Demystifying Spanish Grammar: Advanced Spanish Grammar, Clarifying the Written Accents, Ser / Estar, Para / Por, Imperfect / Preterite, & the Dreaded Spanish Subjunctive (English and Spanish Edition) - Softcover

Simpson, Brandon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0981646603 ISBN 13: 9780981646602

Publisher: Small Town Press, 2008

Synopsis

CONTENTS 1 ~ INTRODUCTION 2 ~ DEMYSTIFYING THE WRITTEN ACCENTS IN SPANISH Rule 1 For Accents-Stress | Rule 2 For Accents-Monosyllabic Homonyms | Rule 3 For Accents-Diphthong | Rule 4 For Accents-Interrogatives/Conjunctions | Rule 5 For Accents-Demonstrative Adjectives/Pronouns | The Diéresis 3 ~ DEMYSTIFYING SER AND ESTAR JETCO/LET Acronyms | Problematic Adjectives | Variable Adjectives (Adjectives that Change Meaning) | Other Uses of ser/estar | Tener 4 ~ DEMYSTIFYING PARA AND POR Basic Uses | Purpose vs. Reason | Other Uses of Por and Para | Para/Por Can Both Be Used 5 ~ DEMYSTIFYING THE IMPERFECT AND THE PRETERIT HIDE/STARS Acronyms | Aspect | "What was going on?/"What happened?" | Imperfect Progressive/Preterit Progressive | Habitual Past | Indirect Speech/Direct Speech | Problematic Verbs (ser, tener, querer, estar, creer, poder) | "Used to" in the Sense of "Would" 6 ~ DEMYSTIFYING THE SPANISH SUBJUNCTIVE I Present Subjunctive/DINNER/DISHES | Doubt/Uncertainty | Influence | Non-existence | Negating Certain Verbs | Emotional Reactions | Required Conjunctions (A-SPACE Conjunctions) | When There Is No Change In Subject | Impersonal Expressions | Adverbial Clauses | Other Adverbial Clauses | Trick Question 7 ~ DEMYSTIFYING THE SPANISH SUBJUNCTIVE II Imperfect Subjunctive | Note for Literature Students | When There Is No Change In Subject | Imperfect Subjunctive in Adverbial Clauses | Present Perfect Subjunctive | Past Perfect Subjunctive | Conditional Sentences | Concordance of Tenses | Using the Subjunctive with Ojalá | Using the Subjunctive with Como Si | Commands | Set Phrases | Future Subjunctive | Future Perfect Subjunctive 8 ~ CONCLUSION

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From the Publisher

This book has received so much praise from so many Spanish students and instructors. One Spanish instructor from St. Paul, Minnesota contacted the author on the phone to personally tell him that it was one of the best Spanish grammar books he had seen in years. This instructor operates Rojas Spanish.

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BOOKS ON SPANISH BY BRANDON SIMPSON

DEMYSTIFYING SPANISH GRAMMAR:  Clarifying the Written Accents, Ser / Estar, Para / Por, Imperfect/Preterite, & the Dreaded Spanish Subjunctive. As a Spanish tutor in college, I realized that nearly all the students I was tutoring were struggling to understand five specific grammatical concepts. They were struggling to understand the written accents, when to use the verbs ser and estar, when to use para or por, when to use the imperfect and the preterit, and all of them struggled with the dreaded Spanish subjunctive. So, I decided to write a book about these certain grammatical difficulties. The book itself grew out of handouts and worksheets I used.

SPANISH VERB TENSES: Conjugating Spanish Verbs (Irregular Verbs), Perfecting Your Mastery of Spanish Verbs in all the Tenses (Present, Past, & Future) & Moods (Indicative, Subjunctive, & Conditional). This book will teach you all about Spanish verbs and verb tenses.

DEMYSTIYFING SPANISH VOCABULARY: A Contextual Spanish Dictionary, Learning Spanish Words (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Prepositions) Through Context with Clear Explanations, Examples, and Flowcharts. There has never been a Spanish dictionary like this! It is the first of its kind. This dictionary focuses on a short list of nearly fifty words that many students, no matter their level, have difficulty with. Instead of giving standard translations that most dictionaries give, this dictionary takes context into consideration. When you see an entry for a word that has multiple translations in English, you will see a flowchart for the word. When beginning Spanish students start to learn their new language, they often don't use the right word. According to their dictionaries, they use the right word, but they never take context into consideration. This book will remedy this common problem. This book is by no means an exhaustive list of Spanish vocabulary. It should, however, open up your mind to the concept of context. There are nearly fifty English words that I have chosen for this book. On each page you will see a flowchart. In the first column, you will see the English word, the context in the second column, and the correct Spanish word in the third column. I also explain in greater detail some of the more confusing words. In some entries I use only the flowchart and examples. By the end of this book, your mind should have, what I call, a context filter.

Edition details

• Publisher: Small Town Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0981646603
• ISBN 13: 9780981646602
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 112