Language Transfer Complete Spanish Lesson 02 enhanced 50p
Summary
TLDRThe video script explores the linguistic relationship between English and Spanish, highlighting the significant Latin influence on English vocabulary. It demonstrates how Latin roots in English words can be easily adapted to Spanish, offering a method to learn approximately 3,000 words. The script emphasizes the importance of vowel pronunciation in Spanish, contrasting it with the variability in English. It provides examples of word conversion and pronunciation tips, such as stressing the correct vowel and avoiding common English pronunciation pitfalls. The discussion also touches on the phonetic nature of Spanish compared to the complex rules of English, suggesting that with practice, one can develop a natural Spanish accent and effectively build sentences.
Takeaways
- đ English and Spanish share a significant amount of Latin vocabulary, making it easier to convert English words into Spanish.
- đ€ Words ending in 'a' in English often come from Latin and can be converted to Spanish with some basic rules.
- đŁïž Pronouncing vowels in Spanish as they are written can help achieve a perfect Spanish accent, unlike English where vowels can have multiple sounds.
- đ The word 'is' in Spanish is 'es', which can also mean 'he is', 'she is', or 'you are' when speaking formally.
- â ïž English speakers should be cautious not to pronounce 's' as 'z' when speaking Spanish, as it is a common mistake.
- đ Spanish is more phonetic than English, meaning that letters represent the same sounds consistently, unlike English.
- đ To say 'it is not' in Spanish, use 'no es', which is a straightforward translation and pronunciation.
- đĄ For words without a direct conversion rule, educated guesses based on similar words can often lead to the correct Spanish term.
- đ The Latin roots of many English words can be used to deduce their Spanish equivalents, aiding in vocabulary expansion.
- đ Learning from native speakers' corrections when making guesses is an effective way to quickly improve vocabulary and pronunciation.
Q & A
What is the relationship between English and Spanish languages?
-English is considered a Germanic language, but it has a significant amount of Latin vocabulary. Spanish is practically a modern version of Latin, making it easier to convert Latin vocabulary from English to Spanish.
How many words is it estimated that can be easily converted from English to Spanish?
-It is estimated that around 3,000 words can be easily converted from English to Spanish based on Latin roots.
What is a rule for converting English words with Latin roots to Spanish?
-A rule mentioned is that words ending in 'a' in English tend to come from Latin and can be converted to Spanish by changing the ending.
How does the accentuation differ between English and Spanish words?
-In English, the accent is often on the first syllable, while in Spanish, it can be on the end or stressed syllable. For example, 'normal' is stressed on the 'o' in English, but on the 'al' in Spanish.
What is the importance of pronouncing vowels correctly in Spanish?
-In Spanish, pronouncing vowels exactly as they are written is crucial for a perfect accent. Each vowel has a distinct sound, unlike in English where vowels can have various pronunciations.
How should the word 'metal' be pronounced in Spanish to achieve a perfect accent?
-In Spanish, 'metal' should be pronounced with a clear 'e' sound as in 'ink' and 'a' as in 'apple', with the stress on the first syllable.
What is the Spanish word for 'is' and what other forms does it take?
-The word for 'is' in Spanish is 'es', which can also mean 'she is', 'he is', or 'you are' when speaking formally.
Why should English speakers be careful when pronouncing the letter 's' in Spanish?
-English speakers should be careful to pronounce 's' as 's' in Spanish because they might naturally pronounce it as 'zed', which is incorrect in Spanish.
How does the phonetic nature of Spanish simplify pronunciation compared to English?
-Spanish is more phonetic than English, meaning letters represent the same sound consistently, unlike English which has many rules and exceptions.
What is the process for converting the word 'natural' into Spanish?
-To convert 'natural' into Spanish, one should pronounce each letter as written, resulting in 'natural' with the stress on the second syllable.
How does the script suggest learning new Spanish words quickly?
-The script suggests learning new Spanish words quickly by making educated guesses based on vocabulary conversion rules and then confirming with native speakers to correct any mistakes.
