Level 1:
Expect - Expecto
You can see this one, easily. It's even fairly easy to catch when listening to spanish. This is, in fact, a stereotypical Level 1... Take the English word and add an "-o" to the end, just as you might expect.
Pronounced: "ex - PECT - oh"
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Object (Verb)
Level 1:
Object - Objetar
This is probably a Level 2, as there is a dropped letter from the root of the word. Take the English word, drop the "c" and add an "-ar" to the end and add a small accent difference and you've go the Spanish version. This may be more difficult to see than nouns, since verbs can have several different endings, based on noun subject agreement.
As you can see in the spelling, the "c" in the English version of the word is not present in the Spanish spelling, "Objetar." Also note, the "j" is spoken as an English "h".
Pronounced: "ob-HAY-tar"
Object - Objetar
This is probably a Level 2, as there is a dropped letter from the root of the word. Take the English word, drop the "c" and add an "-ar" to the end and add a small accent difference and you've go the Spanish version. This may be more difficult to see than nouns, since verbs can have several different endings, based on noun subject agreement.
As you can see in the spelling, the "c" in the English version of the word is not present in the Spanish spelling, "Objetar." Also note, the "j" is spoken as an English "h".
Pronounced: "ob-HAY-tar"
Act (Verb)
Level 2:
Act - Actuar
This is the verb, as in "Don't act surprised."
Spanish adds a "u", followed by a very typical "ar" verb ending: Actuar.
Pronounced like: "Act You Are"
Act - Actuar
This is the verb, as in "Don't act surprised."
Spanish adds a "u", followed by a very typical "ar" verb ending: Actuar.
Pronounced like: "Act You Are"
Depend (Verb)
Level 2:
Depend - Depender
"-er" and "-ar" are popular verb endings in Spanish. Tack on "-er" to the English "Depend" and you get the Spanish version: "Depender".
Depend - Depender
"-er" and "-ar" are popular verb endings in Spanish. Tack on "-er" to the English "Depend" and you get the Spanish version: "Depender".
Experiment (Verb)
Level 2:
Experiment - Experimentar
Instead of adding an "-o" here, you add an "-ar", which is a common ending for Spanish verbs.
Experiment - Experimentar
Instead of adding an "-o" here, you add an "-ar", which is a common ending for Spanish verbs.
Notice (Verb)
Level 2:
Notice - Noticia
While the concept of gender in words is mostly absent in English, most English speaking people would expect a person named, "Maria" to be female and a person named, "Mario" to be male. My point, here, is that "-ia" is the feminine version of the "-o" ending and in Spanish, the concept of a "notice" is, evidently, feminine.
So, instead of Notice-o, you get Notic-ia or "Noticia." It is pretty much pronounced "Notice ee uh" or "No TEES ee uh"
Notice - Noticia
While the concept of gender in words is mostly absent in English, most English speaking people would expect a person named, "Maria" to be female and a person named, "Mario" to be male. My point, here, is that "-ia" is the feminine version of the "-o" ending and in Spanish, the concept of a "notice" is, evidently, feminine.
So, instead of Notice-o, you get Notic-ia or "Noticia." It is pretty much pronounced "Notice ee uh" or "No TEES ee uh"
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