Learn Vocabulary: English words that come from other languages
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- čas přidán 25. 08. 2024
- Did you know that a lot of words in the English language actually come from other languages? When you say "hamburger", "mentor", "saxophone", or "spartan", you are using words that originated in countries such as Belgium, Germany, and Greece. Learn some new vocabulary and, along with that, a bit of history by watching this interesting lesson on foreign words. You will realize that English borrows much more from other languages than you thought. Do you know of any English words that are from your language? Be sure to share them in the comments section!
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Dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun. Hi. James from engVid. We always do very serious lessons. Well, kind of serious lessons, in my case, but usually, you know, we stick with the grammar, the idioms, vocabulary, and whatnot, and every once in a while, it's just kind of fun to find out where words are. There's nothing wrong with learning for learning sake. In fact, when you learn that way and you're having fun, you're probably going to want to learn more. Okay? Even myself, I've taught English for at least 10 years. Probably longer; gosh knows. Every once in a while I'm fascinated when I learn the history of something that I didn't know existed or, you know, why we use this instead of that, or there used to be something else. It's fascinating.
So today, we're going to have a bit of a fun lesson where you're going to learn about English words. You're still going to learn how to use them, but we're going to look at words that actually come from you, the viewing audience. You guys always watch us. Now we're going to return the favour and tell you about words that come from your countries, your languages that we brought. Okay? So these are words from around the world, brought to you by Mr. E. And you can see our globe is here. And we're going to take a first look at our visual words, and then we're going to do a few others and give you some definitions. You ready? Let's do the first one.
What could be more American in the world than the hamburger? There's McDonald's hamburgers, Big Boy burgers, just burgers. Right? The hamburger and the hot dog are American as apple pie. But what if I told you the hamburger is not American? Right now there are about a million Americans having heart attacks, like: "Don't take that away from us. That's American like apple pie." Like an American German apple pie? [Laughs] You'll see, in the country Germany there is a place called Hamburg, and the hamburger wasn't served on a bun. That, I have to give to the Americans, they put it on a bun. Because you know they're lazy... I didn't say that, guys, but they don't want to use knife and fork, so they use a bun. In Hamburg, they had the patty, the beef patty, and they would eat it that way. It took an American to put some bread underneath and bread on top, and have that patty that way. But it... Hamburger was originally from Hamburg and it was just a meat patty. Didn't know that, did you? That's right, Americans, I've got more. [Laughs]
What's next? Popular instrument. If you love jazz [makes music noise] that's not even a saxophone; I don't know how to play. Go watch The Simpsons and watch Lisa Simpson, she plays the saxophone. I had a teacher named David Mott, great guy, he also played the sax. Professional jazz player. Sexy instrument. Now, the saxophone, it sounds very French, no? The French people right now are going: "Of course, it's magnifique. It's ours. It is a phone. It is a sax." I've got news for you: bloody Germans... Well, not Germans. This guy's... This time the guy's from Belgium. His name was Adolphe Sax. Okay? "Adolphe" is spelt "ph", so you've got your "ph" here. "Saxophone", it was his musical scene. He's from Belgium. Belgium? Except from The Muscles from Brussels, Jean-Claude Van Damme, nothing comes from Belgium. And chocolates. But they also made the saxophone. Cool? There you go.
This was so helpful! And you are not boring like some other ESL channels on CZcams
You are professional.
The word is greek .
Thank you for your lessons
It's the first video of yours I watch. I like the way you teach, the accents, the humor you add to the topic... all of that makes me feel comfortable and the new vocabulary seem easy to be learnt. Thanks for this lesson.
James， you are SO GREAT!!!
James thank you soo much, Great job!!
I love all of your lessons!
Excellent Teacher you have no idea how much i learn with you thank you very much.
Hi James l'm Abdulaziz and your job on youtube is very well and interesting, greetings
from Kazakhstan!
Im from middle east so i'm not good at english to much but your accent is perfect! i like your video it help me in more things
Thank you for the lesson.
mr James ... i love you
Thank you. Some of these words I was familiar with but I learned more now! I wish you the best!
