Leccioacute;n preliminar. Conversaciones breves (Brief conversations) Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar | |
Gender and number | |
The definite and indefinite articles | |
Subject pronouns | |
The present indicative of ser | |
Cardinal numbers 0–39 Business Communication: Greetings, farewells, and introductions in personal and telephone interaction with other people Leccioacute;n | |
El viaje de negocios Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar | |
The present indicative of regular -ar verbs | |
Interrogative and negative sentences | |
Forms and position of adjectives | |
Telling time | |
Cardinal numbers 300–1,000 | |
Uses of hay Business Communication: Travelling by plane, making plane reservations, arriving in a foreign country Leccioacute;n | |
En dos aeropuertos mexicanos Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar | |
Agreement of adjectives, nouns, and adjectives | |
The present indicative of regular -er and -ir verbs | |
Possession with de | |
Possessive adjectives | |
The personal a Business Communication: Dealing with immigration officers and custom inspectors, exchanging dollars for foreign currencies Leccioacute;n | |
En el hotel Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar | |
The irregular verbs ir, dar, and estar | |
Ir a + infinitive | |
Uses of the verbs ser and estar | |
Contractions Business Communication: Making hotel reservations, giving personal and credit card information, complaining about hotel accommodations Leccioacute;n | |
Las comidas Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar | |
The irregular verbs tener and venir | |
Expressions with tener | |
Comparative forms | |
Irregular comparative forms Business Communication: Dining at a restaurant, finding information about typical local food, asking what some dishes consist of, finding out how dishes are served Leccioacute;n | |
Comprando para importar Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar | |
Stem-changing verbs (e:ie) | |
Some uses of the definite article | |
The present progressive Business Communication: Make an appointment to buy goods abroad to be imported to the US, conducting a subsequent interview, finding out about quality and other features of the goods, finding out about prices and paying terms and conditions Repaso (Lecciones 1–5) Leccioacute;n | |
Vendiendo para exportar Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar | |
Stem-changing verbs (o:ue) | |
Affirmative and negative expressions | |
Pronouns as object of a preposition | |
Direct object pronouns Business Communication: Visiting with a prospective client in a Latin American country, negotiating to sell merchandise to be exported from the US Leccioacute;n | |
Medios de comunicacioacute;n Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar | |
Stem-changing verbs (e:i) | |
Irregular first-person forms 3. Saber contrasted with conocer | |
Indirect object pronouns Business Communication: Inquiring about the availability of communication facilities in a foreign country, how to procure and use communication facilities Leccioacute;n | |
El transporte de pasajeros Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar | |
Pedir contrasted with preguntar | |
Special construction with gustar, doler, and hacer falta | |
Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns | |
Direct and indirect object pronouns used together Business Communication: Dealing with the use of different means of passenger transportation, taking a bus or a taxi, renting a car, requirements for renting and driving a car in a foreign country Leccioacute;n | |
El transporte de mercanciacute;as Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar | |
Possessive pronouns | |
Reflexive constructions | |
Command forms: Ud. and Uds | |
Uses of object pronouns with command forms Business Communication: Dealing with the transportation of merchandise by air, train, or truck; old problems and new solutions regarding the transportation of merchandise between two countries Leccioacute;n | |
Contratando personal Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar | |
The preterit of regular verbs | |
The preterit of ser, ir, and dar | |
Uses of por and para Business Communication: Conducting an interview when hiring personnel Repaso (Lecciones 6–10) Leccioacute;n | |
La contabilidad de la empresa (I) Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar | |
Time expressions with hacer | |
Irregular preterits | |
The preterit of stem-changing verbs (e:i and o:u) | |
Command forms: tuacute; Business Communication: Dealing with accounting and accountants Leccioacute;n | |
La contabilidad de la empresa (II) Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar | |
En and a as equivalents of at | |
The imperfect tense | |
The past progressive | |
The preterit contrasted with the imperfect Business Communication: Dealing with accounting and accountants Leccioacute;n | |
El impuesto sobre la renta Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar | |
Changes in meaning with the imperfect and preterit of conocer, saber, and querer | |
Hace meaning ago | |
Uses of se | |
¿Queacute;? and ¿Cuaacute;l? used with ser Business Communication: Preparing the income tax declaration for Spanish-speaker with no or limited knowledge of English Leccioacute;n | |
En la agencia de publicidad Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar | |
The past participle | |
The present perfect tense | |
The past perfect (pluperfect) tense Business Communication: Dealing with clients in an advertising agency, working in sales at a department store Leccioacute;n | |
Abriendo cuentas Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar | |
The future tense | |
The conditional tense | |
Some uses of the prepositions a, de, and en Business Communication: Dealing with customers at the bank Repaso (Lecciones 11–15) Leccioacute;n | |
Solicitando preacute;stamos Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar | |
The present subjunctive | |
The subjunctive with verbs of volition | |
The absolute superlative Business Communication: Dealing with bank customers asking for different types of loans Leccioacute;n | |
Comprando una casa Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar | |
The subjunctive to express emotion | |
The subjunctive with some impersonal expressions | |
Formation of adverbs Business Communication: Dealing with clients who want to buy or sell real estate, refinancing properties Leccioacute;n | |
Alquilando un local comercial Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar | |
The subjunctive to express doubt, disbelief, and denial | |
The subjunctive to express indefiniteness and nonexistence | |
Diminutive suffixes Business Communication: Renting commercial space Leccioacute;n | |
Vendiendo y comprando seguros Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar | |
The subjunctive after certain conjunctions | |
The present perfect subjunctive | |
Uses of the present perfect subjunctive Business Communication: Selling insurance to a Spanish-speaking prospective client Leccioacute;n | |
En el bufete de una abogada Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar | |
The imperfect subjunctive | |
Uses of the imperfect subjunctive | |
If clauses Business Communication: Talking to a client with reference to a civil case Repaso (Leccione | |
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