The Big Red Book of Spanish Grammar

Contents......Page 7
Definite Article Forms......Page 11
Uses of the Definite Article......Page 13
Indefinite Article Forms......Page 29
Uses of the Indefinite Article......Page 30
The Neuter Article lo......Page 37
Gender of Nouns......Page 40
Number of Nouns......Page 46
Compound Nouns......Page 53
Uses of Nouns......Page 56
Agreement of Nouns......Page 59
Regular Verbs in the Present Tense......Page 72
Irregular Verbs in the Present Tense......Page 76
Verbs like gustar......Page 82
Uses of the Present Indicative......Page 83
The Verbs ser and estar......Page 85
Classification of Adjectives......Page 94
Descriptive Adjectives......Page 95
Comparative and Superlative Forms......Page 126
Demonstrative Adjectives......Page 134
Possessive Adjectives......Page 137
Numerals......Page 148
Indefinite Adjectives......Page 175
Interrogative and Exclamatory Adjectives......Page 200
The Informal Future......Page 202
The Simple Future......Page 203
The Future Perfect Tense......Page 208
Preterit Endings for Regular Verbs......Page 210
Irregular Preterit Forms......Page 211
Changes in the Verb Stem in the Preterit......Page 212
Changes in the Endings in the Preterit......Page 215
Uses of the Preterit Tense......Page 216
Verbs That Change Their Meaning in the Preterit......Page 219
Contrasts Between the Preterit Tense and the Imperfect Tense......Page 220
Regular Verbs in the Imperfect......Page 223
Irregular Verbs in the Imperfect......Page 224
Uses of the Imperfect Tense......Page 225
Typical Expressions That Trigger the Imperfect Tense......Page 227
Regular Forms of the Conditional Tense......Page 228
Irregular Stem Forms......Page 229
Uses of the Conditional Tense......Page 230
Uses of the Conditional Perfect Tense......Page 234
Endings of the Present Participle......Page 236
Stems of the Present Participle......Page 237
Uses of the Present Participle......Page 238
Forms of the Past Participle......Page 245
Uses of the Past Participle......Page 247
Forms of the Present Perfect Tense......Page 251
Uses of the Present Perfect Tense......Page 252
Forms of the Past Perfect Tense......Page 254
Uses of the Past Perfect Tense......Page 255
Uses of the Infinitive......Page 258
Elements of a Subjunctive Sentence......Page 269
Structure of a Subjunctive Sentence......Page 270
Verbs That Trigger the Subjunctive in the Dependent Clause......Page 271
The Present Subjunctive......Page 274
The Imperfect Subjunctive......Page 286
The Present Perfect Subjunctive......Page 295
The Pluperfect Subjunctive......Page 297
The Ud. and Uds. Formal Commands......Page 301
The tú Informal or Familiar Commands......Page 305
The Plural of the tú Informal Command......Page 311
The First Person Plural nosotros Commands (Let's Commands)......Page 316
Commands Expressed with the Present Tense......Page 321
Commands Expressed with the Future Tense......Page 323
Personal (Subject) Pronouns......Page 325
Direct Objects and Direct Object Pronouns......Page 332
Indirect Objects and Indirect Object Pronouns......Page 340
Demonstrative Pronouns......Page 357
Possessive Pronouns......Page 361
Relative Pronouns......Page 365
Interrogative Pronouns......Page 384
Indefinite Pronouns......Page 392
Reflexive Pronouns......Page 396
Constructions with se......Page 403
Simple Prepositions......Page 411
Simple Prepositions in Compound Words......Page 432
Compound Prepositions......Page 433
Functions of Prepositions......Page 435
General Notes on Preposition Usage......Page 436
Uses of Specific Prepositions......Page 437
Classification of Adverbs......Page 445
Uses of Adverbs......Page 453
Position of Adverbs......Page 457
Adverbial Complements......Page 458
Functions of Adverbs......Page 459
Coordinating Conjunctions......Page 465
Subordinating Conjunctions......Page 468
Categories of Interjections......Page 473
Appendix A: Accents......Page 476
Appendix B: Classification of Words......Page 485
Appendix C: Division of Words into Syllables......Page 487
Appendix D: Sample Conjugations with the Pronoun vos......Page 491
Appendix E: Punctuation......Page 499
A......Page 505
C......Page 506
E......Page 507
I......Page 508
N......Page 510
P......Page 511
R......Page 512
T......Page 513
Z......Page 514