James > you are Funny >>thanks for your special videos
Good lesson... Thank you teacher
Thanks James
love this types of lessons!! so interesting and refreshing! :)
Thanks you teacher for the lesson. In Italy "Machiavellian" is more like synonymous with cynical, cold and calculating.
#You are ""wonderful teacher"", and I want more of your videos........
I want another video you soon .... please mr James."""
Thank you! You are very cool teacher! I like your videos
I really like the way you teach all those vocabulary. I am the one who has a problem abt remembering meanings of word. This video inspired me to start learning English vocabulary again. Thank you for your sharing. :) I will wait for the next video clips. Let's have fun to learning English!
Great lesson! You're an excellent English teacher!
damn, 1st I thought it would be boring, but you dear sir ,filled my head with fascination,
Thanks sir you are the best
Very useful lesson James, thanks a lot!
Hey James!
Thank you very much for all your videos! They are quite helpful :) have a great day/evening.
Greetings from Moscow
Great lesson! Thank you!
I'm so glad I found you! I have 3 different levels in my ESOL class and I think this would be great for my high-leveled students. Thanks
keep doing it , you really good at teching )
REALLY HELPED ME! KEEP GOING! Thanks so much!!
i actually think this teacher was such humorous guy, i laughed whole the video by the way he joking, anyway i like this video (y)
Thank you so much ever James fir the lesson. It was superb. I have been wanted to ask if you could teach a lesson on 'EXAMINATION'. Thanks in anticipation. From Abolore. NIGERIA.
Thank you teacher for the lesson. Greeting from Hamburg in Germany
Do you mean in writing or verbal form?
*****
So, how can I help you...?
*****
To be honest not really... :(
Thank you so much for your lessons! When I don't want to work my english, it's a good method for me because i don't have to move (out?) of my chair haha and I learn lot of things too, whether on the English language or on the explanations of words etc... And all these lessons prepare myself before my travel in the United States :)
It's very cool!
Damn Mr. I can feel your sense of humor from here! I couldn't stop enjoying watching.... very nice to watch your vids as well as I learn English!
Thanks for your video!! It is very helpful for me to learn English! :)
you are the best buddy!!
Thank you for the lesson. I am from Ukraine, and my English is very bad.
But you have to choose your words very well and very well making the gesture, in the end, I understand very well what you are saying!
Sir you do explain so well.. It would be more clear if u speak little louder
Man, you're good! Loved the class and your didactics... I always laugh either with you or of you... LOL! Keep it up!
Great video!
Very interesting, I want to speak well English
YOU RULES MAN !
Great 👍
Lol, perfect Italian accent! :D
That's what I thought too, I'm from Sicily, the accent is pretty similar ahah
Sir, Sparta still exists and it's in the southern part of Greece in the Peloponnesian peninsula.
I'm born and i live in Hamburg and also I'm italian 👍🏻
can you please give us a lesson about the "s possessive"
My friend, according to Wikipedia 45% of all English words have a French origin. So , that's true, we are the best (LOL) Have a great day
thanks for the subtitles i need them because i can't hear you well, my listenning is bad u.u
Thank you, you didn't say Germany beating Brazil, but Japan, ty ty ty! Haha
This guy is very funny. :)
There was bedlam in the streets when Japan beat Brazil in the World Cup...
You're right Mr. James.
XD
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spical lesson
Great
ماشاء الله عليك ي موحد 😊
Hey i'm from belgium :D and fries also come from my country :)
good :)
Liked.
where are
james' new videos?
The funny thing is that we the Greeks because we were the Base rocks of most of Europe languages we easily can understand , the opposite doesn't work
what he did saying about david mark in 2.29 minutes ?
13/100 of English words are Greek
This is the part where you are wrong.Most words(especially English) comes from Greek words.MOST of them.Remember that dude.I am from Greece that's why I know it
Say about Russian words "dacha" and "siloviki" in next lessons. Я из России))
We are the best! Vive la France!
Hellene Former Prime Minister and Professor Xenophon Zolotas had given a speech in Washington (October 2nd, 1959), which remained *monumental. Not only for the content of the Speech, but for its language: If you want, please read. I put an *asterisk (αστερίσκος - asteriskos) in front of them (these words are directly hellenic or with hellenic *theme (θέμα = thema).
