Spanish · B2 · Milestone
B2 graduation chest in Spanish
This guide celebrates your transition to B2 Spanish by focusing on reassuring, flexible language for your baby's routines. We review advanced structures like passive voices, conditional 'si' clauses, and relative clauses to provide nuanced comfort.
What you'll learn
- Use passive voice and its alternatives (se) to describe prepared environments.
- Express hypothetical situations and gentle conditions using Konjunktiv II equivalents (Conditional and Subjunctive).
- Employ relative clauses to specify objects and people during play.
- Refine noun usage with nominalized adjectives and complex connectors.
Spanish phrases for b2 graduation chest
¿Esperabas que un adulto te llevara un ratito más?
Were you hoping to be carried by a grown-up for a little longer?
Uses the imperfect subjunctive 'llevara' to express a wish or expectation.
Todo lo que necesitas para el cambio de pañal ya ha sido preparado.
Everything that you need for your nappy change has already been laid out.
Demonstrates the true passive voice 'ha sido preparado'.
En lugar de que intentes alcanzar el león de juguete, lo acercaré.
Instead of you reaching for the toy lion, I'll move it closer.
Uses 'en lugar de que' + subjunctive to express an alternative action.
Nos daremos un abrazo tranquilo, sobre todo porque estás demasiado cansado para jugar.
We'll have a quiet cuddle, especially since you're too tired to play.
Features 'demasiado... para' as an infinitive construction.
Tengo que revisar el arnés de tu cochecito antes de que nos vayamos, cariño.
I have to check your stroller harness before we leave, sweetheart.
Uses 'antes de que' + subjunctive for future-oriented time clauses.
Si te despertaras pronto, podríamos mirar tu libro de imágenes juntos.
Should you wake up soon, we could look at your picture book together.
A classic conditional sentence (Si + imperfect subjunctive... conditional).
Dependiendo de qué nombre intentes decir, señalaré a mamá o a papá.
Depending on which name you try to say, I'll point to Mummy or Daddy.
Uses 'dependiendo de' as a connector for variable situations.
Si hubiera notado tu bostezo antes, habría dejado a un lado el libro que estábamos leyendo.
If I had noticed your yawn earlier, I would have put the book that we were reading aside.
Uses the third conditional (pluperfect subjunctive + conditional perfect) for past regrets.
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Ratito
A little while
The diminutive of 'rato', very common in affectionate speech.
Arnés
Harness
A masculine noun (el arnés) used for strollers and car seats.
Cochecito
Stroller / Pram
Diminutive of 'coche' (car), specific to baby transport.
Bostezo
Yawn
From the verb 'bostezar'.
Passive Alternatives (Pasiva Refleja)
While 'ser + participle' is used, Spanish often prefers the 'se' construction for impersonal or passive meanings.
| Use | Form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| True Passive | Ser + Participle | La cena ha sido servida. |
| Pasiva Refleja | Se + 3rd Person | Se preparó todo para el bebé. |
Hypothetical Conditions
Refining the use of 'Si' to talk about unlikely or impossible situations in the present/past.
| Use | Form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Present Unreal | Si + Imp. Subj. + Cond. | Si tuviera sueño, dormiría. |
| Past Unreal | Si + Pluscuamperf. Subj. + Cond. Comp. | Si hubieras llorado, te habría oído. |
More examples
El pequeño está muy a gusto.
The little one is very comfortable.
Example of a nominalized adjective (el pequeño).
El juguete que está en el suelo es rojo.
The toy that is on the floor is red.
Simple relative clause using 'que'.