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Cognados

Cognados. OBJETIVO: Expand your Spanish vocabulary by "making up" (so to speak!) words, using a probabilities factor: a different ending = the same word in a different language. Calentamiento. What do you think these words mean? Excelente Generoso Elefante Persona Familia Diferente

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Cognados

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  1. Cognados OBJETIVO: Expand your Spanish vocabulary by "making up" (so to speak!) words, using a probabilities factor: a different ending = the same word in a different language.

  2. Calentamiento What do youthinkthesewords mean? • Excelente • Generoso • Elefante • Persona • Familia • Diferente • Instrucciones

  3. What is a COGNATE? Examples: words that are cognates words that are NOT in Spanish and English cognates

  4. Definition: • Cognate • n. a word related to a word in another language • [Latin co (same) • + gnatus (born)] • Examples of Cognates • between Spanish and English: • papel (paper) • Teléfono (telephone) • Estudiar (to study)

  5. Un juego de adivinanza (a little guessing game) Guess what the following Spanish words mean: experiencia= experience color color= ambicioso= ambicious favor favor= demostrar= To demonstrate garaje= garage preparar= To prepare horrible= horrible normal= normal terrible= terrible animal= animal probably= probablemente metal= metal ángel= angel final= final actor= actor doctor= Doctor/doctora natural= natural general= general delicioso= delicious

  6. Másejemplos Absolutamente Completamente Dentista Artista Nervioso Necesario Primario Secundario Imposible Excelente Importante Clase Fantástico Eléctrico Matemáticas Universidad

  7. Un juego de adivinanza (a little guessing game) Let’s try something different, try to make up the word:

  8. Remember: ous = oso Nervioso

  9. Recuerda: ous = oso Generoso

  10. Recuerda: ous = oso Delicioso

  11. Recuerda: al = al Animal

  12. Recuerda: al = al Hospital

  13. Recuerda: al = al Criminal

  14. Recuerda: ect = ecto Insecto

  15. Recuerda: ect = ecto Correcto

  16. Recuerda: ance = ancia Ambulancia

  17. Recuerda: ance = ancia Elegancia

  18. Recuerda: ic = ico Romántico

  19. Recuerda: ic = ico Médico

  20. Recuerda: ar = usually ar Lunar Solar

  21. Recuerda: ble = usually ble Horrible Terrible Imposible Note: Just one S Never double s En español

  22. Recuerda: ary = ario Diccionario Canario Vocabulario

  23. A complete list of cognados in English and Spanish http://manzanotli.weebly.com/uploads/1/6/4/1/16414176/englishspanishcognates.pdf

  24. Lucky for us… There are thousands of cognates between Spanish and English. Learning Spanish is not going to be difícil.

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