Spanish B2 · Day 29
Day 29: La calima — Clauses meaning unless or provided that
What you'll learn
- Grammar: Conditions of Restriction and Requirement: a menos que, a no ser que, siempre que, con tal de que
- Reading: El día que el cielo se tiñó de ocre
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Grammar point: Conditions of Restriction and Requirement: a menos que, a no ser que, siempre que, con tal de que
Conditional sentences in Spanish go far beyond simple si ('if') statements. At the B2 level, expressing specific conditions of restriction (equivalent to 'unless' or 'except if') and requirement (equivalent to 'provided that', 'as long as', or 'on condition that') is essential for nuanced, professional conversation. These conjunctions allow you to set clear boundaries: either establishing an indispensable …
Key vocabulary (8 of 19 words)
- Arreciar – To intensify
- Enturbiarse – To become hazy
- Disiparse – To dissipate
- Brumoso / brumosa – Hazy
- el alisio – The trade wind
- las partículas en suspensión (Pl.) – suspended particles
- la previsión meteorológica – weather forecast
- el meteorólogo / la meteoróloga – meteorologist
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