, Complete Spanish
Step-by-Step
The Fastest Way to Achieve
Spanish Mastery
Barbara Bregstein
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, Contents
Preface xiii
Guide to Pronunciation xv
The Alphabet xx
Greetings and Salutations xx
I Elements of a Sentence
1 Nouns, Articles, and Adjectives 3
The Gender of Nouns and the Definite Article 3
Singular Nouns 3
Plural Nouns 6
The Indefinite Article 7
Singular Indefinite Articles 7
Plural Indefinite Articles 8
Adjectives 9
Singular Form of Adjectives 9
Plural Form of Adjectives 12
2 Estar, Ser, and Subject Pronouns 14
Subject Pronouns 14
Estar (to be) 15
Ser (to be) 18
Reading Comprehension La casa 25
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Step-by-Step
The Fastest Way to Achieve
Spanish Mastery
Barbara Bregstein
i-xx_001-600_McGrawHill_Complete.indb 1 6/30/16 12:09 AM
,Copyright © 2016 by McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of
1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval
system, without the prior written permission of the publisher.
ISBN: 978-1-25-964342-2
MHID: 1-25-964342-5
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MHID: 1-25-964341-7.
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and Android devices. More details about the features of the app are available on the inside front cover.
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cause arises in contract, tort or otherwise.
, Contents
Preface xiii
Guide to Pronunciation xv
The Alphabet xx
Greetings and Salutations xx
I Elements of a Sentence
1 Nouns, Articles, and Adjectives 3
The Gender of Nouns and the Definite Article 3
Singular Nouns 3
Plural Nouns 6
The Indefinite Article 7
Singular Indefinite Articles 7
Plural Indefinite Articles 8
Adjectives 9
Singular Form of Adjectives 9
Plural Form of Adjectives 12
2 Estar, Ser, and Subject Pronouns 14
Subject Pronouns 14
Estar (to be) 15
Ser (to be) 18
Reading Comprehension La casa 25
iii
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