Cognates and near-cognates
What Cognates and near-cognates means in Italian GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Recognising cognates and common suffix patterns between English and Italian is an effective strategy for expanding vocabulary and deducing the meaning of unfamiliar words.
Italian words ending in '-ido' are cognates of English nouns and adjectives ending in '-id', so this predictable pattern helps learners deduce the meaning of new words.
The two main categories of 'good friends' of which anglophone learners of Italian can make good use, alongside the few 'false friends'.
Topics that use Cognates and near-cognates
- Using cognates and near-cognates (AQA GCSE)
- Using common patterns between Italian and English - Nouns (AQA GCSE)
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- Adjectival agreement
- Adjective agreement
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- Cognates and false friends
- Cognates and language patterns
- Cognates and patterns
- Consonant assimilation
- Consonant cluster simplification
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