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Spanish B1.2: Writing e-mails and letters

Redacción de correos electrónicos y cartas

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Vocabulary (14)

La carta: The letter (Spanish)

Espero que redactes la carta con claridad y brevedad.

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I hope you draft the letter with clarity and brevity. Show

La carta

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The letter Show

El asunto: The subject (Spanish)

Espero que el asunto del email sea claro y breve.

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I hope the email subject is clear and brief. Show

El asunto

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The subject Show

El email: The email (Spanish)

Es importante que redactes el email con claridad.

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It's important that you draft the email with clarity. Show

El email

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The email Show

El destinatario: The recipient (Spanish)

Espero que el destinatario del email lo aprecie mucho.

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I hope the recipient of the email appreciates it very much. Show

El destinatario

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The recipient Show

El saludo: The Greeting (Spanish)

Apreciado destinatario, espero redacte un saludo formal en la carta.

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Dear recipient, I hope you draft a formal salutation in the letter. Show

El saludo

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The greeting Show

La despedida: The Farewell (Spanish)

Aprecio que la despedida de la carta sea formal.

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I appreciate that the closing of the letter is formal. Show

La despedida

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The farewell Show

La firma: The signature (Spanish)

Espero que redactes el email con claridad y añadas la firma al final.

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I hope you draft the email clearly and add the signature at the end. Show

La firma

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The signature Show

Breve: Brief (Spanish)

Es importante que el email sea breve y claro.

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It is important that the email be concise and clear. Show

Breve

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Brief Show

Formal: Formal (Spanish)

Es importante que el email sea formal y claro.

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It is important that the email is formal and clear. Show

Formal

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Formal Show

Apreciado: Dear (Spanish)

Envié una carta a un colega apreciadito.

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I sent a letter to a dear colleague. Show

Apreciado

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Dear Show

A mano: By hand (Spanish)

Prefiero que redactes la carta a mano para mayor claridad.

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I prefer that you write the letter by hand for greater clarity. Show

A mano

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By hand Show

Redactar (to draft) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Nosotros redactamos juntos el proyecto.

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We drafted the project together. Show

Redactar

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To draft Show

El sello: The stamp (Spanish)

El sello para tu carta expresa formalidad y claridad.

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The stamp for your letter expresses formality and clarity. Show

El sello

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The stamp Show

Expresar (to express) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Yo expreso claridad en el mensaje.

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I express clarity in the message. Show

Expresar

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To express Show

Listening & reading materials

Follow adventures of Eva, Ana, Juan and Pedro.

Spanish B1.2.1 An interesting candidate

B1.2.1 Diálogo

Una candidata interesante

An interesting candidate

Spanish B1.2.2 Writing a formal email

B1.2.2 Cuento corto

Redactar un email formal

Writing a formal email

Spanish B1.2.3 Correos: The postal service of Spain

B1.2.3 Cultura

Correos: El servicio postal de España

Correos: The postal service of Spain

Grammar

It's not the most exciting thing, we admit, but it’s absolutely essential (and we promise it'll pay off)!

B1.2.4 Gramática

Presente de subjuntivo: sensaciones y sentimientos

Present subjunctive: sensations and feelings

Exercises

These exercises can be done together during conversation lessons or as homework.

Exercise 1: Reorder sentences

Instruction: Make correct sentences and translate.

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1.
son | Las | del | contestador | breves. | señales
Las señales del contestador son breves.
(The voicemail signals are brief.)
2.
y breve. | del email | el asunto | Espero que | sea claro
Espero que el asunto del email sea claro y breve.
(I hope the email subject is clear and brief.)
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formal. | Es esencial | que los | el asunto | destinatarios entiendan
Es esencial que los destinatarios entiendan el asunto formal.
(It is essential that the recipients understand the formal matter.)
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los emails | Espero que | y breves. | sean formales
Espero que los emails sean formales y breves.
(I hope the emails are formal and brief.)
5.
y apreciada. | la carta | Espero que | sea breve
Espero que la carta sea breve y apreciada.
(I hope the letter is brief and dear.)
6.
email sea | Es importante | claro. | que el | breve y
Es importante que el email sea breve y claro.
(It is important that the email be concise and clear.)
7.
te pido | con claridad. | que expreses | los saludos | Apreciado amigo,
Apreciado amigo, te pido que expreses los saludos con claridad.
(Dear friend, I ask you to express the greetings clearly.)

Exercise 2: Translate and make sentences

Instruction: Translate the words and phrases below.

