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vol IV, no 30 - el 23 de septiembre de 2004 | |
In this issue
~ The Everything Spanish Verb Book, by Laura K. Lawless
~ Augmentatives
~ Diminutives correction
~ Changing teachers
~ ¿Preguntas?
~ ¡Hasta pronto!
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I am delighted to announce the publication The Everything Spanish Verb Book, my first book. It includes introductory lessons on Spanish verb tenses and moods, 250 verb conjugation tables, a list of 1,000 similarly-conjugated verbs, and a Spanish-English verb dictionary. My book will be available in bookstores (including Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk) next month, so you can pre-order there and receive it when it comes out. Alternatively, if you're in a real hurry and/or you'd like a signed copy, I have a few books available now, which you can order directly from me by responding to this email. The total cost including US shipping will be $13. For other countries, additional shipping charges may apply - let me know where you live when you email me. |
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New Lesson
Augmentatives
In Spanish, suffixes called augmentatives can be added to nouns, adjectives,
adverbs, and names to indicate bigness, as well as other ideas such as
excessiveness, contempt, or disdain. In this way, you can say that
something is big without adding an adjectives like grande to indicate
bigness or repugnante to indicate contempt.
http://www.elearnspanishlanguage.com/grammar/augmentatives.html
Diminutives
There was an error in last week's lesson - I had copied a table but forgotten to
change the examples. This has been fixed.
http://www.elearnspanishlanguage.com/grammar/diminutives.html
Discusión
Changing teachers
I'm a bit concerned that staying with one instructor (no matter how good) for 4
months could be counterproductive. Does anyone have any advice on how to get the
most out of an imersion experience especially in regards to the instructor?
http://forums.delphiforums.com/espeakespanol/messages/?msg=468.1&ctx=10
¿Preguntas?
Ask questions, make suggestions, or just practice your Spanish with other
Spanish lovers from all over the world in the forum. ¡Bienvenidos! :-)
http://forums.delphiforums.com/espeakespanol/start
You might also like to take a look at my FAQ - many
common questions about learning Spanish, typing accents, and similar issues are answered right there:
http://www.elearnspanishlanguage.com/faq/faqindex.html
¡Hasta pronto!
That's it for this week - I hope you enjoy the new lesson. If you know anyone else who is interested in learning Spanish, please feel free to let them know about this site, because ¡cuantos más mejor! (The more the merrier!) :-)
Laura K. Lawless
Virtual Spanish Teacher
http://www.elearnspanishlanguage.com
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French Language - http://french.about.com
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