501 Spanish Verbs

by Kendris, Christopher

• ISBN13: 9780764124280
• ISBN10: 0764124285
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-05-01
• Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Inc

Summary

With more than 1.5 million copies in print, the new, updated edition of thisll-time best-selling language book of Spanish verbs is now printed in twoolours for increased ease of reference. The most important and most commonlysed Spanish verbs are presented alphabetically in chart form, one verb perage, and conjugated in all persons and tenses, both active and passive. Thishorough guide to the use of verbs features many additional references andips, including a bilingual list of more than 1,250 additional Spanish verbs,elpful expressions and idioms for travellers, and verb drills and tests withnswers explained at the back of the book.

Table of Contents

About the Authors	vi
Preface to the Fifth Edition	viii
Introduction	ix
Formation of the present and past participles in Spanish	xi
Passive voice and active voice	xiv
Abbreviations	xv
Principal parts of some important Spanish verbs	xvi
Sample English verb conjugation	xviii
A summary of meanings and uses of Spanish verb tenses and moods as related to English verb tenses and moods	xx
The Spanish alphabet and the new system of alphabetizing	xl
Subject pronouns	xlii
Alphabetical listing of 501 Spanish verbs fully conjugated in all the tenses and moods	1	(502)
Appendix	503	(2)
Index of English-Spanish verbs	505	(14)
Index of common irregular Spanish verb forms identified by infinitives	519	(5)
Verbs used in idiomatic expressions	524	(14)
The Spanish infinitive and its principal uses: a note	538	(1)
Spanish proverbs and sayings using verbs	539	(1)
Weather expressions using verbs	540	(1)
Verbs with prepositions	541	(9)
Over 1,100 Spanish verbs conjugated like model verbs among the 501	550	(12)
EE-zee guide to Spanish pronunciation	562	(2)
Thirty practical situations for tourists	564	(31)
Popular phrases, words, and expressions for tourists	595	(24)
Verb drills and tests with answers explained	619	(47)
Definitions of basic grammatical terms with examples in English and Spanish	666