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Una postura ganada
Module 15 of the free Spanish course (CEFR C2 mastery — the capstone), lesson 6 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
la postura ganada
the earned position
lah pohs-TOO-rah gah-NAH-dah
llegar a una conclusión
to arrive at a conclusion
yeh-GAR ah OO-nah kohn-kloo-SYOHN
la respuesta evidente
the obvious answer
lah rrehs-PWEHS-tah eh-bee-DEHN-teh
no del todo
not quite
noh dehl TOH-doh
mostrar el camino recorrido
to show the ground covered
mohs-TRAR ehl kah-MEE-noh rreh-koh-RREE-doh
la columna de opinión
the opinion column
lah koh-LOOM-nah deh oh-pee-NYOHN
terminar en otro sitio
to end up elsewhere
tehr-mee-NAR ehn OH-troh SEE-tyoh
honesto
honest
oh-NEHS-toh
yo sostengo una postura
I hold a position
yoh sohs-TEHN-goh OO-nah pohs-TOO-rah
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
A C2 point of view is not the one you held before reading. Write the position you arrive at, and let the essay show the arriving — that is what distinguishes it from an opinion column.
Y también · And also
Practically: state the obvious answer in the introduction, and spend the essay explaining why it is not quite the answer. Ending somewhere you did not start is the whole form.
Ojo · Watch out
State the obvious answer in the introduction and spend the essay showing why it is not quite the answer — terminar en otro sitio is the point. no del todo means not quite, never not at all (that is en absoluto).
sostener, presente — the table
yo sostengo · tú sostienes · él/ella/usted sostiene · nosotros sostenemos · ustedes sostienen · ellos/ellas sostienen
Do it now — on paper
Say all 9 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with la postura ganada.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write out sostener, 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.