{"id":398,"date":"2008-10-26T12:00:41","date_gmt":"2008-10-26T18:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kirkmahoney.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/linguistic-connections\/"},"modified":"2015-12-10T13:24:03","modified_gmt":"2015-12-10T19:24:03","slug":"linguistic-connections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kirkmahoney.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2008\/10\/linguistic-connections\/","title":{"rendered":"Linguistic Connections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In my opinion, one of the best ways to learn a new language is to connect it to the language(s) that you already know.<\/p>\n<p>I refer to this as &#8220;making a linguistic connection&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>For example, yesterday I was discussing someone with my wife, and I realized that the best way to describe that person was to use the adjective &#8220;pensive&#8221; because one of the definitions of this adjective is <em>expressing thoughtfulness<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Almost immediately, I recognized that the word &#8220;thought&#8221; in the definition and the letters P-E-N-S in the adjective were connected to verbs in two other languages:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;pensar&#8221;, which in Spanish means <em>to think<\/em>;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;pensare&#8221;, which in Italian means <em>to think<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I could list many other linguistic connections that I have made over the past few years, but that is unnecessary here.<\/p>\n<p>You can also make linguistic connections within your native language (such as English), too. You do not have to be learning another language to make them.<\/p>\n<p>What linguistic connections have you made, either within English or between English and another language? <a target=\"_contact\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kirkmahoney.com\/contact\/\">Contact me!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In my opinion, one of the best ways to learn a new language is to connect it to the language(s) that you already know. I refer to this as &#8220;making a linguistic connection&#8221;. 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