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1-Words ending in –al<\/strong>\u00a0tend to come from Latin, for instance, in English it is pronounced NORmal, however, in Spanish is stressed in the end, NorMAL.<\/p>\n Examples:<\/p>\n Metal, fatal, habitual, anual, final, festival, fiscal, formal, frontal, trivial, fundamental, general, global, horizontal, hospital, ideal, ilegal, imperial, legal, esencial, individual, industrial, inicial, intelectual, internacional, irracional, judicial, lateral, liberal, local, manual, marginal, material, maternal, etc.<\/p>\n 2- Another rule is that words in English that end in\u00a0-ant or -ent\u00a0<\/em>can become a Spanish word just adding an\u00a0e\u00a0<\/em>at the end.<\/p>\n Examples:<\/p>\n Abundante, Accidente, adolescente, agente, antecedente, aparente, ardiente, asistente, brillante, coherente, cliente, componente, constante, continente, conveniente, decente, delincuente, descendiente, diferente, distante, dominante, eficiente, elefante, elegante, elocuente, equivalente, etc.<\/p>\n 3- Words ending –ible\u00a0<\/em>or –able<\/em>, can also be converted just pronouncing them syllable by syllable and stressing on the second last syllable.<\/p>\n Examples:<\/p>\n Accesible, aceptable, admirable, cable, comparable, considerable, estable, favorable, flexible, formidable, horrible, impecable, implacable, imposible, incomprensible, indispensable, inevitable, innumerable, inesperable, interminable, invisible, irreversible, miserable, noble, posible, preferible, etc.<\/p>\n 4- The English -ly becomes -mente in Spanish.<\/p>\n Examples:<\/p>\n Aparentemente, aproximadamente, constantemente, directamente, econ\u00f3micamente, esencialmente, especialmente, evidentemente, extraordinariamente, finalmente, frecuentemente, fundamentalmente, etc.<\/p>\n 5- Words ending –ion\u00a0<\/em>are the same in English and Spanish, the only difference is that in Spanish they have the accent on the end.<\/p>\n Examples:<\/p>\n Acusaci\u00f3n, adaptaci\u00f3n, administraci\u00f3n, admiraci\u00f3n, agitaci\u00f3n, agresi\u00f3n, alteraci\u00f3n, alusi\u00f3n, ambici\u00f3n, aparici\u00f3n, aplicaci\u00f3n, apreciaci\u00f3n, aproximaci\u00f3n, asociaci\u00f3n, aspiraci\u00f3n, atenci\u00f3n, atracci\u00f3n, autorizaci\u00f3n, celebraci\u00f3n, circulaci\u00f3n, civilizaci\u00f3n, clasificaci\u00f3n, etc.<\/p>\n 6- Words that end in\u00a0\u2013ation<\/em>\u00a0can become a verb by getting rid of the \u2013tion\u00a0<\/em>and adding an\u00a0r\u00a0<\/em>on the end. For instance,\u00a0preparation<\/em>,\u00a0preparaci\u00f3n<\/u>, preparer,<\/u>\u00a0to prepare<\/em>.<\/p>\n Examples:<\/p>\n Informaci\u00f3n—-informar, preparaci\u00f3n—–preparar, etc.<\/p>\n 7- Words that end in\u00a0\u2013ence or\u00a0<\/em>\u2013ance<\/em>, can change \u2013ence to\u00a0<\/em>\u2013encia and \u2013ance to\u00a0<\/em>\u2013ancia:<\/p>\n Examples:<\/p>\n Abundancia, adolescencia, agencia, apariencia, asistencia, audiencia, ciencia, circunstancia, coincidencia, conciencia, conferencia, consecuencia, consistencia, conveniencia, correspondencia, dependencia, diferencia, diligencia, distancia, eficiencia, elegancia, esencia, estancia, evidencia, etc.<\/p>\n 8- A word that ends in –ity\u00a0<\/em>in English, it’s going to be –idad\u00a0<\/em>in Spanish most of the time. This –idad\u00a0<\/em>is a feminine ending as well.<\/p>\n Examples:<\/p>\n Actividad, autoridad, calidad, cantidad, capacidad, caridad, claridad, complejidad, complicidad, comunidad, continuidad, cualidad, curiosidad, densidad, dignidad, diversidad, electricidad, entidad, especialidad, estabilidad, eternidad, facilidad, generosidad, habilidad, hostilidad, humanidad, etc.<\/p>\n In short, if someone says that Latin and Greek are dead languages is lying because Spanish, Italian, French and even English are like a modern version of Latin and Greek.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_raw_html]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[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" South Africa has eight of the top 15 universities in Africa but its higher learning institutions are rated as the worst performing among the BRICS emerging market nations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1689,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-study-tips"],"yoast_head":"\n