Book Description

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. 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.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. 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.You will find exercises after almost every lesson with the answers at the end.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. 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.What is included?Beginner1 THE PRONUNCIATION IN BUENOS AIRES 2 Vos3 Greetings and Introductions4 Verbo Ser5 Artículos6 The verb "estar" 7 The present tense8 The verb "Haber" - There is/There are9 The verb "Tener"- To have10 Preguntas 11 The Future Tense12 Demonstrative Adjectives 13 How to Define posetion14 The Verb "Gustar": Do You Like?15 Irregular Verbs in The Present Tense16 Reflexive Verbs17 Common Expressions in Present Tense 18 The Past Tense "Pretérito Indefinido"19 The Past Tense "Pretérito Perfecto Compuesto"20 Irregulars in the "Pretérito Indefinido" Past Tense21 Very Irregulars In the "Pretérito Indefinido" Past Tense22 Ya vs Todavía23 Time Expressions24 Basic Prepositions in SpanishIntermediate1 The Verb "Soler" 2 The Present Progressive3 Gustar, Caer Bien, Parecer4 Symtomps and Illness5 The Direct and Indirect Object6 How To Replace The Indirect and Direct Object In the Same Phrase7 The Imperfect Tense8 Using the Imperfect and Indefinite Past Tenses Together9 Connectors10 The Impersonal "SE"11 How to Identify12 Vocabulary Related to Home/Apartments13 Comparisons14 Por Vs. Para15 The Simple Future Tense16 The Simple Conditional Tense17 Giving Orders - The Imperative Tense18 The Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto - The Past Before The Past 19 Reading Song Lyrics In Spanish20 Shopping in a Clothes Store - Vocabulary21 The Verbs "Venir-ir" and "Traer-Llevar"Advanced1 Verbs of Change2 Ser and Estar in the Past3 The Subjunctive Mood in The Present4 Subjunctive Mood - Opinions & Doubts5 Subjunctive With Emotions6 Subjunctive + Time Expressions7 Subjunctive + Para que8 Subjunctive + Recommendations9 Songs to Learn The Subjunctive10 Perfect Subjunctive11 Imperfect Subjunct12 Pluperfect Subjunctive13 "Should Have/Could Have Done..."14 Ojalá15 The Future Perfect16 Futuro con valor Probabilístico17 Relative Pronouns18 Aunque19 Condicional Perifrástico20 Advanced Song Lyrics21 Some Argentine Vocabulary