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Fundamentos de la escritura en español
Curso básico de español que proporciona las herramientas lingüísticas necesarias para un manejo efectivo de la lengua escrita.
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It's time to start
Es hora de comenzar
to strengthen our knowledge
a fortalecer nuestros conocimientos
the first that we will address
lo primero que abordaremos
key piece in the puzzle
pieza clave en este rompecabezas
a sound
un sonido
you'll notice when you speak slowly
que notarás cuando las dices lentamente
don't have anything to do with
no tienen que ver con
What I will always find
Lo que siempre encontrarás
Is there a safe way
Hay alguna manera segura
The most common syllable
La sílaba más común
form a syllable with the vowel that follows
forman sílaba con la vocal que le sigue
together
juntas
Concerning
En cuanto a
we can have one or more
podemos tener una o más
in this case, it is said to have a diphthong
se dice que tenemos un diptongo
then
entonces
a gap
un hiato
Later we will see these cases
Más adelante veremos estos casos
For now
Por lo pronto
we write down that
anotaremos que
Once you have reviewed
Una vez que has revisado
that is
o sea
It will depend on its position
Va a depender de su posición
on any of the five vowels
sobre alguna de las 5 vocales
Words whose stressed syllable is the last one
Las palabras cuya sílaba tónica es la última
Now it is time to study
Ahora sí, es el momento de estudiar
consists of 3 parts
consta de 3 partes
any
cualquier
that are not preceded by
que no estén precedidas de
then, yes, the accent is written
entonces sí se escribirá la tilde
always
siempre
you remembered how to divide
recordaste cómo dividir/f
You saw that each syllable has a vowel
Viste que cada sílaba cuenta con una vocal
also
también
Now we see how you will decide if
Ahora veremos cómo decidirás si
in such words
en este tipo de palabras
First you should know that
Primero debes saber que
open
abiertas
closed
cerradas
So
Entonces
whenever you have the combination
cuando tengas la conjunción
which would be a combinatoin
que sean combinación
does not break the diphthong
no rompe el diptongo
Let's review
Revisemos
You see how easy it is
Viste qué fácil
Namely
Es decir
those vowels
esas vocales
2 of the same vowels
2 vocales iguales
it should also follow the general rule
también se debe seguir la regla general
Nor did we put
Tampoco le pusimos
And now we come
Y llegamos ahora
issue
cuestión
that we sometimes see
que a veces vemos
Well no.
Pues no.
that appear to be the same.
que aparentan ser la misma
within the sentence
dentro de la oración
The car
El carro
Give these papers to the manager
Dé estos papeles al encargado
The matter did not end here
El asunto no terminó ahí.
He told him everything he knew
Le dijo a él todo lo que sabía
I want to go but I'll be busy
Quiero ir, mas estaré ocupada
It's easier than I thought
Es más fácil de lo que pensé
The man washed his hands and went
El hombre se lavó las manos y se fue
I don't know if I will arrive on time
No sé si llegaré a tiempo
I think I'll go to the movies
Creo que sí iré al cine
I was recommended green tea
Me recomendaron té verde
I saw your picture in the newspaper
Vi tu foto en el periódico
You decide what we will do
Decide tú lo que vamos a hacer
Even if
Aun si
which the table shows you
que te muestra la tabla
As we saw earlier
Como vimos anteriormente
which one
cuál
how
cuán
who
quién
Where do you wish to leave the book
¿Dónde quieres que te deje el libro
therefore takes an accent mark
por eso lleva tilde
Tell me where you want me to leave the book.
Dime dónde quieres que te deje el libro.
Although indirect
Aunque es indirecta
What scared me
¡Qué susto me diste!
value
valor
I cannot even explain what scared me.
No puedo ni explicar qué susto me diste.
Tell me why you did not come on time.
Dime por qué no llegaste a tiempo.
The reason for your delay intrigues me.
El porqué de tu demora me intriga.
review
revisión
we will now discuss
abordaremos ahora
To begin with
Para empezar
rainbow
arcoíris
a hyphen
un guion
Based on this
A partir de esto
hyphen
guion
each must maintain its required stress and accent
cada una debe conservar su acentuación y tilde requerida
Let's look more closely at the above examples
Veamos más detenidamente los ejemplos anteriores
Since only the last part
Como solo la última parte
takes into account the position
se toma en cuenta la posición
new word formed
nueva palabra formada
in this case it is already a part of a new word
en este caso ya es parte de una nueva palabra
a gap
un hiato
does not then require
no la requiere pues
The other special case to be observed is
Otro caso especial que hay que observar es
you have to analyze the position
hay que analizar la posición
these rules
esas reglas
Today we focus on studying the sentence
Hoy nos enfocaremos en estudiar la oración
that piece of discourse
ese pedacito de discurso
since it is like a piece of the puzzle
pues es como una pieza del rompecabezas
complete sense in itself
sentido completo en sí misma
In any discourse
En un discurso cualquiera
are happening one after another
se van sucediendo una tras otra
But if we analyze them
Pero si las analizamos
whether it be
ya sea
a wish or a command
un deseo o una orden
Moreover, if we take a closer look
Además, si vemos más de cerca
Consider:
Analicemos:
at the top of the hill
en lo alto del cerro
Notice that:
Notaremos que:
as well as
así como
What really matters is that
Lo que verdaderamente importa es que
Consider:
Veamos:
Occasionally
De vez en cuando
You lost your wallet
Perdiste la cartera
That which is underlined
Lo que está subrayado
but we recognize it
pero lo reconocemos
a deal
un acuerdo
we can identify it
lo podemos identificar