📖LearnModule 15 · Lesson 9 of 30Proficient User · CEFR C2 mastery — the capstoneUnit 2 · El punto de vista argumentado
La conclusión que compromete
Module 15 of the free Spanish course (CEFR C2 mastery — the capstone), lesson 9 of 30: A C2 conclusion answers, then commits. 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
comprometer
to commit
kohm-proh-meh-TEHR
la cuestión queda abierta
the question remains open
lah kwehs-TYOHN KEH-dah ah-BYEHR-tah
lo que de ahí se deriva
what follows from it
loh keh deh ah-EE seh deh-REE-bah
derivarse de
to follow from
deh-ree-BAR-seh deh
tres frases bastan
three sentences are enough
trehs FRAH-sehs BAHS-tahn
una de más
one too many
OO-nah deh mahs
no decidir nada
to decide nothing
noh deh-see-DEER NAH-dah
nítido
clean-cut
NEE-tee-doh
la cuestión
the question (at issue)
lah kwehs-TYOHN
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 conclusion answers, then commits. Not "la cuestión queda abierta" — that is what a candidate writes when the essay has not decided anything.
Y también · And also
Answer in one sentence. Say what follows from the answer in a second. Open outward in a third, and stop. Three sentences are enough, and four is usually one too many.
Ojo · Watch out
Never end on la cuestión queda abierta — it says the essay decided nothing. Three sentences: the answer, what follows from it (lo que de ahí se deriva), one step outward. derivarse takes de: se deriva de la primera parte.
bastar, presente — the table
yo basto · tú bastas · él/ella/usted basta · nosotros bastamos · ustedes bastan · ellos/ellas bastan
Do it now — on paper
Say all 9 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with comprometer.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write out bastar, 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.