Word Parts and Cognates: Unlocking the Meaning of Words in English and Spanish

📚 Reproduce means to produce or make young plants or young animals.

🔤 The word 'reproduce' consists of two parts: 're-' and 'produce'.

🌱 The prefix 're-' means 'again' and 'produce' means to make young or create life.

🔑 Living things reproduce by making their young, who then grow up to be adults.

📚 The word 'adaptation' is a cognate, which means it has a similar word in Spanish.

📚 Adaptation is the process of an animal blending in with its environment to survive.

🔄 Adaptation involves changing something to ensure one's survival.

🔡 Word parts, such as prefixes, are important for understanding the meaning of words.

📝 The word 'enlarge' has the prefix 'en-' which means to cause or be.

🧠 Cognates can help in understanding words in different languages, like 'scientist' and 'cientifico'.

🔬 A scientist is a person who studies science.

🗣️ Cognates are words that sound the same in English and Spanish.

💡 The word 'compress' is a cognate and means 'compreso' or 'comprimir'.

🔤 Cognate words in Spanish have the advantage of being both familiar and easily broken down into their meaning.

🔠🔀🧩 The word 'compressed' is used as an example to demonstrate how the word can be broken down into different parts with distinct meanings.

🔀🤛🔀🖐 Understanding the individual meanings of word parts can help comprehend the overall meaning of the word.

🔘 The video discusses the concept of word parts and cognates.

🤔 By analyzing the individual parts of a word, one can make an educated guess about its meaning.

✅ Understanding word parts can help with comprehension and vocabulary development.