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Calentamiento What do you think these words mean? 1.Excelente 2.Generoso 3.Elefante 4.Persona 5.Familia 6.Diferente 7.Instrucciones
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Calentamiento What do you think these words mean? 1.Excelente 2.Generoso 3.Elefante 4.Persona 5.Familia 6.Diferente 7.Instrucciones.

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Page 1: Calentamiento What do you think these words mean? 1.Excelente 2.Generoso 3.Elefante 4.Persona 5.Familia 6.Diferente 7.Instrucciones.

CalentamientoWhat do you think these words mean?

1.Excelente

2.Generoso

3.Elefante

4.Persona

5.Familia

6.Diferente

7.Instrucciones

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What is a COGNATE? Examples: words that are cognates words that are NOT

in Spanish and English cognates

nouns: profesor/ professor

diccionario/dictionary

familia/family

adjectives: atlético/athletic

curioso/curious

verbs: adorar/ to adore

admirar/ to admire

perro/ dog

hermano/ brother

amigo/ friend

bonita/pretty

atrevido/ mischievous

hablar/ to speak

ir/ to go

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Definition:Cognate• n. a word related to a word in another language [Latin co (same) + gnatus (born)]

Examples of Cognates between Spanish and French:

ami/ amigo (friend)sympathique/ simpático (nice)chanter/cantar (to sing)

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English comes from the Germanic language family.

Spanish comes from the Romancelanguage family.

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So WHYWHY are there so many cognates between

Spanish and English?

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Un poco de historia

5th century AD: 3 Germanic Tribes invade Britain

Celtic speakers are pushed west and north into modern Ireland and Scotland

The ancestor of modern English begins to form in Britain

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Meanwhile, in France and Spain…

The Romans, speaking Latin, defeated Hannibal and conquered what is now modern Spain. Latin mixed with the language of Hispania and became known as Spanish.

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Meanwhile, in France and Spain…The Romans, speaking Latin, defeated Hannibal and conquered what is now modern Spain. Latin mixed with the language of Hispania and became known as Spanish.

Julius Caesar led and army north into Gaul (modern France) and instituted Latin as the major language. Latin mixed with Gaulish and later became known as French.

In 1066 William the Conqueror, the Duke of Normandy, invaded and conquered England. With him, he brought the French language.

English adopted many French words. These French words came from Latin and therefore share the same roots as Spanish.

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Un juego de adivinanza (a little guessing game)

Guess what the following Spanish words mean:pan = experiencia= soportar= actualmente= ambicioso= carpeta= demostrar= éxito = recordar = vaso = preparar= pie= advertencia=

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Attention!

SOME words betray us!

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examples of amigos falsos…pan = BREADexperiencia= experience soportar= TO PUT UP WITHactualmente= CURRENTLYambicioso- ambitious carpeta= FOLDERdemostrar= to demonstrateéxito = SUCCESSrecordar = TO REMEMBERvaso = GLASS/CUPpreparar= to preparepie= FOOTadvertencia= WARNING

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Definition:

Amigos Falsos (false friends)

1. n. words that look like words in another language, but do not have the same meaning.

n. words that sound the same as words in another language, but do not have the same meaning

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Lucky for us…There are thousands of cognates between Spanish and English

and amigos falsos

are

much less common!