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Originally Posted by Guerrero
Thanks for the welcome. I hope that I can progress rather quickly in Spanish so that I may use it here.
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Yes, you will progress much more rapidly in Spanish than in Irish Gaelic, not only because of more resources and access to native speakers, but also because there are literally tens of thousands of words that are the same or nearly the same in Spanish and English. Some words are borrowed into Spanish from English, and some words are borrowed from Norman French into English. England was ruled by the Normans for about 200 years, who spoke a variety of French, so English has aquired many thousands of French words. French and Spanish both derive from Latin, so there are many, many similar words. We also borrowed words directly from Latin (as well as Greek), and Spanish has done the same.
Example: information vs información.
You will find that almost all words that end in -tion in English (they come from Norman French -tion words, or directly from Latin Acc -tionem words) end in -ción in Spanish.