Let's start this lesson with a quick recap of the words and phrases that we learned in the last lesson.
How do you say in French?
The.
La la, la.
Are.
Or in some.
Du do la or de.
Now this is an exciting lesson because we are going to learn how to boost our vocabulary almost instantly
just by discovering a few little tricks.
In this lesson, we're going to learn all about cognates.
Now the word cognate comes from the Latin word, which means relative.
This is because cognates are words that are very similar, or sometimes exactly the same in two languages.
An example is the word le reservation.
Le Reservation, which in English is the reservation.
There are virtually identical words in both languages, so we call them cognates.
Cognates are extremely useful as they are an easy way to build up your vocabulary.
In this lesson, we're going to learn seven quick tricks that you can use to access thousands of English
to French cognates.
The first cognate rule is words that end in i c a l or i c can be made French by turning the ending
into i q you e pronounced eek.
For example, magic becomes magic.
Horrific becomes horrific.
Typical becomes typical.
So if they end in icy or ical icy ale, they become IC or IQ e in French.
So how would you say in French physical?
Physique, physique acidic.
Acidic.
So in French, you have to stress the last syllable.
So you say acidic.
How would you say political?
Politique politique so equal becomes ec.
What would be electrical in French.
Electric.