(Part 2) Top products from r/Spanish

Some years ago, I wrote a screenplay for a short film about a cursed Aztec sword that was found by a Young man in modern times, and he fought against all kind of monsters and creatures from Mexican folklore and mythology.

This was never filmed, but we took a lot of conceptual pictures, and some friends made a few drawings, we even build a real black macuahuitl.

Using this old drawings (with the approval of the friends who drew it), I finished the prologue of the story, in storybook form. It’s a very short story, and I made it bilingual, so people who knows english or spanish are able to read it.

It has 16 pages with drawings, but the digital version will be free until tuesday, so, if someone wants to download it, I’ll add the links on Amazon Mexico and Amazon US (It's free in every marketplace).

Thank you for taking the time to read this, downloading it, and giving me your opinion.

Black Macuahuitl on Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07JR4SCMF

Black Macuahuitl on Amazon MX: https://www.amazon.com.mx/dp/B07JR4SCMF

On the historical side, I recommend David Pharies's A Brief History of the Spanish Language. It is much better informed than the Nadeau and Barlow book. On the non-historical ("synchronic") side, I recommend Chris Pountain's Exploring the Spanish Language. For Spanish dialectology, I recommend Miranda Stewart's The Spanish Language Today.

You may also enjoy my own book, ¿Por qué? 101 Questions about Spanish, which Bloomsbury Academic Press will be publishing in October. It combines the historical and synchronic sides, and also has a lot of comparisons with other languages.

One month is about how long it took me to finish the Spanish Duolingo. I did learn a good bit, and it refreshed my knowledge a lot.

The Schaum's Outline series is aimed at people who have already studied a language and want a compact refresher. I found it was a great companion to Duolingo. http://www.amazon.com/Schaums-Outline-Spanish-Grammar-Edition/dp/0071830413

Good luck!

Practice Makes Perfect Spanish Verb Tenses

Practice Makes Perfect Spanish Pronouns and Prepositions

I've been using these and they've been so helpful. I like workbooks because I can write in them. Plus super cheap ($10)

Hi, new to the sub. It just so happens that I'm reading a book on the history of Carthage. I'm only a hundred pages in and have been busy with school-work, but it did touch briefly on the Phoenician "colonization" of southern Spain and there is a chapter on Barcid rule in Spain that I haven't gotten to. This book looks more like a comprehensive primer on ancient Carthage but it might be useful if you find a copy in your local library.

Carthage Must be Destroyed

Don't have any PDF links for you, but I will say RE: Rosetta Stone...

You can get many of the same resources for free on Duolingo. But it depends what kind of Spanish`you want to learn. For example, if it's Iberian Spanish (Castellano, Spanish Spanish) then duolingo might not be such a safe bet because the Spanish on there is based mostly on the Latin American dialects.

If it's physical books you're into, this is my bible. I have found it so comprehensive and it fills in some gaps nicely. But perhaps also get this to give you a nice grounding in the grammar and syntax.

YES! I have the exact book you're looking for: Spanish Vocabulary Building with Suffixes! It is excellent and has helped my vocabulary building skills immensely. It explains different suffixes, what they mean and how to build words with them.

I would recommend Ladrón de la Mente. It's a novel designed for beginner/intermediate Spanish learners. I had to read it for class and I really enjoyed the story.

Can't go wrong with books: english-spanish dictionary, spanish translation of a book you know she likes, or just books about the language and culture themselves, e.g. this one I really enjoyed.

Try reading La Dama del Alba by Alejandro Casona. It's used widely in SPA 201-202 courses. Here's the Amazon link, but you can probably buy it used for pennies. http://www.amazon.com/La-Dama-del-Alba-Retablo/dp/0135216427

Here's a link to a brief book, part of the "Very Short Introduction" series published by Oxford: A Very Short Introduction to the Spanish Civil War The author, Helen Graham, is a well respected English historian. Let me know if you have any specific questions-- I'm currently doing my PhD in contemporary Spanish literary representations of the Spanish Civil War.

This is the one I used: https://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Spanish-Review-Practice-3rd/dp/0071847588

Try this one. Collins Reference - Spanish for Everyone

http://www.amazon.com/Spanish-Everyone-Language-HarperCollins-Publishers/dp/0061774383

Breve historia de la lengua espanola (puedes leer las primeras paginas en amazon) no es difícil y es muy interesante y informativo.