Spanish All-in-One For Dummies

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• ISBN13: 9780470462447
• ISBN10: 0470462442
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-08-10
• Publisher: For Dummies

Summary

Your comprehensive guide to speaking, reading, and writing in Spanish!Want to speak Spanish? Looking to improve your Spanish skills? Now you can start today with these minibooks, which give you the expert instruction you need to master Spanish basics and beyond. From numbers and vocabulary to common phrases, conversations, and much more, you'll see how to communicate effectively in Spanish and use it in real-life situations. The practical exercises will give you greater confidence - and the bonus CD helps you start speaking Spanish from day one!Warm up with the basics - handle greetings and small talk and review pronunciation rules, letters, numbers, and datesSpeak in everyday settings - handle greetings and small talk, order food and purchase goods, talk on the phone, ask for directions, and deal with emergenciesGrasp grammar essentials - learn to identify and use the various parts of speech while you conjugate verbs in the simple past, present, and future tenseStretch your skills - issue commands with the imperative mood, take action on object pronouns, talk about yourself with the reflexive, and wish and hope with the subjunctiveTake Spanish to work - communicate with colleagues or customers at the office, tailor phrases to your line of work, and review example workplace scenarios for common professionsOpen the book and find:Basic and advanced Spanish grammarPronunciation tips and vocabulary chartsVerb conjugations for regular and irregular verbsMasculine and feminine nounsTips for using adjectives, adverbs, and prepositional phrasesProper ways to ask questionsThe inside scoop on the key verb haberKey phrases for numerous work environmentsSpanish-to-English and English-to-Spanish dictionariesBonus CD IncludesFeatures dialogues by native Spanish speakersAllows you to hear Spanish as it's really spokenPlease see the CD appendix for details and complete system requirements.

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Speaking in Everyday Settings

Warming Up with the Bare Basics

Uno, Dos, Tres: Numbers, Colors, Dates, and Time

Greetings, Salutations, and Farewells

Engaging in a Little Chitchat

Speaking of Food . .

Going Shopping

Conversing Over the Phone

Asking Directions

Dealing with Emergencies

Grasping Basic Grammar Essentials

Getting to Know Your Parts of Speech

Addressing Gender Issues

Dealing with the Here and Now: Present Tense Verbs

¿Qué? Asking Questions

What's Happening: Present Participles and the Present Progressive Tense

Two More Simple Tenses: Future and Conditional

Spicing Up Your Talk with Adjectives and Adverbs

Defi ning Relationships with Prepositions

Mastering More Advanced Grammar Essentials

Getting Bossy with the Imperative Mood

Getting Object Pronouns Involved

Involving Yourself in the Action with the Reflexive

Been There, Done That: Past (Preterit) Tense

Continuing in the Past with the Imperfect Tense

Getting That Subjunctive Feeling

Forming the Compound Tenses

Spanish at Work

Spanish for Healthcare Workers

Spanish for Law Enforcement Professionals

Spanish for Educators and Administrators

Spanish for Banking and Financing

Spanish in the Office

Spanish for Hotel and Restaurant Managers

Spanish for Builders, Mechanics, and Factory Workers

Spanish for Real Estate Professionals

Spanish for Gardening and Landscaping

Appendixes

Spanish Verbs

Spanish-English Mini Dictionary

English-Spanish Mini Dictionary

About the CD

Index

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