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language learning center · C2 · Lesson 8

Reconstructing dense arguments

Practice this topic in Spanish: Reconstructing dense arguments.

Understand and learn

Work from a natural example to useful language, one small pattern, a spoken attempt, and a response that is relevant to your life.

Lucía

El argumento central queda oculto entre varias digresiones históricas.

The central argument is hidden among several historical digressions.

Mateo

Su primera premisa vincula legitimidad con participación efectiva.

Its first premise links legitimacy with effective participation.

Lucía

La segunda sostiene que la participación exige acceso comprensible a la información.

The second argues that participation requires understandable access to information.

Mateo

De ambas deriva que la transparencia formal no basta por sí sola.

From both it follows that formal transparency is not enough on its own.

Notice, try, and speak

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  • El argumento central queda oculto entre varias digresiones históricas.

    The central argument is hidden among several historical digressions.

    El argumento central queda oculto entre varias digresiones históricas.

  • Su primera premisa vincula legitimidad con participación efectiva.

    Its first premise links legitimacy with effective participation.

    Su primera premisa vincula legitimidad con participación efectiva.

  • La segunda sostiene que la participación exige acceso comprensible a la información.

    The second argues that participation requires understandable access to information.

    La segunda sostiene que la participación exige acceso comprensible a la información.

  • De ambas deriva que la transparencia formal no basta por sí sola.

    From both it follows that formal transparency is not enough on its own.

    De ambas deriva que la transparencia formal no basta por sí sola.

  • La reconstrucción aclara la lógica, aunque deja pendiente una premisa empírica.

    The reconstruction clarifies the logic, although one empirical premise remains unresolved.

    La reconstrucción aclara la lógica, aunque deja pendiente una premisa empírica.

Notice, try, and speak

Which Spanish sentence has this meaning: “The central argument is hidden among several historical digressions.”

Which Spanish sentence has this meaning: “The central argument is hidden among several historical digressions.”

Make it yours

Say the five Spanish turns aloud, then connect two of them naturally.

Change one detail so the message is true for your own life or opinion.

Use it with someone

Use this Spanish in a real conversation

  1. 1. El argumento central queda oculto entre varias digresiones históricas.
  2. 2. Su primera premisa vincula legitimidad con participación efectiva.
  3. 3. La segunda sostiene que la participación exige acceso comprensible a la información.
  4. 4. De ambas deriva que la transparencia formal no basta por sí sola.
  5. 5. La reconstrucción aclara la lógica, aunque deja pendiente una premisa empírica.
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