The document discusses cognates, which are words that resemble each other in Spanish and English and have the same meaning. It provides examples of cognates such as "actor", "color", "doctor" that look similar in both languages. While many words are true cognates, the document warns there are also "false cognates" where words look similar but do not match in meaning, like "asistir" which means "to attend" not "to assist" in Spanish.

1. Cognates
Di you know that you already
know a lot of Spanish?
Sra. Abbott
Español I

2. Cognates
 Cognates are VERY important!
A cognate is when a Spanish word resembles an English
word.
 actor
 color
 doctor
 director
 horror

3. Cognate
For example, the number cero looks similar
to the English word, zero.
 animal
 general
 hospital
 manual
 moral

4. Cognate
Words that resemble one another and that
have the same meaning in two languages
are called cognates.
 artista
 egoista
 lista
 socialista
 turista

5. Examples
Person persona
Televisión  television
Vocabulary vocabulario
 idealismo
 despotismo
 mecanismo
 organismo
 optimismo

6. abundancia
arrogancia
experiencia
paciencia
inteligencia
actividad
curiosidad
electricidad
identidad
universidad
asociación
combinación
condición
exempción
instrucción
agencia
agonía
batería
familia
historia
urgencia
remedio
salario
testimonio
diccionario
activo
decisivo
festivo
efectivo
indicativo
brutal
usual
local
criminal
natural
ambicioso
gracioso
delicioso
generoso
magnético
fantastico
eléctrico
artistico
admirable
imposible
terrible
favorable

7. 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
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