_Cuando me habla el deber, tan sólo escucho su voz._[28]
--GIL Y ZÁRATE.
=84.= The verb _to sit_ (_down_) is rendered =sentarse=. _To be sitting_ is
rendered =estar sentado=.
_I'm going, I'm going, you say, and you sit down._
=Ya voy, ya voy, dices, y te sientas.=--TOMAYO Y BAUS.
_Will you sit_ (_down_) _here a moment, please?_
=¿Quiere usted sentarse aquí un momento?=
_Don Miguel is sitting in an armchair near the stove._
=Don Miguel está sentado en un sillón inmediato al brasero.=
--LOS QUINTERO.
_Note._--It is always well to paraphrase _sit_ before translating.
So, _I sat_ (sat down, took a seat, seated myself) _where they told
me to_; _I sat_ (was sitting) _in the armchair_.
=85.= _To stand_ meaning _to be on one's feet_ is rendered =estar en pie= or
=parado=; meaning _to rise to one's feet_ it is =ponerse de pie=.
_Pardon me, I am troubled with my heart. I can't stand._
=Perdóneme usted. Padezco del corazón. No puedo estar en pie.=--PÉREZ
GALDÓS.
_When they saw the lady enter, everybody stood._
=Al ver entrar a la señora todo el mundo se puso de pie.=
(_a_) Meaning _to be situated_, _stand_ is translated =hallarse= or
=estar situado=.
_That church has stood there for years._
=Aquella iglesia se halla allí desde hace muchos años.=
(_b_) Meaning _to endure_, _bear_, _suffer_, _stand_ is rendered
=aguantar=, =sufrir=, =soportar=.
_He couldn't stand the pain._
=No podía soportar el dolor.=
_I can't stand this noise any longer._
=No puedo sufrir más este ruido.=
=86.= English _corner_ has two translations. Meaning _an exterior angle_,
it is rendered =esquina=; as _an interior angle_, it is =rincón=.
_At the corner of that street stands a house, and in one corner of the
garden of that house is a beautiful tree._
=En la esquina de aquella calle se halla una casa, y en un rincón del
jardín de esa casa se halla un hermoso árbol.=
=87.= =EXERCISES=
(_a_) 1. La casa estaba situada en medio de grandes jardines. 2. Junto a
él nos sentábamos nosotros, es decir, el padre cura y yo. 3. Se sentaron
en torno de una mesa junta a la ventana. 4. ¡Ponte de pie cuando yo te
hablo! 5. Estamos muy bien en este rinconcito. 6. Ha de saber usted que
no puedo aguantar a este hombre. 7. En la obscuridad di contra la
esquina de la mesa y me lastimé el brazo. 8. No había asientos para
todos y algunos tenían que quedarse parados (en pie). 9. ¿Cómo ha
soportado el enfermo el largo viaje? 10. Aquí en el rincón hay un banco.
Sentémonos aquí.
(_b_) 1. I am tired of sitting. Let's all stand up for a few minutes. 2.
Who is that boy who is still sitting down? 3. How long are we going to
have to stand this? 4. We sat down to rest a few minutes because we
were tired. 5. The house stands a little to the right of the church. 6.
She has been sitting here so very, very quiet that I had almost
forgotten her. 7. You must always stand when a lady speaks to you. 8.
Turning the corner, he found himself in a little square that he had
never seen before. 9. Put the table in the corner. We want to sit there.
10. There was a lady whom I didn't know standing by the window.