Product Description
In this phrase book for travel in Spanish-speaking countries, the author has tried to incorporate features that will make it convenient and easy for you to use in actual situations. Every phrase and word is translated into proper Spanish and then re-spelled to guide you in its pronunciation. The book is also “programmed” to help you with two of the basic problems of the novice in a language – an inability to comprehend the spoken word and a certain hesitancy in speaking out. To solve the first problem, questions have been avoided, to the extent possible, in the phrases. When they could not be avoided, they have been worded so that a yes or no answer may be expected. And, sometimes, when even this solution is impossible, the anticipated answer is given. To solve the problem of hesitancy, the contents of the book have been arranged so that a minimal command of the basic phrases, salutations, weather, numbers, time, statements of need and desire, may be acquired in the first sections. The pronunciation guides printed under the Spanish translation should also give you confidence that you will be understood. Finally, to aid you in finding a phrase that you wish to use, the Dictionary has been partially indexed. The Dictionary itself is comprehensive enough so that you will not lack the basic words for any usual situation.
