Learning Valencian on the Go: An Introduction for Beginners - Tapa blanda

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This book was written by an experienced Spanish and ESL teacher who has lived in the Valencian Community in Spain during the last ten years. It includes pronunciation tips, cultural information, phrases useful in daily life and basic grammar. Topics include school, cultural celebrations, greetings, farewells, useful phrases, introductions, family, professions, countries, cities, languages, numbers, days, months, seasons, dates, weather, at home, places around town, telling time, the human body, describing people and clothes, colors, food and drink. This book is intended to be a basic introduction for beginners and does not contain exercises or audio material. Table of Contents Introduction Catalan and Valencian vocabulary similarities and differences Catalan/Valencian-speaking areas Pronunciation vowel sounds consonants accent and stress L’aula (the classroom) I have, you have, etc. I need, you need, etc. subject pronouns indefinite articles definite articles in class holidays and cultural celebrations school subjects Les salutacions (greetings) Hello! How’s it going? formal and familiar Bye! useful words and phrases Les presentacions (introductions) What’s your name? the verb ser (to be) Who are you? possessive adjectives I’d like you to meet... this and that Nice to meet you! La família Les professions Place of Origin and Languages Where are you from? the regions of Spain countries of the world Do you speak Valencian? lanaguages of the world the verb viure (to live) Where do you live? cities of the world La roba (clothes) the verb portar clothing adjectives for describing clothing example sentences Els colors (colors) El cos humà (the human body) Dies i mesos (days and months) the days of the week the months of the year the seasons of the year els números/els numerals (numbers) els números ordinals today, tomorrow and the date L’hora (telling time) Activitats i llocs (activities and places) I like, you like, etc. activities the verb anar (to go) places so and so’s “place” around town asking for directions means of transport El temps (the weather) the verb fer (do, make) How’s the weather? related words La casa i els edificis (houses and buildings) household chores example sentences Els animals i la naturalesa animals example sentences (animals) nature flowers example sentences (nature) Aliments i begudes (food and drinks) some verbs and phrases nouns nouns, verbs, adjectives Basic Grammar the six verb forms the present tense regular -ar verbs regular –er and –re verbs regular –ir verbs verbs like preferir reflexive verbs irregular verbs in the present tense the simple past tense the imperfect past tense -ar verbs other verbs the present perfect basic forms the past participle of regular verbs irregular participles the future and conditional Els adjectius Describing People and Things hair and eyes adjectives for describing people and things Sentiments i condicions (feelings and conditions) How do you feel? adjectives of feelings and conditions reflexive verbs reflexive pronouns the verb trobar-se the verb sentir-se Forming the Plural Les falles (the Fallas celebration)