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Introduction General Description Using the CD Conversations Conversations Dictations Dictations Numbers Numbers General Vocabulary Vocabulary Translations Translations Braser Soft Contact Us	Verbs _aba _ando _ía _iendo AR_verbs ER_verbs Ir_a IR_verbs Irreg_Cond Irreg_Future Irreg_Pret Subjunctive


  	 Conversations

  Each file has a short conversation representing typical situations that one could encounter in both daily life in a Spanish-speaking country or as a tourist. The files begin with SW_. The topics covered are:

Bank	: typical things that one must do in the bank

Cinema	: buy those tickets

Customs	: how many bottles of whiskey do you have!!??

Directions	: getting around in town

Doctor	: tell him/her what's wrong

Hotel	: reserve a room

Mechanic	: the car won't start. What do you say?

Pharmacy	: get the medicine you need

Plans	: how to get together tomorrow

PoliceStation	: your car is missing. What do you say?

PostOffice	: send something and get some stamps

RentACar	: on holiday or business? Get a car

Restaurant	: order meals. It's nice to eat sometimes

Shop_Clothes	: buying some clothes

Shop_food	: get what you want when you're not in a supermarket

Taxi	: take a taxi and away you go

Telephone1	: call someone and have to call back

Telephone2	: got the wrong number?

The_Bar	: get what you want to eat or drink

Traffic_Police	: have they stopped you? What do you say?

Train	: when does it leave? Get your tickets

Wrong_Change: people do make mistakes sometimes, you know

Wrong_Person: and they sometimes confuse someone for someone else

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   General Description

  Spanish Whiz (TM) is a three-level program corresponding to Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Levels, which is designed to be an aid for anyone who is serious about learning Spanish.

 Studying grammar and vocabulary in the written form is absolutely necessary, but unless you only plan to read Spanish (this is a real possibility for some people who only want to read technical articles), you need to get to the real nitty-gritty of what learning a language is all about: speaking to people and understanding what they say to you.

  The Spanish Whiz CD will help you to do this. Almost every grammatical aspect of the Spanish language is included on this CD. It follows the same no-nonsense approach as the main program: you will be able to listen to practical conversations as well as drill yourself on the basics of grammar while perfecting your pronunciation and listening skills. You do all this while listening to the voices of native speakers from both Latin America and Spain on over 4.500 different sound files.

  We hope you not only find this CD useful, but that you also enjoy using it. Please remember that it is designed to be used exclusively with the main Spanish Whiz program.  If you have the Sound CD now, remember that you don't have to have it in your computer in order to use the Spanish Whiz program multiple choice and fill-in exercises. You only need to put the CD in when you are doing the Sound exercises.

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   Using the CD

  To use the Sound CD along with Spanish Whiz, the only thing you need to do is tell Spanish Whiz where the CD drive drive is. To do this:

  1) Put the Sound CD in the CD drive

  2) Start Spanish Whiz

  3) Go to Tools-> Options -> Sound CD

  4) Click on the Find CD button

  5) You will see a message saying something like ' Drive D:\ has been selected'.

  6) Click on OK, and then on Exit / Save in order to save the changes.

  That's all there is to it. If you ever want to change the CD Drive location (for example, if you buy a new computer or install new hardware and Windows changes the letter name of your CD Drive) just follow the steps above, but click on the Undo button before following steps 4, 5 and 6.

  If you have the Sound CD now, remember that you don't have to have it in your computer in order to use the Spanish Whiz program multiple choice and fill-in exercises. You only need to put the CD in when you are doing the Sound exercises.

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  	 Dictations

Numbers

  You'll find lists of numbers divided into tens, hundreds, thousands, and those really long numbers that everyone loves, like 14.254.678, also known as:  catorce millones doscientos cincuenta y cuatro mil seiscientos setenta y ocho. In these dictation exercises, you only have to type in the number and not write it out as we've done here. The important thing here is to understand them.

  Special Note: You will notice that the numbers over 1.000 are separated by decimal points and not commas. That is the way it is done in some Spanish-speaking countries. That's the way you do it here.

One Word

  These dictations are probably the easiest.  However, they are good practice for both beginners and advanced students.  The vocabulary here is selected from files in the Listen section so that you can listen to and practice them before trying them here  Here's a short description of what each file is based on:

  1Word1: vegetables and weather

  1Word2: science and sports

  1Word3: nationalities and professions

  1Word4: medicine and nationalities

  1Word5:house and meat

  1Word6: family and fruit

  1Word7: clothes and countries

  1Word8: animals and body

  1Word9: machines and money

  1Word10: sports and geography

Sentences

 You have to know your stuff to get these right, although they are also good exercises for beginners as exercises to catch the most important words. All of these sentences are spoken at a normal speech rate, just as you would hear them in normal everyday life. Don't forget to put in your accent marks or it will be counted wrong.

  There are 300 sentences included on the CD. Even though you may find them difficult, you will probably want to devote a good part of your time to this section. It will pay off in the long run if you do.

