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Module 15 of the free Spanish course (CEFR C2 mastery — the capstone), lesson 20 of 30: . 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
mi más sentido pésame
my deepest condolences
mee mahs sehn-TEE-doh PEH-sah-meh
le acompaño en el sentimiento
my thoughts are with you
leh ah-kohm-PAH-nyoh ehn ehl sehn-tee-MYEHN-toh
la negativa
the refusal
lah neh-gah-TEE-bah
transmitir
to convey
trahns-mee-TEER
la improvisación
improvisation
lah eem-proh-bee-sah-SYOHN
el primer correo
the first email
ehl pree-MEHR koh-RREH-oh
sin variación
with no variation
seen bah-ryah-SYOHN
nada sobre uno mismo
nothing about yourself
NAH-dah SOH-breh OO-noh MEES-moh
el momento decisivo
the decisive moment
ehl moh-MEHN-toh deh-see-SEE-boh
yo transmito la noticia
I convey the news
yoh trahns-MEE-toh lah noh-TEE-syah
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
Four moments decide how you are read: the first email to someone new, a complaint, a refusal, and condolences. Each has a fixed Spanish shape and none forgives improvisation.
Y también · And also
Learn one sentence for each and keep it. For condolences: le acompaño en el sentimiento, or mi más sentido pésame — no more, no variation, and nothing about yourself.
Ojo · Watch out
For condolences the sentence is fixed: mi más sentido pésame, or le acompaño en el sentimiento — nothing more, nothing about yourself. transmitir is to convey; la negativa is the refusal; el primer correo is the first email.
transmitir, presente — the table
yo transmito · tú transmites · él/ella/usted transmite · nosotros transmitimos · ustedes transmiten · ellos/ellas transmiten
Do it now — on paper
Say all 10 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with mi más sentido pésame.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write out transmitir, 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.