Overview

A comprehensive and actionable Spanish resource Spanish All-In-One For Dummies, 2nd Edition walks you through a step-by-step roadmap of Spanish basics—including how to speak, write, and read Spanish in common, everyday situations. This guide is packed with practice opportunities, online audio, and intuitively organized info you can use immediately as you improve your conversational Spanish. The book contains concrete and memorable lessons that stick—helping you apply what you’ve learned to real-world situations with ease. Inside: Practice speaking, understanding, and writing Spanish with lots of examples Discover verb conjugation rules, sentence structures, and other grammar conventions Listen to Spanish conversations and work on your pronunciation Perfect for Spanish students looking for an easy-to-follow reference to supplement their classroom learning, Spanish All-In-One For Dummies, 2nd Edition is also an essential resource for anyone who would like to brush up on their Spanish fundamentals.

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Author:   Gail Stein ,  Cecie Kraynak
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:   For Dummies
Edition:   2nd Edition
Dimensions:   Width: 18.30cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.748kg
ISBN:  

9781394385201

ISBN 10:   139438520
Pages:   576
Publication Date:   09 February 2026
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Introduction 1 Book 1: Getting Started with Spanish 5 Chapter 1: Sounding Like a Native Speaker 7 Chapter 2: Talking Numbers, Time, and the Weather 19 Chapter 3: Updating Your Personal Profile 35 Chapter 4: Satisfying Your Appetite 59 Chapter 5: Shopping Until You Drop. 79 Chapter 6: Going Places: Planes, Trains, Taxis, & More 95 Chapter 7: Finding a Place to Stay 111 Book 2: Grasping Basic Grammar 125 Chapter 1: Flipping Through the Dictionary 127 Chapter 2: Addressing Gender Issues 139 Chapter 3: Navigating Pronouns 155 Chapter 4: Dealing with the Here and Now: Present Tense Verbs 177 Chapter 5: Reflecting on Reflexive Verbs 195 Chapter 6: Using the Present Progressive 203 Chapter 7: Spicing It Up with Adjectives and Adverbs 211 Chapter 8: Asking Questions: Being Positive and Negative 227 Book 3: Mastering More Advanced Grammar 241 Chapter 1: Understanding Prepositions and Conjunctions 243 Chapter 2: Been There, Done That: Past (Preterit) Tense 259 Chapter 3: Continuing in the Past with the Imperfect Tense 271 Chapter 4: Getting That Subjunctive Feeling 279 Chapter 5: Being Bossy with the Imperative Mood 299 Chapter 6: Preparing for the Future and the Conditional 313 Chapter 7: Forming the Compound Tenses 321 Chapter 8: Being Passive 333 Book 4: Spanish at Work 337 Chapter 1: Spanish for Domestic Workers. 339 Chapter 2: Spanish for Caregivers 359 Chapter 3: Spanish for Healthcare Workers 375 Chapter 4: Spanish for Gardeners and Landscapers 401 Chapter 5: Spanish for Law Enforcement Pros 413 Chapter 6: Spanish for Educators and Administrators 427 Chapter 7: Spanish for Office Managers 443 Chapter 8: Spanish for Hotel and Restaurant Personnel 459 Book 5: Appendixes 475 Appendix A: Spanish Verbs 477 Appendix B: Spanish-English Mini Dictionary 489 Appendix C: English-Spanish Mini Dictionary 507 Appendix D: Spanish Words That Change from Country to Country 527 Index 535

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Gail Stein, MA, is a foreign language instructor who has more than 30 years’ experience teaching in New York City public junior and senior high schools. She’s the author of Spanish Essentials For Dummies and Spanish Workbook For Dummies. Cecie Kraynak, MA, has more than 30 years’ experience teaching Spanish. She has authored several Spanish titles in the For Dummies series.

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