Efnisyfirlit

• About the Authors
• Dedication
• Author’s Acknowledgments
• Contents at a Glance
• Table of Contents
• Introduction
  • About This Book
  • Conventions Used in This Book
  • Foolish Assumptions
  • How This Book is Organized
  • Icons Used in This Book
  • Where to Go from Here
• Book I: Speaking in Everyday Settings
  • Chapter 1: Warming Up with the Bare Basics
    • Starting with What You Already Know
    • Reciting Your ABC’s
    • Honing Your Pronunciation Skills
    • Getting Familiar with Punctuation Rules
    • Brushing Up on Basic Phrases
  • Chapter 2: Uno, Dos, Tres: Numbers, Colors, Dates, and Time
    • Counting with Ordinal and Cardinal Numbers
    • Adding a Touch of Color
    • Making Dates
    • Telling Time
    • Exploring Common Expressions of Time
  • Chapter 3: Greetings, Salutations, and Farewells
    • Greetings in Formal or Friendly Settings
    • Talkin’ the Talk
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    • Addressing Others by Name or Surname
    • Asking “How Are You?”
    • Talkin’ the Talk
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    • Saying “¡ Adios!”
  • Chapter 4: Engaging in a Little Chitchat
    • Sparking Conversations with Questions
    • Talkin’ the Talk
    • Chatting about the Weather
    • Talkin’ the Talk
    • Discussing Work, Hobbies, and Activities
    • Talkin’ the Talk
    • Discussing Family Matters and Relatives
    • Talkin’ the Talk
    • Talking about Where You Live
    • Talkin’ the Talk
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    • Engaging in “Small” Talk with Diminutives
    • Talkin’ the Talk
    • Brushing Up on Common Expressions
    • Use It or Lose It: Practicing What You Know
  • Chapter 5: Speaking of Food . . .
    • Getting Up to Speed on Table Talk
    • Eating and Drinking: Three Must-Know Verbs
    • Sampling the Exotic Cuisine
    • Talkin’ the Talk
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    • Going to Market
    • Talkin’ the Talk
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    • Shopping at the Supermercado
  • Chapter 6: Going Shopping
    • Checking Out the Local Department Stores
    • Talkin’ the Talk
    • Sampling the Goods with Probar (to Try)
    • Talkin’ the Talk
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    • Take That! The Verb Llevar
    • Talkin’ the Talk
    • Comparing Products: Good, Better, Best
    • Adding Even More Emphasis
    • Shopping in Specialty Stores
    • Sticking with Traditional Markets
    • Talkin’ the Talk
  • Chapter 7: Conversing Over the Phone
    • Placing a Call
    • Delivering an Effective Opening Line
    • Slowing Down and Spelling It Out
    • Talkin’ the Talk
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    • Calling Listening, Hearing, and Other Phone-y Verbs
  • Chapter 8: Asking Directions
    • Going Places with ¿Dónde?
    • Where Is . . . ? Where Are . . . ?
    • Using Yourself as a Reference Point
    • Talkin’ the Talk
    • Space Travel: Grasping Spatial Directions
    • Referring to a Map When All Else Fails
    • Talkin’ the Talk
    • Dealing with the Normal Ups and Downs: Subir and Bajar
    • Being Here, There, and Everywhere
    • Knowing How Far to Go with Cerca and Lejos
    • Talkin the Talk
  • Chapter 9: Dealing with Emergencies
    • Hollering for Help
    • Dealing with Medical Issues
    • Talkin’ the Talk
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    • Calling the Police
    • Talkin’ the Talk
    • Talkin’ the Talk
    • Looking for Help with Buscar
• BookII: Grasping Basic Grammar Essentials
  • Chapter 1: Getting to Know Your Parts of Speech
    • Unveiling the Parts of Speech
    • Meeting Subject Pronouns Face to Face
  • Chapter 2: Addressing Gender Issues
    • Expressing Gender with Definite Articles
    • Indicating Gender with Indefinite Articles
    • Getting Particular with Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns
    • Sorting Out Masculine and Feminine Spanish Singular Nouns
    • Pluralizing Your Nouns
    • Becoming Possessive
  • Chapter 3: Dealing with the Here and Now: Present Tense Verbs
    • Conjugating Verbs in the Present Tense
    • Speaking of the Passive Voice . . .
