What is a Cognate? Really good question!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognate
Now, here's my definition: Words in a foreign language that look and/or sound like the words in your language.
example: English- Hamburger = Spanish - Hamburguesa
These words look very similar but sound a bit less alike.
example: English - Milk = German - Milch
I think they sound and look alike.
example: English - No = Spanish - No
same word
I LOVE to use cognates to learn and teach a new language. If you can put hope into a person that this new language they are trying to understand is similar to their own, they can understand many cognates. I believe success will follow.
My Wee One = youngest child (prefer to keep my kids names off the Net until they are older) and I learned, TOGETHER, several German cognates today while she was doing artwork. I DO love to multi-task. I also think that our brains learn better while utilizing more than one sense. I think it's called Kinesthetic learning.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinesthetic_learning
I even own a BOOK of cognates. OKAY okay, yes I have a small itty bitty book fetish/habit/LOVE. I've lost count how many books that I have. I AM SELLING SOME OF THEM......Sorry, both my exes hate books. Guess whose going to college?? yeah.....BOOKS. I can live with out the exes but NOT the books, (sigh of satisfaction)...
I've reviewed a lot of books on Amazon under the user name elainaxyz then somehow ( you know that look) got locked out of my old account. So now I'm ElainaMc and I think I've reviewed ONE WHOLE BOOK on my new account.
This book I own, use, and buy used when I find it for my kids to have......
NTC's Dictionary of Spanish Cognates Hardcover ISBN 0-8442-7961-7
Hey, If you head on over to Amazon then drop by my itty bitty MarketPlace store. Thanks !
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognate
Now, here's my definition: Words in a foreign language that look and/or sound like the words in your language.
example: English- Hamburger = Spanish - Hamburguesa
These words look very similar but sound a bit less alike.
example: English - Milk = German - Milch
I think they sound and look alike.
example: English - No = Spanish - No
same word
I LOVE to use cognates to learn and teach a new language. If you can put hope into a person that this new language they are trying to understand is similar to their own, they can understand many cognates. I believe success will follow.
My Wee One = youngest child (prefer to keep my kids names off the Net until they are older) and I learned, TOGETHER, several German cognates today while she was doing artwork. I DO love to multi-task. I also think that our brains learn better while utilizing more than one sense. I think it's called Kinesthetic learning.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinesthetic_learning
You'll soon notice that I say, 'I THINK" fairly often because my resources leave me and now that I'm over forty,this memory recall thing SUCKS!!!! Okay sorry, venting...
I even own a BOOK of cognates. OKAY okay, yes I have a small itty bitty book fetish/habit/LOVE. I've lost count how many books that I have. I AM SELLING SOME OF THEM......Sorry, both my exes hate books. Guess whose going to college?? yeah.....BOOKS. I can live with out the exes but NOT the books, (sigh of satisfaction)...
I've reviewed a lot of books on Amazon under the user name elainaxyz then somehow ( you know that look) got locked out of my old account. So now I'm ElainaMc and I think I've reviewed ONE WHOLE BOOK on my new account.
This book I own, use, and buy used when I find it for my kids to have......
NTC's Dictionary of Spanish Cognates Hardcover ISBN 0-8442-7961-7
Hey, If you head on over to Amazon then drop by my itty bitty MarketPlace store. Thanks !
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