17. The roses and violets are in the flower-stand.
18. The merchant has received (recibido) four bales of silk handkerchiefs (pañuelo) and three cases of prints and muslins.
[Footnote 28: "To buy from" is translated by "Comprar á.">[
[Footnote 29: The object pronoun precedes the verb in the indicative mood.]
LESSON IV.
(Lección cuarta.)
THE ADJECTIVE.
The Adjective in Spanish agrees with the noun it qualifies, in gender and number, as—
El periódico italiano: The Italian newspaper.
La prensa americana: The American press.
It generally follows the nouns as in the above examples, although exceptions will be found, e.g., when the adjective recalls to our mind a quality which is already known to belong to it, it generally precedes the noun, as—
He visto sus hermosas flores: I have seen his beautiful flowers.[30]
Adjectives form their plural in the same way as nouns.