ESPAOL O INGLS

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ESPAÑOL O INGLÉS

• COGNATES

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WHAT IS A COGNATE?

• A word in two languages that is similar in
  meaning and most of the time similar in spelling
  too.

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How do cognates help you learn another language?

• Cognates help you to build your vocabulary.
• Improve your reading skills.
• Improve your listening and reading comprehension.
• Help you to understand a conversation.

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CATEGORIES

• There are different categories of cognates.
• I divided them into sixteen categories.
• Sometimes you need to make slightly changes in
  spelling to translate your words into Spanish.
• You will see how many words you already know in
  Spanish. You are going be amazed!

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CATEGORY I

• The first and easiest category is made up of
  words that end in OR. These words are most of the
  time identical in English and Spanish.
• INGLES ESPAÑOL
• The doctor
• The actor
• The interior

El doctor
El actor
El interior
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CATEGORY II

• There is also a category of words that end in AL,
  these words are also most of the time identical.
• INGLES ESPAÑOL
• Animal Animal
• Musical músical
• Rural rural
• Special especial
• Legal legal

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CATEGORY III

• In this category the words end in BLE. These are
  also identical in Spanish and English.
• INGLES ESPAÑOL
• Cable Cable
• Possible posible
• Flexible flexible
• Visible visible
• Horrible horrible
• Terrible terrible
• Note that these words are stress on the next to
  the last syllabe.

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CATEGORY IV

• These category is made up of words that end in
• IC in English. To change them in to Spanish you
  add O
• INGLES ESPAÑOL
• Public Público
• Atlantic Atlántico
• Artistic Artístico
• Democratic democrático
• For excellent pronunciation stress the syllable
  with the written accent mark.

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CATEGORY V

• These category is made up of words that end in
• TOR in English. To change them in to Spanish you
  change TOR for DOR
• INGLES ESPAÑOL
• Acelerator Acelerador
• Generator Generador
• Educator Educador
• Dictator Dictador

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CATEGORY VI

• Another large category is made up of words that
  end in ENT or ANT If you simply add and E
  to these word, they instantly become Spanish
  words.
• INGLES ENT ESPAÑOL
• President presidente
• Excellent excelente
• Intelligent inteligente
• Different diferente
• These words are accented on the next to the last
  syllable. Example inteli-GEN-te

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ANT

• INGLES ESPAÑOL
• Important Importante
• Elephant elefante
• Consonant consonante
• Restaurant restaurante
• Significant significante
• Abundant abundante

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CATEGORY VII

• Some words that end in IST in English are very
  easy to convert into Spanish, you just need to
  add an A to them.
• INGLES ESPAÑOL
• Pianist Pianista
• Capitalist capitalista
• Artist artista
• Optimist optimista
• Novelist novelista
• Oculist oculista

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CATEGORY VIII

• It is very easy to convert adjectives that end in
  OUS in English into Spanish. You just need to
  change the ending to OSO
• INGLES ESPAÑOL
• Furious furioso
• Famous famoso
• Religious religioso
• Ambitious ambicioso
• Curious curioso

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CATEGORY IX

• Words that end in TION are translate into
  Spanish with the ending CION.
• T changes to C
• INGLES ESPAÑOL
• Civilization civilización
• Constitution constitución
• Generation generación
• Invitation invitación
• Institution institución
• Construction construcción

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CATEGORY X

• You can convert many English words that end in
  TY into Spanish by changing the TY to DAD.
• INGLES ESPAÑOL
• Curiosity curiosidad
• Electricity electricidad
• City ciudad
• Personality personalidad
• Variety variedad
• Community comunidad
• Humanity humanidad

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CATEGORY XI

• You can convert many English words that end in
  RY into Spanish by changing the RY to RIO.
• INGLES ESPAÑOL
• Adversary adversario
• Anniversary Aniversario
• Dictionary Diccionario
• Salary salario
• Laboratory laboratorio
• Literary literario
• Voluntary Voluntario

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CATEGORY XII

• You can convert many English words that end in
  EM, AM, OM into Spanish by adding the letter
  A.
• INGLES ESPAÑOL
• Program programa
• telegram telegrama
• diagram Diagrama
• system sistema
• Problem problema

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CATEGORY XIII

• You can convert many English words that end in
  CE into Spanish by changing CE to CIA.
• INGLES ESPAÑOL
• Independence Indepenencia
• Indifference Indiferencia
• Exprerience Experiencia
• France Francia

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CATEGORY XIV

• You can convert many English words that end in
  CE into Spanish by changing CY to CIA.
• INGLES ESPAÑOL
• Democracy Democracia
• Emergency Emergencia
• Urgency Urgencia

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CATEGORY XV

• Some words that end in IN or INE in English
  end in INA in Spanish.
• INGLES ESPAÑOL
• Medicine Medicina
• Discipline Disciplina
• Gasoline Gasolina
• Doctrine Doctrina
• Routine Routina

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CATEGORY XVI

• Some words that end in IVE in English end in
  IVO in Spanish.
• INGLES ESPAÑOL
• Active
• attractive
• effective

Activo
Atractivo
Efectivo
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CATEGORY XVII

• Some words that end in CAL in English end in
  CO in Spanish.
• INGLES ESPAÑOL
• Identical idéntico
• Economical Económico
• Technical Técnico Practical Práctico
  

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GROUP ACTIVITY

• Groups of THREE.
• You are going to design a WORD WALL on the wall
  outside the classroom.
• Find at least 10 words according to the category
  the teacher is going to assign you.
• Make a nice, neat and colorful poster of your
  word. (10 PER GROUP) USING WHITE POSTER BOARD.
• One group will be in charge also of making a nice
  title for the wall. IT CAN BE GUESS INGLES OR
  ESPANOL? FIND THE WORD.