Cognates and a final fact

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similar

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because they're cognates. So, if an

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English speaker hears the Spanish word

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paciencia, they can probably understand

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the meaning. Okay, one last interesting

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thing about English is that it has many,

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many words. Some people say that English

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is the language with the most words. I

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think this is probably true because

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English has taken many words from other

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languages, like I said before. All

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right, now I'm going to ask you some

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questions about the video to see if you

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understood. Write your answers in a

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comment down below. Number one, when did

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Old English appear? Number two, what

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language family does English belong to?

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And number three, what are cognates?

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