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Your one-stop guide to mastering the basics of Spanish

Can one book have all you need to communicate confidently in a new language? Yes, and that book is Spanish Verbs & Essentials of Grammar. It offers a solid foundation of major verbal and grammatical concepts of the language, from pronouns to idioms and expressions and from irregular verbs to expressions of time.

Each unit is devoted to one topic, so you can find what you need right away and get focused instruction immediately. Concise yet thorough, the explanations are supported by numerous examples to help you master the different concepts. And for those tricky verbs, Spanish Verbs & Essentials of Grammar includes a Verb Index of the most common verbs, cross-referenced with the abundant verb tables appearing throughout the book.

This book will give you:

• An excellent introduction to the basics of Spanish if you are a beginner or a quick, thorough reference if you already have experience in the language
• Contemporary usage of verbs, adjectives, pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, and other grammar essentials
• Examples that reflect contemporary usage and real-life situations

Your one-stop guide to mastering the basics of Spanish

Can one book have all you need to communicate confidently in a new language? Yes, and that book is Spanish Verbs & Essentials of Grammar. It offers a solid foundation of major verbal and grammatical concepts of the language, from pronouns to idioms and expressions and from irregular verbs to expressions of time.

Each unit is devoted to one topic, so you can find what you need right away and get focused instruction immediately. Concise yet thorough, the explanations are supported by numerous examples to help you master the different concepts. And for those tricky verbs, Spanish Verbs & Essentials of Grammar includes a Verb Index of the most common verbs, cross-referenced with the abundant verb tables appearing throughout the book.

This book will give you:

• An excellent introduction to the basics of Spanish if you are a beginner or a quick, thorough reference if you already have experience in the language
• Contemporary usage of verbs, adjectives, pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, and other grammar essentials
• Examples that reflect contemporary usage and real-life situations

Table of Contents:

Part One: Spanish Verbs
1. Pronunciation
2. Regular Verbs?Indicative Tenses
3. Perfect Tenses of the Indicative
4. Reflexive Verbs
5. Tenses of the Subjunctive Mood
6. Uses of the Subjunctive
7. Progressive Tenses
8. Irregular Verbs
9. Estar, Ser
10. Radical-Changing Verbs
11. Orthographic-Changing Verbs
12. Commands (Imperatives)
13. Passive Construction
14. Impersonal Verbs
15. Idiomatic Verbs
16. Verbs Followed by a Preposition
17. The Article
18. Nouns
19. Adjectives and Adverbs
20. Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns
21. Possessive Adjectives and Pronouns
22. Object Pronouns
23. Relative Pronouns
24. Negatives
25. Interrogatives and Exclamations
26. Para and Por; Pero and Sino
27. Practical Rules
28. Suffixes
29. Time
30. Numerals
31. Letters
32. Idioms
33. Vocabulary Lists
34. Verb Index