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# Madrigal's Magic Key to Spanish: A Creative and Proven Approach

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Review: Quickly delivers usable language - This book is based on identifying patterns to give you, the learner, the fastest possible entry point into actually usable Spanish: - how to convert thousands of English words to Spanish equivalents - how to conjugate verbs in past, present and future - crucially, without trying to kill your enthusiasm with horrendous grammar tables Conjugations are introduced slowly, so the learner is not faced with table after table of conjugations in all forms. (After all, we didn't learn English by learning grammar first, we learnt it by identifying patterns and then, when we were at school, we learnt grammatical terms and nuances.) In fact, the learner is introduced to the singular forms of only the first person and third person for a good portion of the book. The learner is introduced to the past tense first, in order that useful expressions can be made from the word go. This is on the grounds that a lot of our conversations in daily life are about the past: what we did at the weekend, last week, last night or this morning, for example. Everything that is introduced is followed by more than ample opportunity to practice: there are sentences to read and word/phrase combination drills to perform. One reviewer has said that the book is too long but I would temper that view with the knowledge that the increase in volume is actually due to these many examples of usage and word/phrase combination drills. In fact, I have found other resources far too brief in this regard. I am no language savant (a fact, sadly, not false modesty), but I am a linguistic enthusiast and, having sought out, and used, beginner level materials for Russian, Japanese, Italian, Greek and Amharic and having taken French (A level) and German (O level) at school/college (a long, long time ago :-D), I can say that this book is better at getting the learner up and running with usable language than any other book or online resource that I have found to date, by a country mile. With most others, I have found that there is far too much unnecessary grammar introduced far too early to engage the learner and provide opportunities to succeed in reproducing and reusing the language learnt. Some reviewers have pointed to the South American bias of this book as being a problem for anyone wishing to speak Spanish in mainland Spain but I have found no such issues in the dozen or so times that I have visited Spain. (The odd person has tried to correct my "gracias" to "grathias" but, after a bit of interaction, they have realised that I am not being lazy or uneducated but, rather, speaking the South American flavour - and they can understand it perfectly well. And let's not forget that the vast majority of people will try hard to understand a foreigner that tries to use their language - and never underestimate the power of always using "please" and "thankyou" and, indeed, pointing and saying the appropriate numbers with a hopeful smile :-D … We even have significant differences British English: I was brought up in southern England and have worked in Sheffield recently and whilst I would “make a brew”, they will “mash”, I will feel “cold” but they will be “nesh”, something might be “dirty” but to them it will be “mardy” … Differences are easily overcome with very little effort and, really, should just add to our enjoyment of the vibrant nature of language.) As with all language learning resources, the effort exerted by the learner is the actual key to learning a foreign language to whatever level the learner feels that they want to achieve, but Madrigals Magic Keys To Spanish is an excellent starting point and gives a great deal of potential for quickly usable language from which the learner can then spring and delve into other resources and learning opportunities.
Review: A must have for all Spanish beginners! - This book is incredible, I’m not usually one to leave reviews but this is an absolute game changer. I’ve gone from knowing very basic Spanish. To being able to form sentences and make more sense of things in my head when it comes to forming sentences out loud. There is a method provided in this book that helps the learner to understand WHY it is spoken in this way, for instance, the work Tome, meaning to take but in Spanish it means to eat or drink something so instead of saying “I ate a sandwich” one would say “I took the sandwich” give or take (forgive me if that’s not 100% I’m still learning” I’m the kind of learner that needs to know the why behind the action/words and this book is amazing when it comes to that. If you are starting out speaking Spanish this is a wonderful start it may be difficult if you’re entirely new to Spanish and don’t know the basic words like Hola, tardes or esta, mañana, etc But it’s still a great book to have to read whilst learning Spanish in other ways… Don’t hesitate with this one! It’s worth it. I bought this and a pictured Spanish dictionary.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | 39,541 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 26 in Reading Skills Reference 287 in Language Training by Language |
| Customer reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (4,986) |
| Dimensions  | 13.59 x 3.12 x 20.98 cm |
| Edition  | Illustrated |
| ISBN-10  | 0385410956 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0385410953 |
| Item weight  | 425 g |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 512 pages |
| Publication date  | 1 Sept. 1989 |
| Publisher  | Doubleday & Co Inc. |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Quickly delivers usable language
*by A***R on 29 May 2017*

