Grammar
Spanish B2
Handle nuance, uncertainty, reported distance, and more formal connected prose.
On this level
- Advanced subjunctive
Move from recognition into control of common high-value environments.
- Voice and distance
Express information more indirectly or impersonally when needed.
- Discourse control
Make longer Spanish feel structured, balanced, and persuasive.
Advanced subjunctive
Move from recognition into control of common high-value environments.
Subjunctive with emotion and doubt
Spanish uses the subjunctive after many expressions of emotion, judgment, or uncertainty.
Si clauses with imperfect subjunctive
Use si plus imperfect subjunctive with a conditional result to imagine unreal or unlikely situations.
Voice and distance
Express information more indirectly or impersonally when needed.
Passive and impersonal se
Se can remove or blur the agent, which is useful in formal notices, public information, and general statements.
Reported speech
When reporting what someone said, Spanish often adjusts pronouns, time expressions, and sometimes tense depending on context.
Discourse control
Make longer Spanish feel structured, balanced, and persuasive.
Aunque with indicative and subjunctive
Aunque can take either mood depending on whether the information is presented as known fact or as a hypothetical or concessive idea.
Formal connectors for argument
Connectors like sin embargo, por lo tanto, and además help organize longer Spanish explanations and argumentation.