Spanish for Dummies Audio Set

Introduction 1 About This Audio Set 1 Conventions Used in This Audio Set 1 Foolish Assumptions 2 How This Audio Set Is Organized 3 Where to Go from Here 3 Lesson 1:1: Welcome and Overview of CD1: The Basics 5 Lesson 1:2: Personal Pronouns and Formalities 6 Personal pronouns 6 Formalities 7 Lesson 1:3: Saying “Hello” and “Goodbye” 8 Greetings 8 Send-offs 8 Lesson 1:4: Saying and Replying to “How are you?” 10 Lesson 1:5: Introducing Yourself and Talking about Where You’re From 11 Lesson 1:6: Indispensable Words 13 Making small talk 13 Asking for help 13 Miscellaneous words 14 Places 15 People 15 Lesson 1:7: Useful Expressions and Phrases 17 Lesson 1:8: Question Words 18 Lesson 1:9: Useful Questions (and Answers) 19 Lesson 1:10: You Can Count on Me: An Overview of Numbers 20 Lesson 1:11: Talking about Time 22 Lesson 1:12: Going through the Calendar and Forming the Date 23 Days 23 Months 23 Dates 24 Lesson 1:13: Directions 25 Lesson 2:1: Welcome and Overview of CD2: The Nitty Gritty: Language Structure 27 Lesson 2:2: Singular Nouns and Articles 28 Nouns on the street 28 Nouns for shopping 29 Nouns at home 30 Lesson 2:3: First Verbs: The Verbs to Like, to Have, to Need, and to Want 31 to like gustarse 31 to have tener 31 to need necesitar 32 to want querer 32 Lesson 2:4: Plural Nouns and Articles 33 Lesson 2:5: The Verb Ser (to Be) 35 Lesson 2:6: Adjectives 36 Colors (M/F) 36 Attributes (M/F) 37 Occupations (M/F) 38 Sentence examples with adjectives 38 Lesson 2:7: Degrees of Adjectives 39 Common comparisons 39 Lesson 2:8: Verbs in the Infinitive Form 40 Regular verbs 40 Irregular verbs 41 Lesson 2:9: Present Tense 42 Regular verbs ending with -ar 42 to look mirar 42 to speak hablar 42 Regular verbs ending with -er and -ir 43 to eat comer 43 Irregular verbs 43 to be (temporary/place) estar 43 to do/make hacer 44 to go ir 44 to say decir 44 Lesson 2:10: Simple Past Tense of Regular Verbs 46 Regular verbs 46 to speak hablar 46 to eat comer 47 Simple past tense with irregular verbs 47 to be (temporary/place) estar 47 to be ser 47 to do/make hacer 47 to go ir 48 to say decir 48 to have tener 48 Lesson 2:11: Simple Future 49 Lesson 2:12: Prepositions and Conjunctions 50 Prepositions 50 Conjunctions 51 Lesson 2:13: Forming Simple Sentences 52 Lesson 2:14: Negative Sentences 53 Lesson 2:15: Forming Questions 54 Lesson 3:1: Welcome and Overview of CD3: Real-World Situations 55 Lesson 3:2: At the Office 56 Vocabulary 56 Verbs 57 Lesson 3:3: On the Job 58 Vocabulary 58 Lesson 3:4: Making Small Talk 59 Sentences and phrases 59 Lesson 3:5: Making Appointments 60 Vocabulary 60 Verbs 60 Lesson 3:6: Making Travel Arrangements 61 Vocabulary 61 Verbs 61 Sentences and phrases 62 Lesson 3:7: Asking for Directions 63 Vocabulary 63 Sentences and phrases 64 Lesson 3:8: Asking for and Getting Help 65 Vocabulary 65 Emergency sentences and phrases 66 Lesson 3:9: At the Restaurant 67 Vocabulary 67 Verbs 68 Sentences and phrases 68 Lesson 3:10: At the Hotel 69 Vocabulary 69 Verbs 70 Sentences and phrases 70 Lesson 3:11: At the Bank 71 Vocabulary 71 Verbs 71 Sentences and phrases 72 Lesson 3:12: At the Store 73 Vocabulary 73 Verbs 74 Sentences and phrases 74 Mini-Dictionaries 75