Cognates Grammar essential # 1
Homework part 1 Search google “false cognates Spanish“ find 10 and translate them Asistir= to attend
A cognate is when a spanish word resembles an English word. Cognates Cognates are VERY important! A cognate is when a spanish word resembles an English word.
Cognate For example, the number cero looks similar to the English word, zero.
Cognate Words that resemble one another and that have the same meaning in two languages are called cognates.
Examples Person persona Televisión television Vocabulary vocabulario
False cognates There are what are called false cognates because what it seems should match doesn’t. Example: Asistir does not mean to assist – it is to attend