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Page 1: Cognados Cognates. The following slides are examples of cognates

Cognados

Cognates

Page 2: Cognados Cognates. The following slides are examples of cognates

The following slides are examples of cognates

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¡Es terrible!¡Es horrible!

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¡Es imposible!

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¡ Es posible!¡ No es posible!

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¡ No es probable!

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¡ No es horrible!¡ Es horrible!

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En tus palabras….In your own words…

• ¿Qué es un cognado? (What is a cognate?)

• Es una palabra en ambos inglés y español que se deletrea similar y su significación es semejante.

• It is a word in both English and in Spanish that is spelled similarly and has the same meaning.

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Many words in English have nearly identical Spanish cognates. Only the pronunciation is different and, at most, a very little spelling change. antenaáreaautocañónchocolateconclusióncónsulfamiliargalagashotelideamelónmillónplazaradioregularreligiónsimilarteléfonovilla

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Spanish words that end in -a, -o or -e very often have an equivalent in English. Simply drop or change the last vowel.

aire lista

atleta mapa

caso medicina

causa minuto

costo mucho

creativo parte

crédito persona

dieta positivo

drama rápido

favorito uso

forma víctima

guitarra visita

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There are many Spanish cognates that end in -ción. The equivalent English word ends in -tion. Note that all of these words have the stress on the final syllable. Also, all of these words are feminine in gender.

acción degeneración

administración descripción

admiración eliminación

animación experimentación

aplicación información

asociación investigación

atención organización

celebración representación

combinación transformación

concentración transportación

contaminación vegetación

creación vocación

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Many Spanish words that end in -ma are irregular in that they are masculine in gender, even though they end in the usually feminine -a.

clima

diagrama

idioma

problema

programa

sistema

tema

Words that end in -ary in English very often have a Spanish cognate that ends in -ario.

aniversario

diccionario

disciplinario

itinerario

literario

necesario

ordinario

vocabulario

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Words that in in -dad are quite common in Spanish. They usually correspond to an English word that ends in -ty. All of these words are feminine in gender.

autoridad

ciudad

comunidad

dificultad

enfermedad

formalidad

necesidad

prosperidad

publicidad

universidad

velocidad

English words that end in -ic usually have a Spanish cognate that simply add an -o.

Atlántico

automático

democrático

didáctico

escolástico

fantástico

gimnástico

linguístico

optimístico

pesimístico

romántico

sarcástico

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English words than end in –ent often have a cognate in Spanish that ends in –ente. These are usually adjectives but sometimes also nouns.

agente

cliente

diferente

equivalente

indiferente

patente

potente

suficiente

Spanish words that end in –mente are usually the equivalent of –ly words in English – and usually adverbs.

afortunadamente

correctamente

desafortunadamente

especialmente

exactamente

finalmente

generalmente

moralmente

naturalmente

obviamente

rapidamente

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Words than end of –al in both English and Spanish often mean the same.

animal

personal

capital

central

comercial

especial

general

hospital

total

local

ocasional

oficial

original

Words than end in –ence or –ance often have a Spanish cognate ending in –encia or -ancia

ausencia

circunstancia

conciencia

diferencia

distancia

experiencia

importancia

instancia

obediencia

permanencia

tolerancia