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The cognates
Cognates
COGNATES

Words that share similar

Meaning Writing

Two different
languages
But different pronunciation.

favor - favor
 ¡did you know?!
There are more than 3000 cognates in English and Spanish

Accident (aksident) Accidente

Area (aria) Área
Adult (adult) Adulto
Director (director) Director
Air (er) Aire
Reunion (riunion) Reunión
Animal (animol) Animal
Doctor (doctor) Doctor
Camera (kamera) Cámara
Alarm (alarm) Alarma
Person (person) Persona
Color (color) Color
You can find more cognates
here:

http://www.colorincolorado.org/p
dfs/articles/cognates.pdf
 = Los cognados ≠
Origen Etimológico Evolución Fonética

Raíz

Aud Phon
Bio
Auditorium Phone
(Auditorio) Biography (Teléfono)
(Biografía)
Audition Microphone
(Audición) Biology (Micrófono)
(Biología)
¡warning!
Fake Cognates
 actual: real, efectivo (y no actual, que se dice current)
 actually: en realidad (y no actualmente, que se dice nowadays, at present)
 advice: consejo (y no aviso, que se dice warning, notice)
 apt: propenso (y no apto, que se dice qualified, able)
 argument: discusión, pelea (y no argumento)
 attain: lograr, conseguir (y no atar, que se dice to tie)
 avocado: aguacate (y no abogado, que se dice lawyer)
 bark: ladrar o ladrido (y no barco, que se dice boat o ship)
 carpet: alfombra (y no carpeta, que se dice folder)
 cartoon: dibujos animados, tira cómica (y no cartón, que se dice cardboard)
1. Which are cognates and which are fake cognates.

a. Avocado
a.Cognate
b. Reunion
c. Carpet
d. Animal
b.Fake cognate
e. Area
f. Actual
2. practice the pronunciation of these 2 tongue twisters.

Tongue twister #1:

A good cook could cook
as much cookies as a good cook
who could cook cookies.

Tongue twister #2:

If one doctor doctors another doctor does
the doctor who doctors the doctor doctor the
doctor the way the doctor he is doctoring
doctors? Or does the doctor doctor the way
the doctor who doctors doctors?