Full Description
A comprehensive and actionable Spanish resource
Spanish All-In-One For Dummies, 2nd Edition walks you through a step-by-step roadmap of Spanish basics—including how to speak, write, and read Spanish in common, everyday situations.
This guide is packed with practice opportunities, online audio, and intuitively organized info you can use immediately as you improve your conversational Spanish. The book contains concrete and memorable lessons that stick—helping you apply what you've learned to real-world situations with ease.
Inside:
Practice speaking, understanding, and writing Spanish with lots of examples
Discover verb conjugation rules, sentence structures, and other grammar conventions
Listen to Spanish conversations and work on your pronunciation
Perfect for Spanish students looking for an easy-to-follow reference to supplement their classroom learning, Spanish All-In-One For Dummies, 2nd Edition is also an essential resource for anyone who would like to brush up on their Spanish fundamentals.
Contents
Introduction 1
Book 1: Getting Started with Spanish 5
Chapter 1: Sounding Like a Native Speaker 7
Chapter 2: Talking Numbers, Time, and the Weather 19
Chapter 3: Updating Your Personal Profile 35
Chapter 4: Satisfying Your Appetite 59
Chapter 5: Shopping Until You Drop. 79
Chapter 6: Going Places: Planes, Trains, Taxis, & More 95
Chapter 7: Finding a Place to Stay 111
Book 2: Grasping Basic Grammar 125
Chapter 1: Flipping Through the Dictionary 127
Chapter 2: Addressing Gender Issues 139
Chapter 3: Navigating Pronouns 155
Chapter 4: Dealing with the Here and Now: Present Tense Verbs 177
Chapter 5: Reflecting on Reflexive Verbs 195
Chapter 6: Using the Present Progressive 203
Chapter 7: Spicing It Up with Adjectives and Adverbs 211
Chapter 8: Asking Questions: Being Positive and Negative 227
Book 3: Mastering More Advanced Grammar 241
Chapter 1: Understanding Prepositions and Conjunctions 243
Chapter 2: Been There, Done That: Past (Preterit) Tense 259
Chapter 3: Continuing in the Past with the Imperfect Tense 271
Chapter 4: Getting That Subjunctive Feeling 279
Chapter 5: Being Bossy with the Imperative Mood 299
Chapter 6: Preparing for the Future and the Conditional 313
Chapter 7: Forming the Compound Tenses 321
Chapter 8: Being Passive 333
Book 4: Spanish at Work 337
Chapter 1: Spanish for Domestic Workers. 339
Chapter 2: Spanish for Caregivers 359
Chapter 3: Spanish for Healthcare Workers 375
Chapter 4: Spanish for Gardeners and Landscapers 401
Chapter 5: Spanish for Law Enforcement Pros 413
Chapter 6: Spanish for Educators and Administrators 427
Chapter 7: Spanish for Office Managers 443
Chapter 8: Spanish for Hotel and Restaurant Personnel 459
Book 5: Appendixes 475
Appendix A: Spanish Verbs 477
Appendix B: Spanish-English Mini Dictionary 489
Appendix C: English-Spanish Mini Dictionary 507
Appendix D: Spanish Words That Change from Country to Country 527
Index 535
