Spanish Vocabulary Book

Preface
Abbreviations and Symbols
Simplified Gender Rule
Introduction

Part I: Background
1.1. Spanish as a Romance Language
1.2. "Learned" versus "Popular" Words
1.3. Latin: A Few Useful Tools

Part II: Classical Vocabulary
2.1. "Learned" Latin Words
2.2. "Learned" Greek Words

Part III: Popular Vocabulary: The Shape of Spanish
3.1. Addition of "Helping" e : esnob = snob
3.2. Initial f RA h: higo = fig
3.3. Vowel Changes: e RA ie, o RA ue, etc.
3.4. Basic Consonant Changes: p/b, t/d, c/g
3.5. Other Distinctive Consonants (or Lack Thereof)

Part IV: Selected Topics
4.1. Goths and Other Germans
4.2. Arabs and Muslims
4.3. Numbers and Quantities
4.4. Time
4.5. Ser and Estar
4.6. Food and Animals
4.7. Religion
4.8. The Family
4.9. Body, Spirit, and Mind
4.10. Romance (Languages) and Politics

Annexes: Additional Words
A. Principal Exceptions to the "Simplified Gender Rule"
B. 700 Not-So-Easy Words
C. Verbs Ending in -cer and Related Words
D. 4,500 Relatively Easy Words

Selected References