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Home - Spanish Language Learning Instruction Book : Fully Conjugated in All the Tenses in a New Easy-to-Learn Format Alphabetically Arranged
by Christopher Kendris Paperback: 674 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.25 x 9.00 x 6.25 Publisher: Barrons Educational Series; 4th edition (February 1996) ISBN: 0812092821 Book Description: With more than 1 million copies in print, the new, updated edition of this all-time best selling language book of Spanish verbs is now printed in two colors for increased ease of reference. The most important and most commonly used Spanish verbs are presented alphabetically in chart form, one verb per page, and conjugated in all persons and tenses, both active and passive. This thorough guide to the use of verbs features many additional references and tips, including a bilingual list of more than 1,250 additional Spanish verbs, helpful expressions and idioms for travelers, and verb drills and tests with answers explained at the back of the book. Ingram: Verbs are conjugated and set up one-per-page in alphabetical order in this easy-to-use series. Commonly used idioms that use a verb are presented at the bottom of the page that presents the appropriate verb. Approximately 1,000 additional verbs are listed in the infinite form with their English meanings. Customer Reviews Know your verbs, eat your verduras..., April 13, 2003 Reviewer: Ed Womack from Minneapolis, MN USA For english speakers who have never studied a romance language, verb conjugation almost seems like more trouble than it's worth. Irregular verbs abound and just when you think you know the patterns, some new irregularity comes up and smacks you right in the language faculty. Unfortunately, verb conjugation is a necessary and monotonous part of learning Spanish. Without the ability to conjugate at will and without much thinking, fluency remains a Quixotic dream. "501 Spanish Verbs" will get you up and running on some of the essential verbs of the Spanish language. When you're starting there's no way you're going to remember or not confuse the present subjunctive spelling with the spelling of the conditional or preterite. It's going to happen, and having this book on hand for moments like that will deaden the "what's the point of this!?!?" feeling. Eventually it comes together, and at some point this book will outlive its usefulness. It's important to remember that this is not meant to be a comprehesive guide to Spanish verbs. That's why it's called "501 Spanish verbs" when there's obviously thousands more. 501 is a pretty good number of verbs to have on hand at the beginning of learning Spanish. It will get a reader through most children's books or basic reading. This book is to be mastered and built upon, not to be seen or used as a final resting place for learning about Spanish verbs. It should be used with the idea that someday it will be abandoned. If a learner of Spanish gets to that point then the book has done its job. Not all there, April 9, 2003 Reviewer: mplong from Rock Hill, SC USA I am learning Spanish and my biggest gripe is on 3 or 4 occassions I have gone to this book to see what a verb meant only to find it was not listed...not the derivative and not the infinitive (and keep in mind these were verbs I found in introductory learning Spanish books). Essential, April 7, 2003 Reviewer: Garrett Fifer from Tinley Park, IL United States I've been studying Spanish on my own and with a private tutor now for about 10 months and I have found that I am reaching for this book time and time again. I have purchased probably 12 different workbooks, reference books, or learning guides and I find that most are just brainless heaps of basura. It's obvious that no real effort was put into making them organized and useful. This book is an exception. It makes it real easy when you're trying to find some of the those odd conjugations of irregular verbs. Yes, it is limited to 501 verbs, but it's not often that I don't find the word I'm looking for. If you read all the examples and extra materials that are given at the beginning and end of the book, you'll have a decent understanding of how to use the various tenses correctly. The rest is up to you. Showing its age..., February 13, 2003 Reviewer: A reader from Jackson, WY United States Kudos to 501 for being the bible on Spanish verbs for so long, but it is in dire need of an overhaul. Obviously, what's happened is the publisher feels it can just coast on this books notoriety and rake in the dough. I assume profits are good as the book is rather poorly printed on cheap paper. Imagine a book typed with an old 1940s manual typewriter and you'd be close. Another weakness is that the book does not have example sentences, so there is no way to see the listed verbs in context. This combines with rather short definitions to cause a problem. An example: I looked up the verb 'colegir' and it says 'to gather.' Every other dictionary I own says that the primary definition is 'to infer.' Worse, the facing page has 'coger' which it says means 'to sieze, grab', etc. No mention that in much of the Spanish speaking world this is actually an extremely vulgar word for 'to fornicate.' At the end of 501 there are a few verbs listed with idiomatic expressions but it looks like kind of an afterthought, much like the included phrasebook (why would you lug this tome around when you can just buy a pocket-sized phrasebook for a few dollars?) I would give this book a miss and instead buy The Big Red Book of Spanish Verbs, which is essentially a heavily updated version of 501. It gives numerous sample sentences for each verb, provides you with a full extra page of idioms etc. on the 'top 50' verbs, is a much higher quality printing, includes many more verbs, better explanations and definitions, etc. An essential book for all bilingual Spanish learners!, February 10, 2003 Reviewer: Ross Johnson from Fort Wayne, IN USA No matter what level of Spanish you are at this book is essential for all bilingual learners. It will help you with over 500 of the most common verb conjugations. At the bottom of each page you can also learn the most comment uses for the verb you are looking up. As well, the book offers a basic dictionary and grammar guideline. Even advanced Spanish learners will find this book helpful especially for writing compositions. If I was giving this book a grade it would receive an A+ for its usefulness and ease of use. Excellent, January 26, 2003 Reviewer: muncie-birder from Muncie, In United States What a book should be. The only shortcoming is that no sentence is given using the verb. There are expressions using related words but no expressions using the verb. It is always helpful to understand the context within which a word is used, but that is not given. 501 Spanish Verbs: Fully Conjugated...., January 15, 2003 Reviewer: nuumat from New York If you have a pretty good basic vocabulary of Spanish, this book is EXCELLENT for reference when you need to speak about the past or future tenses of a verb (which is my biggest weakness!!). More for writers than speakers but ...., January 5, 2003 Reviewer: Bhavin Trivedi from Chicago, IL USA This book is an exhaustive listing of *ALL* of the various tenses of 501 commonly used Spanish verbs. I recently spoke with a Spanish educator and he informed me that for all practical purposes, most Spanish speakers use about "10% of the tenses" and the rest are hardly ever used. But if you were writing or reading a novel in Spanish, then the other tenses could be useful. The BEST!, December 18, 2002 Reviewer: sshah1999 from Washington, DC United States This is the BEST Spanish verb conjugation aid I have ever! It has been such a helpful tool. This is a MUST HAVE! I HIGHLY recommend this. It's WELL worth the money. Spanish Student's Dream, December 10, 2002 Reviewer: A reader from usa This book is amazing. It helps me with my spanish homework, understanding verb tenses and usage. I wish that I would have had it for my first five years of study! |
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