Juan Fernández But—El Sr. Ruiz
Los Señores Fernández Los Señores Ruices
2. The names of the vowels pluralize in es— Las aes, las ees, las íes, las oes, las úes.
3. Some Latin words used in Spanish, as—Accessit, déficit, fiat, ultimatum, agnus dei, etc., do not change for the plural, except—Album—álbumes.
For other peculiarities of number see Appendix II. Collective nouns in Spanish are generally followed by the verb in the singular, as—La gente piensa: People think.
But after a collective noun, indefinite in its meaning, the verb may follow in the plural, as—Una cantidad de géneros se vendió, or vendieron en subasta: A quantity of goods was or were sold by auction.
N.B.—The tendency of the language is in favour of the singular.
=Poner= (to put, to place).
Past Part., Puesto. Pres. Indic., Pongo.[174] Imper. Mood, Pon … poned …[175] Past Def., Puse, pusiste, puso, pusimos, pusisteis, pusieron. Future Indic., Pondré, pondras, pondrá, pondremos, pondéis, pondrán.
=Querer= (to want a thing or person, to love a person, to be willing).
Pres. Indic., Quiero, quieres, quiere,—,—, quieren. [176] Past Def., Quise, quisiste, quiso, quisimos, quisisteis, quisieron. _Fut. Indic., _Querré, querrás, querrá, querremos, querréis, querrán.