UN HORRIBLE ACCIDENTE Ayer ocurrio un horrible accidente. Mi hermano estaba conduciendo su auto en la ciudad. El es un chofer muy competente y muy cuidadoso. De repente otro automovil paso la luz roja y choco con el vehiculo de mi hermano. Vino el policia; pidio la documentacion de los dos conductores. El imprudente no tenia ni p61iza de seguros ni otros documentos necesarios. Resulto que su auto era robado. Asi, el perpetrador fue llevado a la prision y mi hermano fue llevado al hospital porque sufrio una postracion nerviosa.

Cognates Nick Roshkind

You can learn Spanish cognates by learning a few simple rules and applying them to your existing knowledge of English. In this way you can quickly expand your Spanish vocabulary. Spanish is a language that evolved from Latin over the last two thousand years. English, although it is not as closely related to Latin as Spanish, takes thousands of Latin words, many of them the same words that Spanish uses. In addition, both languages have borrowed many words from Classical Greek. This results in thousands of cognates between English and Spanish.

Many words in English have nearly identical Spanish cognates Many words in English have nearly identical Spanish cognates. Only the pronunciation is different and, at most, a very little spelling change. antena área auto cañón chocolate conclusión cónsul familiar gala gas hotel idea melón millón plaza radio regular religión similar teléfono villa

minuto mucho Let’s try some out........ Spanish words that end in -a, -o or -e very often have an equivalent in English. Simply drop or change the last vowel. mapa minuto mucho

Words than end of –al in both English and Spanish often mean the same animal capital

Distancia Tolerancia Experiencia English words that end in –ance or -ience usually have a Spanish cognate that simply drops the –e and adds -ia. Distancia Tolerancia Experiencia

Many Spanish words that end in -ma are irregular in that they are masculine in gender, even though they end in the usually feminine -a. programa clima

vocabulario ordinario Words that end in -ary in English very often have a Spanish cognate that ends in -ario vocabulario ordinario

exactamente rapidamente Spanish words that end in –mente are usually the equivalent of –ly words in English – and usually adverbs. exactamente rapidamente

eliminación investigación There are many Spanish cognates that end in -ción. The equivalent English word ends in -tion. Note that all of these words have the stress on the final syllable. Also, all of these words are feminine in gender eliminación investigación

Beware!!! Colegio- high school Carpeta- folder Pie- foot Embarazada There are also a few words that may look like a cognate but are not! Carpeta- folder Colegio- high school Pie- foot Embarazada

UN HORRIBLE ACCIDENTE Ayer ocurrio un horrible accidente. Mi hermano estaba conduciendo su auto en la ciudad. El es un chofer muy competente y muy cuidadoso. De repente otro automovil paso la luz roja y choco con el vehiculo de mi hermano. Vino el policia; pidio la documentacion de los dos conductores. El imprudente no tenia ni p61iza de seguros ni otros documentos necesarios. Resulto que su auto era robado. Asi, el perpetrador fue llevado a la prision y mi hermano fue llevado al hospital porque sufrio una postracion nerviosa.

Yesterday a horrible accident occurred Yesterday a horrible accident occurred. My brother was driving his car in the city. He is a very competent and careful driver (chauffeur), Suddenly another automobile passed the red light and collided with my brother's vehicle. The policeman came; asked for the documentation of both drivers (conductors). The imprudent one had no insurance~nor any other necessary documents. It turned out that his auto was stolen. Therefore, the perpetrator was taken to prison and my brother was taken to the hospital because he suffered a nervous prostration.