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A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish
John B. Butt, Carmen Benjamin, Moreira-Rodriguez Antonia
- 608 pages
- English
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A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish
John B. Butt, Carmen Benjamin, Moreira-Rodriguez Antonia
About This Book
A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish is a comprehensive, cohesive and clear guide to the forms and structures of Spanish as it is written and spoken today in Spain and Latin-America. It includes clear descriptions of all the main grammatical phenomena of Spanish, and their use, illustrated by numerous examples of contemporary Spanish, both Peninsular and Latin-American, formal and informal. Fully revised and updated, the sixth edition is even more relevant to students and teachers of Spanish.
The sixth edition includes:
⢠new chapters, providing more detail and examples of key areas of Spanish grammar;
⢠an increased number of Mexican examples to reflect the growing interest in this country's variety of Spanish;
⢠new information for readers studying Spanish and French together;
⢠a glossary of grammatical terms including English translations of Spanish terms.
The combination of reference grammar and manual of current usage is invaluable for learners at level B2âC2 of the Common European Framework for Languages, and Intermediate HighâAdvanced High on the ACTFL proficiency scales.
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1Gender of nouns
el abad/la abadesa abbot/abbess | el barĂłn/la baronesa baron/baroness |
el actor/la actriz actor/actress | el caballo/la yegua stallion/mare |
el leĂłn/la leona lion/lioness | el marido/la mujer husband/wife (or woman) |
el carnero/la oveja* ram/ewe (or sheep) | el padre/la madre father/mother |
el conde/la condesa count/countess | el prĂncipe/la princesa prince/princess |
el duque/la duquesa duke/duchess | el rey/la reina king/queen |
el elefante/la elefanta elephant | el sacerdote/la sacerdotisa priest/priestess |
el emperador/la emperatriz emperor/empress | el toro/la vaca* bull/cow |
el gallo/la gallina* cockerel/hen (or chicken) | el varĂłn (human) or el macho (animals)/la |
el hĂŠroe/la heroĂna hero/heroine (or heroin) | hembra male/female |
el hombre/la mujer man (see note 2) | el yerno/la nuera son/daughter-in-law (la |
el jabalĂ/ la jabalina wild boar | yerna is heard in parts of Lat. America) |
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface to the Sixth Edition
- Abbreviations and conventions
- 1 Gender of nouns
- 2 Plural of nouns
- 3 The definite article
- 4 The indefinite article
- 5 Adjectives
- 6 Comparison of adjectives and adverbs
- 7 Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns
- 8 Neuter article and neuter pronouns
- 9 Possessive adjectives and pronouns
- 10 Miscellaneous adjectives and pronouns
- 11 Numerals
- 12 Personal pronouns, subject
- 13 Personal pronouns used with prepositions
- 14 Personal pronouns, object
- 15 Le/les and lo/la/los/las
- 16 Forms of Spanish verbs
- 17 Use of indicative (non-continuous) verb tenses
- 18 Use of indicative (non-continuous) compound tenses
- 19 Continuous forms of verbs
- 20 The subjunctive
- 21 The imperative
- 22 The infinitive
- 23 Participles
- 24 The gerund
- 25 Auxiliary verbs
- 26 Personal a
- 27 Negation
- 28 Questions and exclamations
- 29 Conditional sentences
- 30 Pronominal verbs
- 31 Verbs of becoming
- 32 Passive and impersonal sentences
- 33 Ser and estar
- 34 âThere isâ, âthere areâ, âthere wasâ, âthere wereâ, etc.
- 35 Adverbs
- 36 Expressions of time
- 37 Conjunctions and discourse markers
- 38 Prepositions
- 39 Relative clauses and relative pronouns
- 40 Nominalizers
- 41 Cleft sentences
- 42 Word order
- 43 Diminutive, augmentative and pejorative suffixes
- 44 Spelling, accent rules, punctuation and word division
- Glossary of grammatical terms
- Bibliography and sources
- Index of English words
- Index of grammatical points and Spanish words