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Week 2: Start from what you know

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The image shows five circles with words in Latin, French, English, Spanish, German. It shows how cognates in French, English, Spanish and German are derived from Latin, e.g. the words ‘université’ in French and ‘university’ in English are derived from ‘universitatem’ in Latin, and the words ‘musée’ in French and ‘museum’ in English are derived from ‘museum’ in Latin. The other words are, in order of Latin/French/English/Spanish/German: salve, bonjour, hello, hola, hallo; ita, oui, yes, si, ja; domus, maison, house, casa, Haus; gratias, merci, thank you, gracias, danke.