False Cognates

Bonjour!


Today I am going to introduce you to concept of Cognates and False Cognates.


Cognates and False Cognates exist in every language you want to learn.


Basically a Cognate is a word in another language that is similar to your mother tongue in this case to English.  Cognates could be really helpful when you are learning a new language to assimilate this new vocabulary.


However, there are some False Cognates and you have to be careful with these words.  False Cognates are words that, even if they are similar to words in English, they don't have the same meaning.


There's not a full list of False Cognates.  However, take a look to this list.  As you progress, working with your dictionary you can add more words to your list of False Cognates:

French Word	English Word	French Meaning
Assister	Assist	Attend
Collège	College	Junior High School
Crayon	Crayon	Pencil
Déception	Deception	Dissapointment
Demander	Demand	To Ask, To Request
Entrée	Entrée	Appetizer
Gros	Gross	Big
Libraire	Library	Bookstore
Pièce	Piece	Room, Coin
Sale	Sale	Dirty
Zone	Zone	Slum, Area