NOUNS
What is a noun?
A person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a verb?
A verb is a word that shows action or a state of being.
What is an adjective?
A word that describes a noun.
What is a cognate?
Words that have a similar meaning, spelling, and pronunciation in two or more languages
Describe a puppy using 3 adjectives.
Examples: cute, small, young, fluffy, furry, brown, tan, adorable, playful...
What is a common noun? What is one example?
A general person, place, thing, or idea.
Examples: student, teacher, pencil, book, school...
What is present tense?
Give an example sentence.
Tells what happens every day.
Example: He cooks dinner every night.
What are descriptive adjectives? What is one example?
Examples: beautiful, spicy, cold, yellow, shiny
Name 5 English-Spanish cognates.
Examples...
- restaurant, chocolate, helicopter, telephone, artistic...
Is MOM a common noun or proper noun?
Common: My mom is nice.
Proper: I like when Mom cooks dinner.
What is a proper noun? What is one example?
A specific person, place, thing, or idea.
Examples: Leo, Norwalk High School, McDonald's
What is past tense?
Give an example sentence.
Tells what already happened.
Example: He cooked dinner last night.
What are possessive adjectives? What are they (7)?
They show to whom something belongs.
My, your, his, her, its, our, their
What is a perfect cognate? What is one example?
Examples: animal, idea, adorable, visible, criminal...
Give 2 examples of false cognates.
Examples: arena, carpeta, sopa, red...
A physical person, place, or thing that you can touch or experience with the 5 senses.
Examples: desk, tree, bird, house, marker, shoes
What is future tense?
Give an example sentence.
Tells what will happen but hasn't happened yet.
Example: He will cook dinner tomorrow.
What is one difference between adjectives in English and Spanish? Explain/give an example.
- They are not numbered (rojos, rojas = red)
- Adjectives go BEFORE the noun they describe
(el auto rojo = the red car)
Why do English, Spanish, and French have so many cognates?
Why does a language like Chinese not have many cognates?
Because English, Spanish, French have many roots in Latin.
Chinese is NOT rooted in Latin, so it does not share many words, except borrowed words.
How do you say "restaurant" in Polish?
Restauracja
"res - tau - raht - see - ya"
What is an abstract noun? What is one example?
A thought, idea, or feeling that CANNOT be touched.
Examples: happiness, sadness, love, joy, peace, time
What is present progressive tense?
Give an example sentence.
Tells what is happening right now.
Example: He is cooking dinner right now.
Use two descriptive adjectives and one possessive adjective in a sentence.
My blue shoes are comfortable.
Her brother is tall and intelligent.
Name the cognate translation rules between:
-dad ---> ?
-ción ---> ?
Give examples to show how you know.
-dad ---> -ty
Examples: identidad, identity, claridad, clarity
-ción ---> -tion
Examples: educación, education, transformación, transformation
What is the past tense form of the verb "to buy" (comprar)?
Bought