Directo al grano A Complete Reference Manual for Spanish Grammar

by Gac-Artigas, Priscilla; Gac-Artigas, Gustavo

• ISBN13: 9780130848017
• ISBN10: 0130848018
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-11-19
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

An indispensable reference tool for anyone interested in mastering the Spanish language, this complete, reader-friendly guide for all language levels offers a succinct, clear, and easy-to-consult formatanswering all questions about the use of the Spanish language through concise, accurate and informative descriptions which cover all the complexity of specific grammatical points.Focuses on only one subject per chapter, making it easier to follow and to find any answer; each section begins with a definition of the concept in English and illustrates examples in Spanish with their translations, and covers the rules, the exceptions, uses and omissions for that particular grammatical concept. Provides a series of charts and formulas that assure mastery of the language in the clearest, fastest, and most effortless ways possible, and presents an appendix of 101 conjugated verbs.For anyone seeking a compact and complete reference on Spanish grammar.

Table of Contents

Preface	v
Acknowledgments	vi
Articles	1	(6)
Definite articles	1	(3)
Indefinite articles	4	(3)
Nouns	7	(6)
Gender	7	(4)
Plural of nouns	11	(2)
Adjectives	13	(14)
Descriptive adjectives	13	(4)
Numerical adjectives	17	(1)
Possessive adjectives	18	(2)
Demonstrative adjectives	20	(1)
Adjectives of quantity	20	(1)
Indefinite adjectives	21	(1)
Comparisons of equality with adjectives, adverbs, nouns, and verbs	22	(5)
Adverbs	27	(6)
Adverbs of manner	27	(1)
Adverbs of time	28	(1)
Adverbs of place	28	(1)
Adverbs of quantity	29	(1)
Adverbs of doubt, affirmation, and negation	29	(4)
Pronouns	33	(12)
Personal Pronouns	33	(12)
Verbs	45	(62)
Infinitive: uses of	45	(1)
Indicative	46	(1)
Present tense	46	(6)
Present participle (Gerund)	52	(2)
Present progressive	54	(1)
Present perfect	54	(1)
Past participle	55	(2)
Preterite	57	(3)
Imperfect	60	(2)
Preterite vs. imperfect	62	(3)
Verbs with different meaning in the preterite or imperfect	65	(1)
Past progressive	66	(1)
Past perfect	67	(1)
Future tense	67	(2)
Near future	69	(1)
Future perfect	69	(1)
Conditional	70	(3)
Subjunctive	73	(6)
Present subjunctive	79	(3)
Present perfect subjunctive	82	(1)
Imperfect subjunctive	83	(2)
Pluperfect subjunctive	85	(5)
Imperative	90	(4)
Ser and estar	94	(7)
Saber/conocer	101	(1)
Saber/poder	102	(1)
Idiomatic expressions with verbs	103	(4)
Prepositions	107	(12)
The preposition a	108	(2)
The preposition en	110	(1)
The preposition de	111	(2)
Por/para	113	(6)
Indefinites	119	(2)
Pronouns	119	(1)
Adjectives	119	(1)
Adverbials	120	(1)
Conjunctions	121	(4)
Coordinating conjunctions	121	(1)
Conjunctions of purpose	122	(1)
Subordinating or adverbial conjunctions	123	(1)
Adversative conjunctions: pero, sino, sin embargo	123	(2)
Interrogative words	125	(2)
¿Que? ¿Cual?	125	(1)
¿Cual + ser?	126	(1)
Exclamatory words	127	(2)
Exclamatory sentences with adverbs or adjectives	127	(1)
Exclamatory sentences with nouns	127	(1)
Exclamatory sentences with verbs	128	(1)
Accentuation	129	(4)
Rules for stressing words	129	(1)
Written accent	129	(4)
Diphthongs and Triphthongs	133	(2)
Diphthongs	133	(1)
Triphthongs	133	(2)
Syllabication	135	(1)
How to divide into syllables	135	(1)
Basic patterns you need to remember	136	(3)
Appendix: Index of verbs	139	(15)
About the authors	154