Preface | p. ix |
Guide to Pronunciation | p. xi |
The Alphabet | p. xvi |
Greetings and Salutations | p. xvi |
Elements of a Sentence | |
Nouns, Articles, and Adjectives | p. 3 |
The Gender of Nouns and the Definite Article | p. 3 |
Singular Nouns | p. 3 |
Plural Nouns | p. 6 |
The Indefinite Article | p. 7 |
Singular Indefinite Articles | p. 7 |
Plural Indefinite Articles | p. 8 |
Adjectives | p. 9 |
Singular Form of Adjectives | p. 9 |
Plural Form of Adjectives | p. 12 |
Estar, Ser, and Subject Pronouns | p. 14 |
Subject Pronouns | p. 14 |
Estar (to be) | p. 15 |
Ser (to be) | p. 18 |
Reading Comprehension La casa | p. 25 |
Hay, Interrogative Words, Days, and Months | p. 27 |
Hay | p. 27 |
Interrogative Words | p. 29 |
Prepositions | p. 31 |
Days of the Week, Months, and Seasons | p. 32 |
Reading Comprehension Un pueblo colonial | p. 33 |
Reading Comprehension El cine | p. 39 |
Numbers, Dates, and Time | p. 40 |
Cardinal Numbers | p. 40 |
Ordinal Numbers | p. 44 |
The Date | p. 46 |
Telling Time | p. 47 |
Reading Comprehension El restaurante | p. 51 |
Reading Comprehension El oficio de la casa | p. 54 |
Regular Verbs | p. 56 |
Uses of the Present Tense | p. 56 |
-Ar Verbs | p. 57 |
-Er Verbs | p. 62 |
-Ir Verbs | p. 64 |
-Ar and -er Verbs with More than One Meaning | p. 66 |
Reading Comprehension Una escuela en Mexico | p. 68 |
Irregular Verbs | p. 70 |
-Ar Verbs | p. 70 |
-Er Verbs | p. 72 |
-Ir Verbs | p. 75 |
Reading Comprehension El tren | p. 79 |
Ir and the Future | p. 82 |
Ir (to go) | p. 82 |
The Future with the Verb ir | p. 83 |
Idioms | p. 85 |
Idioms with the Verb tener | p. 85 |
Other Idioms | p. 87 |
Useful Words: que and para | p. 89 |
The Relative Pronoun que | p. 89 |
The Conjunction que | p. 89 |
The Preposition para | p. 90 |
Key Vocabulary | p. 91 |
Las partes del cuerpo (Parts of the Body) | p. 91 |
La familia | p. 92 |
Time Expressions with hacer | p. 93 |
Reading Comprehension La cita | p. 99 |
Adjectives and Adverbs | p. 102 |
Possessive Adjectives | p. 102 |
Demonstrative Adjectives | p. 104 |
Neuter Demonstrative Pronouns | p. 105 |
Adjectives of Nationality | p. 105 |
Adjectives That Precede a Noun | p. 108 |
Comparative Adjectives | p. 113 |
Superlative Adjectives | p. 114 |
Irregular Comparatives and Superlatives | p. 114 |
Comparing Nouns | p. 115 |
Comparing Verbs | p. 115 |
Adverbs | p. 117 |
Adverbs That Do Not Take the Suffix -mente | p. 119 |
Reading Comprehension La fiesta | p. 123 |
Negatives and Prepositions | p. 125 |
Negatives | p. 125 |
Prepositions | p. 131 |
Prepositions Followed by Verbs or Nouns | p. 132 |
Prepositions Followed by Nouns or Pronouns | p. 132 |
Pronouns That Follow Prepositions | p. 133 |
The Preposition por | p. 134 |
Por and para Compared | p. 136 |
Reading Comprehension El circo | p. 140 |
Key Vocabulary | p. 141 |
Nature | p. 141 |
Weather | p. 142 |
Reading Comprehension El trabajo | p. 149 |
Objects, Reflexive Verbs, and the Present Subjunctive | |
The Indirect Object | p. 153 |
Gustar and the Indirect Object | p. 153 |
Me gusta and me gustan | p. 153 |
Te gusta and te gustan | p. 155 |
Le gusta and le gustan | p. 156 |
Nos gusta and nos gustan | p. 157 |
Les gusta and les gustan | p. 157 |
Verbs Like gustar | p. 159 |
The Indirect Object Pronoun | p. 163 |
Position of the Indirect Object Pronoun | p. 165 |
Reading Comprehension Ir de compras | p. 174 |
Reading Comprehension El viaje | p. 175 |
