You know how to speak English and you are learning how to speak Spanish but there are many other languages out there such as Latin, French, Italian, German and so on. So although you will not be learning those languages in this series of quizzes, it’s important to know how to say each language as it is spoken in Spanish. Therefore, this vocabulary Spanish Easy Review quiz will review some of the different languages of the world. After all, they too are part of the Spanish language as well.
One item of note, it is important to remember that in Spanish, languages do not begin with a capital letter as they do in English. For example, English in Spanish is ingles. It is not Ingles unless it is the beginning word of a sentence or is part of a title.
Now, without further delay, let’s have a look as some of the languages of the world!
ENGLISH | SPANISH | PHONETIC PRONUNCIATION |
---|---|---|
English | inglés [m] | ěn-glěs |
Spanish | español [m] | ěs-păn-nōl (the N has a nasal sound) |
French | francés [m] | frăn-sāys |
Italian | italiano [m] | ē-tăl-ē-ă-nō |
Latin | latín [m] | lā-teen |
German | alemán [m] | ăl-ā-măn |
Portuguese | portugués [m] | por-tū-guess |
Romanian | rumano [m] | rū-mă-nō |
Japanese | japonés [m] | hă-pōn-āze (notice the J has an H sound) |
Chinese | chino [m] | chē-nō |
Mandarin | mandarín [m] | man-dă-rēn |
Indian | indio [m] | in-dē-ō |
Norwegian | noruego [m] | nor-wāy-gō |
Hebrew | hebreo [m] | ā-brāy-ō |
Did you know that there are actually about 6,700 different languages spoken in the world? Many of those languages are spoken by only a few people such as in tribal groups. Others are spoken by people who live in wilderness areas. I guess it’s a good thing that you only have to learn a second language with this series. That thought might make it a lot easier to tackle Spanish and, if you remember, Spanish is the second most spoken language in the world. Now let’s move on to the quiz.
Below there are ten sentences. They will be about areas of the world. Your task is to see if you can find the correct language that would be spoken in that area. Some might be a bit tough but if you know a little about geography, that should help you determine the right language for the right place!