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Module 10 of the free Spanish course (CEFR B1 + B2 mastery, and the C1 bridge), lesson 22 of 30: An argument without an example is an opinion. 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
tomemos el caso de
let us take the case of
toh-MEH-mohs ehl KAH-soh deh
el caso
the case
ehl KAH-soh
pienso especialmente en
I am thinking in particular of
PYEHN-soh ehs-peh-syahl-MEHN-teh ehn
el estudio
the study
ehl ehs-TOO-dyoh
mostrar
to show
mohs-TRAR
los jóvenesplural
young people
lohs HOH-beh-nehs
comprobable
checkable
kohm-proh-BAH-bleh
concreto
concrete (m)
kohn-KREH-toh
yo tomo un ejemplo
I take an example
yoh TOH-moh oon eh-HEHM-ploh
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
An argument without an example is an opinion. Three openers do the work: por ejemplo, tomemos el caso de, pienso especialmente en.
Y también · And also
The example should be specific enough to be checkable. Los jóvenes leen menos is an assertion; un estudio de 2023 muestra que… is an argument, even if you only half-remember the study. Yo tomo un ejemplo — I take an example — is the move itself, named.
Ojo · Watch out
por ejemplo, tomemos el caso de, pienso especialmente en: an example should be specific enough to check. Los jóvenes leen menos is an assertion, not an argument.
tomar, presente — the table
yo tomo · tú tomas · él/ella/usted toma · nosotros tomamos · ustedes toman · ellos/ellas toman
Do it now — on paper
Say all 9 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with tomemos el caso de.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write out tomar, 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.