DIY Spanish
1st Edition
0071776095
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9780071776097
© 2012 | Published: October 13, 2011
The right tool for the task of speaking Spanish, minimizing the fluff and fillerWhen you want to get a job done right, you do it yourself. With DIY Spanish, you can build your Spanish language skills on your own without the distraction of minor detai…
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IntroductionPOWER TOOLS1. Needs & Wants: Fast Verbs2. The Future3. Likes & Dislikes: Gustar4. Expressing ObligationHAND TOOLS5. Identifying Origin, Characteristics: Ser6. Describing Condition & Telling Location: Estar7. Object Pronouns: People & Things8. There Is/There Are: HayNUTS & BOLTS9. Commands: Instruction & Suggestion10. Reflexive Verbs11. To Know: Saber & Conocer12. Past Tenses: Preterite & ImperfectThe Tool Shed13. The Essential Tenses14. Asking Question: Interrogatives15. Irregular Verbs16. Pronunciation17. Making Words Match18. Possession19. Telling Time20. This & These, That & Those21. Comparisons22. Contractions23. Stem-Changing Verbs24. NumbersVOCABULARY25. Taking a Trip & Lodging26. Getting Around Roads & Cities27. Restaurant & Food28. Family & Home29. Daily Routine30. Sports & Games31. Art & Culture32. Health & Medicine33. Social Life34. Politics & The Media35. Work & Professions36. School37. Clothes38. Essential Words39. Most Common Verbs40. Cognates: Instant Vocabulary41. Adjectives
The right tool for the task of speaking Spanish, minimizing the fluff and filler
When you want to get a job done right, you do it yourself. With DIY Spanish, you can build your Spanish language skills on your own without the distraction of minor details. This part-workbook/part-reference gets straight to the point, offering useful structures, model sentences, essential vocabulary and grammar to get you communicating in a basic, functional manner.
Your Spanish language-learning toolbox includes:
- Power Tools Focuses on how to communicate basic wants, desires, future plans, likes & dislikes, and needs
- Hand Tools Essential for describing and identifying your surroundings and yourself
- Nuts & Bolts Covers common structures like commands and past tenses
- The Tool Shed A comprehensive reference and review of the important tenses, telling time, possession, irregular verb charts, and 13 theme-based vocabulary sections with the essential “fill-in” words, common verbs, cognates, and adjectives