Argentine Spanish: A Guide to Speaking Like an Argentine: The Complete Lessons

Book Synopsis: 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 Río 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? Beginner 1 THE PRONUNCIATION IN BUENOS AIRES 2 Vos 3 Greetings and Introductions 4 Verbo Ser 5 Artículos 6 The verb “estar” 7 The present tense 8 The verb “Haber” – There is/There are 9 The verb “Tener”- To have 10 Preguntas 11 The Future Tense 12 Demonstrative Adjectives 13 How to Define posetion 14 The Verb “Gustar”: Do You Like? 15 Irregular Verbs in The Present Tense 16 Reflexive Verbs 17 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 Tense 21 Very Irregulars In the “Pretérito Indefinido” Past Tense 22 Ya vs Todavía 23 Time Expressions 24 Basic Prepositions in Spanish Intermediate 1 The Verb “Soler” 2 The Present Progressive 3 Gustar, Caer Bien, Parecer 4 Symtomps and Illness 5 The Direct and Indirect Object 6 How To Replace The Indirect and Direct Object In the Same Phrase 7 The Imperfect Tense 8 Using the Imperfect and Indefinite Past Tenses Together 9 Connectors 10 The Impersonal “SE” 11 How to Identify 12 Vocabulary Related to Home/Apartments 13 Comparisons 14 Por Vs. Para 15 The Simple Future Tense 16 The Simple Conditional Tense 17 Giving Orders - The Imperative Tense 18 The Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto – The Past Before The Past 19 Reading Song Lyrics In Spanish 20 Shopping in a Clothes Store – Vocabulary 21 The Verbs “Venir-ir” and “Traer-Llevar” Advanced 1 Verbs of Change 2 Ser and Estar in the Past 3 The Subjunctive Mood in The Present 4 Subjunctive Mood – Opinions & Doubts 5 Subjunctive With Emotions 6 Subjunctive + Time Expressions 7 Subjunctive + Para que 8 Subjunctive + Recommendations 9 Songs to Learn The Subjunctive 10 Perfect Subjunctive 11 Imperfect Subjunct 12 Pluperfect Subjunctive 13 “Should Have/Could Have Done…” 14 Ojalá 15 The Future Perfect 16 Futuro con valor Probabilístico 17 Relative Pronouns 18 Aunque 19 Condicional Perifástico 20 Advanced Song Lyrics 21 Some Argentine Vocabulary