12. Provided you take a lease of these premises (tome en arriendo este local) for a period of ten years, I shall make the necessary alterations, since I am very eager to have you as a tenant.
13. Although the demand for money is no longer so strong, the market is still under the control (dominio) of the Bank of England, to which it is now indebted for (debe) a considerable amount, and dealings are but on a comparatively small scale.
PART II
LESSON XXXI.
(Lección trigésima primera.)
THE ARTICLE.
The =Definite Article= is used in Spanish and not in English (besides rules given in Lesson II)—
1. Before the seasons of the year—
+————————————————————————+ |La primavera (spring) El otoño (autumn) | |El verano (summer) El invierno (winter)| | | |And the four cardinal points: | | | |El norte (North) El este (East) | |El sur (South) El oeste (West) | +————————————————————————+
2. Before the hour of the day (with the words hora, horas, understood), as—
Es la una: It is one o'clock.
Son las dos y cuarto: It is a quarter past two.
Son las tres y cinco: It is five minutes past three.
Son las cuatro menos diez: It is ten minutes to four.
Las cinco y media: Half-past five.