Cognates
Cognate: a word in a language with the same source that shares a similar meaning with a word in another language with the same source. Cognates from French to English:

changer hôtel
restaurant table
nationsympathique*
(false cognate)


















With your partner, guess at these cognates:

v. means verb (verbe)

n. means noun (nom)

adj. means adjective (adjectif)

commencer, v. humain, adj.
marché, n. idiot, n.
rapide, adj. boulevard, n.
optimiste, adj. ange, n.
anniversaire, n. lampe, n.
ouverture, n. traverser, v.
petit, adj. grand, adj.
tourner, v. arriver, v.
descendre, v. finir, v.
descente, n. fin, n.






























commencer, v.
to begin		humain, adj.
human
marché, n.
market		idiot, n.
idiot
rapide, adj.
rapid		boulevard, n.
boulevard
optimiste, adj.
optimistic		ange, n.
angel
anniversaire, n.
anniversary		lampe, n.
lamp
ouverture, n.
opening (overture)		traverser, v.
walk across
(traverse)
petit, adj.
small, short		grand, adj.
tall, big
tourner, v.
turn		arriver, v.
arrive
descendre, v.
descend		 finir, v.
finish, end
descente, n.
descent 		fin, n.
end






Soon you can make sentences like these:


Le petit ange optimiste traverse le boulevard.
C'est son anniversaire.
Le non-humain arrive à la grande ouverture du marché des lampes.
L'idiot tourne rapidement.