A concise and simplified grammar of the Spanish language

8 ETYMOLOGY AND SYNTAX.
But when these countries, Szc. are personified, the Article
is retained : Ex.
Los procederes de la Rusia, con The proceedings of Russia, with
respecto d la Polonia.
regard to Poland.
Exception '2nd' Kingdoms, provinces, &c. bearing the
same name as their
Ex.
capital cities do not admit the Article
Argel y Tunis son puertos de Algiers and Tunis are sea-port
mar.
towns.
11. Nouns denoting the title, dignity, profession, &:c. of
an individual, require the Definite Article in Spanish, when
in the third person : Ex.
La Reyna Victoria.
Queen Victoria.
El Doctor N. Doctor N.
El Señor y la Señora B. l\ir. and Mrs. B.
12. When several Nouns follow each other in a sentence,
the Article is generally repeated before each, particularly
when they differ in gender ; and if a Preposition precede
the Article, the Preposition is likewise generally repeated
Ex.
Todos los hombres, las mugeres All the men, women, and children
y los niños de la aldea. of the village.
La ignorancia es madre de la pre- Ignorance is the mother of preocupación,
del engaño, y del judice, deceit, and error,
error.
Those Nouns which are used in the aggregate, are excepted
from this rule : Ex.
Judios, Cristianos, Mahometanos, Jews, Christians, Mahometans, all
todos fueron incluidos, were included.
13. The days of the week, and the hour of the day, take
the Definite Article in Spanish : Ex.
Vendré á ver k Vmd. el Domingo I shall come and see you on Sun-
&. la una, 6 a las dos. day, at one or two o'clock.
No vaya Vmd. hasta el Lunes á Do not go until Monday at halflas
seis y media, 6 el Martes k past six o'clock, or Tuesday ata
las tres menos cuarto. quarter before three.
Iré k las ocho menos diez minu- I shall go at ten minutes before
tos ; 6, k las nueve y veinte eight ; or at twenty minutes
minutos. after nine.
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