📖LearnModule 15 · Lesson 26 of 30Proficient User · CEFR C2 mastery — the capstoneUnit 6 · La cima
Lo que estos libros hicieron
Module 15 of the free Spanish course (CEFR C2 mastery — the capstone), lesson 26 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
el mapa de la lengua
the map of the language
ehl MAH-pah deh lah LEHN-gwah
la corrección
the correction
lah koh-rrehk-SYOHN
el oído entrenado
the trained ear
ehl oh-EE-doh ehn-treh-NAH-doh
frenar
to slow down
freh-NAR
equipado
equipped
eh-kee-PAH-doh
lo que un libro no puede
what a book cannot do
loh keh oon LEE-broh noh PWEH-deh
cientos de horas
hundreds of hours
SYEHN-tohs deh OH-rahs
ordenado
ordered
ohr-deh-NAH-doh
tú frenas a tiempo
you slow down in time
too FREH-nahs ah TYEHM-poh
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
Fifteen books of written practice have given you an ordered map of the language and hundreds of hours of the one thing that is hard to arrange alone: correction. Every answer you checked was checked against a printed key.
Y también · And also
What they have NOT given you is an ear, and no book can. That comes from listening and from speaking with people who will not slow down for you — and you are now equipped to start.
Ojo · Watch out
el oído entrenado is the trained ear, and no book gives it: that comes from people who will not slow down for you (frenar). equipado agrees like any participle: equipado, equipada — you are equipped for that, not finished with it.
frenar, presente — the table
yo freno · tú frenas · él/ella/usted frena · nosotros frenamos · ustedes frenan · ellos/ellas frenan
Do it now — on paper
Say all 9 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with el mapa de la lengua.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write out frenar, 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.