Table of Contents
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