📖LearnModule 10 · Lesson 23 of 30Independent User · CEFR B1 + B2 mastery, and the C1 bridgeUnit 5 · La exposición oral
Defender y conceder
Module 10 of the free Spanish course (CEFR B1 + B2 mastery, and the C1 bridge), lesson 23 of 30: Being disagreed with is the point of the exercise. On this page: 10 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
tiene razón en ese punto
you are right about that (formal)
TYEH-neh rrah-SOHN ehn EH-seh POON-toh
entiendo su postura
I understand your position
ehn-TYEHN-doh soo pohs-TOO-rah
es justamente por eso que
that is exactly why
ehs hoos-tah-MEHN-teh pohr EH-soh keh
la objeción
the objection
lah ohb-heh-SYOHN
dar la vuelta a un argumento
to turn an argument around
dar lah BWEHL-tah ah oon ar-goo-MEHN-toh
el desacuerdo
the disagreement
ehl deh-sah-KWEHR-doh
convincente
convincing
kohn-been-SEHN-teh
orgulloso
proud (m)
ohr-goo-YOH-soh
cortésmente
politely
kohr-TEHS-mehn-teh
yo entiendo la objeción
I understand the objection
yoh ehn-TYEHN-doh lah ohb-heh-SYOHN
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
Being disagreed with is the point of the exercise, and the strongest answer concedes first. Tiene razón en ese punto; sin embargo… — you are right about that; however.
Y también · And also
Two more: entiendo su postura, pero… and es justamente por eso que… The last one turns the objection into your own argument, which is the most advanced move in the unit. Orgulloso de su postura, pero cortés — proud of your position, but polite.
Ojo · Watch out
Concede first, then turn: tiene razón en ese punto; sin embargo… And es justamente por eso que turns the objection into your own argument — the most advanced move here. Formal register: usted throughout.
entender, presente — the table
yo entiendo · tú entiendes · él/ella/usted entiende · nosotros entendemos · ustedes entienden · ellos/ellas entienden
Do it now — on paper
Say all 10 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with tiene razón en ese punto.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write out entender, 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.