[...]... English Take what you need and leave the rest, but be aware of what you’ve passed by You may develop an interest in a topic down the road that today leaves you cold Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Vocabulary ofers well over ten thousand vocabulary words Which is the best approach for studying them? he answer is simple: If it works, it is good Pragmatism is the key here Use the method—lash cards, rote... not used in true Spanish words (see the letter c above) y in Latin America; j in Spain produces the ny sound (as in “canyon”) always produces the long o sound the r you don’t trill the r you do trill always produces the long u sound pronounced identically to b (as in “baby”) not used (oe produces the w sound) pronounced identically to s (as in “sin”) practice makes perfect Spanish Vocabulary Our English... save you time, and keep you committed to the task at hand here are zillions of near cognates for English speakers learning Spanish Here are a few: el artista el béisbol la biología la cebra la computadora 8 artist baseball biology zebra computer practice makes perfect Spanish Vocabulary la comunidad el estéreo la explosión inteligente magníico community stereo explosion intelligent magniicent el número... dialogues into Spanish 1 Two old friends, Rana and Sapo, run into each other at the university RANA Hi, Sapo! SAPO Hi, Rana! How are you? RANA Fine, thanks How are you? SAPO So-so RANA What’s up? SAPO Nothing much RANA See you later Good-bye SAPO Bye-bye 2 Two very formal women, Delilah and Rosa, meet at a lower show luncheon DELILAH ROSA 12 Good day Good afternoon practice makes perfect Spanish Vocabulary. .. diecinueve veinte practice makes perfect Spanish Vocabulary 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 EJERCICIO P·8 Match each phrase on the left with the appropriate number on the right Número de 1 personas en un equipo de béisbol A cero 2 océanos en el mundo B uno 3 lados en un octógono C dos 4 planetas del universo del nombre Júpiter D tres 5 presidentes de México del nombre Cucaracha E cuatro 6 un “perfecto” en... endings attached to the root words) An awareness of Spanish suixes and how they relate to English ones will facilitate your study of the Spanish language hroughout this text you will be exposed to a variety of Spanish suixes, each of which will greatly increase your vocabulary When an English counterpart is obvious, you may be expected to igure out the Spanish suix However, sometimes you will need clues... lorentino/lorentina defensivo/defensiva circulatorio/circulatoria feroz probable audacious special, residential existent Japanese convertible servile Florentine defensive circulatory ferocious practice makes perfect Spanish Vocabulary EJERCICIO P·3 Write the English equivalent for each of the following words, all of which are near cognates Some are obvious; others require that you think a bit Each word’s part... vowel or with an- other sot one—gives it a distinct syllable of its own, and the two-vowel combination is thus not a diphthong Some examples are listed below: aí aú 6 país, aínas aún, aúnas practice makes perfect Spanish Vocabulary ió oí televisión, camión oído eí ía ié ío úa úe uí úo increíble, leímos, leído droguería, día miércoles río, frío, Pío continúa, actúa continúe Luís continúo Punctuation marks... el mi que se te tu ve 4 WITH THE ACCENT dé él mí ¿qué? sé té tú vé from; of the (masc sing.) my that; than self (relexive pronoun) you (object pronoun) your (informal sing.) he/she sees practice makes perfect Spanish Vocabulary give! (informal command) he me (object pronoun) what? (interrogative) know! (informal command) tea you (informal sing.) look! (informal command) Plurals Making a word plural... choices given 1 2 16 número de colores primarios a cinco b siete c tres d cuatro cada cuatro años, número de días en el mes de febrero a veintisiete c veintinueve b veintiocho d treinta practice makes perfect Spanish Vocabulary 3 número de centavos en un dólar a cincuenta b doscientos c mil d cien 4 número de planetas tradicionalmente en el sistema solar a nueve c ocho b once d quince 5 número de días . hold someone spellbound perfect what each of us wants to be perfect to make as good as possible 4practice makes perfect Spanish Vocabulary Heteronyms don’t exist in Spanish, because the rules. interest in a topic down the road that today leaves you cold. Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Vocabulary o ers well over ten thousand vocabulary words. Which is the best approach for studying. communicate with other people in Spanish. At each Copyright © 2007 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Click here for terms of use. 2practice makes perfect Spanish Vocabulary stage, it’s a good