Spanish C1 · Day 5
Day 5: La precarización laboral y sus efectos sociales — Ser de plus infinitive phrases
What you'll learn
- Grammar: Ser de plus infinitive phrases
- Reading: Tener trabajo y no llegar: precarización laboral y vida insegura
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Every lesson: vocabulary with audio, grammar, reading, a speaking step and a short test.
Grammar point: Ser de plus infinitive phrases
At CEFR C1, formal Spanish can judge a situation without a direct order or a personal confession. A compact tool for that judgment is ser de plus an infinitive. Impersonal es de + infinitive presents a fact as deserving gratitude, regret, fear, expectation, or simple notice.
Key vocabulary (8 of 23 words)
- la precarización laboral – labor precarization, insecurity
- la temporalidad – widespread temporary employment
- el encadenamiento – contract chaining
- la parcialidad involuntaria – involuntary part-time
- la economía de plataformas – platform economy, gig work
- el salario mísero – poverty wage
- la cotización social – social-security contribution
- la fractura social – social divide
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