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To attend/to assist

Posted by Sebastián Cabrera... at 02:28
Friday, April 24, 2009

► Another common mistake is to think that 'to attend' stands for 'atender' in spanish.
'To attend' means 'to go to' a class or a meeting:
- I didn't attend the meeting last Friday because of a huge traffic jam.

So you don't 'assist' to the English courses but you 'attend'.

► If someone is in trouble or needs a hand, you may 'assist' him/her.
- My mother needed some help yesterday. So I assited her.



Here we have a case of FALSE FRIENDS, words that appear to mean the same in English and Spanish but don't.
More false friends English-Spanish here

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