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Learning Spanish -Tip # 4 |
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This is the fourth in a series of tips for learning Spanish brought to you by Word for Word providing translations and language classes to this community (6786-0854).
Learning Spanish can seem daunting, even unattainable! These tips are designed to ease your fears and build your understanding of Spanish:
Tip #4
Often Spanish words and English words are similar when you recognize some basic exchanges. For example, where some words in English end in -tion, the Spanish counterpart ends in -ción.
| English |
Spanish |
| presentation |
presentación |
| information |
información |
| vacation |
vacación |
Also, where some words in English end in -ity, the Spanish counterpart ends in -idad.
| English |
Spanish |
| electricity |
electricidad |
| velocity |
velocidad |
| authority |
autoridad |
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