_Cuando uno no quiere, dos no riñen._[11]
--TOMAYO Y BAUS.
=29.= English _here_ is rendered =aquí= denoting _place where_ and =acá= with
a verb of motion.
_Here lived a member of my husband's family._
=Aquí habitaba un individuo de la familia de mi esposo.=
--JOSÉ MÁRMOL.
_Go and tell him to please come here._
=Ve y dile que tenga la bondad de venir acá.=--LOS QUINTERO.
_Note._--=Aquí= is sometimes found with verbs of motion, but =acá= is
the commoner form.
(_a_) _Here_ accompanying the offer of something may be rendered by
the imperative of =tomar=, _to take_, or by =aquí= with the verb =tener=.
_Haven't you a pencil? Well, here. I have two._
=¿No tiene usted lápiz? Pues, tome. Yo tengo dos.=
_Here's the money they gave me for you._
=Aquí tiene usted el dinero que me dieron para usted.=
(_b_) _To be here_ in the sense of _to arrive_ is translated
=llegar=.
_They will be here in time according to what they write me._
=Llegarán a tiempo según me escriben.=
=30.= English _well_ as an adverb is translated =bien=; as an adjective it
is =bueno=. As an introductory word having no grammatical connection with
the rest of the sentence it is rendered =bien=, =bueno=, or =pues=. With
exclamatory force it may be rendered =¡vaya!= or =¡toma!=
_It is very well made, isn't it?_
=Está muy bien hecho, ¿no?=
_He must stay here until he gets well._
=Debe quedar aquí hasta que se ponga bueno.=
_Well, that's done. And now what else is there to do?_
=Bueno= (=bien=), =ya está hecho eso. Y ahora, ¿qué más hay que hacer?=
_Well, I feel ill, very ill._
=Pues yo me siento mal, muy mal.=--RAMOS CARRIÓN.
_Well! Here am I to get everybody out of difficulties._
=¡Vaya! Aquí estoy yo para sacar de apuros a todo el mundo.=
--RAMOS CARRIÓN.
=31.= The verb _to hold_ as a synonym of _to have_ is translated =tener=;
meaning _to contain_ it is =contener=. When it indicates that a thing has
a certain capacity it is translated =caber en=. In this last sense the
English subject becomes in Spanish the object of the preposition =en=,
while the English object becomes the subject of =caber=.
_He held his hat in his hand all the time._
=Tenía el sombrero en la mano todo el tiempo.=
_This box holds all that I want._
=Este cajón contiene todo lo que yo necesito.=
_We shall have to get another sack. This one holds only a pound._
=Tendremos que buscar otro saco. En éste cabe solo una libra.=
=Contiene solo una libra= would mean _there is only a pound in it_.
_Note._--A very common expression is =no cabe duda=, which translates
_there is no doubt_.
(_a_) The phrase _to hold out_ has many translations, according to
its meanings as here illustrated.
_He held out_ (offered) _his hand to me._
=Me ofreció la mano.=
_He held out his hand for the money._
=Extendió la mano para el dinero.=
_He held out_ (persisted) _for a week._
=Se mantuvo firme por una semana.=
_The coffee held out_ (there was enough).
=Hubo bastante cafe.=
=32.= =EXERCISES=
(_a_) 1. El vino acá en el tranvía. 2. Pues, que lo haga tan bien como
yo lo he hecho. 3. No cabían en el barco más de cuatro personas. 4.
Búsqueme un cesto más grande. En éste no caben las manzanas. 5. El cajón
contenía frutas y dulces. 6. ¿Y la familia? Están todos buenos según me
escriben. 7. Con tal que haya bastante harina, no nos falta más. 8. Está
cansadísimo. No sé si se le mantendrán las fuerzas hasta que llegue a
casa. 9. ¡Vaya! ¿Usted aquí? ¿Y desde cuándo?
(_b_) 1. This bottle will not hold all that ink. 2. Well, what shall I
do with what is left? 3. Put it here and get another bottle. 4. New
countries hold out better opportunities to young men than to old ones.
5. Well, everything is ready for them when they get here. 6. He held out
the sack to show me what it held. 7. I can't help thinking that he is
too young for the office that he holds. 8. How much is it? Well, here's
the money. 9. How many books will this bookcase hold? 10. There is not
the least doubt that they knew that the box held money.