

Cognates
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8th - 12th Grade
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Tania Landauro
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COGNATES
You will learn about these helpful concept.
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What are cognates?
Cognates are words that can be easily reCOGNized form one language to another.
Just by following some simple rules, you would be able to infer the meaning of many words.
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How many types of cognates are there?
Cuatro
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What are the types of cognates?
Exact
Direct
Indirect
False
Let's refer to each one of them.
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EXACT COGNATES
Are words that are written the same in both languages, they mean the same but the pronunciation may change.
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DIRECT COGNATES
Are words that follow certain rules. They are directly related to some "suffixes" and some "prefixes".
Spanish suffix English suffix
-ción -tion (nation)
- dad -ty, -ity(unity)
- io, ia, ía -y(reality)
-oso/-osa -ous (furious)
- mente - ly(finally)
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DIRECT COGNATES CONTINUED...
Some prefixes:
Spanish prefix English prefix
f ph (pharmacy)
es+consonant s+ consonant
(special)
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INDIRECT COGNATES
Are words that are not related to suffixes nor prefixes but you can still infer the meaning. You are just making connections between the two languages using your English knowledge.
Examples: música, octubre, turista, etc.
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FALSE COGNATES
Are words that are going to trick you, you have to "be careful" with these cognates.
You may think you know the meaning but they mean something else
Example: embarazada you may thing it means embarrassed but it means pregnant.
COGNATES
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