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The Red Pocket Book of Spanish Verbs : 333 Fully Conjugated Verbs

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Because I already own The Red Pocket Book of Spanish Verbs in hardcopy I didn't bother to sample it first. That was a mistake I'll never make again. The hardcopy book is a wonderful and useful reference, but the Kindle version is so poorly formatted that it is virtually unusable. This is an egregious example of a publisher simply converting from paper to electronic format with no thought to the differing requirements of the two media! Trying to look up a single verb is nearly impossible.

his book is nice and small, yet easy to use and the font is big enough to read with comfort.

There are 333 verbs in this book, and each verb gets a full page detailing all the tenses. I've compared it to the Big Red book and I actually prefer the format of the smaller pocket sized version - somehow it's just easier to navigate and understand at a glance.

There is also a handy explanation of all the tenses at the beginning, and also a list of the "top 30 verbs" with page numbers for easy reference. I recommend this pocket book!

this book is good at doing what it's supposed to do (conjugating in all tenses) with the verbs it provides, but its selection of verbs is questionable. why include 'publicar' (to publish, publicize) and not include 'olvidar/olvidarse' (to forget)? it does have an english-spanish verb index and a more comprehensive spanish verb index in the back, though in the former it doesn't list the translation of 'to discuss', which seems like a common enough verb to me. there's also an irregular verb form index which i haven't referred to yet. it's a small book, and well laid out and easy to use, but i mean come on.

The list of 333 verbs is not searchable. The page number for the conjugation is noted in the index, but since the kindle uses "locations" I have been foiled in any attempt to find the complete conjugation table easily.

The index of verb is also in very small print, and I cannot enlarge it.

I'm sure its great in the printed version, but it is useless to me on the kindle.

I have the 501 verbs book also but it is very heavy. When I study away from home, I like having this book-it's much lighter. It has the most used verbs completely conjugated. It also has a short section in the front telling you about tenses, which is good for those hard ones! It gives you examples of usage for each verb and for very common verbs, like ser, it gives you another full page of expressions associated with the verb. Definitely worth the money!

I have been using this book for about 3 years. It is enormously useful and a perfect portable size.

In addition to the 333 verbs that have the full conjugation, the index in the back has listings of hundreds of additional verbs that share a conjugation pattern with one of the 333 verbs. It is amazing to see how many verbs share a conjugation pattern with number 169 - hablar.

This index makes it very easy to locate the verb you are seeking and gives a brief definition.

The only drawback I experience with this book is the print is a bit too small for my comfortable reading. But I feel the compact usefulness of the book outweighs this problem.

Now one doesn't have to go to many books to look for conjugated verbs. it is all here in this one small, compact book.