Learning Spanish -Tip # 4

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