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LearnModule 5 · Lesson 18 of 30Basic User · CEFR A2 mastery + the B1 bridgeUnit 4 · El futuro simple, and your opinion

En mi opinión — having an opinion

Module 5 of the free Spanish course (CEFR A2 mastery + the B1 bridge), lesson 18 of 30: Opinions turn answers into conversation: creo que (I believe that). On this page: 8 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's QR.

The words

SpanishEnglishSay it
creo queI believe thatKREH-oh keh
creerto believekreh-EHR
pienso queI think thatPYEHN-soh keh
en mi opiniónin my opinionehn mee oh-pee-NYOHN
para mífor mePAH-rah MEE
la opiniónthe opinionlah oh-pee-NYOHN
estoy de acuerdoI agreeehs-TOY deh ah-KWEHR-doh
no estoy de acuerdoI disagreenoh ehs-TOY deh ah-KWEHR-doh

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

Opinions turn answers into conversation: creo que (I believe that), pienso que (I think that), en mi opinión, para mí (for me). Creer is a regular -er verb: creo, crees, cree.

Y también · And also

En mi opinión, el chocolate es mejor que el helado. Creo que el español es fácil. Estoy de acuerdo — I agree — is the phrase the speaking exam wants to hear.

Ojo · Watch out

estoy de acuerdo needs its de: estoy de acuerdo, never estoy acuerdo. And it takes estar, not ser — agreement is a state, not an identity.

Do it now — on paper

  1. Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with creo que.
  2. Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
  3. Write two sentences of your own that get the watch-out line right, then the two practice pages of workbook lesson 18 in Module 5 are the written half of this page.

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.

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