This fast-paced, witty & easy-to-understand book will teach the English-speaking reader virtually thousands of Spanish words in just a few minutes. Based on English-Spanish COGNATES, the reader has only to memorize a dozen or so single-syllable Rules which apply to English word endings & converts them to Spanish. For each Rule memorized the reader will learn hundreds & even thousands of Spanish nouns, verbs, adjectives & adverbs. The book also teaches the reader Spanish pronunciation of vowels & consonants, basic grammar, word genders, articles & verb conjugation in present, past & future tenses. Having learned thousands of Spanish words in the first few chapters & knowing their meaning & pronunciation, the final chapters will teach the reader how to form simple sentences using those words. The ample Appendix contains dozens of useful phrases & words for the traveller, well categorized, making the book an ideal travel companion. In addition to the words covered by the Rules, the Appendix lists several hundred English words, alphabetically, with their corresponding identical or nearly-identical Spanish translations. This book is intended to ENCOURAGE the reader to pursue further study of the Spanish language by illustrating the striking similarities between the two languages.