How To Understand Written Spanish
| Education : Spanish If you are an English speaker, which of course most readers of this article will be, then you have a head start when learning Spanish. That's because many words of both languages are derived straight from Latin. And that means - common, recognisable word stems. Indeed, with many Spanish words you will be able to work out what they mean before you see the translation. When faced with a new Spanish word, always try to work out if there is a similar English word. It may sound simple, but with practice you will spot similarities that you never noticed and this will greatly help with your vocab. Let's have a couple of examples: Permitir is a Spanish verb. What does it mean? Well, you can have a good guess from the english 'permit'. Yes, the verb means 'to allow'. Easy! Yet many people do not think that they can use their English to help, and hence find learning Spanish harder. Another example: Argumentar - to argue Temer - may not be so obvious, but there is the word 'temerity' in English. This might lead you to believe the verb means something like 'to fear'. And you'd be right! Bottom line: when you see a new Spanish word, especially in an exam, don't panic - see if it bears any relation to an English word. If it does, then often times you will have a good idea as to what the word means.
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