Author: Language Babel
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780983840565
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
Traveling to the Dominican Republic to live there or study Spanish? Or maybe you are a native Dominican wanting to better connect with your roots, heritage and culture? This book is for you. This dictionary-style book of words and phrases helps you better understand Dominican Spanish and slang. The collection of more than 500 terms and sayings will help you become familiar with the richness of the country's Spanish. It includes slang and vulgar words that you will likely run across in everyday conversations. Each term has been defined in English and synonyms are included when available. There are also more than 500 example sentences demonstrating how to use the words. It includes 35 black and white illustrations. Words like "watchiman," "chichi," "motoconcho" and "yipeta" will no longer be amystery. You will be on your way to Dominican Spanish fluency with this phrasebook of Spanish vocabulary words from the Dominican Republic. IS THIS BOOK FOR ME? This book contains words that are not appropriate for kids. If you are just starting to learn Spanish, this book is best used as a complementary reference source to any program or class designed to teach you Spanish. This book and the other books of the Speaking Latino series are not designed as stand-alone learning aids, to teach you Spanish. Instead, they expand your country-specific Spanish vocabulary. If you already speak Spanish, this book help you understand local Spanish from the Dominican Republic. Be sure to use the Amazon Look Inside function to see what this book will and will not teach."
Quick Guide to Dominican Spanish
Author: Language Babel
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780983840565
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
Traveling to the Dominican Republic to live there or study Spanish? Or maybe you are a native Dominican wanting to better connect with your roots, heritage and culture? This book is for you. This dictionary-style book of words and phrases helps you better understand Dominican Spanish and slang. The collection of more than 500 terms and sayings will help you become familiar with the richness of the country's Spanish. It includes slang and vulgar words that you will likely run across in everyday conversations. Each term has been defined in English and synonyms are included when available. There are also more than 500 example sentences demonstrating how to use the words. It includes 35 black and white illustrations. Words like "watchiman," "chichi," "motoconcho" and "yipeta" will no longer be amystery. You will be on your way to Dominican Spanish fluency with this phrasebook of Spanish vocabulary words from the Dominican Republic. IS THIS BOOK FOR ME? This book contains words that are not appropriate for kids. If you are just starting to learn Spanish, this book is best used as a complementary reference source to any program or class designed to teach you Spanish. This book and the other books of the Speaking Latino series are not designed as stand-alone learning aids, to teach you Spanish. Instead, they expand your country-specific Spanish vocabulary. If you already speak Spanish, this book help you understand local Spanish from the Dominican Republic. Be sure to use the Amazon Look Inside function to see what this book will and will not teach."
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780983840565
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
Traveling to the Dominican Republic to live there or study Spanish? Or maybe you are a native Dominican wanting to better connect with your roots, heritage and culture? This book is for you. This dictionary-style book of words and phrases helps you better understand Dominican Spanish and slang. The collection of more than 500 terms and sayings will help you become familiar with the richness of the country's Spanish. It includes slang and vulgar words that you will likely run across in everyday conversations. Each term has been defined in English and synonyms are included when available. There are also more than 500 example sentences demonstrating how to use the words. It includes 35 black and white illustrations. Words like "watchiman," "chichi," "motoconcho" and "yipeta" will no longer be amystery. You will be on your way to Dominican Spanish fluency with this phrasebook of Spanish vocabulary words from the Dominican Republic. IS THIS BOOK FOR ME? This book contains words that are not appropriate for kids. If you are just starting to learn Spanish, this book is best used as a complementary reference source to any program or class designed to teach you Spanish. This book and the other books of the Speaking Latino series are not designed as stand-alone learning aids, to teach you Spanish. Instead, they expand your country-specific Spanish vocabulary. If you already speak Spanish, this book help you understand local Spanish from the Dominican Republic. Be sure to use the Amazon Look Inside function to see what this book will and will not teach."
