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Cognates

Cognates. Grammar essential # 4. Cognates. Cognates are VERY important! A cognate is when a spanish word resemebles an English word. Cognate. For example, the number cero looks similar to the English word, zero. . Cognate.

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Cognates

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  1. Cognates Grammar essential # 4

  2. Cognates • Cognates are VERY important! A cognate is when a spanish word resemebles an English word.

  3. Cognate For example, the number cero looks similar to the English word, zero.

  4. Cognate Words that resemble one another and that have the same meaning in two languages are called cognates.

  5. Examples Person persona Televisión  television Vocabulary vocabulario

  6. False cognates There are what are called false cognates because what it seems should match doesn’t. Example: Asistir does not mean to assist – it is to attend

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