1. Las señales del contestador son breves.
The voicemail signals are brief.
2. Espero que el asunto del email sea claro y breve.
I hope the email subject is clear and brief.
3. Es esencial que los destinatarios entiendan el asunto formal.
It is essential that the recipients understand the formal matter.
4. Espero que los emails sean formales y breves.
I hope the emails are formal and brief.
5. Espero que la carta sea breve y apreciada.
I hope the letter is brief and dear.
6. Es importante que el email sea breve y claro.
It is important that the email be concise and clear.
7. Apreciado amigo, te pido que expreses los saludos con claridad.
Dear friend, I ask you to express the greetings clearly.
8. Las destinatarias de los email serán siempre apreciadas.
The recipients of the emails will always be valued.

Exercise 3: Translate and use in a sentence

Instruction: Pick a word, translated and use the word in a sentence or dialogue.

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El email

The email

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El saludo

The Greeting

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El sello

The stamp

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Apreciado

Dear

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La despedida

The Farewell

Exercise 4: Verb conjugation

Instruction: Choose the correct verb and tense.

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viváis, vivan, vivamos, viva, comáis, coma, coman

1.
Queremos que vosotros ... con claridad en el mensaje.
(We want you to live with clarity in the message.)
2.
Quiero que yo ... en claridad.
(I want me to live in clarity.)
3.
Es posible que él ... para descolgar la llamada.
(It is possible that he may live to pick up the call.)
4.
Desea que ellas ... antes de escuchar la señal.
(He wishes that they eat before hearing the signal.)
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Deseamos que nosotros ... sin colgar la señal.
(We wish that we live without hanging the sign.)
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Es necesario que ellos ... para escuchar la voz.
(It is necessary that they live to hear the voice.)
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Espero que yo ... en cuanto descolguéis el teléfono.
(I hope to eat as soon as you hang up the phone.)
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Espero que vosotros ... antes de colgar.
(I hope that you eat before hanging up.)

Exercise 5: Present subjunctive: sensations and feelings

Instruction: Fill in the correct word.

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redactes, escribas, esté, incluya, responda, escriba, incluyas, exprese

1. Escribir (tú):
Me gusta que ... la carta con un saludo breve y formal.
(I like you to write the letter with a brief and formal greeting.)
2. Responder (él/ella/usted):
Me encanta que el destinatario ... rápidamente al email.
(I love that the recipient replies quickly to the email.)
3. Estar (él/ella/usted):
Me molesta que el asunto del email no ... claro.
(It bothers me that the subject of the email is not clear.)
4. Redactar (tú):
Me fastidia que no ... bien.
(It bothers me that you don’t write properly.)
5. Incluir (tú):
Me alegra que ... un sello tan original.
(I'm glad that you include such an original stamp.)
6. Escribir (él/ella/usted):
Me encanta que ... las cartas a mano.
(I love that he/she writes the letters by hand.)
7. Expresar (él/ella/usted):
Odio que el jefe no ... el asunto de forma clara.
(I hate that the boss does not express the issue clearly.)
8. Incluir (él/ella/usted):
Me molesta que el email no ... una despedida formal.
(It bothers me that the email does not include a formal closing.)

Exercise 6: Translate and make sentences

Instruction: Translate the words and phrases below.

1. The recipients of the emails will always be valued.
Las destinatarias de los email serán siempre apreciadas.
2. It is essential that the recipients understand the formal matter.
Es esencial que los destinatarios entiendan el asunto formal.
3. I hope the emails are formal and brief.
Espero que los emails sean formales y breves.
4. Dear friend, I ask you to express the greetings clearly.
Apreciado amigo, te pido que expreses los saludos con claridad.
5. It is important that the email be concise and clear.
Es importante que el email sea breve y claro.

Additional learning materials

Appendix 1: Extended vocabulary table

Core vocabulary (14): Verbs: 2, Adjectives: 3, Adverbs: 1, Nouns: 8,

Spanish English
A mano By hand
Apreciado Dear
Breve Brief
El asunto The subject
El destinatario The recipient
El email The email
El saludo The Greeting
El sello The stamp
Expresar To express
Formal Formal
La carta The letter
La despedida The Farewell
La firma The signature
Redactar To draft

Appendix 2: Verb conjugation tables for this lesson

Vivir to live

Subjuntivo presente Present subjunctive

Spanish English
yo viva I live
tú vivas you live
él/ella viva He lives
nosotros/nosotras vivamos we live
vosotros/vosotras viváis you live
ellos/ellas vivan they live

Exercises and examples phrases

Comer to eat

Subjuntivo presente Present subjunctive

Spanish English
yo coma I eat
tú comas you eat
él/ella coma he eat
nosotros/nosotras comamos we eat
vosotros/vosotras comáis you eat
ellos/ellas coman They eat

Exercises and examples phrases

Hablar to speak

Subjuntivo presente Present subjunctive

Spanish English
yo hable I speak
tú hables you speak
él/ella hable he/she speaks
nosotros/nosotras hablemos we speak
vosotros/vosotras habléis you speak
ellos/ellas hablen they speak

Exercises and examples phrases

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