Dominican Spanish
Author: Timothy P. Banse
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780934523523
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Dictionary Words and Phrases - Learning Dominican Republic Spanish One Word at a Time Slang is common throughout the world, in every language. And because vocabulary changes daily, learning the slang of a particular country, or region, can be a never ending task. So it goes in the Dominican Republic. Know that learning even a few words of Dominican slang can pay big dividends by way more enjoyable conversation, and even more importantly, to help you fit in a little better.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780934523523
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Dictionary Words and Phrases - Learning Dominican Republic Spanish One Word at a Time Slang is common throughout the world, in every language. And because vocabulary changes daily, learning the slang of a particular country, or region, can be a never ending task. So it goes in the Dominican Republic. Know that learning even a few words of Dominican slang can pay big dividends by way more enjoyable conversation, and even more importantly, to help you fit in a little better.
Infidels and Empires in a New World Order
Author: David M. Lantigua
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108498264
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 373
Book Description
Examines early modern Spanish contributions to international relations by focusing on ambivalence of natural rights in European colonial expansion to the Americas.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108498264
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 373
Book Description
Examines early modern Spanish contributions to international relations by focusing on ambivalence of natural rights in European colonial expansion to the Americas.
Streetwise Spanish (Book Only)
Author: Mary McVey Gill
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN: 9780844272818
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Intermediate through advanced Streetwise Spanish presents the colloquial and slang expressions that students need and want to know but usually do not learn in their Spanish classes. The 15 chapters contain short dialogues, translations of the dialogues, explanations of the colloquial and slang expressions, authentic jokes, cartoons from Spanish publications, and exercises. Note: This text includes "earthy" and vulgar expressions! Each dialogue presents universal Spanish idioms and also includes slang from a particular country or city that is identified in the introductory line of the dialogue. Alternate forms used in other areas are explained in the vocabulary notes.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN: 9780844272818
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Intermediate through advanced Streetwise Spanish presents the colloquial and slang expressions that students need and want to know but usually do not learn in their Spanish classes. The 15 chapters contain short dialogues, translations of the dialogues, explanations of the colloquial and slang expressions, authentic jokes, cartoons from Spanish publications, and exercises. Note: This text includes "earthy" and vulgar expressions! Each dialogue presents universal Spanish idioms and also includes slang from a particular country or city that is identified in the introductory line of the dialogue. Alternate forms used in other areas are explained in the vocabulary notes.
LANGUAGE HACKING SPANISH (Learn How to Speak Spanish - Right Away)
Author: Benny Lewis
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1473633230
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
Crack the Code and Get Fluent Faster! "I had to learn [a new language] in a handful of days for a TV interview. I asked Benny for help and his advice was invaluable." - Tim Ferriss What if you could skip the years of study and jump right to speaking Spanish? Sound crazy? No, it's language hacking. It's about learning what's indispensable, skipping what's not - and using what you've learned to have real conversations in Spanish - from day one! Unlike most traditional language courses that try to teach you the rules of a language, Language Hacking Spanish, shows you how to learn and speak Spanish immediately through proven memory techniques, unconventional shortcuts and conversation strategies perfect by one of the world's greatest language learners, Benny Lewis, aka the Irish Polyglot. The Method Language Hacking takes a modern approach to language learning, blending the power of online social collaboration and the 80/20 principle of learning (Benny's ten #languagehacks show you how to achieve more with less!). It focuses on the conversations and language that learners need to master right away, rather than presenting language in the order of difficulty like most courses. This means you can start having conversations immediately. Course Features Each of the 10 units culminates with a speaking mission that you can choose to share on the italki Language Hacking learner community (www.italki.com/languagehacking) where you can give and get feedback and extend your learning beyond the pages of the book. The audio for this course is available for free on library.teachyourself.com or from the Teach Yourself Library app. You don't need to go abroad to learn a language any more.
