Connectors and linkers

1.

CONSTRUIR LA REDACCIN

Introduccin
Primer prrafo
At first sight
First of all
Firstly
In the first place
To start with
Segundo prrafo
In the second place,
Second,
Secondly,
Third,
Thirdly,
Conclusin
Finally,
In conclusion,
Lastly,
2.

En segundo lugar,
Segundo,
En segundo lugar,
Tercero,
En tercer lugar,
Por ltimo,
Para concluir,
Por ltimo,

AADIR INFORMACIN

and eventually,
apart from + noun
besides,
in addition to + noun
in addition,
moreover,
Furthermore
Also
on top of that,
what's more,
another point is that
not only ... but also
3.

A primera vista
Antes que nada
En primer lugar
En primer lugar
Para empezar

y finalmente,
aparte de + sustantivo
Adems / Aparte de.
Adverbio: de todas formas
adems de + sustantivo
adems,
adems,
asimismo
tambin
adems,
adems; lo que es ms,
habra que aadir que
No slo sino que tambin

EXPRESAR SIMILARIDAD

Similarly,
Equally
Likewise,
In the same way,
In the same manner,
In a similar way,
as well (as)

Igualmente, de forma similar,

Igualmente
Asimismo, del mismo modo,
Del mismo modo,
De la misma manera,
De forma similar,
As como

4.

ESTABLECER UN CONTRASTE

however,
instead of
neverthelesss,
All the same
on the contrary,
whereas / while
though / although
even though
On the one hand,
On the other hand,
Conversely
In spite of
Despite
Still
5.

sin embargo
en vez de
no obstante
No obstante
por el contrario
mientras
aunque
aunque
Por una parte, Por otra
parte,
A la inversa, por el contrario
A pesar de que
A pesar de que
Aun as

EXPLICAR CAUSAS

because of + noun
due to + noun
due to the fact that + sentence
for this/that reason
on account of + noun
So
As
6.

EXPLICAR RESULTADOS

as a result
Consequently
therefore
thus
hence
7.

Como resultado, en consecuencia

En consecuencia
Por lo tanto
Por lo tanto
Por lo tanto

EXPRESAR ALGO DE OTRA MANERA

in other words,
in short,
that is (to say),
8.

A causa de + sustantivo
Debido a + sustantivo
Debido a que + oracin
Por esta/esa razn
A causa de + sustantivo
As que / Pues
Ya que

en otras palabras,
en resumen,
es decir,

EXPRESAR HECHOS

Actually
as a matter of fact
in fact
Really
Indeed
To tell the truth,

En realidad
De hecho
De hecho
En realidad
En efecto
En verdad

the fact you didnt come, I did.

I wasn't hungry. Still, I had dinner.

9.

EXPRESAR UNA OPININ PERSONAL

as far as Im concerned
from my point of view
I agree
I dont agree / I disagree
in my opinin
in my view
I think (that)
it is true that
personally
to be honest,
to tell the truth,
10.

MODIFICAR LO QUE SE EST DICIENDO

above all
at least
Basically
Especially
Essentially
in general
By and large,
Generally speaking,
in particular
more or less
on the whole
to a certain extent
11.

sobre todo
al menos
bsicamente, fundamentalmente
especialmente
esencialmente, bsicamente
en general
Por lo general,
En general,
en particular
ms o menos
en general
hasta cierto punto

PONER EJEMPLOS

,and so on.
and so on and so forth
for example,
for instance,
such as
in this case
12.

por lo que a m respecta

desde mi punto de vista
estoy de acuerdo
no estoy de acuerdo
en mi opinin
en mi opinin
Creo que
es verdad que
personalmente
para ser honesto
a decir verdad

etctera
etctera, y as sucesivamente
por ejemplo,
por ejemplo,
tal(es) como
En este caso

RESUMIR LO QUE SE HA DICHO

All in all,
In brief,
In conclusion,
In short,
On the whole,
To sum up,

En conjunto, resumiendo
En resumen
Para concluir
En resumen
En general
Para resumir

(with someone)
(about something)

13.

SECUENCIAR LA NARRACIN

after that
all of a sudden
Finally
first of all
in the end
in the meantime,
Meanwhile
Next
Suddenly
Then
while
14.

PROPSITO

In order to
So that
To + Infinitive
15.

despus de eso
de repente,
finalmente
en primer lugar
al final
mientras tanto
mientras tanto
luego
de repente,
entonces, despus
mientras

Para
Para
Para

I study in order to pass an exam

I study so that I can pass an exam
I study to pass an exam

EN EL TIEMPO

Now
Nowadays
At present
In this day and age
In the past
In the future
Recently
Time ago
Formerly

Ahora /en la actualidad

Ahora /en la actualidad
Ahora /en la actualidad
Hoy en da
En el pasado
En el futuro
Recientemente
Hace tiempo
Anteriormente

Linkers, also called transition words or adverbial conjunctions, can be used to begin sentences.
Put a comma after most linkers (except Then).
Linkers follow a period with a capital letter:
She doesn't type very fast. In addition, she can't spell.
She works fast. Consequently, she finishes early.
or they can follow a semi-colon with a small letter:
She doesn't type very fast; in addition, she can't spell.
She works fast; consequently, she finishes early.

REMEMBER: a period or semi-colon before the linker--a comma after the linker!