Spanish the Easy Way

by Silverstein, Ruth J.; Pomerantz, Allen; Wald, Heywood

• ISBN13: 9780812042047
• ISBN10: 0812042042
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1989-03-01
• Publisher: B E S Pub Co

Summary

This newly revised edition contains amusing dialogues and stories to introduce Spanish vocabulary and grammatical concepts to beginning students. Useful as an informal self-teaching manual, the book can also be used in a classroom situations as a language text or supplement. Over 100 illustrations.

Table of Contents

About the Authors	p. ix
Note to the Student and to the Teacher	p. x
A Word About Oral Proficiency	p. x
Introduction	p. xi
How to Use This Book	p. xii
A Basic Pronunciation Guide	p. xiii
Conversacion Preliminar	p. xv
Lecciones Preparatorias	p. 1
La casa The House (Home)	p. 2
Una escuela A School	p. 4
La ciudad The City	p. 6
Los alimentos Foods	p. 8
Acciones Actions	p. 10
Acciones Actions	p. 10
Descripciones Descriptions	p. 11
El cuerpo humano The Human Body	p. 13
Structures and Verbs	p. 15
iLa television es muy importante! The Noun and the Definite Article (Singular) Uses and Omissions	p. 17
Todo es rapido en la ciudad: The Noun and the Definite Article (Plural) Uses and Omissions	p. 27
El cumpleanos de Joselito: The Present Indicative Tense: Regular AR Conjugation	p. 37
La carta misteriosa: The Present Indicative Tense: Regular ER and IR Conjugations	p. 47
Conoce usted historia? Simple Negative; Interrogative Words	p. 59
El trabajo de la mujer es facil: The Indefinite Articles: Un, Una, Unos, Unas, Alguno, Ninguno	p. 67
Vamos a un pais tropical: Cardinal Numbers 1-31; Time: Days, Months; Seasons	p. 75
Asi es la vida: Irregular Verbs of the Present Indicative Tense	p. 89
Una excursion por la ciudad: Uses of the Preposition a	p. 99
De quien es este hueso? Uses of the Preposition de	p. 107
Quien soy yo? Ser (to be)	p. 119
Una enfermedad imaginaria: Estar (to be); Contrasting Uses of Estar and Ser; The Present Progressive Tense	p. 129
El consultorio sentimental: Descriptive Adjectives and Limiting Adjectives; use of tan ... como, mas, menos	p. 139
El hombre mas viejo del mundo: Cardinal Numbers: 31 to 3 billion	p. 149
Queridos mama y papa: Ordinal Numbers, Shortening of Adjectives bueno and malo, primero and tercero. More comparisons	p. 159
Si esta perdido, llame a un policia!: Formation and Use of the Direct Commands for "You" singular (Usted), "You" plural (Ustedes), and "Ourselves" (Nosotros)	p. 167
Su hija es una alumna excelente: Possessive Adjectives	p. 177
Casa a la venta: Demonstrative Adjectives	p. 185
Que dientes tan grandes tienes!: Common Adverbs; Exclamatory Que...!	p. 195
Que dice el horoscopo? Stem-Changing Verbs of ar and er Infinitives (Class I)	p. 203
Quiero ser rico: The Complementary Infinitive: After Prepositions	p. 215
Que vida tan cruel! Prepositional Pronouns	p. 223
Vamos a construir una casa! Direct Object Pronouns	p. 231
Un hombre moral: Indirect Object Pronouns	p. 241
No me gustan las hamburguesas: Gustar (to be pleasing, to like)	p. 251
Una noticia confusa: The Preterite Indicative: Regular Verbs	p. 261
Los muchachos de hoy son horribles! The Preterite Indicative: Irregular Verbs	p. 269
La Justicia siempre triunfa: Nunca, nada, nadie in Emphatic and Unemphatic Negation	p. 279
Loco o cuerdo? The Imperfect Tense	p. 291
Luna de miel: The Future Tense and the Conditional Tense	p. 299
Numero equivocado! Reflexive Verbs	p. 305
Mi nieto, el medico: Stem-Changing Verbs of IR Infinitives (Class II and Class III)	p. 311
Festival en la calle Ocho! The Present Perfect Tense	p. 323
Puesto vacante: The Familiar Commands for Tu	p. 329
Idioms and Dialogues	p. 335
Formulas de cortesia	p. 336
Expressions of Courtesy
Greetings
Welcomes
Introductions
General Inquiries
Taking Leave
El tiempo, la edad, las sensaciones	p. 345
The Weather
Age
Sensations
La hora, la fecha	p. 353
Telling Time
the Date
En la clase	p. 361
In the Classroom
Un sabado en el parque	p. 369
A Saturday in the Park
La cita	p. 377
The Appointment
Expressions of Time
Spanish-English Vocabulary	p. 384
English-Spanish Vocabulary	p. 398
Verb Reference Chart	p. 406
Answer Key	p. 409
Index	p. 431
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