1. What do you think these words mean?
Calentamiento
What do you think these words mean?
Excelente
Generoso
Elefante
Persona
Familia
Diferente
Instrucciones

2. What is a COGNATE? nouns: profesor/ professor diccionario/dictionary
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

3. 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)

4. English
comes
from the
Germanic
language
family.
Spanish
comes
from the
Romance language
family.

5. So WHY are there so many cognates between Spanish and English?

6. 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 6

7. 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. 7

8. 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. 8

9. 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=

10. Attention! SOME words betray us!

11. examples of amigos falsos…
pan = BREAD
experiencia= experience
soportar= TO PUT UP WITH
actualmente= CURRENTLY
ambicioso- ambitious
carpeta= FOLDER
demostrar= to demonstrate
éxito = SUCCESS
recordar = TO REMEMBER
vaso = GLASS/CUP
preparar= to prepare
pie= FOOT
advertencia= WARNING

12. Definition: Amigos Falsos (false friends)
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

13. Lucky for us… much less common! There are thousands
of cognates between Spanish and English
and
amigos falsos
are
much less
common!