Bibliograph

The Everything Essential Spanish Book, All You Need to Learn Spanish in No Time, Julie Gutin ; technical review by Fernanda Ferreira

Type

Label

The Everything Essential Spanish Book, All You Need to Learn Spanish in No Time, Julie Gutin ; technical review by Fernanda Ferreira

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Everything Essential Spanish Book

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

855504600

Responsibility statement

Julie Gutin ; technical review by Fernanda Ferreira

Series statement

Everything

Sub title

All You Need to Learn Spanish in No Time

Summary

Learning Spanish can be easy and fun! Hola! If you've always wanted to learn Spanish, here's a quick and easy way to get started. Whether you're planning a vacation in Mexico or adding a valuable second language to your resume, The Everything Essential Spanish Book will help you order the right dish in a restaurant, answer customer's questions, or converse with locals when traveling. With easy-to-follow instructions and simple explanations, this portable guide covers the most important Spanish basics, including: The Spanish alphabet and translation Gr

Table Of Contents

Title Page; Contents; Introduction; Starting with the Basics; Developing Basic Lanuage Skills; What You Already Know; Learning the Common Suffixes; Pronunciation; Learning the Alphabet; Introducing the Vowels; Consonants; Introducing Accent Marks; Subjects; Determining the Gender; An "S" for Plural; How Articles Can Help; From Nouns to Pronouns; "You" and "You" and "You"; In Conjunction; Verbs; Working with Verbs; The Verb's Mood; The Most Basic Form: Infinitive; The Present; Introducing Ser; Permanent States of Being: Ser; Place of Origin; Physical Characteristics; OccupationCounting on SerIntroducing Estar; Location and Temporary State; Physical State; Mental State; Point of Location; Estar and the Present-Progressive Tense; Which Is Which?; Other Verb Tenses; Conjugating Regular Verbs; Preterite Tense; Imperfect Tense; Present-Perfect Tense; Future Tense; Conditional Tense; Conjugating Ser and Estar; The Vocabulary of Time; Cardinal Numbers; Ordinal Numbers; Days of the Week; The Months and Seasons; Asking and Telling Time; Important Verbs to Know; To Have and to Have To: Tener; Haber: To Have or to Be?; To Finish: Acabar; To Go: Ir; To Know: Saber and ConocerPresent-Tense Irregular VerbsWhat's the Explanation?; Reviewing What You Already Know; Group Irregularities; Spelling Accommodations; Adding Accent Marks to Weak Vowels; Innate Irregularities; Direct and Indirect Objects; Transitive and Intransitive Verbs; Direct Objects; Reviewing the Personal A; Indirect Objects; Family and Friends; Possessive Constructions; Possessive Adjectives; Possessive Pronouns; The Verb Ser and Possession; The Family Gathering; Diminutives; Irregular Verbs: Moving Through Time; Conjugating the Preterite Tense; Spelling Accommodations; Group IrregularitiesIrregularities in Other Verb TensesImpersonal Assertions and the Subjunctive; Impersonal Assertions; Discussing the Weather; Imperative Constructions; Introducing the Subjunctive; Perfect Tenses in the Subjunctive; What You Like to Do; Likes and Dislikes; Just Saying "No"; Verbs That Act Like Gustar; What Do You Like to Do?; Any Questions?; Listen to the Intonation; Learn Your Interrogatives; Subject-Verb Switch and Interrogative Tags; Interjections; What's Better and What's Best?; Words for Everyday Life; Introducing Reflexive Verbs; Your Home; Dining Out; Copyright

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