Lesson 3-Similar Words - words ending 'ant', 'ent', 'ably', 'ibly'

Question 1

what are the four word endings ?

Answer 1

-Similar Words - words ending ‘ant’, ‘ent’, ‘ably’, ‘ibly’

Question 2

Words ending ‘ant’ and ‘ent’

how do you convert these to Spanish ?

Answer 2

we can convert most of these to Spanish simply by adding an ‘e on the end.

• it’s important: Es importante
  It’s important
• it’s different: Diferente

Question 3

In english, all the words above ending in ‘ant’ and ‘ent’ can take an ‘ly’ on the end.

“Importantly, differently, constantly, etc.”

how do you do this in Spanish?

Answer 3

To do this in Spanish we add ‘mente’

Constantemente
Constantly
Urgente
Urgent
Urgentemente
Urgently

Question 4

In english, which other word ending can take an ‘ly’ on the end?

Answer 4

‘al’ from lesson 1

Legal
legal
Ilegalmente
Illegally

Real
Real

Realmente
Really

Normalmente
Normally

Normalmente es importante
Normally it’s important

Global
Global

Globalmente
Globally

Question 5

Real, by the way, also means ‘what’ in Spanish

Answer 5

means ‘Royal’ in Spanish

that’s why you see it in the names of many football clubs like ‘Real Madrid’. So there you go - two words learnt in one!

Question 6

Words ending ‘ible’ and ‘able’

how are these in Spanish?

e.g. possible
probable

Answer 6

These are usually spelt the same way. We just have to make sure to pronounce the last letter which is often left silent in English.

Posible
Possible

Probable
Probable

Probablemente
Probably

Posiblemente es original
Possibly it’s original

Flexible
Flexible