For example, the Italian and French words for various foods, some family relationships, and body parts are very similar to each other, yet most of those words are completely different in Spanish. Italian "avere" and "essere" as auxiliaries for forming compound tenses are used similarly to French "avoir" and "être". Spanish only retains "haber" and has done away with "ser" in forming compound tenses. However, when it comes to phonological structures, Italian and Spanish have undergone less change than French, with the result that some native speakers of Italian and Spanish may attain a degree of mutual comprehension that permits extensive communication.[citation needed] COUNT 5
QSN1 What Italian word is similar to the French word "avoir"? ANS1 avere QSN2 What French word is similar to the Italian word "essere"? ANS2 être QSN3 What two languages have the possibility for significant mutual intelligibility? ANS3 Italian and Spanish QSN4 Along with foods and family relationships, what sorts of words are similar in French and Italian? ANS4 body parts QSN5 When forming compound tenses in Spanish, what auxiliary is no longer used? ANS5 sere