Question

practica la estrategia
a cognados
circle all cognates in the following text and try to guess the meaning of the words that are underlined.

¡concurso del mes!
felicitaciones a doris delgado,
ganadora del concurso de rimas del mes.
¿cuántos días...?
treinta días tiene septiembre
con abril, junio y noviembre,
de veintiocho sólo hay uno,
que es febrero,
y los demás de treinta y uno.

my guess:

1. ______
2. ______
3. ______
4. ______
5. ______
6. ______

Explanation:

To solve the problem of identifying cognates (words that are similar in Spanish and English due to shared etymology) and guessing their meanings, we analyze the underlined words:

Step 1: Identify Cognates

1. Felicitaciones: Cognate with "felicitations" (or related to "congratulations").
2. Doris: Proper noun (name), cognate (same in English).
3. Delgado: Cognate with "delicate" (or "slender"; root similarity).
4. ganadora: Cognate with "winner" (feminine form: "ganador" = "winner", "ganadora" = "female winner").
5. ¿Cuántos: Cognate with "how many" (related to "quantity").
6. días: Cognate with "days".
7. Treinta: Cognate with "thirty" (numeral).
8. tiene: Cognate with "has" (from "tener" = "to have").
9. septiembre: Cognate with "September".
10. abril: Cognate with "April".
11. junio: Cognate with "June".
12. noviembre: Cognate with "November".
13. veintiocho: Cognate with "twenty - eight" (numeral: "veinte" = "twenty", "ocho" = "eight").
14. sólo: Cognate with "only" (or "sole").
15. hay: Cognate with "there is/are" (from "haber" = "to have" (existential)).
16. febrero: Cognate with "February".
17. demás: Cognate with "others" (or "the rest").
18. treinta: Cognate with "thirty" (repeated, same as above).
19. uno: Cognate with "one" (numeral).

Step 2: Guess Meanings (Key Examples)

• Felicitaciones: Means "congratulations" (used to praise a winner).
• ganadora: Means "winner" (female, since "concurso" = "contest", so "ganadora del concurso" = "contest winner").
• ¿Cuántos días...?: Means "How many days...?" (asking about the number of days in months).
• septiembre, abril, junio, noviembre: These are month names ("September", "April", "June", "November").
• veintiocho: Means "twenty - eight" (a numeral, referring to days in a month).
• febrero: Means "February" (the month with fewer days).

The text is about a contest (concurso) winner (Doris Delgado) and a riddle about how many days each month has (mentioning months with 30 days, February with 28 (or 29) days, and others with 31). The cognates help decode the meaning by connecting to English - language knowledge.

Answer:

To solve the problem of identifying cognates (words that are similar in Spanish and English due to shared etymology) and guessing their meanings, we analyze the underlined words:

Step 1: Identify Cognates

1. Felicitaciones: Cognate with "felicitations" (or related to "congratulations").
2. Doris: Proper noun (name), cognate (same in English).
3. Delgado: Cognate with "delicate" (or "slender"; root similarity).
4. ganadora: Cognate with "winner" (feminine form: "ganador" = "winner", "ganadora" = "female winner").
5. ¿Cuántos: Cognate with "how many" (related to "quantity").
6. días: Cognate with "days".
7. Treinta: Cognate with "thirty" (numeral).
8. tiene: Cognate with "has" (from "tener" = "to have").
9. septiembre: Cognate with "September".
10. abril: Cognate with "April".
11. junio: Cognate with "June".
12. noviembre: Cognate with "November".
13. veintiocho: Cognate with "twenty - eight" (numeral: "veinte" = "twenty", "ocho" = "eight").
14. sólo: Cognate with "only" (or "sole").
15. hay: Cognate with "there is/are" (from "haber" = "to have" (existential)).
16. febrero: Cognate with "February".
17. demás: Cognate with "others" (or "the rest").
18. treinta: Cognate with "thirty" (repeated, same as above).
19. uno: Cognate with "one" (numeral).

Step 2: Guess Meanings (Key Examples)

• Felicitaciones: Means "congratulations" (used to praise a winner).
• ganadora: Means "winner" (female, since "concurso" = "contest", so "ganadora del concurso" = "contest winner").
• ¿Cuántos días...?: Means "How many days...?" (asking about the number of days in months).
• septiembre, abril, junio, noviembre: These are month names ("September", "April", "June", "November").
• veintiocho: Means "twenty - eight" (a numeral, referring to days in a month).
• febrero: Means "February" (the month with fewer days).

The text is about a contest (concurso) winner (Doris Delgado) and a riddle about how many days each month has (mentioning months with 30 days, February with 28 (or 29) days, and others with 31). The cognates help decode the meaning by connecting to English - language knowledge.