Argentine Spanish: A Guide to Speaking Like an Argentine: The Complete Lessons

Argentine Spanish: A Guide to Speaking Like an Argentine: The Complete Lessons

If you are planning a vacation to, going to study abroad or plan to live in Buenos Aires, this book is for you. You will learn not only Spanish, but all the Argentine variations that are different from the Spanish from Spain or Mexico. <br /><br />This is a book that brings Argentine Spanish to you. In addition to learning Argentine Spanish, developing and growing your grammar and vocabulary you will be learning the way in which “Porteños” (people from Buenos Aires) speak.<br /><br />It is well known that Argentines (and more specifically people from Buenos Aires) speak a kind of Spanish that includes many different variations: “What is VOS?”, “What does SOS mean?”, etc. <br /><br />This is not a book about “slang” even though you can find some here, it is a book that will teach you proper “Spanish Rioplatense” (the name for the Spanish surrounding the Rio del Plata including Buenos Aires and some parts of Uruguay) putting focus on some very typical Argentine idioms and words.<br /><br />You will find exercises after almost every lesson with the answers at the end.<br /><br />The aim of this book is to keep everything as simple as possible. Concepts are presented as straightforward as they can be. It is designed for you to have an easy reference to any concept you are stuck on or in need of review. Everything written in Spanish is provided as well in English, so you understand why or how certain words are used. <br /><br />This book is a collection of our Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced books. It contains 60 lessons that cover everything you need to know to start talking Argentine Spanish fast.<br />What is included?<br /><br />Beginner<br /><br />1THE PRONUNCIATION IN BUENOS AIRES<br />2Vos<br />3Greetings and Introductions<br />4Verbo Ser<br />5Artículos<br />6The verb “estar” <br />7The present tense<br />8The verb “Haber” – There is/There are<br />9The verb “Tener”- To have<br />10Preguntas <br />11The Future Tense<br />12Demonstrative Adjectives <br />13How to Define posetion<br />14The Verb “Gustar”: Do You Like?<br />15Irregular Verbs in The Present Tense<br />16Reflexive Verbs<br />17Common Expressions in Present Tense <br />18The Past Tense “Pretérito Indefinido”<br />19The Past Tense “Pretérito Perfecto Compuesto”<br />20Irregulars in the “Pretérito Indefinido” Past Tense<br />21Very Irregulars In the “Pretérito Indefinido” Past Tense<br />22Ya vs Todavía<br />23Time Expressions<br />24Basic Prepositions in Spanish<br /><br />Intermediate<br /><br />1The Verb “Soler”<br />2The Present Progressive<br />3Gustar, Caer Bien, Parecer<br />4Symtomps and Illness<br />5The Direct and Indirect Object<br />6How To Replace The Indirect and Direct Object In the Same Phrase<br />7The Imperfect Tense<br />8Using the Imperfect and Indefinite Past Tenses Together<br />9Connectors<br />10The Impersonal “SE”<br />11How to Identify<br />12Vocabulary Related to Home/Apartments<br />13Comparisons<br />14Por Vs. Para<br />15The Simple Future Tense<br />16The Simple Conditional Tense<br />17Giving Orders - The Imperative Tense<br />18The Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto – The Past Before The Past <br />19Reading Song Lyrics In Spanish<br />20Shopping in a Clothes Store – Vocabulary<br />21 The Verbs “Venir-ir” and “Traer-Llevar”<br /><br />Advanced<br /><br />1 Verbs of Change<br />2 Ser and Estar in the Past<br />3 The Subjunctive Mood in The Present<br />4 Subjunctive Mood – Opinions & Doubts<br />5Subjunctive With Emotions<br />6Subjunctive + Time Expressions<br />7Subjunctive + Para que<br />8Subjunctive + Recommendations<br />9Songs to Learn The Subjunctive<br />10Perfect Subjunctive<br />11Imperfect Subjunct<br />12Pluperfect Subjunctive<br />13“Should Have/Could Have Done…”<br />14Ojalá<br />15The Future Perfect<br />16Futuro con valor Probabilístico<br />17Relative Pronouns<br />18 Aunque<br />19Condicional Perifrástico<br />20Advanced Song Lyrics<br />21 Some Argentine Vocabulary<br /><br />