Nos ha exhibido su libro de facturas: He showed us his invoice book.
Me cedió los valores y efectos en cartera: He made over to me his stock of securities and bills.
El corredor le vió en la agencia de los vapores: The broker saw him at the steamship agent's.
EXCEPTIONS—
1. When a sentence begins with a verb, especially if the sentence is a long one, the Conjunctive pronoun may follow the verb, except when this is in the Subjunctive Mood, as—
Bonificóle esta cantidad en cuenta corriente para no perder el cliente: He credited him the amount in A/c current in order not to lose his customer.
N.B.—Students should not indulge in this liberty until they have acquired practice in the language. In conversation this change seldom occurs. When the change is used the Subject Pronoun is generally left understood.
2. When the verb is in the Infinitive Mood, Gerund, or Imperative Mood,[78] the Conjunctive Pronoun must follow, and is joined to the verb to form one word: as—
Lo mejor con estos géneros es venderlos en subasta:
The best thing with these goods is to sell them by auction.
Abandonándole la ganancia acabaremos con el asunto:
By giving up the profit to him, we shall end the matter.