Outlines
đ Language Connections: English and Spanish
This paragraph explores the linguistic relationship between English and Spanish, highlighting the significant Latin influence on English vocabulary. It explains how Latin words in English can be easily converted to Spanish due to Spanish's close resemblance to Latin. The speaker provides a rule for words ending in 'a' to demonstrate this conversion and discusses the importance of vowel pronunciation in achieving a correct Spanish accent. Examples such as 'normal' and 'metal' are used to illustrate the process of converting English words to Spanish and the correct pronunciation of vowels in Spanish compared to English.
đŁïž Pronunciation and Vocabulary Insights
The second paragraph delves into the pronunciation of specific words in Spanish, emphasizing the importance of pronouncing vowels as written. It contrasts the pronunciation of 'i' and 'e' in English with their distinct sounds in Spanish, using 'illegal' as an example. The paragraph also touches on the phonetic nature of Spanish compared to the complexity of English pronunciation rules. It provides strategies for learning and guessing Spanish vocabulary based on English words, suggesting that while structural sentence formation requires accuracy, vocabulary learning can involve educated guesses. Examples like 'verbal' leading to 'ver' and 'dental' leading to 'dente' are given to illustrate this point.
Mindmap
Keywords
đĄLatin vocabulary
đĄAccent
đĄPhonetics
đĄVowel pronunciation
đĄVerb conversion
đĄStress
đĄFonema
đĄCognates
đĄConsonant shifts
đĄLanguage rules and exceptions
Highlights
English and Spanish share a relationship, with English being a Germanic language but having a significant amount of Latin vocabulary.
Latin vocabulary in English can be easily converted to Spanish due to the close linguistic ties.
Spanish is considered a modern version of Latin, akin to how Greek has evolved from ancient Greek.
Approximately 3,000 English words of Latin origin can be converted to Spanish with simple rules.
Words ending in 'a' in English often come from Latin and can be converted to Spanish.
Accentuation in Spanish differs from English, with stress often falling on the end syllable.
Pronunciation of vowels in Spanish is consistent and as written, unlike English's variable vowel sounds.
The word 'is' in Spanish is 'es', which can also mean 'you are' in formal address.
English speakers should be cautious not to pronounce 's' as 'z' when speaking Spanish.
Spanish is more phonetic than English, with letters representing consistent sounds.
To say 'it is not' in Spanish, 'no' is placed before 'es', similar to English but with Spanish pronunciation.
The word 'ideal' in Spanish can be accurately pronounced by focusing on the written form.
Spanish pronunciation of 'fatal', 'colonial', and 'cultural' can be deduced from their written form.
The 'y' sound in English words like 'annual' is often dropped in Spanish to focus on the written form.
The 't' in 'dental' becomes 'd' in Spanish, showing a direct correlation between the two languages.
While constructing sentences requires precision, vocabulary can be guessed in Spanish based on English roots.
Learning from native speakers' corrections is an effective way to quickly improve Spanish vocabulary.