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  	 Numbers

  You will find the same numbers in this section as in the Dictation section.

  However, the purpose of presenting them here is quite different. This is your chance to practice the pronunciation and get used to hearing them. In the dictation section, you will want to get every little bit right. In general terms, you might want to use this section before going on to the dictation section.

 As stated in the Dictation help, note that you'll find lists of numbers divided into tens, hundreds, thousands, and those really long numbers that everyone loves, like 24.659.768, also known as:  veinticuatro millones setecientos cincuenta y nueve mil setecientos sesenta y ocho

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  	 Vocabulary

 In this section, you will be presented with a  selection of common words in many different areas. The following is a partial listing of the areas presented on the Sound CD:

ABC's Animals The body Clothes Countries Drinks Family Fruit Geography House Household items Machines	Meat and fish Medicine Money Nationalities Professions Science Sports Tools Vegetables and other foods Weather

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  	 Contact Us

  We would love to hear any comment or suggestion that you may have about the CD or any of our other programs. Remember that email is the best way to get a rapid reply.

 To contact us:

Email:

gbb@braser.com

Web page:

http://www.braser.com

Surface Mail:

GB Blanchard

Aptdo. de Correos 555

29680 Estepona, Málaga

Spain

Tel. / Fax:

(your code for Spain) 95 279 3791

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  	 Translations

  The translations in English of all sections are now included on the CD, and can be seen on screen when using the program. Please keep the following in mind when reading them:

  Words can have more than one translation, and sometimes many. For example, the Spanish verb dejar is translated in the program as allow, whereas a look at the dictionary will show you that it also means leave, forget, bequeath, leave someone alone, drop, put down, abandon, forsake, stop, finish, bring in, yield, let, put down, etc. etc. etc..

  Since the purpose of the Sound CD is to help you with listening and pronunciation, the translations into English are not meant to be exhaustive.

  Also, please note that the third person singular of the verbs has been translated using he . For example, juega has been translated as 'he plays' when in reality it also means she plays, it plays, and you (usted) play. This has been done simply to make effective use of the space available.

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  	 _aba

  The Spanish Whiz program Help has a full discussion on the formation and use of this tense. The following is simply a short example of the contents on the CD.

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  This section has a selection of  -AR verbs in the imperfect tense, such as:

  hablaba

  hablabas

  hablaba

  hablábamos

  hablabais

  hablaban

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  	 _ando

  The Spanish Whiz program Help has a full discussion on the formation and use of this tense. The following is simply a short example of the contents on the CD.

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  This section includes examples of -AR verbs in the Present Progressive (Present Continuous) tense. For example:

estoy hablando

estás hablando

está hablando

estamos cantando

estáis cantando

están cantando

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  	 _ía

  The Spanish Whiz program Help has a full discussion on the formation and use of this tense. The following is simply a short example of the contents on the CD.

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  This section gives you practice in the Imperfect tense with -ER and -IR verbs. For example:

comía

comías

comía

vivíamos

viviais

vivían

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  	 _iendo

  The Spanish Whiz program Help has a full discussion on the formation and use of this tense. The following is simply a short example of the contents on the CD.

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  This section includes examples of -ER and -IR verbs in the Present Progressive (Present Continuous) tense. For example:

estoy comiendo

estás comiendo

está comiendo

estamos viviendo

estáis viviendo

están viviendo

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  	 AR_verbs

  The Spanish Whiz program Help has a full discussion on the formation and use of this tense. The following is simply a short example of the contents on the CD.

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  In this section, you get to practice a wide selection of -AR verbs, both single-word verbs and reflexive verbs, in the three basic tenses: habitual present, preterite (simple past), and future. Each of the approximately forty verbs listed includes all six forms in each of the three tenses mentioned for a total of about 700 different sound files.

  The following is a typical listing, using as an example the verb hablar:

(Present)

  hablo

  hablas

  habla

  hablamos

  habláis

  hablan

(Preterite)

 hablé

 hablaste

 habló

 hablamos

 hablasteis

 hablaron

(Future)

  hablaré

  hablarás

  hablará

  hablaremos

  hablaréis

  hablarán

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  	 ER_verbs

  The Spanish Whiz program Help has a full discussion on the formation and use of this tense. The following is simply a short example of the contents on the CD.

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  In this section, you get to practice a wide selection of -ER verbs, both single-word verbs and reflexive verbs, in the three basic tenses: habitual present, preterite (simple past), and future. Each of the approximately thirty verbs listed includes all six forms in each of the three tenses mentioned for a total of about 500 different sound files.

  The following is a typical listing, using as an example the verb comer:

(Present)

   como

   comes

   come

   comemos

   coméis

   comen

(Preterite)

  comí

  comiste

  comió

  comimos

  comisteis

  comieron

(Future)

 comeré

 comerás

 comerá

 comeremos

 comeréis

 comerán

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  	 Ir_a

  The Spanish Whiz program Help has a full discussion on the formation and use of this tense. The following is simply a short example of the contents on the CD.

