| It has been often speculated and
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| | etc.
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| questioned which foreign language is
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| | Category B (words almost look alike and
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| easier to learn for a native English
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| | they mean the same thing)
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| speaking person or for someone that
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| | Examples of category B cognates include
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| already masters the English language.
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| | (German - English): bier - beer, bett -
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| Spanish has the advantage of being so
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| | bed, faust - fist, Gott - God, haus -
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| widely spread and having influenced the
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| | house, maus - mouse, laus - louse, etc.
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| entire world already, however it is a
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| | Category C (words falling in this
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| Latin language, hence a bit harder to
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| | category are fake cognates, but they can
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| adjust to. French is also quite popular,
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| | become cognate in a specific context)
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| but it is also a Romance language (hence
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| | This is not a very large category of
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| a "daughter" of Latin languages) and it's
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| | words, being an intermediary between
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| often considered "artistic" enough as to
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| | cognates and fake cognates. Examples
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| make it harder to learn for an English
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| | could include: see - see (Sea, in
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| speaker. German on the other hand, shares
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| | German), residenz - residence, etc.
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| the same lexical foundations as English,
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| | Category D (words that almost look alike
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| both being Anglo - Saxon languages, but
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| | but never mean alike)
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| it is way to often related to the "German
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| | Words falling into these categories are
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| long words" which makes learning it a
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| | pure fake cognates. Examples are
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| scary process. Still, of the three
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| | abundant, such as (German - English -
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| options German remains the most
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| | German true meaning): baum - beam - tree,
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| accessible one because of the large
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| | sterben - to starve - to die, wald -
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| shared set of cognates in the English and
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| | weald - forest, warden - weird - to
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| German languages.
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| | become, schmerz - smart - pain and the
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| Cognates are words that look and sound
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| | list could go on for a while.
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| alike in both languages and their meaning
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| | Category E (words look identical but
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| and syntactic values are also equal.
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| | their meaning is completely different)
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| Sometimes these cognates are identical,
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| | This is a particularization of category D
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| but they can often stray off by a few
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| | fake cognates in which the two "false
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| letters and still look and sound similar.
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| | friend" words are identical in spelling
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| The important thing is that they keep
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| | and pronunciation. Obviously, the list is
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| their shared meaning and syntactic value,
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| | smaller, examples including (German
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| becoming "fake cognates" in any other
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| | English - German true meaning): hall -
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| case. Fake cognates are quite numerous
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| | corridor, slip - underwear, gift -
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| between the English and German languages
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| | poison, billion - milliard, bald - soon,
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| and they will oftentimes be a hindrance
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| | etc.
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| to learning them. So Germans learning
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| | You can find a more complex list of
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| English will have an equal amount of
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| | cognates and false cognates all over the
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| trouble with fake cognates (called
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| | Internet and it's a good thing to start
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| "falsche freunde" in German) as English
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| | with them whenever you're trying to start
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| speaking persons trying to learn German.
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| | learning German. Cognates will help you a
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| Cognates and fake cognates are sometimes
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| | lot in understanding the German language
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| divided into a few categories, as
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| | and it will make it feel a lot closer to
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| follows:
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| | English than any other language. In
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| Category A (words look alike, mean alike
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| | addition, knowing fake cognates will also
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| and almost sound alike)
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| | help you in avoiding the traps of using a
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| Examples of cognates falling in this
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| | word in an incorrect context.
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| category include: butter, winter, best,
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