One of the best ways to boost your Spanish-speaking skills is to find the words that it shares with the English language.
Have you ever noticed that certain words, like ‘influencia’ (influence) are extremely similar but just pronounced and spelled slightly different?
Experts all agree on the fact that the more languages you know the easier it is to pick up a new one. The reason for this lies in the similarities between certain tongues. If you know more languages, you simply have a larger web of references to draw from.
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This, of course, is more likely with languages that were derived from the same tongue, like Romance languages who all come from Vulgar Latin.
But then, if English is a West Germanic language (like Dutch and German) and Spanish is a Romance language, how come they share so many words?
The many ‘similitudes’ (similarities) between Spanish and English are due to Guillermo el Bastardo (William the Bastard).
Guillermo later became better known for his deeds than his illegitimate birth after 1066AD. Since then, he’s been known as Guillermo el Conquistador (William the Conqueror).
His Norman invasion of Britain on October 14, 1066, saw French become the official language of schools and law courts. And the conquerors imposed the language on the conquered people.
It stayed that way for the next 300 years.
As a result, to this day, thousands of words from the French language are part of everyday English.
French and Spanish are both Romance languages, so the left-over French words are a lot like Spanish words.
There are literally thousands of words that you, as an English speaker, will instantly recognize in Spanish. Por ejemplo:
Universidad
Problema
Constitución
Instante
Aniversario
The great thing about these Instant Spanish Words is that a few simple patterns let you change English words into Spanish. In a way, as soon as you understand these patterns you will be able to tap onto your English vocabulary and realize you already have a deep pool of Spanish words waiting to be put into practice.
This is just one tip to help you go from learning a language in a classroom to actually speaking the language.
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