Vocabulary Words for Writing Strong AP Spanish Essays Flashcards
Estoy de acuerdo
I agree
No estoy de acuerdo
I disagree
Estoy de acuerdo con lo que dice el autor
I agree with what the author says
No estoy de acuerdo con la idea principal de la fuente número dos
I disagree with the main idea of source number two
En mi opinión
In my opinion
La verdad es
The truth is
Es falso
It is false
Me parece
It seems to me
No me parece
It does not seem to me
Me parece bien que
I think it is good that
No me parece bien que
I do not think that
*Remember that since “me parece” implies an opinion or emotion, you must….
conjugate the verb in the subjunctive tense
(Yo) pienso que —> I think that
Yo pienso que no hay nada más importante que
I think that there is nothing more importante than
Yo creo que
I believe that
Es evidente que
It is evident that
Es claro que
It is clear that
Es cierto que
It is certain that
Es obvio que
It is obvious that
Es importante que
It is important that
Es necesario que
It is necessary that
Es probable que
It is probable that
Es dudoso que
It is 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. When expressing doubt or expressing some other emotion, use the subjunctive.
On this list, evidente, claro, cierto and obvio use indicative verbs, and importante, necesario, probable and dudoso use subjunctive verbs.
según
according to
según el autor
according to the author
la fuente
the source
según la fuente numero uno
according to source number one
el tema
the theme/topic
Esto es una tema muy importante
This is a very important topic
mostrar
to show
la fuente muestra la importancia de
The source shows the importance of
remember, mostrar is an o-ue stem-changing verb - pay attention to conjugation!
demostrar
to demonstrate
also o-ue stem change verb like mostrar
La table demuestra que
The table demonstrates that
indicar
to indicate
La tabla indica que
the table indicates
apoyar
to support
Estos datos apoyan la idea de que
This data supports the idea that the
por otra parte
on the other hand
es importante que ______, pero por otra parte
It’s important that _____,but on the other hand
Por lo cual *this phrase is used in the middle of a sentence to connect ideas
For this reason/That’s why/Which is why
Además
additionally
sin embargo
however
obviamente
obviously
en comparación
in comparison
al igual que
just like
tanto _____ como _______
_______as well as______-
sino *used as an alternative “but rather”
but rather
sin duda
without a doubt
aunque
even though/although
En conlcusión
In conclusion
En resumen
In summary
El fin
Finally
Por estas razones
For these reasons
Por eso
That is why
Así que
Therefore
Entonces
So
