Spanish C1 · Day 42
Day 42: Papel de la sociedad civil en la cooperación al desarrollo — Placement of Spanish -mente adverbs (part 1)
What you'll learn
- Grammar: Placement of Spanish -mente adverbs (part 1)
- Reading: El protagonismo de la sociedad civil: Hacia una cooperación emancipadora y transformadora
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Grammar point: Placement of Spanish -mente adverbs (part 1)
At C1 level, Spanish learners refine their ability to express precise relationships and nuances. While adverbs ending in -mente are initially encountered as simple verb modifiers expressing manner, advanced academic, legal, and journalistic Spanish assigns them far greater syntactic versatility. When placed in clause-initial position (or the left periphery of the sentence) and set off by a comma, adverbs ending in …
Key vocabulary (8 of 25 words)
- la organización sin ánimo de lucro (OSAL) – non-profit organization (NPO)
- la cooperación para el desarrollo – development cooperation
- la incidencia política – policy advocacy
- los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) – Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- la erradicación de la pobreza – poverty eradication
- la gobernanza democrática – democratic governance
- el empoderamiento – empowerment
- la organización de base – grassroots organization
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