Spanish C1: the polish

What is in this deck

With this deck you learn Spanish at level C1: 315 cards with full sentences, plus pronunciation, a note on the form and two words from the same context.

At C1 the rules are known; what is missing is the polish. These 315 cards take on the places where even practised speakers stumble: the subjunctive beyond the rules of thumb, the preposition a verb insists on, word formation, and the four verbs echar, dar, poner and meter with their dozens of senses.

Three further fields concern tone: how a text is held together, how politeness and irony sound, how a formal phrase is built. To that come the Spanish of the Americas and the proverbs.

The back gives the pronunciation, a note explaining the point, and two related expressions.

The categories decide what comes up: start with “The subjunctive in detail” alone and add the rest when you are ready.

You learn Spanish. The cards, the categories and the usage notes are in English, so you never have to learn through a third language.

What you learn

• The subjunctive where rules of thumb stop helping
• Verbs and their prepositions: pensar en, soñar con
• Word formation: -dad, -aje, -miento, diminutives
• echar, dar, poner, meter and their many faces
• Spanish in the Americas and the traps for the practised

The categories

10 categories sort the 315 cards. You can filter by category and take on what is due right now.

1. The subjunctive in detail
2. Verbs with prepositions
3. Word formation
4. Verbs with many faces
5. Cohesion and linking
6. Irony and politeness
7. Formal turns of phrase
8. Spanish in the Americas
9. Traps for advanced learners
10. Proverbs

Learning with Qardbox

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