Spanish Notes

Pages I have created myself
Irregular Verb Lists. These lists incorporate all 92 irregular conjugations in Spanish as listed in my VOX dictionary. I do believe this works! How this was done.	Present Tense: Spanish 111 Selected present indicative irregularities. Past Tense: Spanish 112 Selected past indicative irregularities. Present Tense: The full list Examples from all of the verb models that are different in the present indicative grouped by type of Irregularity. Also available sorted alphabetically or by model number Past Tense: The full list All irregular preterite models are here, sorted into groups. Also available sorted alphabetically or by model number Look up an Infinitive Over 300 verbs. Feel free to suggest more. Verb Definitions Selected definitions of selected verbs (mostly irregular).
Spanish Quizzes. Different every time! These quizzes cover a variety of topics that I needed to learn for Spanish 111, 112, and 231. They imploy the conjugation information in the above lists and add to that an algorithmic way of mixing and matching subjects, verbs, and objects in creative ways. feedback appreciated!	Number Quiz Practice writing out numbers. Nationalities Quiz Quiz yourself on the names of countries, nationalities, and languages of the world. Country/City Quiz Quiz yourself on the locations of cities in Central and South America. Ser/Estar Quiz A quiz on the use of ser and estar. Indirect Object Quiz Quiz yourself on indirect objects. 111 Irregular Verb Quiz Quiz yourself on the present-tense irregular verbs from Spanish 111. 112 Irregular Verb Quiz Quiz yourself on the present-tense irregular verbs from Spanish 112. Irr. Preterite Verb Quiz Quiz yourself on the past-tense irregular verbs from Spanish 112. Subjunctive Verb Quiz Quiz yourself on the use of the subjunctive for Spanish 231.
¿Dónde está?	Just a diagram I made to help me remember where I put things.
palabras utíles	Words that help the flow of ideas. What do you really call these? conjunciones frases de transición
Vocabulario 231/232	Words I am trying to learn.
nacionalidades	Nationalities organized. This was driving me nuts!
Glossary	A searchable on-line glossary based on the book I used in Spanish 111 and 112, Dos Mundos (el libro) Dos mundos: En breve
saber/deber/necesito/etc.	A table I'm using to help organize my thoughts around "verb+infinitive" combinations.
Pages I strongly recommend
BBC RadioMundo	Listen to the BBC in Spanish -- slow it down with the PC programWavEdit.exe
Practica Español A rich resource from the Fundación de la Lengua Española and the Instituto Cervantes. This site includes many fabulous activities for Spanish language learners. I recommend it highly! Rapid-fire spoken Spanish news with translation. From Valladolid, Spain.	Click on the link, not the audio slider to here the story read out loud. A-level practice (Spanish 111-232) B-level practice (advanced practice) C-level practice (really advanced practice)
Radio Lingua Network
linguee es la combinaci�n �nica de un diccionario y un buscador que te permite buscar palabras y expresiones en miles de millones de textos biling�es.	Give this site a word or phrase in English or Spanish, and it will return dozens of sentences in Spanish along with its direct translation into English containing that word or phrase. The interesting thing is that these are all actual professional translations, with links to actual sources, primarily from official European Union or UN documents. It is really incredible!
diccionario de la lengua española de la Real Academia Española This is the "Oxford Dictionary" of the Spanish language from the institution that claims the royal right to define the Spanish language. Not in translation!
DuoLingo	Challenge yourself to improve your skills. Somewhat limited vocabulary and range of exercises, but the positive reward system is great. Covers pretty much all the grammar presented in four college semesters of Spanish. Somewhat annoying that it has to be done strictly linearly.
Spanish Web Portals
Spanish TV/radio	BBC Mundo BBC news in Spanish TVE a la carta Spain's iPlayer from RTVE TV P�blica, Argentina Bolivia tv, RTP Bolivia, Red ATB TVN, Chile Se�al Colombia Teletica, Costa Rica Televisi�n Cubana and its iPlayer: teveo Rep�blica Dominicana TV rtv ge int, Guinea Ecuatorial Congreso TV, Honduras Ecuador TV Once TV M�xico Viva Nicaragua Canal 13 TVN Panam� TV P�blica Paraguay TVPer� TNU, Uruguay Venezolana de Televisi�n
http://www.hispavista.com
More pages that might interest you
News in Slow Spanish	(just bits - very expensive subscription required for more)
Instituto Cervantes Spanish Level Test	most certainly the hardest Spanish test you will ever take -- if you can make it through it!
Spanish Institute of Puebla (Mexico)	http://www.sipuebla.com/spanish-guide.htm
Self-Check Exercises from Ursinus College	Static, but covering quite a range of topics, including: Adjectives Art Conjunctions Literature Numbers Object Pronouns Por/Para Relative Pronouns Syntax Verbs Videos Vocabulary
la cocina y comida	recetas: sopa de choclos pasteles de chocolate An interesting linguistic comparison: Two menus for HIV patients taking Nelfinavir, both from Roche Pharmaceuticals, one in Spanish (source) and one in English (source)
pretérito y imperfecto	descripciónes y ejercicios imperfect/preterite meaning changes -- many good examples
About Spanish	I really like this site! Some of the pages I've found useful include: Beginner's Index of Topics Commands Commands and Requests Part 1: Direct Commands Commands and Requests Part 2: Commands Not in the Imperative Mood Commands and Requests Part 3: Polite Requests Verbs How Do You Say "To Want"? Ser or Estar, That Is the Question Confusing Pair: Saber and Conocer More Confusing Verb Pairs Using Infinitives Part 1: Infinitives Often Function as Nouns Using Infinitives Part 2: Using Infinitives after Other Verbs (No Change of Subject) Choice of Preterite or Imperfect Can Modify Verb's Meaning Nouns and Vocabulary Gender Building Your Vocabulary: Prefixes Spanish, English Share Many Word Beginnings All's Well That Ends Well: A Lesson in Suffixes Adjectives and Pronouns Taking the Confusion out of 'Por' and 'Para' Very Good Words to Use: Avoiding Overuse of Muy Special Topics Thanksgiving Weather Prepositional Phrases/Where Is it? Advanced Stuff--Tenses and Moods The Conditional Would Be Right Part 1: Conditional Tense Usually Means "Would" It's in the Past Introduction to the Subjunctive Mood In the Mood: The Subjunctive, Part 1 In the Mood: The Subjunctive, Part 2