| Description |
xvi, 304 p. ; 24 cm. |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
The Alphabet -- Greetings and Salutations -- Elements of a Sentence -- Nouns, Articles, and Adjectives -- The Gender of Nouns and the Definite Article -- Singular Nouns -- Plural Nouns -- The Indefinite Article -- Singular Indefinite Articles -- Plural Indefinite Articles -- Adjectives -- Singular Form of Adjectives -- Plural Form of Adjectives -- Estar, Ser, and Subject Pronouns -- Subject Pronouns -- Estar (to be) -- Ser (to be) -- Reading Comprehension La casa -- Hay, Interrogative Words, Days, and Months -- Hay -- Interrogative Words -- Prepositions -- Days of the Week, Months, and Seasons -- Reading Comprehension Un pueblo colonial -- Reading Comprehension El cine -- Numbers, Dates, and Time -- Cardinal Numbers -- Ordinal Numbers -- The Date -- Telling Time -- Reading Comprehension El restaurante -- Reading Comprehension El oficio de la casa -- Regular Verbs -- Uses of the Present Tense -- -Ar Verbs -- -Er Verbs -- -Ir Verbs -- -Ar and -er Verbs with More than One Meaning -- Reading Comprehension Una escuela en Mexico -- Irregular Verbs -- -Ar Verbs -- -Er Verbs -- -Ir Verbs -- Reading Comprehension El tren -- Ir and the Future -- Ir (to go) -- The Future with the Verb ir -- Idioms -- Idioms with the Verb tener -- Other Idioms -- Useful Words: que and para -- The Relative Pronoun que -- The Conjunction que -- The Preposition para -- Key Vocabulary -- Las partes del cuerpo (Parts of the Body) -- La familia -- Time Expressions with hacer -- Reading Comprehension La cita -- Adjectives and Adverbs -- Possessive Adjectives -- Demonstrative Adjectives -- Neuter Demonstrative Pronouns -- Adjectives of Nationality -- Adjectives That Precede a Noun -- Comparative Adjectives -- Superlative Adjectives -- Irregular Comparatives and Superlatives -- Comparing Nouns -- Comparing Verbs -- Adverbs -- Adverbs That Do Not Take the Suffix -mente -- Reading Comprehension La fiesta -- Negatives and Prepositions -- Negatives -- Prepositions -- Prepositions Followed by Verbs or Nouns -- Prepositions Followed by Nouns or Pronouns -- Pronouns That Follow Prepositions -- The Preposition por -- Por and para Compared -- Reading Comprehension El circo -- Key Vocabulary -- Nature -- Weather -- Reading Comprehension El trabajo -- Objects, Reflexive Verbs, and the Present Subjunctive -- The Indirect Object -- Gustar and the Indirect Object -- Me gusta and me gustan -- Te gusta and te gustan -- Le gusta and le gustan -- Nos gusta and nos gustan -- Les gusta and les gustan -- Verbs Like gustar -- The Indirect Object Pronoun -- Position of the Indirect Object Pronoun -- Reading Comprehension Ir de compras -- Reading Comprehension El viaje -- The Direct Object -- The Personal a and the Direct Object -- Transitive Verbs -- The Direct Object Pronoun -- Position of the Direct Object Pronoun -- The Direct Object Pronoun as a Person -- The Direct Object Pronoun as a Thing -- Reading Comprehension La bienvenida -- Reflexive Verbs -- The Reflexive Pronouns -- Some Frequently Used Reflexive Verbs -- Reflexive Verbs Whose English Translations Do Not Necessarily Include Oneself -- Position of the Reflexive Pronoun -- Reflexive Verbs with Parts of the Body and Clothing -- Reflexive Verbs That Express Emotion -- Reflexive Verbs That Express Movement -- Reflexive Verbs That Express "To Become" -- Most Frequently Used Reflexive Verbs -- Reflexive Verbs with Reciprocal Meanings -- Se and Impersonal Expressions -- Reading Comprehension El encuentro -- The Present Subjunctive -- Formation of the Present Subjunctive -- -Ar Verbs -- -Er and -ir Verbs -- Irregular Verbs -- Verbs with Orthographic Changes -- Uses of the Present Subjunctive -- After Certain Impersonal Expressions -- After Certain Verbs -- After Certain Conjunctions -- After cuando -- In Certain Dependent Adjective Clauses -- After the Expressions por mas que and por mucho que -- After ojala -- After acaso, quizas, and tal vez -- After aunque -- After Compounds of -quiera -- After como -- Reading Comprehension La despedida -- Preterit Tense, Imperfect Tense, and Double Object Pronouns -- The Preterit Tense -- Formation of the Preterit -- Regular -ar Verbs -- Regular -er and -ir Verbs -- Uses of the Preterit -- To Express an Action Completed in the Past -- To Express a Series of Completed Actions in the Past -- To Express a Condition That Is No Longer in Effect -- Irregular Verbs -- -Ir Verbs with Stem Changes in the Third Person -- Verbs with Orthographic Changes -- -Ar Verbs -- -Er and -ir Verbs -- Verbs with Special Meanings in the Preterit -- Reading Comprehension En la corte (primera escena) -- The Imperfect Tense -- Formation of the Imperfect -- Regular -ar Verbs -- Regular -er and -ir Verbs -- Irregular Verbs -- Uses of the Imperfect -- To "Set the Stage" in the Past; to Express a Narration, Situation, or Background -- To Express Habitual, Customary, or Repeated Actions in the Past -- To Express Continuous Actions in the Past -- To Express a Description in the Past -- To Express Point of Origin in the Past -- To Express Time in the Past -- To Express One's Age in the Past -- Preterit and Imperfect Compared -- Querer, poder, saber -- Double Object Pronouns -- Indirect Object Pronoun with Direct Object Pronoun -- Reflexive Pronoun with Direct Object Pronoun -- Se Plus the Indirect Object Pronoun and Unplanned Occurrences -- Reading Comprehension El juicio (segunda escena) |
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Spanish language -- Grammar.
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Spanish language -- Self-instruction.
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Spanish language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers -- English.
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