Cognates Prefixes Suffixes Lainer Fuentes P Cognates True

Cognates, Prefixes & Suffixes Lainer Fuentes P.

Cognates True cognates False cognates Perfect cognates Near cognates

True cognates • True cognates are words that share the same meaning in two different languages, in this case, English and Spanish. • True cognates can be divided in two categories: Perfect cognates, that are written in the exact same way; and Near cognates, that vary in letters, but share the same meaning.

• Soup - sopa • Theater - teatro • Alcohol • Chocolate • Kilometer kilómetro

False cognates • False cognates, on the other hand, are words that are written similarly in two languages, but the meaning is different.

• Bizarre: extraño • Carpet: alfombra • Embarrased: avergonzado • Deception: engaño • Fabric: tela • Story: relato • Signature: firma • Bizarro • Carpeta • Embarazada • Decepción • Fábrica • Historia • Asignatura

Prefixes • Prefixes are groups of letters that come before the core of a word, to modify their meaning.

Prefix Example Meaning Anti - Anti – Christ The opposite Bi - Bi – weekly Two Mis - Mis – calculation Something wrong Sub - Sub – nautic Under Pro - active In favor of Inter - Inter – national Between Re - Re – use Again

Suffixes • Suffixes are groups of letters that come after the core of a word, to modify their meaning.

Suffix Example Meaning - ism Capital – ism Doctrine - less Home – less Without - ful Beauti – ful Full of - able / - ible Controll – able Capable of - arian Veget – arian A person who - ment Move – ment Action or result Play – ed Past (regular verbs) - ed

Fill in the blanks with the correct cognate. Exercise n° 1 Carpet, story, fabric, folder, 1. I told a ______ to my sister before sleeping. factory, history 2. They went to the candy ______. 3. Students have a ______ with their papers. 4. We are studying the ______ of the Roman Empire. 5. I love the ______ of your dress! 6. The ______ in your living room looks soft.

Exercise 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Bi Re Mis Sub Anti Inter a) b) c) d) e) f) active marine Combine prefixes n° 2 and cores to create words ________ _ hero understand lingual view ________________ _ ________

Exercise 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Parlament Power Entertain Vis Social Walk a) b) c) d) e) f) ment ible ed ism arian ful Combine suffixes n° 3 and cores to create words ________________ _ ________

Exercise n° 4, experts only! • Prohomourbanism • Subrecyclementarian • Antiestablishmentarianism Break down the following words and find the core