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1473633230
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
Crack the Code and Get Fluent Faster! "I had to learn [a new language] in a handful of days for a TV interview. I asked Benny for help and his advice was invaluable." - Tim Ferriss What if you could skip the years of study and jump right to speaking Spanish? Sound crazy? No, it's language hacking. It's about learning what's indispensable, skipping what's not - and using what you've learned to have real conversations in Spanish - from day one! Unlike most traditional language courses that try to teach you the rules of a language, Language Hacking Spanish, shows you how to learn and speak Spanish immediately through proven memory techniques, unconventional shortcuts and conversation strategies perfect by one of the world's greatest language learners, Benny Lewis, aka the Irish Polyglot. The Method Language Hacking takes a modern approach to language learning, blending the power of online social collaboration and the 80/20 principle of learning (Benny's ten #languagehacks show you how to achieve more with less!). It focuses on the conversations and language that learners need to master right away, rather than presenting language in the order of difficulty like most courses. This means you can start having conversations immediately. Course Features Each of the 10 units culminates with a speaking mission that you can choose to share on the italki Language Hacking learner community (www.italki.com/languagehacking) where you can give and get feedback and extend your learning beyond the pages of the book. The audio for this course is available for free on library.teachyourself.com or from the Teach Yourself Library app. You don't need to go abroad to learn a language any more.
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
Author: Junot Díaz
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1594483299
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Winner of: The Pulitzer Prize The National Book Critics Circle Award The Anisfield-Wolf Book Award The Jon Sargent, Sr. First Novel Prize A Time Magazine #1 Fiction Book of the Year One of the best books of 2007 according to: The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, New York Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, The Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, People, The Village Voice, Time Out New York, Salon, Baltimore City Paper, The Christian Science Monitor, Booklist, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, New York Public Library, and many more... Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read Oscar is a sweet but disastrously overweight ghetto nerd who—from the New Jersey home he shares with his old world mother and rebellious sister—dreams of becoming the Dominican J.R.R. Tolkien and, most of all, finding love. But Oscar may never get what he wants. Blame the fukú—a curse that has haunted Oscar’s family for generations, following them on their epic journey from Santo Domingo to the USA. Encapsulating Dominican-American history, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao opens our eyes to an astonishing vision of the contemporary American experience and explores the endless human capacity to persevere—and risk it all—in the name of love.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1594483299
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Winner of: The Pulitzer Prize The National Book Critics Circle Award The Anisfield-Wolf Book Award The Jon Sargent, Sr. First Novel Prize A Time Magazine #1 Fiction Book of the Year One of the best books of 2007 according to: The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, New York Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, The Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, People, The Village Voice, Time Out New York, Salon, Baltimore City Paper, The Christian Science Monitor, Booklist, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, New York Public Library, and many more... Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read Oscar is a sweet but disastrously overweight ghetto nerd who—from the New Jersey home he shares with his old world mother and rebellious sister—dreams of becoming the Dominican J.R.R. Tolkien and, most of all, finding love. But Oscar may never get what he wants. Blame the fukú—a curse that has haunted Oscar’s family for generations, following them on their epic journey from Santo Domingo to the USA. Encapsulating Dominican-American history, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao opens our eyes to an astonishing vision of the contemporary American experience and explores the endless human capacity to persevere—and risk it all—in the name of love.
The Ultimate Spanish 101
Author: Ronni L. Gordon
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 1260453642
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
The Ultimate Beginner Program for Communicating in SpanishIf your goal is to communicate in Spanish using authentic structures and a broad vocabulary, The Ultimate Spanish 101 is the program for you! More comprehensive than other language guides or mobile apps, and more concise than a traditional textbook, The Ultimate Spanish 101 leads beginning learners step-by-step to language fluency.This program consists of 16 lessons, equivalent to a first-year college course, that can be adapted to fit your own schedule. You will develop language skills essential for communication: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Numerous short dialogues, based on everyday situations and reinforced by extensive practice, ensure that you will be ready to put your growing command of the Spanish language into practice.The Ultimate Spanish 101 features:• Clear explanations of high-frequency vocabulary and sentence structures• Interesting dialogues based on everyday situations, using authentic language• More than 300 exercises that take you from structured practice to free expression• Regular and predictable format to ensure you can work efficiently• Appreciation of the Spanish language and Hispanic culturePremium mobile resources support and enhance your study:180 DIALOGUES recorded by native speakers of SpanishLISTENING PRACTICE to improve your pronunciation and reinforce sentence structuresAUDIO EXERCISES to put your speaking skills into practiceFLASHCARDS to help you memorize vocabulary and verb forms