The Direct Object | p. 177 |
The Personal a and the Direct Object | p. 177 |
Transitive Verbs | p. 178 |
The Direct Object Pronoun | p. 182 |
Position of the Direct Object Pronoun | p. 183 |
The Direct Object Pronoun as a Person | p. 184 |
The Direct Object Pronoun as a Thing | p. 186 |
Reading Comprehension La bienvenida | p. 191 |
Reflexive Verbs | p. 193 |
The Reflexive Pronouns | p. 193 |
Some Frequently Used Reflexive Verbs | p. 194 |
Reflexive Verbs Whose English Translations Do Not Necessarily Include Oneself | p. 195 |
Position of the Reflexive Pronoun | p. 195 |
Reflexive Verbs with Parts of the Body and Clothing | p. 197 |
Reflexive Verbs That Express Emotion | p. 197 |
Reflexive Verbs That Express Movement | p. 198 |
Reflexive Verbs That Express "To Become" | p. 199 |
Most Frequently Used Reflexive Verbs | p. 199 |
Reflexive Verbs with Reciprocal Meanings | p. 202 |
Se and Impersonal Expressions | p. 203 |
Reading Comprehension El encuentro | p. 204 |
The Present Subjunctive | p. 206 |
Formation of the Present Subjunctive | p. 206 |
-Ar Verbs | p. 207 |
-Er and -ir Verbs | p. 208 |
Irregular Verbs | p. 210 |
Verbs with Orthographic Changes | p. 210 |
Uses of the Present Subjunctive | p. 212 |
After Certain Impersonal Expressions | p. 212 |
After Certain Verbs | p. 214 |
After Certain Conjunctions | p. 220 |
After cuando | p. 221 |
In Certain Dependent Adjective Clauses | p. 223 |
After the Expressions por mas que and por mucho que | p. 223 |
After ojala | p. 223 |
After acaso, quizas, and tal vez | p. 224 |
After aunque | p. 224 |
After Compounds of -quiera | p. 224 |
After como | p. 224 |
Reading Comprehension La despedida | p. 231 |
Preterit Tense, Imperfect Tense, and Double Object Pronouns | |
The Preterit Tense | p. 235 |
Formation of the Preterit | p. 235 |
Regular -ar Verbs | p. 235 |
Regular -er and -ir Verbs | p. 236 |
Uses of the Preterit | p. 238 |
To Express an Action Completed in the Past | p. 238 |
To Express a Series of Completed Actions in the Past | p. 239 |
To Express a Condition That Is No Longer in Effect | p. 239 |
Irregular Verbs | p. 240 |
-Ir Verbs with Stem Changes in the Third Person | p. 246 |
Verbs with Orthographic Changes | p. 248 |
-Ar Verbs | p. 248 |
-Er and -ir Verbs | p. 251 |
Verbs with Special Meanings in the Preterit | p. 253 |
Reading Comprehension En la corte (primera escena) | p. 255 |
The Imperfect Tense | p. 257 |
Formation of the Imperfect | p. 257 |
Regular -ar Verbs | p. 257 |
Regular -er and -ir Verbs | p. 258 |
Irregular Verbs | p. 259 |
Uses of the Imperfect | p. 260 |
To "Set the Stage" in the Past; to Express a Narration, Situation, or Background | p. 260 |
To Express Habitual, Customary, or Repeated Actions in the Past | p. 260 |
To Express Continuous Actions in the Past | p. 261 |
To Express a Description in the Past | p. 261 |
To Express Point of Origin in the Past | p. 261 |
To Express Time in the Past | p. 262 |
To Express One's Age in the Past | p. 262 |
Preterit and Imperfect Compared | p. 265 |
Querer, poder, saber | p. 266 |
Double Object Pronouns | p. 270 |
Indirect Object Pronoun with Direct Object Pronoun | p. 270 |
Reflexive Pronoun with Direct Object Pronoun | p. 278 |
Se Plus the Indirect Object Pronoun and Unplanned Occurrences | p. 279 |
Reading Comprehension El juicio (segunda escena) | p. 282 |
Answer Key | p. 284 |
Index | p. 300 |
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