|
What are they?
With dedication, work and effort it is indeed possible to learn a language and to produce work which is readily understandable and accurate. However it does not mean that a Spanish person would have expressed him/ herself in the same way! Quite simply Spanish people use a range of expressions which, if they are not essential for the understanding, make the language much smoother. Sometimes they use a complex expression to replace an easy one just because it just 'sounds better' .
To get a grade A you MUST learn to pepper your speech and your writing with these idiomatic expressions. You will find below a selection of them. Memorising them is not enough, you must use them as often as possible and make them yours. Don't learn all of them… learn a few of them and use them time after time! Hopefully you will recognise some of them! If not get going with the dictionary or get your teacher on the act!
Imagino que… I can guess that
A mi modo de ver… In my view (in my opinion)
Lo que me llama la atención es… What strikes me is ...
Esto me recuerda de… This reminds me of ...
Ignoro todo lo de… I know nothing about...
Para acabar diremos que…= Para concluir diremos que…= Al fin y al cabo… In conclusion
Opinar con = Estar de acuerdo con To agree with
Ir al grano (Yendo al grano…) To get to the point (Getting to the point)
Me parece imprescindible que… It seems to me very important that...
A lo mejor At best
No cabe duda de que (+subj) There is no doubt that
Cuesta creer que (+subj) It's difficult to believe
Fortunadamente = Suerte que Fortunately
Desafortunadamente Unfortunately
Lo preciso The accuracy
Lo cómico The funny thing
En cuanto a Regarding...
Según According to...
|
|
