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Fabulous lesson thank you
That was fun and helpful
¡Muchas gracias Samela! Thanks for your comments!
Muchisimas gracias Sandra. 🙂
really useful phrases thank you
I really love this new series. But what about the uncomfortable stuff? Going to the hacienda and admitting to have forgotten one paper/modelo. Some weeks ago a son of my friends died. Well – no: bad – I had to say something about this and I was f*cked up. I believe my spanish is quite good but at that moment I was completely wrecked. Ok, this may be extreme examples – but it's examples from real life where you get to know the boundaries of your spanish abilities.
Good idea! I will do something on that soon! Thanks!
¡Muchísimas gracias, Pauline! 🙂
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I came across this great list of about 100 short little phrases to connect thoughts in a conversation. I tried to translate these into Spanish. Some I know are right, but I'm sure a bunch of these are idiomatic and aren't being properly handled by the translator. Is there a native speaker who wouldn't mind correcting these? If you just post the Spanish, I can go through and figure out where the mistakes were and re-post for others so they might be able to use this pretty easily.
Otherwise, maybe we can make this into a game of sorts
english | |
now it occurs to me that | |
by the way | |
I have an interesting story about it | |
and besides that | |
! | oh, I nearly forgot |
and one more thing | |
on the other hand | |
she said something like | |
my wife pointed out that | |
recently, I heard that | |
my better half said | |
to tell the truth | |
I presume that | |
I hope that | |
in my opinion | |
if that is true | |
I don't know exactly | |
I would like to think that | |
the way I see it is that | |
as you may know | |
I don't have a big interest in that | |
if I understand correctly | |
as you already know | |
that isn't such a big problem | |
that is a matter of opinion | |
as far as I know | |
I have the impression that | |
it is usually true that | |
you never know, but | |
I haven't thought about it before, but | |
if I am not mistaken | |
I am not certain whether | |
like every other man | |
I have my own opinion on it, but | |
I am not such an expert, but | |
can you tell me please | |
would you be interested in us talking about something else? | |
and what do you think? | |
thank you heartily | |
that is a good question | |
that is such a difficult question | |
once upon a time, long ago | |
to be more precise | |
and what's more | |
while I am already talking about it | |
I would like to emphasise that | |
should I explain in greater detail? | |
allow me to say it another way | |
that is to say | |
nevertheless | |
even though | |
that sounds like | |
and that is why | |
in other words | |
to say it another way | |
understandably | |
frankly speaking | |
between you and me | |
anyway | |
well then | |
well, as a matter of fact | |
how can I put it? | |
I must say that | |
firstly | |
secondly | |
I would like you to know that | |
I am afraid that | |
now and then it seems to me that | |
after all | |
as far as I am concerned | |
more and more | |
actually | |
all joking aside | |
now seriously | |
that is all there is to say | |
that is all for now | |
to sum up | |
and there is the problem | |
I hope it is only a question of time | |
that remains to be seen | |
one hundred percent | |
without question | |
exactly right | |
most certainly | |
without doubt | |
in no case | |
that isn't true at all | |
that is an exaggeration | |
I really can't believe that | |
in principle that is true, but | |
admittedly that is true, but | |
that's one way to say it | |
only up to a certain point | |
certainly, why not? | |
I agree | |
don't be upset, but | |
it was a slip of the tongue | |
I said it by mistake | |
I am sorry that |
my better half said... would be "mi media naranja dijo"...not dije. Dije is 1st person and since you are talking about a third person you would need to use third person.
no tengo mucho interesante en eso...would be "no tengo mucho interés en eso".
Great list. I have bookmarked this. Thanks.
Hi YB...thank you for taking the time to do all this. I'm sorry, I didn't see it earlier. i totally agree with Esteban...we need to keep it alive.
I found this graphic here
I would like to see this question kept current in the Q/A list. So could some interested SD users use at least one of the "common connection phrases" in sentences and post them here as answers? I would really like to see them used in sentences so that I would know better how to use them correctly. Keeping this question current in the Q/A list will also help our efforts to find errors and make corrections, because, hopefully, this very useful set of phrases may one day be added to the SD Reference Section by wbyoung once it has been proofread and completely corrected. I am trying to develop some mnemonics to memorize all the list. That is quite a challenge! I think knowing these phrases would be a boost to one's Spanish conversation skills!
Thanks, everyone, for the responses. I'll continue to update the list if more responses come in. I'd like to get all 99 confirmed at some point. We'll see if that happens!
