Full Description
3 hours of lessons on 3 CDs! The fun and easy way to communicate effectively in a new language!
Want to speak Spanish? Don't have a lot of time? This practical audio set is designed to help you learn quickly and easily at home or on the road. From basic greetings and expressions to grammar and conversations, you'll grasp the essentials and start communicating right away! Plus, you can follow along with the handy, 96-page portable guide—filled with the words and phrases you'll hear on the CDs as well as a mini dictionary.
Skip around and learn at your own pace
CD 1: Get started with basic words and phrases.
CD 2: Form sentences and practice parts of speech.
CD 3: Handle real-world situations.
Discover how to
Handle greetings and introductions
Ask questions and understand answers
Build your vocabulary
Talk about numbers, time, and the calendar
Ask for directions
Get help at a hotel, the bank, or a store
Contents
Introduction 1
About This Audio Set 1
Conventions Used in This Audio Set 1
Foolish Assumptions 2
How This Audio Set Is Organized 3
Where to Go from Here 3
Lesson 1:1: Welcome and Overview of CD1: The Basics 5
Lesson 1:2: Personal Pronouns and Formalities 6
Personal pronouns 6
Formalities 7
Lesson 1:3: Saying "Hello" and "Goodbye" 8
Greetings 8
Send-offs 8
Lesson 1:4: Saying and Replying to "How are you?" 10
Lesson 1:5: Introducing Yourself and Talking about Where You're From 11
Lesson 1:6: Indispensable Words 13
Making small talk 13
Asking for help 13
Miscellaneous words 14
Places 15
People 15
Lesson 1:7: Useful Expressions and Phrases 17
Lesson 1:8: Question Words 18
Lesson 1:9: Useful Questions (and Answers) 19
Lesson 1:10: You Can Count on Me: An Overview of Numbers 20
Lesson 1:11: Talking about Time 22
Lesson 1:12: Going through the Calendar and Forming the Date 23
Days 23
Months 23
Dates 24
Lesson 1:13: Directions 25
Lesson 2:1: Welcome and Overview of CD2: The Nitty Gritty: Language Structure 27
Lesson 2:2: Singular Nouns and Articles 28
Nouns on the street 28
Nouns for shopping 29
Nouns at home 30
Lesson 2:3: First Verbs: The Verbs to Like, to Have, to Need, and to Want 31
to like gustarse 31
to have tener 31
to need necesitar 32
to want querer 32
Lesson 2:4: Plural Nouns and Articles 33
Lesson 2:5: The Verb Ser (to Be) 35
Lesson 2:6: Adjectives 36
Colors (M/F) 36
Attributes (M/F) 37
Occupations (M/F) 38
Sentence examples with adjectives 38
Lesson 2:7: Degrees of Adjectives 39
Common comparisons 39
Lesson 2:8: Verbs in the Infinitive Form 40
Regular verbs 40
Irregular verbs 41
Lesson 2:9: Present Tense 42
Regular verbs ending with -ar 42
to look mirar 42
to speak hablar 42
Regular verbs ending with -er and -ir 43
to eat comer 43
Irregular verbs 43
to be (temporary/place) estar 43
to do/make hacer 44
to go ir 44
to say decir 44
Lesson 2:10: Simple Past Tense of Regular Verbs 46
Regular verbs 46
to speak hablar 46
to eat comer 47
Simple past tense with irregular verbs 47
to be (temporary/place) estar 47
to be ser 47
to do/make hacer 47
to go ir 48
to say decir 48
to have tener 48
Lesson 2:11: Simple Future 49
Lesson 2:12: Prepositions and Conjunctions 50
Prepositions 50
Conjunctions 51
Lesson 2:13: Forming Simple Sentences 52
Lesson 2:14: Negative Sentences 53
Lesson 2:15: Forming Questions 54
Lesson 3:1: Welcome and Overview of CD3: Real-World Situations 55
Lesson 3:2: At the Office 56
Vocabulary 56
Verbs 57
Lesson 3:3: On the Job 58
Vocabulary 58
Lesson 3:4: Making Small Talk 59
Sentences and phrases 59
Lesson 3:5: Making Appointments 60
Vocabulary 60
Verbs 60
Lesson 3:6: Making Travel Arrangements 61
Vocabulary 61
Verbs 61
Sentences and phrases 62
Lesson 3:7: Asking for Directions 63
Vocabulary 63
Sentences and phrases 64
Lesson 3:8: Asking for and Getting Help 65
Vocabulary 65
Emergency sentences and phrases 66
Lesson 3:9: At the Restaurant 67
Vocabulary 67
Verbs 68
Sentences and phrases 68
Lesson 3:10: At the Hotel 69
Vocabulary 69
Verbs 70
Sentences and phrases 70
Lesson 3:11: At the Bank 71
Vocabulary 71
Verbs 71
Sentences and phrases 72
Lesson 3:12: At the Store 73
Vocabulary 73
Verbs 74
Sentences and phrases 74
Mini-Dictionaries 75
