13. For a (para) foreigner he understands English methods very well indeed.
14. Being (por ser) so young he shows a good deal of (mucho) tact and foresight.
LESSON XXX.
(Lección trigésima.)
THE CONJUNCTIONS AND INTERJECTIONS.
Conjunctions join sentences together; also independent words.
The principal conjunctions are—
*Á menos que (unless)
Á pesar de (in spite of)
Así como (just as)
Así que, de suerte que (so that)
*Afín de que, *Para que (that—in order that)
Aunque, bien que, si bien (although, even if)
*Bien … bien (whether … or)
Como (as)
*Con tal que (provided)
Con que (so)
*Cuando (if)
Mas, pero, empero[166] (but)
Sino (but—after a negative[167])
Ni … ni (neither … nor)
No sea que* (lest, also perhaps)
No obstante (nevertheless)
Ó … ó[168] (either … or)
Ora … ora[168] (now … now—with indic. mood)
Porqué, porque (why, because)
Portanto (therefore)
Puesto que[169] (seeing that)
Pues (since)
Que (that)
Si (if, whether)
Sin embargo (however, notwithstanding)
Según (according)
Siquiera (at least, even)
Y[170] (and)
Ya … ya[171] (whether … or—with subj. mood)
Ya que (since, seeing that)
[Footnote 166: Empero is used same as pero at the beginning of a sentence.]
[Footnote 167: Unless a finite verb follows, as: No tengo dinero pero gozo de buena reputación (I have no money but I enjoy a good reputation).]
[Footnote 168: Before words commencing with o or ho, it changes into ú.]