¡Eso es una lista maraveillosa! ¿Puedo añadir otras opciones por unas de las frases?
Nevertheless - No obstante
I presume (suppose) that - Supongo que
Thanks for posting these.
Hello, Wb...I will just offer corrections to some of these expressions. (It is not my intention to cover them all because there are too many and there are some I am not sure about):
a propósito / de paso You can say a propósito o por cierto to mean: by the way. I have not heard of de paso used in this way, I have looked up this word in a book of Spanish idioms and it gives 'de paso' to mean: on the way or at the same time.
¡ay, casi olvid é ! oh, I nearly forgot ¡Ay, casi olvido! The present indicative tense is used after the word casi instead of the past.
y una co d a más and one more thing Should be una co s a más
había una vez, Once upon a time (You can also say): = Érase una vez
hace mucho tiempo. A long time ago. This is correct
eso no es un a problema grande The word problema is masculine so should be: eso no es gran problema
Why is the first entry "now it occurs to me that" translated to "me ocurrí que"? Shouldn't it be "me ocurrió que" (third person instead of first person)?
This is a great list. I count 99 phrases! Besides correcting any mistakes, perhaps someone could point out the phrases in this list that trigger the subjunctive (if there are any).
Ok, I will attempt to use one of these phrases correctly in a sentence (using European Spanish). Here goes:
Y además de eso yo he lavado la vajilla cada noche por tres semanas!
And besides that, I have washed the dishes each night for three weeks!
Wow. hiciste tu tarea. Gracias!
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25. en realidad. in reality; really. 26. hay que tomar en cuenta. you have to take into account. 27. lo importante es. the important thing is.
Es importante que — It's important that. Es necesario que — It's necessary that. Es probable que — It's probable that. Es dudoso que — It's doubtful that. For some of these phrases, the verb following the word que must be conjugated in the indicative, while others require the subjunctive.A good rule of thumb is that when implying that something is certain, use the indicative.
concentrarse en - to focus on. sostener - to sustain. reflejar - to reflect. considerando (que) - considering (that) siendo realista - realistically speaking. de cierto modo - in a way. en lo que se refiere a - with regards to. en vista de - in view of. de acuerdo a - according to.
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Bueno, Translation: Well, Usage: A versatile starter that can signal agreement, hesitation, or the introduction of a new thought. It's like saying, "Well, let's see," or "Well, you know.". It's casual and can smoothly transition the conversation or introduce a slight change in topic.
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Using sentence starters and filler words can help your conversation flow smoothly and sound more natural. Below are some very common Spanish conversation starter sentences.. Many can also be used as filler words and in. - This is a useful filler word that means "so" or "then.". It connects two ideas. A ver, voy a ver si puedo cambiar ...
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For instance, in the list of our Spanish essay example, the word " must-have " is not translated to " debes tener ," as that would be a literal translation. Instead, the phrases " cualidades indispensables " is used, which would be the appropriate term in Spanish. 3. Start writing the body of your essay.
2) Pick an interesting topic. 3) Brainstorm the ideas. 4) Create an introduction. 5) Organize an essay body. 6) Sum up the content. 7) Check content relevance and cohesion. 8) Read for clarity and style. 9) Proofread. Students tend to focus on speaking practice while learning Spanish, so they often neglect writing.
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Use these basic sentences in Spanish to show manners. Spanish speakers are naturally friendly and these polite phrases are guaranteed to create opportunities for small talk with native speakers. 17. ¡Muchas gracias! Thank you very much! 18. Disculpe señor, señora, señorita…. Excuse me sir, mam, miss…. 19.
Phrases with quiero que. Quiero que (I want) almost always takes the subjunctive, as it refers to the imposition of will or desire. These very common short phrases illustrate that perfectly: Quiero que sepas - I want you to know. 00:00. 00:00. Quiero que vuelva - I want him/her/it to return. 00:00. 00:00.
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It's used in almost exactly the same way in many of the same circumstances, and is probably the most common sentence-starter in Spanish - you will very, very frequently hear sentences start with "Bueno, …". Examples to give you an idea: "Bueno, no es lo que queria decir." = "Well, that's not what I meant to say."
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Common connection phrases & sentence starters. I came across this great list of about 100 short little phrases to connect thoughts in a conversation. I tried to translate these into Spanish. Some I know are right, but I'm sure a bunch of these are idiomatic and aren't being properly handled by the translator.
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