Spanish Conjunctions
Spanish Conjunctions
These extremely useful words are like grammatical “duck tape” They help glue 2 independent Spanish sentences together! Spanish conjunctions are connector words for that reason. They typically will go in the middle of the 2 sentences you are connecting. Spanish in Atlanta can create a Spanish conjunctions practice worksheet; comment below, if interested!
Spanish Conjunctions Helps With:
- Creating long string Spanish sentences
- Makes your message smoother/ easier to comprehend
- Creates a narrative that would be difficult to create without them
- Eliminates confusion. Helps people connect the dots much faster.
Spanish Conjunctions are so helpful that they are used 30 to 50x a day! They are so useful but are optional. You don’t have to use them to communicate with people in Spanish. Almost all foreign languages have conjunctions! We will cover some of the most popular Spanish conjunctions here. Below is a small list of Spanish conjunctions.
List of Spanish Conjunctions:
- Entonces
- Porque
- Pero
- Y después
- Y
This small list of Spanish conjunctions represents some of the most powerful Spanish connector words used in the Spanish language! These are ALL critical. Do not translate the words from Spanish to English.
It’s more important to see the formula, study the type of Spanish sentences that are used for each Spanish connector word. This will provide you with deep learning & eliminate increase your comprehension greatly!
Spanish Connector Words Entonces in Spanish:
Connector word ENTONCES is one of the most popular most helpful! Think of it as an equal sign = Study the entonces examples below!
- Yo no bebo cafe entonces no quiero un Capuccino.
- Melanie es antisocial entonces ella no tiene muchos amigos.
- Ethan tiene mucho trabajo entonces no puede ir a la fiesta.
- Aiden habla español entonces él no necesita clases de español
Entonces in Spanish is a logical progression. The 2 sentences you connect with entonces have to have a relationship. The 1st sentence ALWAYS represents the “situation” and the 2nd sentence represents the “consequence/ result” This is always the case.
That is why connector words aid in Spanish comprehension so much. Once you embrace this word equation, you will know what the message is without having to listen to it in it’s entirety!
In sentence #1 as with all sentences. We are stating what is the situation that has created the 2nd sentence. #1 says No bebo café; this is the situation that has created the outcome = no quiero un Capuccino. That’s what the connector word entonces is doing here. It is making the message obvious! Same with sentence #2 The entonces word in essence is like an equal sign meaning antisocial= no amigos
Spanish Conjunction PORQUE
I love calling the Spanish conjunction “porque” the explainer because that is exactly what it’s job function is. Study the examples below. DO NOT TRANSLATE!
- Maria no tiene amigos porque ella es antisocial.
- Bill Gates no necesita dinero porque él es un multimillionario.
- Sally no come chocolates o postres porque ella tiene diabétis.
Spanish sentence #1 starts with a consequence- a result so by using PORQUE here we are explaining why this has happened. Part 2 of sentence #1 is the reason sentence #1 exists! We accomplish this by using the conjunction Porque in the middle!
The second sentence in this word equation will ALWAYS be the reason sentence #1 exists. Spanish in Atlanta offer premium Spanish practice worksheets and a free practice worksheet. Comment below, if you want us to make it available!
What does PERO mean?
The conjunction PERO is the father of all conjunctions! It is in essence the “opposite” of Entonces! 🙂 Study the examples below:
- Diego no bebe alcohol pero él quiere una cerveza Budweiser.
- Maria es antisocial pero ella tiene muchas amigas.
- Ethan es muy muy guapo pero no tiene novia
- La presidenta tiene mucho dinero pero no tiene casa.
These Spanish sentences represent the spirit of what Pero does! Connector words don’t just connect 2 independent sentences together but they add greatly to the narrative of the message. All of the sentences above show an unexpected ending. Sentence #1 doesn’t match up with part 2 that is why PERO has to be used here!
Sentence #1 says Diego no bebe alcohol which makes the 2nd part of the sentence odd or unexpected right?? I just told you- Diego no bebe alcohol so ending it with pero él quiere una cerveza contradicts the 1st part. The entonces connector word does the opposite. It shows logical progression but Pero doesn’t
Connector Word ” Y Después:
This conjunction helps establish what is happening 1st & what is happening 2nd! Study the examples bellow:
- Yo trabajo todo el dia y después regreso casa a las 6pm.
- Ellos comen en el restaurante y después van a la tienda Target
- Nosotros visitamos a la familia y después vamos al parque Piedmont.
In each of the examples above, we see a subject doing 2 things. The connector word helps make it obvious what is first on the agenda and then what will happen later on. That is why I like calling this “the scheduler”.
Explanation sentence #1: The YO person will trabajar 1st. The 2nd action which is regresar will happen later. This is the whole point for using ” y después” to give people a snapshot of what your plans are. Spanish in Atlanta offers 1 on 1 professional tutoring. If you want 1 on 1 Spanish help, contact us & get a free assessment!
Y in Spanish Connector Word:
This is the most forgiving, most used, easiest Spanish conjunction there is! Calling it the Mother of all connector words is a well earned title! This connector is so hard to mess up! lol it’s a unifier and grammatical glue. Most people intuitively know how “Y” works so no words are needed! 🙂 She is the Queen. Study the examples below:
- Yo hablo español y frances.
- Me gusta bailar y cantar.
- Ellos necesitan estudiar y practicar el español
Y in Spanish is helping us not be redundant. By using Y in sentence #1 we are making our point without repeating ourselves so we don’t have to say yo hablo español y yo hablo frances.
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