This book is based on identifying patterns to give you, the learner, the fastest possible entry point into actually usable Spanish: - how to convert thousands of English words to Spanish equivalents - how to conjugate verbs in past, present and future - crucially, without trying to kill your enthusiasm with horrendous grammar tables Conjugations are introduced slowly, so the learner is not faced with table after table of conjugations in all forms. (After all, we didn't learn English by learning grammar first, we learnt it by identifying patterns and then, when we were at school, we learnt grammatical terms and nuances.) In fact, the learner is introduced to the singular forms of only the first person and third person for a good portion of the book. The learner is introduced to the past tense first, in order that useful expressions can be made from the word go. This is on the grounds that a lot of our conversations in daily life are about the past: what we did at the weekend, last week, last night or this morning, for example. Everything that is introduced is followed by more than ample opportunity to practice: there are sentences to read and word/phrase combination drills to perform. One reviewer has said that the book is too long but I would temper that view with the knowledge that the increase in volume is actually due to these many examples of usage and word/phrase combination drills. In fact, I have found other resources far too brief in this regard. I am no language savant (a fact, sadly, not false modesty), but I am a linguistic enthusiast and, having sought out, and used, beginner level materials for Russian, Japanese, Italian, Greek and Amharic and having taken French (A level) and German (O level) at school/college (a long, long time ago :-D), I can say that this book is better at getting the learner up and running with usable language than any other book or online resource that I have found to date, by a country mile. With most others, I have found that there is far too much unnecessary grammar introduced far too early to engage the learner and provide opportunities to succeed in reproducing and reusing the language learnt. Some reviewers have pointed to the South American bias of this book as being a problem for anyone wishing to speak Spanish in mainland Spain but I have found no such issues in the dozen or so times that I have visited Spain. (The odd person has tried to correct my "gracias" to "grathias" but, after a bit of interaction, they have realised that I am not being lazy or uneducated but, rather, speaking the South American flavour - and they can understand it perfectly well. And let's not forget that the vast majority of people will try hard to understand a foreigner that tries to use their language - and never underestimate the power of always using "please" and "thankyou" and, indeed, pointing and saying the appropriate numbers with a hopeful smile :-D … We even have significant differences British English: I was brought up in southern England and have worked in Sheffield recently and whilst I would “make a brew”, they will “mash”, I will feel “cold” but they will be “nesh”, something might be “dirty” but to them it will be “mardy” … Differences are easily overcome with very little effort and, really, should just add to our enjoyment of the vibrant nature of language.) As with all language learning resources, the effort exerted by the learner is the actual key to learning a foreign language to whatever level the learner feels that they want to achieve, but Madrigals Magic Keys To Spanish is an excellent starting point and gives a great deal of potential for quickly usable language from which the learner can then spring and delve into other resources and learning opportunities.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A must have for all Spanish beginners!
*by S***N on 9 November 2023*

This book is incredible, I’m not usually one to leave reviews but this is an absolute game changer. I’ve gone from knowing very basic Spanish. To being able to form sentences and make more sense of things in my head when it comes to forming sentences out loud. There is a method provided in this book that helps the learner to understand WHY it is spoken in this way, for instance, the work Tome, meaning to take but in Spanish it means to eat or drink something so instead of saying “I ate a sandwich” one would say “I took the sandwich” give or take (forgive me if that’s not 100% I’m still learning” I’m the kind of learner that needs to know the why behind the action/words and this book is amazing when it comes to that. If you are starting out speaking Spanish this is a wonderful start it may be difficult if you’re entirely new to Spanish and don’t know the basic words like Hola, tardes or esta, mañana, etc But it’s still a great book to have to read whilst learning Spanish in other ways… Don’t hesitate with this one! It’s worth it. I bought this and a pictured Spanish dictionary.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Speak spanish in sentences and build on it from there.
*by E***A on 18 April 2016*

This is an excellent book. I already had the digital version on my tablet but found I really wanted it in paper to read anywhere anytime. Its quite an old book 1950s I think but still relevant. One thing that is lacking is the vosotros conjugation as it is a book written for American learners but other than that is is very useful. It begins with speaking in a past tense 1st and third person, then onto they and us words. Lots of emphasis on words that are similar in both languages (English and Spanish) I am about 2/5ths through and it has reached present tense (which Duolino starts with). You learn sentences quite quickly and there are lots of drills and a few tests too. Anyway I love this book and am glad i bought it .

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