Today we're talking about a word that is similar to "inspired" and that word is "derivative". It's usually not a good thing when we describe something as "derivative"! I hope you find today's podcast useful!

DAILY Business English VOCABULARY builder

I hope you don't think my podcast is derivative!

Cognates are words that have a similar spelling, pronunciation, and meaning across two languages. This Episode includes an introduction to this podcast + a short explanation about how cognates work. By the end, there's a list of words associated with our first grammatical rule about cognates by suffix.

In this episode: Words that end with "ly" in English, while in Spanish end with the suffix "mente".

absolutely- absolutamente
additionally - adicionalmente
attentively - atentamente
completely - completamente
correctly - correctamente
directly - directamente
especially - especialmente
eventually - eventualmente
evidently - evidentemente
exactly - exactamente
finally - finalmente
fortunately - afortunadamente
horizontally - horizontalmente
immediately - inmediatamente
naturally - naturalmente
normally - normalmente
perfectly - perfectamente
really - realmente
recently - recientemente
secretly - secretamente
totally - totalmente