HACER AHORA Saca su journal y escriba la fecha y journal #2 Conteste:

1. Do you know what a cognate is? Write the definition down in your journal.

2. What do you think the following words translate to?

a) necesario c) carpeta

b) poema d) farmacia

Hacer Ahora

1. A cognate is a word that looks alike and

has similar meanings in Spanish and

English.

2.

a)necessary

b) Poem

c)folder—this is a FALSE cognate

d)pharmacy

Cognados Cognates

Cognados There are some Spanish words that

when you see them, you know (or think

you know) what they mean. They may

be spelled exactly like-or similar to-an

English word.

An example would be capital.

Such words are called cognates.

Cognates are our friends

Although cognates may be spelled

like our words, they are NOT pronounced the same.

Ejemplos

normal

animal

metal

final

general

hospital

Cuidado—Beware! There are words which look like

English words but are actually

what are called “FALSE

COGNATES” or “FALSE FRIENDS: LOS AMIGOS FALSOS

FALSE COGNATES ARE

NOT OUR FRIENDS

Look at the following words:

pie

pan

meter

If they are English words, we know what they mean. BUT…..if they are Spanish—do we?

THE REAL MEANING

Pie =foot, NOT pie

Pan =bread, NOT pan

Meter =to put or to place, not meter

What do you think these words

mean?

hay

sin

saber

sopa

embarazada

leer

They are FALSE FRIENDS

hay: there is, there are

sin: without

saber: to know

sopa: soup

embarazada: pregnant

leer: to read

Once you can identify

cognates in Spanish, You

can READ SPANISH!!

You may not know it, but if I tell you that

El = the and

Hay = there is or there are

You can read a whole paragraph in Spanish!

Let’s try it together

El elefante es un animal inteligente.

Hay muchos elefentes en Africa. El

camello es un animal enorme. Hay

camellos en el desierto. El tigre es un

animal feroz. El leon es otro animal

feroz. Hay muchos animales feroces en

el circo.