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Informationen zum Autor Susana Wald is a translator, teacher, writer, and publisher. Klappentext Quick & easy approach gives you language fundamentals up front Words to Know section helps you find the right words fast Pronunciation key lets you talk the talk Hundreds of useful phrases at your fingertips Speak Spanish ? instantly! Traveling to Latin America or Spain but don't know Spanish? Taking Spanish at school but need to kick up your conversation skills? Don't worry! This handy little phrasebook will have you speaking Spanish in no time. Get Smart!@www.dummies.com Find a listings of all our books Choose from many different subject categories Sign up for eTips at etips.dummies.com Discover how to: Get directions, shop, and eat out Talk numbers, dates, time, and money Chat about family and work Discuss sports and the weather Deal with problems and emergencies Zusammenfassung Aims to offer a fun and easy way to speak Spanish. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1 About This Book 1 Conventions Used in This Book 2 Foolish Assumptions 2 Icons Used in This Book 3 Where to Go from Here 4 Chapter 1: I Say It How? Speaking Spanish 5 You Already Know Some Spanish 6 Beware of false friends 6 Some crossover influence 7 Reciting Your ABC's 8 Consonants 9 Vowels 16 The diphthongs 18 Pronunciation and Stress 19 Looking for stress, normally 20 Looking for accented vowels 20 Understanding accents on diphthongs 21 ¡Punctuation Plus! 21 Some Basic Phrases to Know 21 Chapter 2: Grammar on a Diet: Just the Basics. 23 Sentence Construction 23 Verbs 24 Regular verbs 24 Irregular verbs 26 Extra verbs charts 27 Forming Questions 31 Pronouns in Hiding 32 That Whole Gender Thing 33 Make It Two (or More): Plurals 35 Telling Tales with Adjectives 36 It's You, You Know: The Tú/Usted Issue 36 Chapter 3: Numerical Gumbo: Counting of All Kinds 39 1, 2, 3: Cardinal Numbers 39 Discovering Ordinal Numbers 41 Telling Time 42 You can tell time 42 But are you on time? 44 Days, Months, Seasons 45 What day is it? 45 Living month to month 47 Counting Your Money 48 Carrying cash 48 ATMs 49 Credit cards 51 Exchanging your dollars 52 Chapter 4: Making New Friends and Enjoying Small Talk 55 Hello! Greetings and Introductions 55 Formal introductions 55 Informal introductions 57 Small-Talk Verbs 58 Llamarse: Calling 58 Ser: Being 59 Estar: The second being 62 Hablar: Speaking 64 Trabajar: Working 67 Entender: Understanding 67 Vivir: Living 68 Small-talk apologies 69 Grand Inquisitor: Questions 70 A Rainy Day: Talking Weather 72 How Is Your Family? 73 Chapter 5: Enjoying a Drink and a Snack (or Meal!) 75 Getting the Table and Meal Basics 75 Three Verbs Used at the Table 76 To take and to drink: The verb tomar 77 For drinking only: The verb beber 77 For eating: The verb comer 78 At the Restaurant 79 What's on the Menu? 81 The Bill, Please 85 Chapter 6: Shop 'Til You Drop 87 Heading Out on the Town 87 Browsing around 87 Getting around the store 88 Requesting color and size 89 Getting the right fit 91 Using the shopping verb: Comprar 92 Wearing and taking: The verb llevar 93 Shopping the Traditional Market 94 Shopping for food 94 Scoping out special items 98 Visiting the Supermarket 100 Bartering for Your Goods 100 Getting t...
