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Author Gutin, Julie.

Title The Everything Essential Spanish Book : All You Need to Learn Spanish in No Time / Julie Gutin ; technical review by Fernanda Ferreira
Published Cincinnati : F+W Media, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (367 pages)
Series Everything
Everything series.
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; Occupation
Counting 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 Conocer
Present-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 Irregularities
Irregularities 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
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
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Subject Spanish language.
Spanish language -- Self-instruction
Spanish language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers -- English
Spanish.
Spanish language
Genre/Form Self-instruction
Textbooks
Form Electronic book
Author Ferreira, Fernanda
ISBN 9781440566226
1440566224