or ce, i. e., like the English hard th (S. 3rd lesson). The English z does not exist.
	Without yet trying to learn the conjugation of verbs, let us examine them (distrustfully as if they were unknown insects). We see three kinds : tomar, to take; aprender, to learn; servir, to serve. They are the three conjugations : infinitives in ar, er, ir.
	The 1st person in the present always ends in o; yo puedo - I can; yo estudio, I study; yo creo, I believe (We are speaking, of course, of regular verbs; we have seen the irregular yo sé, I know). The 3rd person singular is in a for the infinitives in ar, and in e for the others. Usted habla, your H. speaks; usted puede, your H. can. Simple remark by the way.