_Las frutas se comen. Las flores se huelen, nada más._[9]
--LOS QUINTERO.
=23.= The verb _to grow,_ meaning _to cultivate_ or _be cultivated_, is
translated =cultivar= or =cultivarse=; meaning _to increase in size_ it is
=crecer= or =aumentarse=; meaning _to become_ it is rendered =ponerse= or
=hacerse=, the first expressing temporary, the second approximately
permanent, change. _To grow up_ is translated =criarse=.
_In the Argentine Republic they grow much wheat._
=En la República Argentina cultivan= (=se cultiva=) =mucho trigo.=
_Why! How this child has grown!_
=¡Vaya, que ha crecido este niño!=
_The number grows year by year._
=El número se aumenta de año en año.=
_She must be ill. She is growing thinner day by day._
=Debe estar mala. Se pone más delgada de día en día.=
_By means of gymnastic exercises he has grown very strong._
=Por medio de ejercicios gimnásticos se ha hecho muy fuerte.=
_This child grew up with her mother until she was five years old._
=Esta niña se crió junto a su madre hasta tener cinco años.=
--PÉREZ GALDÓS.
=24.= The word _just_ has numerous renderings in Spanish. As an adjective
it is =justo=.
_Since our cause is just, we shall win._
=Puesto que es justa nuestra causa, venceremos.=
(_a_) Meaning _only_ it may be translated by the adverb =sólo=, or by
the phrases =nada más= or =no ... más que= (=de= before numerals). =Nada
más= is placed at the end of the sentence.
_There were just twenty persons present._
=Asistieron sólo veinte personas= (=no más de veinte personas=; =veinte
personas nada más=).
_How much do you want? I have just a pound._
=¿Cuánto quiere usted? No tengo más que una libra.=
_Note._--If this sentence meant _exactly_ a pound, the translation
would be =una libra justa=; so always when _just_ equals _exactly_.
_We just came to look for a pencil and paper for Patros._
=No venimos más que a buscar lápiz y papel para Patros.=
--PÉREZ GALDÓS.
_For you must know, my son, that the dreaming of the old is just
remembering._
=Porque has de saber, hijo mío, que el soñar de los viejos es sólo
recordar.=--MARTÍNEZ SIERRA.
_It was just the door closing._
=Era la puerta que se cerraba, nada más.=
(_b_) Meaning _at this or that moment_, _just_ is translated =en este= or
=ese mismo momento=; or it may be implied in the present or imperfect
tenses.
_The door is just closing._
=Se cierra la puerta.=
_The door was just closing._
=Se cerraba la puerta.=
The phrase =en este mismo momento= makes the _just_ more emphatic.
(_c_) In expressions of time of day _just_ is rendered =en punto=; _just
now_ is =hace poco= or =hace un ratito=, referring to past time, =ahora=
or =al momento= when present time is understood; _just yet_ is rendered
=todavía=.
_What time is it? It is just eight o'clock._
=¿Qué hora es? Son las ocho en punto.=
_I saw them just now and they said they were coming._
=Los vi hace poco y dijeron que iban a venir.=
_I'm sorry I can't go with you, but I'm very busy just now._
=Siento no poder acompañarle, pero al momento estoy muy ocupado.=
_It isn't ready just yet. I will call you as soon as it is._
=No está listo todavía. Le llamaré en cuanto lo esté.=
(_d_) _Have just_ and _had just_ with a past participle are translated
by the present and imperfect of the verb =acabar= followed by =de= and the
infinitive of the verb that in English is in the participle.
_He has just arrived._
=Acaba de llegar.=
_He had just gone._
=Acababa de marcharse.=
=25.= =EXERCISES=
(_a_) 1. Hacemos este viaje sólo por placer. 2. El sol acababa de
ponerse. 3. No podía soportar que su única hija se criase como un
muchacho. 4. Hablábamos de la posibilidad de su llegada, nada más. 5.
¡Ya se ve! Crióse sin madre casi sin nodriza. 6. Esto ocurrió hace un
año. No, hace tres meses justos. 7. Un momento nada más y sales
diciéndoles que tienes que hacer en la casa. 8. El tabaco no se cultiva
en este estado. 9. Estos niños crecen como la mala hierba. 10. Son las
ocho en punto y dicen que acaban de llegar las distinguidas visitas.
(_b_) 1. I am just going. Do you want to go with me? 2. We grow just
flowers in our garden. 3. What are you doing? I'm just reading. 4. They
have just come in and they say it is just beginning to rain. 5. When we
got there he had just begun to speak. 6. That is just what I was going
to say. 7. It was growing darker and we could only just see. 8. This is
just for the little girls. 9. How you have grown! The other day you were
just a little boy. 10. He is growing weaker every day.