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Meg2589 Posted 22 years ago
Grammar
False Cognates?
What is the meaning of false cognates? Please give some examples to make it clear.
/False cognates are more likely a problem for Japanese and Korean students rather than Mexican or Brazilian students in English./ <<<<- Is it true or false?
I know Japanese but don't know the other languages mentioned in the above statemnet. So I am unable to understand it? Please help!!
Thanks.
/False cognates are more likely a problem for Japanese and Korean students rather than Mexican or Brazilian students in English./ <<<<- Is it true or false?
I know Japanese but don't know the other languages mentioned in the above statemnet. So I am unable to understand it? Please help!!
Thanks.
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Hi, I don't know enough of Japanese and/or Korean to comment on your question. In Brazil, they speak Portuguese. In Mexico, they speak Spanish.
- Hi, I don't know enough of Japanese and/or Korean to comment on your question.
- In Brazil, they speak Portuguese.
- In Mexico, they speak Spanish.
- I will use Spanish and English to demonstrate false cognate.
- Spanish: Comer - to eat.
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Hi,
I don't know enough of Japanese and/or Korean to comment on your question. In Brazil, they speak Portuguese. In Mexico, they speak Spanish.
I will use Spanish and English to demonstrate false cognate.
Spanish: Comer - to eat.
English: Come - approach the speaker
The words look the same or similar but have entirely different meanings.
I don't know enough of Japanese and/or Korean to comment on your question. In Brazil, they speak Portuguese. In Mexico, they speak Spanish.
I will use Spanish and English to demonstrate false cognate.
Spanish: Comer - to eat.
English: Come - approach the speaker
The words look the same or similar but have entirely different meanings.
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A cognate is a word in one language related to a similar word in another related language by a common ancestor. "lunar" in English is related to Spanish "luna", French "lune", and Portuguese "lua", for example. "lunar" means "having to do with the moon" and the Spanish, French, and Portuguese words cited all mean "moon". All these words are directly or indirectly related to their common ancest
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Dear MountainHiker and CalifJim,
Thanks a lot for the clear explanation. How easy you made it for me to understand!!
And I found the answer of the statement I posted earlier.../False cognates are more likely a problem......Brazilian students in English./ <<<----- It is FALSE.
I was answering a quiz and there I found the above statement. On the basis of your explanat
Thanks a lot for the clear explanation. How easy you made it for me to understand!!
And I found the answer of the statement I posted earlier.../False cognates are more likely a problem......Brazilian students in English./ <<<----- It is FALSE.
I was answering a quiz and there I found the above statement. On the basis of your explanat
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