    • Dealing with Irregulars
  • Chapter 4: ¿Qué? Asking Questions
    • Spanish Inquisitions
    • Yes, Sir/No, Ma’am: Answering Questions in Spanish
  • Chapter 5: What’s Happening: Present Participles and the Present Progressive Tense
    • Using Present Participles: It’s an “ing” Thing
    • Turning Regular Verbs into Present Participles
    • The Present Participle of Stem-Changing and Irregular Verbs
    • Expressing Progress with the Present Progressive
  • Chapter 6: Two More Simple Tenses: Future and Conditional
    • Peering into the Future
    • As If: The Conditional Tense
  • Chapter 7: Spicing Up Your Talk with Adjectives and Adverbs
    • Describing Stuff with Adjectives
    • Describing Actions with Adverbs
    • Comparing Stuff
  • Chapter 8: Defining Relationships with Prepositions
    • Meeting the Most Common Spanish Prepositions
    • Telling the Difference between Prepositions
    • Combining Prepositions with Infinitives
    • Brushing Up on Prepositional Pronouns
• Book III: Mastering More Advanced Grammar Essentials
  • Chapter 1: Getting Bossy with the Imperative Mood
    • Issuing Formal Commands
    • Delivering Informal Commands
  • Chapter 2: Getting Object Pronouns Involved
    • Acting Directly on Direct Object Pronouns
    • Using Indirect Object Pronouns
    • Picking the Right Object Pronoun for the Job
    • Putting Object Pronouns in Their Places
    • Doubling Up with Object Pronouns
  • Chapter 3: Involving Yourself in the Action with the Reflexive
    • Grasping the Concept of Reflexive Verbs
    • Doing More with Reflexive Verbs
    • Reflexivity Not Always Required
    • Enlisting the Aid of Reflexive Pronouns
    • Putting Reflexive Pronouns in Their Places
  • Chapter 4: Been There, Done That: Past (Preterit) Tense
    • Conjugating Regular Verbs in the Preterit
    • Using the Preterit in a Sentence
    • Facing Some Irregularities
  • Chapter 5: Continuing in the Past with the Imperfect Tense
    • Preterit or Imperfect? You Decide
    • Conjugating Regular Verbs in the Imperfect
    • Practicing the Imperfect with Timely Expressions
    • Meeting the Three Irregular Imperfect Verbs
  • Chapter 6: Getting That Subjunctive Feeling
    • Conjugating Regular Verbs in the Present Subjunctive
    • Confronting Irregularities
    • Wishing in the Subjunctive
    • Conveying Doubt, Opinion, or Incomplete Action
    • Stepping Up to the Imperfect Subjunctive
  • Chapter 7: Forming the Compound Tenses
    • Laying the Groundwork
    • Tackling the Pluperfect and Preterit Perfect
    • Forming the Future Perfect and Conditional Perfect
    • Encountering the Present Perfect Subjunctive
    • Doubting the Past with the Pluperfect Subjunctive
• Book IV: Spanish at Work
  • Chapter 1: Spanish for Healthcare Workers
    • First Things First: Key Words and Emergency Lingo
    • Admitting New Patients
    • Talkin’ the Talk
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    • Asking Questions: The Patient Interview
    • Talkin’ the Talk
    • Examining Your Patient
    • Talkin’ the Talk
    • Explaining the Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Chapter 2: Spanish for Law Enforcement Professionals
    • Breaking the Ice with Common Words and Phrases
    • Talkin’ the Talk
    • Dealing with Traffic Violations
    • Interviewing Witnesses
    • Taking a Suspect into Custody
  • Chapter 3: Spanish for Educators and Administrators
    • Admitting New Students
    • Talkin’ the Talk
    • Communicating with Students
    • Communicating with Parents
  • Chapter 4: Spanish for Banking and Financing
    • Brushing Up on Banker-Speak
    • Processing Common Transactions
    • Talkin’ the Talk
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    • Addressing Common Problems
  • Chapter 5: Spanish in the Office
    • Interviewing Job Candidates
    • Talkin’ the Talk
    • Explaining Compensation and Benefits
    • Describing Buildings, Furniture, Equipment, and Supplies
    • Training New Hires
  • Chapter 6: Spanish for Hotel and Restaurant Managers
    • Greeting Guests and Patrons
    • Talkin’ the Talk
    • Training the Housekeeping Staff
    • Training the Laundry Room Staff
    • Managing Spanish in the Kitchen
  • Chapter 7: Spanish for Builders, Mechanics, and Factory Workers
    • Brushing Up on the Tools of the Trade
    • Using the Tools of the Trade
    • Issuing Common Commands
    • Talkin’ the Talk
    • Communicating on the Factory Floor
  • Chapter 8: Spanish for Real Estate Professionals
    • Setting Appointments
    • Understanding Your Clients
    • Talkin’ the Talk
    • Describing Homes
    • Discussing the Financing and Purchase
    • Navigating the Closing
    • Dealing with Sellers
  • Chapter 9: Spanish for Gardening and Landscaping
    • Brushing Up on the Tools of the Trade
    • Commanding Your Crew
    • Prepping the Ground for Planting
    • Planting Trees, Shrubs, and Flowers
    • Lawn Care Lingo
• Book V: Appendixes
  • Appendix A: Spanish Verbs
    • Regular Spanish Verbs
    • Irregular Spanish Verbs
    • Stem-Changing Spanish Verbs
    • Spelling-Changing Spanish Verbs
  • Appendix B: Spanish-English Mini Dictionary
  • Appendix C: English-Spanish Mini Dictionary
  • Appendix D: About the CD
    • What You’ll Find on the CD
    • Customer Care
• Index

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