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With more than 1 million copies in print, the new, updated edition of this all-time best selling language book of Spanish verbs is now printed in two colors for increased ease of reference. The most important and most commonly used Spanish verbs are presented alphabetically in chart form, one verb per page, and conjugated in all persons and tenses, both active and passive. This thorough guide to the use of verbs features many additional references and tips, including a bilingual list of more than 1,250 additional Spanish verbs, helpful expressions and idioms for travelers, and verb drills and tests with answers explained at the back of the book.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Bring Back the 4th Edition!, Oct 7 2003

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Anne Crosby (Albuquerque, New Mexico USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 501 Spanish Verbs (Paperback)

The content of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th editions of 501 Verbs is excellent, and very similar. The 4th edition has exercises in the back that the 3rd does not have. I use the 4th, my husband has used the 3rd and wanted an updated copy with the exercises. I bought the 5th. (10/7/2003) After spending an afternoon working with the book, I have decided to return it. The content, as always, is excellent. But the print and the 2-color presentation are not an improvement; on the contrary. I suffered eyestrain and fatigue after using the book for an hour or so. And I found it to be more difficult to focus on the content with the seemingly faded 2-color presentation. Thus it will be returned. If I cannot obtain a used copy of the 4th edition in good condition, my husband and I will switch copies.
--I suspect that some of the presentation of the book, ie. the faded color of the print, is an attempt at economy. This may be true, also, of the use of the (also faded) red instead of the bold print in previous editions. If so, it is a false economy. I would venture that most people who are interested in 501 Verbs will buy it whether it is $15 or $17 dollars.

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5.0 out of 5 stars More Important than your Bilingual Dictionary!, Mar 3 2004

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Cynthia Reed (Duluth, GA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 501 Spanish Verbs (Paperback)

This is the only reference that I can truly say is more important than a bilingual dictionary. 501 Spanish Verbs is organized alphabetically--just like a dictionary--and contains complete conjugations of nearly every verb you will ever need to use. Even after years of studying Spanish, I still occassionaly get stuck and can't remember certain details, like the difference between the command form of Usted and tu.

501 Spanish Verbs lets you look up all of the forms of every verb. It is definitely the best verb reference out there! The one thing I should say, though, is that it does not teach you how to conjugate verbs, just as a dictionary does not teach you new vocabulary. It is a quick reference, and nothing more. If you want to learn the verb conjugations, you should use The Real Spanish Path. Don't mistake this for a critism of 501 Verbs--it is meant to be a reference, and it does a very efficient job of that.

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5.0 out of 5 stars 501 Spanish Verbs, Jun 19 2004

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"kelbel288" (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews

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501 Spanish Verbs was extremely helpful in my Spanish class. I use it all the time because it is very easy to understand and very well put together. Each verb has a page with conjugations in all tenses from the present to the future subjuctive. It is extremely easy to nagvigate and has helped me with all of my verbs.

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4.0 out of 5 stars ¡Gran libro!
This book was very helpful for my Español class!

Published on May 15 2004 by Rex MC

2.0 out of 5 stars Useless, utterly useless
This book has 501 verbs because it contains hundreds of regular verbs conjugated in an identical fashion over and over and over again. Read more

Published on April 4 2004 by Jennifer K Webb