Monday, 12 May 2008

Cognates and False Friends


Cognates - words that sound similar in different languages - can be very helpful when learning another language. But sometimes they can turn out to be 'false friends' and mean something completely different.
For example it is not the same to say 'embarrased'/'pregnant'; or 'constipated'/'to catch a cold' and in certain context, certain words can be dangerous to get a fluent and accurated speech.
Have a look to this list... and enjoy with some of these tricky words!

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