Spanish B2 · Day 35
Day 35: Lenguas cooficiales hoy — Causative hacer, dejar and mandar plus infinitive
What you'll learn
- Grammar: Causative verbs: hacer, dejar and mandar + infinitive
- Reading: Voces compartidas: las lenguas cooficiales en la España actual
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Grammar point: Causative verbs: hacer, dejar and mandar + infinitive
Hello! Today we delve into an advanced and highly expressive structure in the Spanish language: causative constructions formed with the verbs hacer , dejar , and mandar followed by an infinitive. You already know basic sentences where the subject performs an action directly (such as "Leo un libro" or "Limpio la casa").
Key vocabulary (8 of 20 words)
- la lengua cooficial – co-official language
- la lengua materna – mother tongue
- el bilingüismo – bilingualism
- defender los derechos lingüísticos – to defend linguistic rights
- aprender una lengua autonómica – to learn a regional language
- alternar entre dos lenguas – to switch between two languages
- plurilingüe – multilingual
- mandar traducir documentos – to have documents translated
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