Retirement plans
Planes de jubilación
- Planning your retirement.
- The verb "Estar" + Gerundio to talk about the future
- adverbial subordinate clauses of: place, manner, cause, purpose
Explore practical Spanish for retirement plans targeting B1 learners. This lesson covers living as foreigners on the Spanish coast, using the verb estar + gerund to express future ongoing actions, and mastering adverbial subordinate clauses of place, manner, cause, and purpose.
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B1.31.1 Cultura
El paraíso de la jubilación: extranjeros en la costa española
The retirement paradise: foreigners on the Spanish coast
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Exercise 1: El verbo "Estar"+ Gerundio para hablar del futuro
Instruction: Fill in the correct word.
Grammar: The verb "Estar" + Gerundio to talk about the future
Show translation Show answersestaréis preparando, estaréis aprendiendo, estarás ganando, estaremos estudiando, estará completando, estaré pagando, estaremos haciendo, estarán trabajando
Exercise 2: Oracones subordinadas adverbiales de: lugar, modo, causa, finalidad
Instruction: Fill in the correct word.
Grammar: Adverbial subordinate clauses of: place, manner, cause, purpose
Show translation Show answersdonde, ya que, al lugar en que, como, a fin de que, de la forma en que
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Welcome to the "Retirement Plans" Spanish Lesson
This lesson is designed for B1 level Spanish learners who want to explore practical language and grammar related to retirement and living abroad. You will learn how to talk about future arrangements using the verb estar plus gerund, a common structure in everyday Spanish to describe ongoing or imminent actions.
What You Will Learn
- Vocabulary Theme: The concept of retirement paradise, focusing on foreigners living on the Spanish coast ("El paraíso de la jubilación: extranjeros en la costa española").
- Grammar Focus: Using estar + gerundio to express future intentions or ongoing future actions.
- Complex Sentences: Mastering adverbial subordinate clauses expressing place, manner, cause, and purpose (oraciones subordinadas adverbiales de lugar, modo, causa y finalidad), which increase the richness and precision of your sentences.
Example Highlights
You will encounter practical phrases such as Están viviendo en la costa para disfrutar del clima (They are living on the coast to enjoy the weather), which shows the use of future continuous with a purpose clause.
Grammar Note
Unlike English, which often uses simple future or progressive tenses separately, Spanish combines estar with a gerund to emphasize an ongoing action or a near-future plan. Additionally, Spanish uses adverbial subordinate clauses extensively to add detail about the context, for example:
- Donde hay sol, hay vida. (Where there is sun, there is life.) – a place clause.
- Como llueve, no salgo. (Since it is raining, I am not going out.) – a cause clause.
Useful Phrases for Daily Use
To talk about living and planning retirement, these phrases may help you:
- Estoy pensando en jubilarme en España. (I am thinking about retiring in Spain.)
- Vivir en la costa es mi sueño. (Living on the coast is my dream.)
- Porque quiero tranquilidad, elijo esta ciudad. (Because I want peace, I choose this city.)
This lesson combines cultural context, practical vocabulary, and grammar structures to help you communicate your future plans and describe situations with precision in Spanish.
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