Josh Buss

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Did you know these words that have dual meaning in Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese?

Romance languages are notoriously difficult for English-speakers to learn because of the gender of each noun. Not only do you have to learn a new word such as "libro" but you also have to remember that it's "el libro" which is also a "masculine" noun in Spanish, meaning that any adjective you attach to it has to be in masculine form as well.
What you might not have known, is that some words change meaning based on the article/gender that you use with it.

Here are some examples:
Spanish

  • el capital = financial capital/money la capital = capital city

  • el orden = order/sequence la orden = religious order or command

  • el cura = priest la cura = cure/treatment

Josh Buss

14d ago

Accord - Learn Noun Genders - Tinder For Learning New Words in Romance Languages

When learning new words in a romance language, it's not sufficient enough to learn just the word, you must also learn the gender, and respective article, so that your sentences make sense. Accord makes it easier for English-speakers to learn new words and memorize their gender by utilizing Tinder-swipe mechanics to match the word to the respective gender. This beats flashcards which can often omit the article and other language learning apps that skim over this part of learning new words.
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