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Spanish Suffixes: Another Meeting Point for English and Spanish (Part 3) Posted by Anais on Jan 28, 2022
Welcome to the third and last part of my blog about suffixes in Spanish and English, where we will be finishing our linguistic tour by exploring five more of the most common suffixes in both languages. -idad English equivalent: -ity Usage: This suffix is used to change adjectives into nouns to describe something…
Spanish Suffixes: Another Meeting Point for English and Spanish (Part 2) Posted by Anais on Jan 24, 2022
In this second part of my blog dedicated to suffixes, we will check another four of the most recognizable particles shared by Spanish and English. It must be said that, at least in the case of one of them, there are obvious differences in the way they are used that make them worthy of careful…
Spanish Suffixes: Another Meeting Point for English and Spanish (Part 1) Posted by Anais on Dec 29, 2021
Another special kind of particles shared by English and Spanish are suffixes, used to build new words by being placed at the end of the stem of nouns, adjectives, verbs or adverbs. These affixes work in one of two ways: either by conferring gramatical information to that word with an inflectional suffix—like when adding…
Prefixes: Where Spanish and English Go Hand in Hand (Part 3) Posted by Anais on Dec 23, 2021
Welcome to part 3 of my blog dedicated to the most common prefixes in Spanish and English. This will be the last part dedicated to these affixes, as the next one will focus on the other type of particles that share traits in English and in Spanish: the suffixes. For now, let’s say goodbye to…
Prefixes: Where Spanish and English Go Hand in Hand (Part 2) Posted by Anais on Nov 29, 2021
Welcome to part 2 of my blog dedicated to the common prefixes in Spanish and English. It is worth recalling one important fact about prefix spelling in la lengua de Cervantes. Each and every prefix must always be written directly attached to the word they are modifying, with only two major exceptions: If the modified…
Prefixes: Where Spanish and English Go Hand in Hand (Part 1) Posted by Anais on Nov 26, 2021
If there is an aspect where Spanish and English truly match, it is the fact that both languages make extensive use of affixes to change the meaning of established words in a logical way. Specifically in the case of prefixes, the long-standing influence of Latin and Greek has left a notable mark in our modern…
A Guide to Interjections in Spanish (Part 2) Posted by Anais on Oct 29, 2021
Let’s get straight to the point and start the second part of my practical guide for interjections in the Spanish language by mentioning that, for many sounds, there could be a good amount of uses in a given speech, like for “¡ah!”, whose non-verbal meaning ranges from a sincere signal of understanding (“ah, ahora entiendo…