AN EASY INTRODUCTION ΤΟ SPANISH CONVERSATION CONTAINING ALL THAT IS NECESSARY TO MAKE A PARTICULARLY DESIGNED FOR PERSONS WHO HAVE LITTLE TIME TO STUDY OR ARE THEIR OWN INSTRUCTORS. Br M. VELAZQUEZ DE LA CADENA, PROFESSOR OF THE SPANISH; EDITOR OF OLLENDORFF'S SPANISH NEW YORK: D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, 549 & 551 BROADWAY. 1879. KC12153 HARVARD Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1849, By D. APPLETON & COMPANY, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York. PREFACE. Multum in parvo is the object of this small book; in which the student will find all the elements necessary to enable him in a very short time to enter into a conversation on the most usual topics. For this purpose, and in order that he may understand the questions put, or the answers given to him, should they be expressed in words different in tense or number from those contained in the dialogues, and also to afford him the best means to vary them himself, it has been deemed expedient to prefix to the vocabularies a synopsis of the Spanish language. The learner is earnestly desired to study it attentively, so as to become perfectly familiar with the conjugation of the verbs; a thorough knowledge of which will render his progress easy, sure, and speedy. Persons unaccustomed to commit tasks to memory, will do well to begin by learning daily a set |