_La buena música es como una espuela de las ideas perezosas._[21]
--PÉREZ GALDÓS.
=59.= English _time_ has various translations. Meaning _time of day_ it is
=hora=.
_When it came time to go to bed he went toward the room._
=Cuando llegó la hora de acostarse fué hacia el cuarto.=
--PALACIO VALDÉS.
_At this time of day_ and _at this time of night_ are translated =a estas
horas=.
_I wonder where Elise is going at this time of night?_
=¿Adónde irá Elisa a estas horas?=--PALACIO VALDÉS.
(_a_) Denoting one _time_ of a series, _time_ is always =vez=.
_Every time it rains the sky sows diamonds._
=Cada vez que llueve el cielo siembra diamantes.=--CAMPOAMOR.
(_b_) Denoting a _period_ of time or _length_ of time the word is
translated =tiempo=.
_This church has been here since the most remote times._
=Esta iglesia se halla aquí desde los tiempos más remotos.=
_In this house I lose the idea of time._
=En esta casa pierdo la noción del tiempo.=--ECHEGARAY.
=60.= _Time_ occurs also in many idiomatic adverbial phrases. The
commonest of these are _from time to time_, =de vez en= =cuando=, =de cuando
en cuando=; _from this time on_, =de hoy en adelante=, =de aquí en adelante=;
_from that time on_, =de ahí en adelante=; _time after time_, _time and
time again_, =una que otra vez=.
_He agreed to return from time to time._
=Se quedó en volver de cuando en cuando.=
--EMILIA PARDO BAZÁN.
_From time to time he stopped for a few minutes._
=De vez en cuando se detenía algunos instantes.=
--PALACIO VALDÉS.
_Note._--=De cuando en cuando= and =de vez en cuando= translate also
the English adverbial idioms _every now and then_ or _every once in
a while_.
=61.= The verb _to like_ meaning _to be fond of_ (persons) is generally
translated =querer=, but sometimes =gustar= is used. _To like_ (things) is
=gustar=.
_We don't like our new neighbors very well._
=No queremos mucho a nuestros nuevos vecinos.=
_I don't like this house as well as I did the other._
=No me gusta esta casa tanto como me gustó la otra.=
_He will like these. Let's see if there are any more here._
=Estos le gustarán. A ver si hay más por aquí.=
--RAMOS CARRIÓN.
_Note._--Though the verb =gustar= may be used in the regular way with
a personal subject, it is more commonly used as in these examples,
the _thing_ being considered as the subject and the person as the
indirect object. Cf. 51, note.
(_a_) _Like_ used as a preposition of manner is translated =como= or
=cual=.
_The girl is charming, like her mother._
=La niña es, cual su madre, encantadora.=--CAMPOAMOR.
_This boy sings like a bird._
=Este muchacho canta como un pájaro.=
(_b_) _To feel like_ in the sense of _to want_, _desire_, is
translated =tener ganas de= with the infinitive.
_I don't feel like going to-day._
=No tengo ganas de ir hoy.=
_(c)_ In questions _what's ... like_ is translated =¿qué tal ...?=
_What's the new professor like?_
=¿Qué tal el nuevo profesor?=
_Look at me.--I'm looking.--Well, what do I look like to you?_
=Mírame.--Te miro.--Bueno, ¿qué tal te parezco?=
--TOMAYO Y BAUS.
=62.= =EXERCISES=
(_a_) 1. ¿Cuáles le gustan más, éstos o aquéllos? 2. Hay tiempo para
todo. 3. Unas veces le trata usted bien y otras veces mal. 4. Hace
tiempo que noto eso. 5. De aquí en adelante necesitaremos más tiempo. 6.
De vez en cuando me habló. 7. Una que otra vez bajaban al manantial. 8.
Ya es hora de irnos, si no queremos llegar con retraso. 9. No me gusta
escribir con plumatintero. 10. Quiere mucho a todos sus maestros. 11.
¿Qué tal el tiempo en aquella región? A mí no me gusta un clima frío.
(_b_) 1. I don't like this song, I'm not going to learn it. 2. This time
I'm sure you will like what I have brought you. 3. At that time there
was only one school in the town. 4. I get letters from them from time to
time. 5. I asked him what the new play was like and he said it was very
interesting. 6. She had on a big hat that was like a bee-hive. 7. Every
time I see him he talks like that (_in that way_). 8. The river
encircles the city like a silver chain. 9. What time does the train
arrive? Isn't it time to go to the station? 10. Well, _I_ don't like
your new dress. It looks like (=parecer=) an old lady's dress.