Cognates, Linguistics

Cognates By Mariana Fernández Linguistics I 2010

Cognates: ,[object Object],[object Object]

Cognates ,[object Object],[object Object]

Characteristics of cognates ,[object Object]

Cognates across languages ,[object Object]

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

False cognates ,[object Object],[object Object]

FALSE COGNATES Sometimes a word in Spanish will sound like or seem like a similar one in English. In the Spanish language there are a number of false cognates like this. So you have to be careful or you might make a mistake and say, "Estoy embarazada," to mean that you are embarrassed, when actually you will be saying that you're pregnant!

In Spanish, means “present, current”, and not “actual” as we use it in English, which in Spanish is instead real, verdadero.

Let’s think a bit.... ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

How do you say “electricidad” in English? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Practice some false cognates ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Resources ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Cognates, Linguistics

Recommandé

Recommandé

Contenu connexe

Tendances

Tendances (20)

En vedette

En vedette (20)

Similaire à Cognates, Linguistics

Similaire à Cognates, Linguistics (20)

Plus de Mariana Fernandez

Plus de Mariana Fernandez (11)

Dernier

Dernier (20)

Cognates, Linguistics