Argentine Spanish: The Complete Lessons

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?Beginner1THE PRONUNCIATION IN BUENOS AIRES2Vos3Greetings and Introductions4Verbo Ser5Artículos6The verb “estar” 7The present tense8The verb “Haber” – There is/There are9The verb “Tener”- To have10Preguntas 11The Future Tense12Demonstrative Adjectives 13How to Define posetion14The Verb “Gustar”: Do You Like?15Irregular Verbs in The Present Tense16Reflexive Verbs17Common Expressions in Present Tense 18The Past Tense “Pretérito Indefinido”19The Past Tense “Pretérito Perfecto Compuesto”20Irregulars in the “Pretérito Indefinido” Past Tense21Very Irregulars In the “Pretérito Indefinido” Past Tense22Ya vs Todavía23Time Expressions24Basic Prepositions in SpanishIntermediate1The Verb “Soler”2The Present Progressive3Gustar, Caer Bien, Parecer4Symtomps and Illness5The Direct and Indirect Object6How To Replace The Indirect and Direct Object In the Same Phrase7The Imperfect Tense8Using the Imperfect and Indefinite Past Tenses Together9Connectors10The Impersonal “SE”11How to Identify12Vocabulary Related to Home/Apartments13Comparisons14Por Vs. Para15The Simple Future Tense16The Simple Conditional Tense17Giving Orders - The Imperative Tense18The Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto – The Past Before The Past 19Reading Song Lyrics In Spanish20Shopping 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 & Doubts5Subjunctive With Emotions6Subjunctive + Time Expressions7Subjunctive + Para que8Subjunctive + Recommendations9Songs to Learn The Subjunctive10Perfect Subjunctive11Imperfect Subjunct12Pluperfect Subjunctive13“Should Have/Could Have Done…”14Ojalá15The Future Perfect16Futuro con valor Probabilístico17Relative Pronouns18 Aunque19Condicional Perifrástico20Advanced Song Lyrics21 Some Argentine Vocabulary