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This is a list of some Spanish words of Germanic origin. The list includes words from Visigothic, Frankish, Langobardic, Middle Dutch, Middle High German, Middle Low German, Old English, Old High German, Old Norse, Old Swedish, English, and finally, words which come from Germanic with the specific source unknown.
Compulsory lessons in a foreign language normally start at the end of primary school or the start of secondary school. In Luxembourg, Norway, Italy, Malta and Spain, however, the first foreign language starts at age six, in Denmark at age seven and in Belgium at age 10. About half of the EU's primary school pupils learn a foreign language.
This was needed because every person possesses a unique dialect that slightly varies from others. This standard allows for the grouping of dialects into groups. These groups make up a "language" such as English, Spanish, and French. [5] Language in classrooms in generalized into one category to offer and exposes students to the basics and variety.
A few taught themselves, sometimes in secret schools, [206] others learned from white playmates or more generous masters, but most were not able to learn to read and write. Schools for free people of color were privately run and supported, as were most of the limited schools for white children. Poor white children did not attend school.
The incorporation into Spanish of learned, or "bookish" words from its own ancestor language, Latin, is arguably another form of lexical borrowing through the influence of written language and the liturgical language of the Church. Throughout the Middle Ages and into the early modern period, most literate Spanish-speakers were also literate in ...
There are three Welsh–Spanish bilingual schools in Chubut Province serving the Patagonian-Welsh community. [74] [75] There are a small number of bilingual schools in other languages, including German, French, Italian or Hebrew. These schools are normally linked to the respective community. [citation needed]
The English noun "german" (as in "cousin-german") and the adjective "germane" are not connected to the name for the country, but come from the Latin germanus, "siblings with the same parents or father", which has cognates in Catalan, germà, and Spanish, hermano, meaning "brother".
Spanish Globo, BBC2 18 September 1995 on Mondays at 1.30pm, Spanish for beginners ages 11-12; Sueños World Spanish, BBC1 1 October 1995 on Sundays at 10.30am, 20-part series for beginners, with a series on Radio 4, presented by Colombian actor Ricardo Vélez and actress Perpe Caja; Get By in Italian, BBC2 15 July 1996