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 1260453642
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
The Ultimate Beginner Program for Communicating in SpanishIf your goal is to communicate in Spanish using authentic structures and a broad vocabulary, The Ultimate Spanish 101 is the program for you! More comprehensive than other language guides or mobile apps, and more concise than a traditional textbook, The Ultimate Spanish 101 leads beginning learners step-by-step to language fluency.This program consists of 16 lessons, equivalent to a first-year college course, that can be adapted to fit your own schedule. You will develop language skills essential for communication: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Numerous short dialogues, based on everyday situations and reinforced by extensive practice, ensure that you will be ready to put your growing command of the Spanish language into practice.The Ultimate Spanish 101 features:• Clear explanations of high-frequency vocabulary and sentence structures• Interesting dialogues based on everyday situations, using authentic language• More than 300 exercises that take you from structured practice to free expression• Regular and predictable format to ensure you can work efficiently• Appreciation of the Spanish language and Hispanic culturePremium mobile resources support and enhance your study:180 DIALOGUES recorded by native speakers of SpanishLISTENING PRACTICE to improve your pronunciation and reinforce sentence structuresAUDIO EXERCISES to put your speaking skills into practiceFLASHCARDS to help you memorize vocabulary and verb forms
Colonial Phantoms
Author: Dixa Ramírez
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 147986756X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Using a blend of historical and literary analysis, Colonial Phantoms reveals how Western discourses have ghosted—miscategorized or erased—the Dominican Republic since the nineteenth century despite its central place in the architecture of the Americas. Through a variety of Dominican cultural texts, from literature to public monuments to musical performance, it illuminates the Dominican quest for legibility and resistance.
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 147986756X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Using a blend of historical and literary analysis, Colonial Phantoms reveals how Western discourses have ghosted—miscategorized or erased—the Dominican Republic since the nineteenth century despite its central place in the architecture of the Americas. Through a variety of Dominican cultural texts, from literature to public monuments to musical performance, it illuminates the Dominican quest for legibility and resistance.
¿Por qué? 101 Questions About Spanish
Author: Judy Hochberg
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1474227945
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
¿Por qué? 101 Questions about Spanish is for anyone who wants to understand how Spanish really works. Standard textbooks and grammars describe the "what" of Spanish - its vocabulary, grammar, spelling, and pronunciation - but ¿Por qué? explains the "why". Judy Hochberg draws on linguistic principles, Hispanic culture, and language history to answer questions such as: Why are so many Spanish verbs irregular? - Why does Spanish have different ways to say "you"? - Why is h silent? - Why doesn't Spanish use apostrophes? - Why does Castilian Spanish have the th sound? Packed with information, guidance, and links to further research, ¿Por qué? is an accessible study guide that is suitable for Spanish students, instructors, native speakers, and the general reader. It is a valuable supplementary text for serious students of Spanish at all levels, from beginning to advanced. ¿Por qué? also covers topics usually left to specialized books, including the evolution of Spanish, how children and adults learn Spanish, and the status of languages that co-exist with Spanish, from Catalan to Spanish sign language to the indigenous languages of Latin America.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1474227945
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
¿Por qué? 101 Questions about Spanish is for anyone who wants to understand how Spanish really works. Standard textbooks and grammars describe the "what" of Spanish - its vocabulary, grammar, spelling, and pronunciation - but ¿Por qué? explains the "why". Judy Hochberg draws on linguistic principles, Hispanic culture, and language history to answer questions such as: Why are so many Spanish verbs irregular? - Why does Spanish have different ways to say "you"? - Why is h silent? - Why doesn't Spanish use apostrophes? - Why does Castilian Spanish have the th sound? Packed with information, guidance, and links to further research, ¿Por qué? is an accessible study guide that is suitable for Spanish students, instructors, native speakers, and the general reader. It is a valuable supplementary text for serious students of Spanish at all levels, from beginning to advanced. ¿Por qué? also covers topics usually left to specialized books, including the evolution of Spanish, how children and adults learn Spanish, and the status of languages that co-exist with Spanish, from Catalan to Spanish sign language to the indigenous languages of Latin America.
101 French Idioms
Author: Jean-Marie Cassagne
Publisher: Contemporary Books
ISBN: 9780844212906
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Enjoy this humorous volume of colorful French idions.
Publisher: Contemporary Books
ISBN: 9780844212906
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Enjoy this humorous volume of colorful French idions.