Spanish Grammar You Really Need To Know: Teach Yourself
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Spanish Grammar You Really Need To Know: Teach Yourself

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  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Spanish Grammar You Really Need To Know: Teach Yourself

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Comprehensive and clear explanations of key grammar patterns and structures are reinforced and contextualized through authentic materials. You will not only learn how to construct grammar correctly, but when and where to use it so you sound natural and appropriate. Spanish Grammar You Really Need to Know will help you gain the intuition you need to become a confident communicator in your new language.

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Asking for and giving personal information
In this unit, you will learn how to:
‱ say who you are
‱ state your nationality
‱ say where you are from
‱ say what your occupation is
‱ give similar information about other people
‱ ask for personal information
Language points
‱ subject pronouns
‱ ser in the present tense
‱ gender of nouns
‱ plural of nouns
‱ adjectives indicating nationality
‱ interrogative sentences
‱ negative sentences
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Key sentences
The key sentences and grammar notes which follow will show you how to ask for and give simple personal information in Spanish. Look at the sentences and their English translation first then read the Grammar summary for an explanation of how the language works.
SAYING WHO YOU ARE
Soy Antonio/Ana.
I’m Antonio/Ana.
STATING YOUR NATIONALITY
Soy español/española.
I’m Spanish. (man/woman)
SAYING WHERE YOU ARE FROM
Soy de Madrid/Salamanca.
I’m from Madrid/Salamanca.
SAYING WHAT YOUR OCCUPATION IS
Soy arquitecto/a.
I’m an architect. (man/woman)
Soy estudiante.
I’m a student.
GIVING SIMILAR INFORMATION ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE
Él es Luis/chileno/profesor.
He’s Luis/Chilean/a teacher.
Ella es de Barcelona/Londres.
She’s from Barcelona/London.
ASKING FOR PERSONAL INFORMATION
ÂżEs usted Gloria?
Are you Gloria? (formal)
Usted es española, ¿no?
You are Spanish, aren’t you? (formal/fem.)
¿Eres inglés o americano?
Are you English or American? (informal/masc.)
No eres de aquĂ­, Âżverdad?
You’re not from here, are you? (informal)
Insight
Spanish has three words to designate an American: americano/a (male/female), norteamericano/a (male/female) North American and estadounidense (male or female) from the United States (Estados Unidos). The last one is the least frequent and it is usually found in the press. Note also that words for nationality are not written with capital letters in Spanish.
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Grammar summary
1 SUBJECT PRONOUNS (I, YOU, HE, SHE, ETC.)
To say I, you, he, she, etc. in Spanish, we use the following set of words:
Singular
yo
I
tĂș
you (familiar)
usted
you (polite)
Ă©l
he
ella
she
Plural
nosotros/as
we (masc./fem.)
vosotros/as
you (familiar, masc./fem.)
ustedes
you (polite)
ellos
they (masc.)
ellas
they (fem.)
Insight
Nosotras we is used by females when there are no males involved. Vosotras you is used to address two or more females.
Familiar and polite forms of addr...

Table of contents

  1. Cover 
  2. Title
  3. Contents 
  4. Meet the author
  5. Introduction
  6. 1 Asking for and giving personal information
  7. 2 Identifying people, places and things
  8. 3 Describing people, places and things
  9. 4 Expressing existence and availability
  10. 5 Expressing location
  11. 6 Expressing possession
  12. 7 Expressing obligation and needs
  13. 8 Talking about the present
  14. 9 Talking about habitual actions
  15. 10 Stating possibility, capacity and permission
  16. 11 Describing processes and procedures
  17. 12 Expressing wants and preferences
  18. 13 Expressing likes and dislikes
  19. 14 Asking for and giving opinions
  20. 15 Referring to future plans and events
  21. 16 Making requests and offers
  22. 17 Referring to the recent past
  23. 18 Referring to past events
  24. 19 Describing the past
  25. 20 Giving directions and instructions
  26. 21 Expressing emotional reactions, possibility and doubt
  27. 22 Expressing wishes and indirect commands, requests and advice
  28. 23 Expressing conditions
  29. Congratulations
  30. Glossary of grammatical terms
  31. Grammar reference
  32. Irregular verbs
  33. Taking it further
  34. Key to the exercises
  35. Spanish–English vocabulary
  36. English–Spanish vocabulary
  37. Grammatical index
  38. Copyright