Spanish Phrases For Dummies [Paperback]

The fun and easy way to speak Spanish
With Mexico the #1 international destination for Americans, over 14 million secondary school students enrolled in Spanish classes, and Spanish the primary language in many neighborhoods from L.A. to Miami, this should easily be the most popular title in our new phrase book series, following in the footsteps of Spanish For Dummies (0-7645-5194-9), which has sold more than 300,000 copies.
Susana Wald is a writer, teacher, and translator.Introduction.

About This Book.

Conventions Used in This Book.

Foolish Assumptions.

Icons Used in This Book.

Where to Go from Here.

Chapter 1: I Say It How? Speaking Spanish.

You Already Know Some Spanish.

Beware of false friends.

Some crossover influence.

Reciting Your ABC’s.

Consonants.

Vowels.

The diphthongs.

Pronunciation and Stress.

Looking for stress, normally.

Looking for accented vowels.

Understanding accents on diphthongs.

¡Punctuation Plus!

Some Basic Phrases to Know.

Chapter 2: Grammar on a Diet: Just the Basics.

Sentence Construction.

Verbs.

Regular verbs.

Irregular verbs.

Extra verbs charts.

Forming Questions.

Pronouns in Hiding.

That Whole Gender Thing.

Make It Two (or More): Plurals.

Telling Tales with Adjectives.

It’s You, You Know: The Tú/Usted Issue.

Chapter 3: Numerical Gumbo: Counting l£3