Transcripts
English and Spanish are two related
languages English is considered a
Germanic language but it's it's kind of
half Latin we have a huge amount of
Latin vocabulary in English and this
Latin vocabulary we can convert it over
to Spanish really easily because Spanish
is practically modern Latin whoever said
Latin is a dead language light uh just
in the same way that Greek is a modern
version of ancient Greek Spanish is like
a modern version of Latin it's actually
a street Latin that became Spanish so we
can identify Latin words in English and
we can with just some rule or other
convert them over to Spanish and this
will give us around 3,000 words I didn't
count them but they are around 3,000
words so for example one of these rules
is that words ending in a tend to come
from Latin so we can make them Spanish
so to give you an example normal in
Spanish is
normal normal normal good what do you
notice different between normal and
normal well the accent what do you mean
by the
accent the well whether sound is
stressed with which vowel it stressed
where is it stressed in English on the o
good at the beginning right normal
normal and in Spanish we're stressing
the end right normal normal yeah normal
um so if we assume the same happens with
other words how do you think you would
say uh
metal metal metal to get a perfect
accent in Spanish we just need to
pronounce all of the vowels exactly as
they are written so AE i o u in Spanish
is a a e o o where in English The Vow it
can have many different sounds like if
you look at the a sound in apple or in
May it's very different sound but a in
Spanish is always going to be a e is
always going to be e so if we pronounce
the vowels as they're written not this
kind of you know this English vowels
that we get then we get a perfect
Spanish accent normal metal perfect so
we can begin to make sentences with this
already the word for is in Spanish is s
e s s s and this also means it is she is
he is or even you are are talking to
somebody formally so now we can say he
is normal she is
normal s normal yeah s normal and you
pronounced an S which is excellent
English speakers should beware that
maybe they feel themselves pronouncing a
zed because many times we have an s in
English like in the word is and we
pronounce a zed so you might find
sleeping out as but this is incorrect
you should be careful to pronounce an s
s s normal good how would you say legal
legal legal yeah legal so how would you
say it is
legal is legal legal
illegal illegal illegal good so here in
English like we have an i and an e
producing the same sound IL illegal the
is producing the same sound so this is
really confusing if you want to English
but in Spanish you're not going to have
these problems the I is like an ink and
the E is like an elephant illegal
illegal so it is
illegal s illegal good s illegal what if
you wanted to say he is liberal we don't
need the word for he if you know who
you're talking about you can just use
S S liberal yeah s liberal now Spanish
is much more fonetic than English what
that means is that the letters are going
to represent the same sound where
English has a a million rules and a
million exceptions to those rules and I
mean it's really hard even for native
English speakers often to understand how
to pronounce a new word when they see it
written but you're not going to have
that problem in Spanish so you know
natural and you don't just want to
change the accent and say natural this
is not Spanish you want to think how is
it written and pronounce the letters uh
as they are so how do you think you
would say natural in
Spanish natural natural good that's a t
so you pronounce a t a is like a u is
like natural very good and the accent on
the end as well it's
natural it's natural isal if you want to
say it isn't or it's not the word for
not or don't is the same as the word for
no and the word for no in Spanish is the
same as the word for no in English but
you pronounce it like in Spanish so how
do you think you say no in Spanish no no
good and you put this before is if you
want to say it is not he is not she is
not you form are not so how would that
sound it is not no no good so now we can
say things like uh it's not
normal no is normal no is normal how
would you say ideal so really think
about how it's spelled and try and
pronounce each of those vowels as they
are written and I like ink e Like
Elephant a like
apple good ideal how would you say it's
ideal s IDE s ideal it's not ideal no
good no perfect how' you say
fatal fatal fatal good
Nal natal natal good
Colonial
Colonial
Colonial
cultural
Cal so think about how it's
written cural yes and perfect Spanish
accent H cultural very nice
annual anel anel and you cut this Y
sound that comes in English
an an this Y sound comes from nowhere in
English and you cut it out because you
focus on how it's written an very nice
Dent Dental to in Spanish is D so this
is coming from T so if you look up T in
the dictionary and you find D rather
than treating it as like a random piece
of vocabulary that you have to memorize
you can relate it back to dental oh okay
like Dental it comes from there and this
is useful for for memory a couple more
Festival Festival personal
personal personal good
total total total good
verbal verbal verbal so if we wanted to
say verb we might not have a rule to
convert that word over but if we know
verbal is verbal we can guess that verb
is probably going to be the same in
Spanish and most of the time words are
the same that we don't have a rule maybe
we need to stick an o or an e or an A on
the end so we can make a guess how do
you think you say verb in
Spanish ver for yeah that's right so
with structure with the building when
we're going to be making sentences with
these words we don't ever want to guess
we want to take our time and think it
through but with vocabulary we can
happily guess and try imagine we said
ver for example and they would look at
us funny and they would go ah Vero and
when that person says Ah ver then we
learn oh okay this is the right word and
it's the best way to learn quickly
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