Words that end in “or” are often the same in English and Spanish. True or false?
true
Spanish words that end in “or" are stressed on the first syllable. True or false?
False, they are stressed on the last syllable.
el
the
un
a or an
el actor
the actor
el color
the color
el error
the error
el doctor
the doctor
el conductor
the conductor
el favor
the favor
un tractor
a tractor
un profesor
a professor
un inventor
an inventor
interior (esp)
interior
exterior (esp)
exterior
superior (esp)
superior
Words that end in “al” are often the same in English and Spanish. True or false?
true
Spanish words that end in “al” are stressed on the last syllable. True or false?
true
el animal
the animal
el criminal
the criminal
el canal
the canal
central (esp)
central
comercial
commercial
legal (esp)
legal
local (esp)
local
musical (esp)
musical
natural (esp)
natural
personal (esp)
personal
rural (esp)
rural
social (esp)
social
Words that end in “ble” are rarely identical in English and Spanish. True or false?
False, they are often identical.
Words that end in “ble" are stressed on the last syllable. True or false?
False, they are stressed on the next to last syllable.
el cable
the cable
notable (esp)
notable
terrible (esp)
terrible
posible
possible
flexible (esp)
flexible
visible (esp)
visible
formidable (esp)
formidable
probable (esp)
probable
honorable (esp)
honorable
noble (esp)
noble
horrible (esp)
horrible
inevitable (esp)
inevitable
How can you change English words ending in “ic” to Spanish?
Add the letter o.
Do accents alter the sounds of letters?
No, they indicate the area of stress.
el Atlántico
the Atlantic
el público
the public
romántico
romantic
democrático
democratic
artistico
artistic
aristocrático
aristocratic
elástico
elastic
eléctrico
electric
automático
automatic
Many English words that end in “ent” or “ant” can be made Spanish words by adding ___?
the letter “e”
Words ending in “ente" or “ante" are accented where?
on the next to last syllable
el presidente
the president
el accidente
the accident
el cliente
the client
excelente
excellent
importante
important
diferente
different
conveniente
convenient
el elefante
the elephant
inteligente
intelligent
es
is
no es
isn’t
El actor es popular.
The actor is popular.
El tenor es romántico.
The tenor is romantic.
El presidente es diplomático.
The president is diplomatic.
El actor no es un animal.
The actor isn’t an animal.
El elefante es un animal.
The elephant is an animal.
El conductor no es insolente.
The conductor isn’t insolent.
El doctor es inteligente.
The doctor is intelligent.
El canal es importante.
The canal is important.
El restaurante es excelente.
The restaurant is excellent.
El criminal es terrible.
The criminal is terrible.
El cliente es importante.
The client is important.
El elefante es fantastico.
The elephant is fantastic.
El cable es urgente.
The cable is urgent.
El hotel es excelente.
The hotel is excellent.
To make a sentence such as “El doctor es inteligente.” into a written question, you begin with ¿ and end with ?. How would you make it into a spoken question?
You move the adjective to the beginning of the sentence. “¿Es inteligente, el doctor?”
curioso
curious
ay no
oh no
el mono
the monkey
el estudiante
the student
en mi opinión
in my opinion
sí
yes
no (esp)
no
In Spanish, what does the English “ph” become?
f (elephant = elefante
The English “th” becomes “t” in Spanish. True or false?
True (cathedral = catedral, author = autor)
All doubled letters in English (ss, ll, rr, tt) are also doubled in Spanish. True or false?
False, only the ll and rr are doubled in Spanish. All other doubled English letters become single letters in Spanish. (apparent = aparente, annual = anual.
A double c in Spanish is pronounced with both a hard “c” and a soft “c”. True or false?
True, corrección = correk - sión.
In Spanish “tion” always becomes “ción”. True or false?
True (convention = convención)
Reminder Card - 1. OR (identical) - el doctor, el actor
Reminder Card - 2. AL (identical) - el animal, personal
Reminder Card - 3. BLE (identical) - el cable, probable
Reminder Card - 4. IC = ICO - el Atlántico, eléctrico
Reminder Card - 5. ENT = ENTE/ANT = ANTE - el presidente, excelente, el restaurante, importante