""Kyrie, It is a *Zeus' *anathema on our *epoch for the *dynamism of our *economies and the *heresy of our *economic *methods and *policies that we should *agonize the *Scylla of *numismatic *plethora and the *Charybdis of *economic *anaemia. It is not my *idiosyncrasy to be *ironic or *sarcastic, but my *diagnosis would be that *politicians are rather *cryptoplethorists. Although they *emphatically *stigmatize *numismatic *plethora, they *energize it through their *tactics and *practices. Our *policies have to be *based more on *economic and *less on *political *criteria. Our *gnomon has to be a *metron between *political, *strategic and *philanthropic *scopes. Political *magic has always been *anti-economic. In an *epoch *characterized by *monopolies, *oligopolies, *monophonies, *monopolistic *antagonism and *polymorphous *inelasticities, our *policies have to be more *orthological. But this should not be *metamorphosed into *plethorophobia, which is *endemic among *academic *economists. *Numismatic *symmetry should not *hyper-*antagonize *economic *acme. A greater *harmonization between the *practices of the economic and numismatic *archons is *basic. *Parallel to this, we have to *synchronize and *harmonize more and more our economic and numismatic policies *panethnically. These *scopes are more *practicable now, when the *prognostics of the political and economic *barometer are *halcyonic. The *history of our *didymus *organizations in this *sphere has been *didactic and their *gnostic practices will always be a *tonic to the *polyonymous and *idiomorphous *ethnical *economies. The *genesis of the *programmed *organization will *dynamize these *policies. Therefore, I *sympathize, although not without *criticism on one or two *themes, with the *apostles and the *hierarchy of our *organs in their *zeal to *program *orthodox *economic and *numismatic *policies, although I have some *logomachy with them. I *apologize for having *tyrannized you with my *Hellenic *phraseology. In my *epilogue, I *emphasize my *eulogy to the *philoxenous *autochthons of this *cosmopolitan *metropolis and my *encomium to you, *Kyrie, and the *stenographers"".
Perhaps some of "these" Enlgish are not appeared in a common *lexicon of a daily use, as are of a high level minded man and having an excellent knowledge about the words "trip" from Hellenic to English language. There is not even a word of Latin origin or theme.
what is the meaning of "be born to a mother and father". I'm very confused about "to" there. souldn't it be "born from a mother and father" ?
Huh, all of those words are widely used in Russian, no translation needed. My mom likes to say that there's always bedlam in my brother's room.
Are they lawnwords??
Is this a verry old video?
I mean 2014 world cup semi final!?
Germany (I'm a german ;-)) vs. Brazil 7 : 1 !
I felt bad for them!
Massage comes from arabic " massa " means to touch
Ok, so for both English and Irish he does a Scottish accent, nah makes sense 👌🏼
I didn't know that Hamburger comes originally from Hamburg.
Just like frankfurter!
You know how many Arabic words adopted by English language ? search you will surprise
There are only 2 words from my language - borsch and vodka 😣
YOU IS BEAUTIFUL
Where is yogurt? That comes from Turkic language originally. I bet most of us did not know that. Genghis Khan`s favorite.
All those words are used in Russian too.
Chocolates are form Mexico, actually.
:)please
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who wants practice english with me ?
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I guess, the word "vodka" is Russian ;-)
Dude You know how many Arabic words adopted by English language ?
yeah there are a looooot of words in many languages not just english ... came from Arabic words
The saxophone is spelt saxOphone, not saxAphone.
Not everyone has the same accent, you little kid.
30% of the english vocabulary comes from french
Тут есть кто-нибудь из России? )
+Виктор Яковлев, я)))
Артем Захаров привет чувак, как твой английский?
First dislike
I like the video but it was my chance to be famous XD
Is someone trying to pronounce English more better ?
Antony Thery yeah. You'd say just better, not more better.
***** nope!
It's the same in this situation:
"Hey man could you do this?"
You can't write capital letter at the word "could".
I don't know in English, but in Portuguese we write a comma after the "hey man".