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 In this section, you will be able to hear a selection of the future tense with the 'ir a' (going to) construction. For example:

  voy a comer

  vas a comer

  va a comer

  vamos a ducharnos

  vais a ducharos

  van a ducharse

  etc.

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  	 IR_verbs

  The Spanish Whiz program Help has a full discussion on the formation and use of this tense. The following is simply a short example of the contents on the CD.

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 In this section, you get to practice a wide selection of -ER verbs, both single-word verbs and reflexive verbs, in the three basic tenses: habitual present, preterite (simple past), and future. Each of the approximately twenty-five verbs listed includes all six forms in each of the three tenses mentioned for a total of about 400 different sound files.

  The following is a typical listing, using as an example the verb vivir:

(Present)

  vivo

  vives

  vive

  vivimos

  vivís

  viven

(Preterite)

 viví

 viviste

 vivió

 vivimos

 vivisteis

 vivieron

(Future)

 viviré

 vivirás

 vivirá

 viviremos

 viviréis

 vivirán

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  	 Irreg_Cond

  The Spanish Whiz program Help has a full discussion on the formation and use of this tense. The following is simply a short example of the contents on the CD.

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  You can study all of the irregular forms of verbs in the conditional here. You should note, when deciding what verb to use, that the files are listed by the first person irregular form. Here is a short guide in case you are not already somewhat familiar with this form.

  Verb	Name of Sound File

  tener	 SW_tendria

  vender	 SW_vendria

  poner	 SW_pondria

  salir	 SW_saldria

  saber	 SW_sabria

  poder	 SW_podria

  haber	 SW_habria

  caber	 SW_cabria

  decir	 SW_diria

  hacer	 SW_haria

  querer	 SW_querria

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  	 Irreg_Future

  The Spanish Whiz program Help has a full discussion on the formation and use of this tense. The following is simply a short example of the contents on the CD.

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  You can study all of the irregular forms of verbs in the future tense here. You should note, when deciding what verb to use, that the files are listed by the first person irregular form. Here is a short guide in case you are not already somewhat familiar with this form.

  Verb	Name of Sound File

  tener	 SW_tendre

  vender	 SW_vendre

  poner	 SW_pondre

  salir	 SW_saldre

  saber	 SW_sabre

  poder	 SW_podre

  haber	 SW_habre

  caber	 SW_cabre

  decir	 SW_dire

  hacer	 SW_hare

  querer	 SW_querre

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Irreg_PresPerf

  The Spanish Whiz program Help has a full discussion on the formation and use of this tense. The following is simply a short example of the contents on the CD.

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You can study all of the irregular forms of verbs in the Present Perfect form here. The first file lists all of the irregular participles, while the other two give you complete conjugations. The participles are:

  abierto

  cubierto

  descubierto

  escrito

  muerto

  puesto

  resuelto

  roto

  visto

  vuelto

  satisfecho

  dicho

  hecho

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  	 Irreg_Pret

  The Spanish Whiz program Help has a full discussion on the formation and use of this tense. The following is simply a short example of the contents on the CD.

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   You can study all of the irregular forms of verbs in the Preterite (Simple Past) here. You should note, when deciding what verb to use, that the files are listed by the first person irregular form. Here is a short guide in case you are not already somewhat familiar with this form:

  Verb	Name of Sound File

  andar: 	SW_anduve

  caber:	SW_cupe

  dar:	SW_di

  decir:	SW_dije

  estar:	SW_estuve

  ir - ser:	SW_fui

  hacer:	SW_hice

  poder:	SW_pude

  poner:	SW_puse

  querer:	SW_quise

  saber:	SW_supe

  traer:	SW_traje

  tener:	SW_tuve

  venir:	SW_vine

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Pres_Perfect

  The Spanish Whiz program Help has a full discussion on the formation and use of this tense. The following is simply a short example of the contents on the CD.

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  Here you will be able to practice the conjugated forms of verbs in the Present Perfect form. An example entry would be:

  he hablado

  has hablado

  ha hablado

  hemos cantado

  habéis cantado

  han cantado

  he perdido

  has perdido

  ha perdido

  hemos tenido

  habéis tenido

  han tenido

  he vivido

  has vivido

  ha vivido

  hemos venido

  habéis venido

  han venido

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  	 Subjunctive

  The Spanish Whiz program Help has a full discussion on the formation and use of this tense. The following is simply a short example of the contents on the CD.

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  In this section you are given all three subjunctive form for all persons for more than 50 common verbs for a total of over 900 different sound files. Each verb is listed by the infinitive. For example, the verb 'vovler' is listed as 'SW__volver.sws'. We'll use this verb to show you a typical entry in this section:

Present Subjunctive

  vuelva

  vuelvas

  vuelva

  volvamos

  volváis

  vuelvan

Past Subjunctive ( -ra )

  volviera

  volvieras

  volviera

  volviéramos

  volvierais

  volvieran

Past Subjunctive ( -se )

  volviese

  volvieses

  volviese

  volviésemos

  volvieseis

  volviesen

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CD drive

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