Analysing a text in a foreign language

Deconstructing a text

Read the text thoroughly before starting to analyse and extracting key information .

Things to look for to begin piecing together the meaning.

·         Familiar words

·         Guessable through context
·         Cognates
·         Unfamiliar words

·         Categorise verbs (infinitives) , tenses, nouns, adjectives, intensifiers, prepositions.

Things to look out for to help you

Prefixes

re / de / man / ob / con TENER
im / re / com / sup / o PONER

Words which start with ES (espacio, estación)

Stem changing nouns

E-ie (dientes)
O-ue (muelas)

Suffixes

Mente = ly

Ado = ed
Ión = tion
Dad = ity

Verb Endings

Endings o a e ó é ía aba