A concise and simplified grammar of the Spanish language

58 ETYMOLOGY AND SYNTAX.
The roaring of the wild beasts. El brarnar de las fieras.
The motive oí his coming. El motivo de su venida.
That kind of speaking. Ese modo de hablar.
Walking is conducive to health. El caminar es bueno parala salud.
165. There is a kind of Participle active in Spanish,
employed in the 'capacity of verbal Adjectives, and sometimes
as Nouns : Those derived from Verbs of the first conjugation
end in ante^ as amante ; those of the second and
third conjugations end in iente, as obediente, viviente : they
agree in number with the Noun to which they refer : Ex.
Un marido amante. A loving husband.
El hombre obediente. The obedient man.
Los hombres vivientes. Living men.
Un amante. A lover.
Los creyentes. The believers.
Los oyentes. The hearers.
Observe, that Participles active ending in ndo, as amando,
obedeciendo, viviendo, are never employed as Adjectives.
166. There remains now to consider the Participle past
in its capacity of an Adjective. It is so used when it does
not denote action, but a state of being descriptive of, or cha-
racterizing, some Noun, and agrees with it in Spanish in
number and gender : Ex.
El soldado vencido. The conquered soldier.
Los soldados vencidos. The conquered soldiers.
Una muger casada. A married woman.
Mugeres casadas. Married women.
167. The Participle past is frequently employed together
with the Verb estar, to be ; in which case it likewise assumes
the character of an Adjective, and agrees in number and
gender with the person or thing to which it alludes : Ex.
El está cansado. He is tired.
Nosotros estamos perdidos. We are lost.
168. The Participle past in Spanish is frequently used in
an absolute manner ; in which case one of the Participles
active, habiendo, siendo, or estando, is suppressed. The