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accent adjectives adverbs ah-seh ah-yee airport Answers Appendix asado baño bien Cancún Chapter conjugated conocer Cuál cuenta Culture Corner definite article ehs-tah ellos English estoy express feminine Flash friends gender gerund gusta habla hora idioms indirect object indirect object pronoun infinitive ending irregular verb jugar kee-see-yeh-rah kohn language Least You Need lohs look masculine Memory Master minutos al día nosotros noun object pronoun oo-nah oo-stehd pah-rah PARE Atención past participle película person plural possessive adjective preposition prepositional pronoun present tense preterite Pronunciation ehl Pronunciation lah Pronunciation Meaning Puerto Rico pweh-deh Quieres Quisiera reflexive reflexive pronoun reflexive verbs Sample responses sentence servicio shoe verb singular someone Spain Spanish Translation Spanish-speaking country speak stem subjunctive teléfono tell tengo tiempo verbs ending vowel What's word