SPANISH COMPOSITION

BY
EDITH J. BROOMHALL
CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, MINNEAPOLIS
MINNESOTA

ALLYN and BACON
BOSTON       NEW YORK       CHICAGO
ATLANTA       SAN FRANCISCO

COPYRIGHT, 1921,BY EDITH J. BROOMHALL.

Norwood Press
J. S. Cushing Co.—Berwick & Smith Co.
Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.

PREFACE

This book aims to teach Spanish idiom. The greatest hindrance to the useof idiomatic Spanish lies in the failure to realize that common Englishwords have various Spanish meanings.

To meet this difficulty, the notes and exercises of SpanishComposition are focused on the errors beginners most frequently make.For instance, attention is drawn to the fact that words like up,down, out, in, away are usually included in the Spanish verb,which is often entirely different from the English expression. Thus,while "to get" is obtener, "to get up" is levantarse.

Of course the treatment cannot be exhaustive, but enough examples aregiven to show the pupil the necessity of thinking before translatingeven the commonest words and phrases. The aim has been to give a simpleand specific discussion of everyday expressions rather than to try tocover the entire field of Spanish idiom.

About two hundred and fifty quotations from famous Spanish authorsillustrate the various idioms and acquaint the learner with the greatnames of Spanish literature.

I wish to express my hearty thanks to Dr. Harry Kurz of CarletonCollege, and to my colleagues in the Minneapolis High Schools, SeñorFernando García and Señor Julius Arrieta, who have read the work eitherin manuscript or in proof.

Edith J. Broomhall.

    Central High School,
Minneapolis, Minnesota.
          January, 1921.