501 Spanish Verbs: with CD-ROM (Barron's Foreign Language Guides)
501 Spanish Verbs: with CDROM (Barrons Foreign Language Guides) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Christopher Kendris, Theodore Kendris
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series
Category: Book
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Edition: 6
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Pages: 600
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Dimensions (in): 9 x 5.8 x 1.6
ISBN: 0764179845
Dewey Decimal Number: 468.2421
EAN: 9780764179846
Publication Date: January 1, 2007
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Barrons is today and always has been the Number-One reference source for verb usage in virtually every major language. With more than 1.5 million copies in print, the all-time best selling i 501 Spanish Verbs /i beats all less well-established rivals with its brand-new 6th edition. Its printed in two colors, it features tinted page edges for ease of reference, and it comes with extra help for Spanish language students in the form of a CD-ROM. The book presents the most important and most commonly used Spanish verbs arranged alphabetically with English translations in chart form, one verb per page, and conjugated in all persons and tenses, both active and passive. The accompanying CD-ROM gives students practice exercises in verb conjugation plus a concise grammar review. This combined book and software package is a comprehensive guide to Spanish verb usage with a wealth of reference material and language tips, including a bilingual list of more than 1,250 additional Spanish verbs, helpful expressions and idioms for travelers, and verb drills and short tests with all questions answered and explained.
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 The Most Important Book For Spanish Students And Teachers February 25, 2000
168 out of 170 found this review helpful
Without a doubt, 501 Spanish Verbs is the most useful book available to a student of the Spanish language. It is not just for students, however. I have heard that even fluent professors have had to consult this book at one time or another because they were confused about how a word was conjugated. Verbs are the backbone of the Spanish language, and if you don't know how to conjugate them, people won't understand you. I take this book with me whenever I go on vacation to Spanish speaking countries, and it has proved infinitely useful during conversations where I didn't know how to say a verb. Spanish speakers are incredibly patient if you don't understand them and need to look something up, and this book is definitely the most helpful.pI should also add one thing: This book unfortunately does not distinguish between verbs commonly used in Spain, and other verbs used in Latin America that mean the same thing. An example is abrasar (to burn or light) and abrazar (to hug). I was telling a Colombian security guard that I was lighting fireworks, and he was confused. Turns out I was saying that I was hugging fireworks. Abrasar is only used in Spain. In Latin America the word for lighting or burning something is Encender. I hope this book helps you as much as it did for me.
It is a must have for the serious Spanish student! February 18, 1999
155 out of 159 found this review helpful
I bought my first copy of this book in 1987 and I wore it out! One could not ask for a more complete and comprehensiver verb reference book. It is put together in an easy to follow, comprehensive manner. It begins with a concise explination of each tense (simple and compound) with examples for each. That alone is reason enough to warrant owning this reference. It then goes on to fully conjugate 501 verbs in each tense, with one verb per page, listed alphabetically. So, for example, if you forget the irregular command for of the verb dar, no problem, just look it up under d. And there it is along with the verb's meanings, all its conjugations, and examples of idioms commonly associated with this verb. I studied Spanish for ten years and used it all the time. Now I am a Spanish professor, myself, and I still keep it on top of my reference books and reccommend it to all my students.
A Foreign Language Masterpiece! December 1, 1999
26 out of 26 found this review helpful
This book is possibly the most useful Spanish language book that exists. It can help the beginner Spanish student, as well as the most advanced (I'm in AP Spanish and consult this book frequently)! It also has quizzes that can help you out with verbs with tricky conjugations. It also lists verbs that aren't fully conjugated in the text, and tells you what similar verbs are conjugated in this way. One more thing, it has a great list of phrases used in the everyday Spanish-speaking world, as well as a few Spanish proverbs. All in all, I believe that every Spanish student and Spanish-speaker alike should own a copy of this book!
No frills - just an awesome quick reference June 11, 2000
16 out of 17 found this review helpful
There are other Spanish verb books out there that claim to be better, or have more verbs written out in their full conjugations, or give you better insight to their usage in different countries, etc., but Christopher Kendris's book is the fastest to look up verbs, and the easiest to use. There are no fancy boxes with a lot of small print inside, or so many explanations that you can't find the verb. This is a no-frill, look-em-up, you-got-it kind of reference. It is extensive enough to satisfy most students (and even some native speaking professors!) Yet it does not go so deep that you have to finish the novel before you get the conjugation that you only have 10 seconds to look up for your work. pContrary to the opinion that the work is only good for people who need to see a few hundred AR verbs fully conjugated, most students learn faster and retain the knowledge better when they hear, SEE, and write the information they are learning. It IS important to see the verbs conjugated because then they are reatined better in your memory. What would you remember better, a description of a beach in Hawaii, or a picture of it? This book is not just for slow students, it's for every learner or reviewer. If you have outgrown the need for this book, don't buy it, or get one that goes more deeply into the subject. But let's not confuse our own needs with the value of this book. By the way, this one can still fit into your purse or briefcase.
A Superb Guide and Reference of Spanish Verbs. The Best in its Category! November 14, 2005
16 out of 17 found this review helpful
My first encounter with 501 Spanish Verbs was as a graduate student in foreign languages at the University of Illinois. I found then and I confirm now that this amazing verb reference is by far the best of its kind on the market and will simplify your understanding of Spanish verbs, how they are conjugated in all tenses and how they are used correctly in sentences.br /Just a word about my qualifications, I am the founder of Language Dynamics and the author of the `Behind the Wheel' and `Driving Towards Fluency' CD series in Spanish, French, Italian, German, Portuguese, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese and Arabic. I hold degrees from and have taught foreign languages at major universities including the University of Illinois (where I was rated as an excellent instructor by my students), Illinois State University and the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. br /'501 Spanish Verbs' accomplishes the following:br /1. It simplifies verb conjugation for both regular and irregular verbs. br /2. It provides the best 'verb chart' or 'template' of different verb conjugations that I have ever seen. This 'snapshot' of all the conjugations of a given Spanish verb in all possible tenses on a single page is a magnificent way to understand their structure at a glance.br /3. It is very easy to understand and easy to use. The verb infinitive appears in large print at the right or left corner of the page along with the English translation. br /4. The correct use of the target verb is then made crystal clear by sentences at the bottom of each verb page where the verb is used in a natural context.br /5. There is a convenient and easy-to-use English-Spanish and Spanish -English Glossary found at the back of the book.br /6. Verbs also appear idiomatically and are included in a section covering specific high frequency topics such as shopping, hotel and so forth.br /7. All verbs are listed alphabetically for easy reference.br /BOTTOM LINE: A superb guide and reference of Spanish verbs. The best in its category. A must buy.br /TIP: Use this reference with a good dictionary and one or two solid CD courses which will teach you how to pronounce authentically spoken Spanish in a native context. In these courses you will actually hear and learn to speak the verbs found in 501 Spanish Verbs.br /Buena Suerte (Good Luck)br /Mark Frobose/Authorbr /'Behind the Wheel Spanish III'/ 'Driving Towards Fluency in Spanish III' br /'Behind the Wheel Simple Spanish Verb Tenses'
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