If you speak English, you already know thousands of words in Spanish – chiefly because both languages share Latin as the origin of many words. These words are called “cognates.”
Some cognates are spelled exactly as in American English, such as color, total, etc. Yet their pronunciation can be quite different… so this compilation of lessons to help you unlock the power of cognates goes hand-in-hand with the compliation of articles on pronunciation.
Here are the links:
Spanish Cognates: Honestidad, PLUS pronunciation tips for letter d.
Spanish Cognates: Totalmente, PLUS pronunciation tips for letter t.
Spanish Cognates: Embarazada and other FALSE cognates.
.
recommend this
email
print
link to this page
Comments: 8
In Spanish, Conocer means to know someone; saber is to know something.
The present tense translation for each verb is: (yo) conozco - (tu) conoces - (el, ella, Usted) conoce - (nosotros) conocemos - (ellos, ellas, Ustedes) conocen (I didn't list the plural familiar form (Vosotros: conoceis) due to its rarity in Latin America). For saber: se - sabes - sabe - sabemos - saben.
I don't know how to put accent marks when writing in this forum, so they're missing.