📖LearnModule 6 · Lesson 20 of 30Independent User · CEFR B1, first halfUnit 4 · Sentences that breathe
The connectors — sin embargo, por eso, así que
Module 6 of the free Spanish course (CEFR B1, first half), lesson 20 of 30: Paragraph glue: sin embargo (however), por eso (that is why), así que (so, therefore), además (moreover). 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
Spanish
English
Say it
por eso
that is why
pohr EH-soh
sin embargo
however
seen ehm-BAR-goh
así que
so (therefore)
ah-SEE keh
además
moreover
ah-deh-MAHS
en cambio
in contrast
ehn KAHM-byoh
gracias a
thanks to
GRAH-syahs ah
a causa de
because of
ah KOW-sah deh
a pesar de
in spite of
ah peh-SAR deh
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
Paragraph glue: sin embargo (however), por eso (that is why), así que (so, therefore), además (moreover), en cambio (in contrast), gracias a (thanks to), a causa de (because of — for bad news), a pesar de (in spite of).
Y también · And also
Gracias a for good causes, a causa de for bad ones: Gracias a mi hermano, tuve éxito. A causa de la lluvia, no hay partido. Spanish files its blame precisely, and a reader hears the difference at once.
Ojo · Watch out
gracias a is for good causes, a causa de for bad ones: gracias a mi hermano, a causa de la lluvia. Swap them and the sentence reads as sarcasm. And sin embargo is two words, always.
Do it now — on paper
Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with por eso.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write two sentences of your own that get the watch-out line right, then the two practice pages of workbook lesson 20 in Module 6 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.