Spanish Workbook For Dummies

Introduction 1

Part 1: Getting Started with the Basics 5

Chapter 1: Getting a Jump Start in Spanish 7

Chapter 2: Selecting the Proper Part of Speech 33

Part 2: The Here and Now 49

Chapter 3: Sorting Out Word Gender 51

Chapter 4: Coloring Your Sentences with Adjectives 73

Chapter 5: Expressing Yourself in the Present 91

Chapter 6: Expressing Yourself with Subjunctive Feeling 121

Chapter 7: Enriching Your Sentences with Adverbs and Comparisons 149

Part 3: Giving and Obtaining Information 163

Chapter 8: Getting Answers with the Right Questions 165

Chapter 9: Being Clear and Concise with Object Pronouns 185

Chapter 10: Reflecting on Reflexive Pronouns and Verbs 205

Chapter 11: Getting Attention with Commands 217

Chapter 12: Preparing to Connect with Prepositions 239

Part 4: Reminiscing about the Past and Seeing into the Future 253

Chapter 13: Leaving It Completely in the Past 255

Chapter 14: Looking Back with the Imperfect 269

Chapter 15: Seeing into the Future 283

Part 5: The Part of Tens 293

Chapter 16: Ten Most Common Mistakes in Spanish 295

Chapter 17: Ten Important Verb Distinctions 301

Part 6: Appendixes 307

Appendix A: Verb Charts 309

Appendix B: Thematic Vocabulary 319

Appendix C: English-Spanish Dictionary 331

Appendix D: Spanish-English Dictionary 335

Index 341