📖LearnModule 10 · Lesson 19 of 30Independent User · CEFR B1 + B2 mastery, and the C1 bridgeUnit 4 · La prueba escrita
Los conectores, repasados
Module 10 of the free Spanish course (CEFR B1 + B2 mastery, and the C1 bridge), lesson 19 of 30: . On this page: 9 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line, the conjugation table and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's QR.
The words
Spanish
English
Say it
en primer lugar
in the first place
ehn pree-MEHR loo-GAR
además
moreover
ah-deh-MAHS
añadir una idea
to add an idea
ah-nyah-DEER OO-nah ee-DEH-ah
por último
lastly
pohr OOL-tee-moh
el encadenamiento
the flow between ideas
ehl ehn-kah-deh-nah-MYEHN-toh
vacío de sentido
meaningless
bah-SEE-oh deh sehn-TEE-doh
una sola vez
once only
OO-nah SOH-lah behs
el examinador
the examiner
ehl ehk-sah-mee-nah-DOHR
yo digo lo que pienso
I say what I think
yoh DEE-goh loh keh PYEHN-soh
Respellings follow the course’s say-it key; the stressed syllable is in capitals. Print this lesson’s flashcards (PDF) — the words on the front, the English and respelling on the back.
La regla · The rule
Six connectors will carry almost any B2 essay: en primer lugar, en efecto, sin embargo, en cambio, por lo tanto, en definitiva. Use each one once.
Y también · And also
The mistake to avoid is the connector that connects nothing: además at the start of a sentence that adds nothing new. A reader notices immediately, and so does an examiner. Yo digo lo que pienso — I say what I think — is the plainest sentence in the unit, and it needs no connector at all.
Ojo · Watch out
Use each connector once. además must add something new; en cambio marks a contrast; en definitiva closes. A connector that connects nothing is noticed at once.
decir, presente — the table
yo digo · tú dices · él/ella/usted dice · nosotros decimos · ustedes dicen · ellos/ellas dicen
Do it now — on paper
Say all 9 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with en primer lugar.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write out decir, presente in full from memory, every person, and check each form against the table above.
This free course is the reading half. The writing half — write-in lessons, daily practice pages with built-in review, self-checks and a full answer key — is the companion workbook series, The Spanish Ladder: one workbook per module, fifteen in all, released band by band with the Basic band (Modules 1–5) first.
Keep these words
Turn this lesson’s words into flashcards, then space your reviews — the two habits the research behind our study guides backs hardest.