A concise and simplified grammar of the Spanish language

104 ETYMOLOGY AND SYNTAX.
4.
Verbs in any of the past tenses of the indicative, simple
or compound, or in the imperfect or future tenses of the
subjunctive, simple or compound, govern their regimen with
the conjunction que, in the imperfect of the subjunctive,
simple or compound, with the termination ra or se, when we
wish the regimen to denote a power or a duty ; and with the
termination ria, if we wish it to express a ivill or an inclina'
Hon : Ex.
Deseaba que fuese así. I wished it were so-
Me habia suplicado que fuera con He had entreated me to go with
él. him.
Dige que él no lo haria. I said he would not do it.
Desearía que no me molestasen. I would wish them not to molest
me.
Hubiera deseado que pudiese \eiúr. I would have wished that he were
able to come.
Si dudare que yo le fuese á buscur. If he should doubt that I would
go and meet him.
5.
Verbs in any of the tenses of the indicative or subjunctive
modes, that imply a declaring or saying, thinking or conceiv-
ing, may govern their regimen with the conjunction que in
any tense of the indicative : Ex.
Digo que lo sé, lo supe, or, lo sabré. I say that I know it, knew it, or
shall know it.
Ha declarado que lo sabia, &c. He has declared that I knew it, &c.
Creo que no puede ni podrá venir. I believe that he is not able, nor
will be able to come.
Yo diria que él lo sabe. I would say that he knew it.
Hubiera dicho que lo sabe. I would have said that he knew it.
OF PREPOSITIONS EMPLOYED W^ITH VERBS.
197. The observations made on Prepositions employed
with Adjectives may be also applied to Prepositions used
with Verbs, as here also the Spanish and English languages
very frequently differ with regard to the Preposition re-
quired. In many cases the same Preposition is employed in
both languages ; the following, however, are exceptions :
Reflective Verbs in Spanish require de after them. Verbs