Archive for July 5th, 2007
Thursday, July 5th, 2007
How To Use Gender With Spanish Nouns
In the Spanish language, all nouns are represented either as singular or plural. Unlike English however, all Spanish nouns have a gender. In order to begin to truly understand how to speak Spanish, you must be aware of the gender differences between nouns.
You will learn to speak Spanish much better by reading this post about [...]
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Thursday, July 5th, 2007
Some Spanish Words That Are The Same In English
Many words in both Spanish and English look the same and also have the same meaning. This is a result of one language borrowing a word from another, or both languages borrowing the same word from another third language, such as Latin or French. These words are called cognates.
A cognate is a Spanish word that [...]
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Thursday, July 5th, 2007
False Friends in the Spanish Language
Spanish shares a number of words that look almost identical to their English counterparts, yet have distinctly different meanings. These kinds of words are called “false friends.”
While learning to speak Spanish, it is crucial that you have a good grasp of vocabulary in order to communicate effectively. The Learn to Speak Spanish website offers a [...]
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Thursday, July 5th, 2007
Developing Your Spanish Accent With Vowel Pronunciation
Vowels in Spanish are pronounced quite differently than in English. Each Spanish vowel represents a phonetic sound, and can include accent marks that specify the amount of stress to apply when pronouncing a word.
The Learn to Speak Spanish blog has a good post up about how to pronounce vowels in the Spanish language properly. If [...]
