LOAN WORDS

LOAN WORDS

Today, Monday 24 April 2017, we check in our class about the loan words that are words adopted by the speakers of one language from a different language. In other words it could be named a borrowed in the language.

Some examples are:

Modus operandi from Latin

Prima donna from Italian

Mea culpa from Latin

Samurai from Japanese

Taco from Spanish

Aficionado from Spanish

Déjà vu from French

Lol from Latin

Apostol from Latin

Abdomen from Latin

Anatomy from Latin

Area from Latin

Enchilada from Spanish

Vodka from Russian

Shampoo from Hindi

Banana from African languages

Cacao from American Indian languages

Karaoke from Japanese

Sushi from Japanese  

Bamboo from Pacific Islands

And finally we saw a short video about the Yiddish words more common and some of them are:

Schmutz that means dirt, filth or gunk

Chutzpah means extreme nerve

Kosher means food acceptable to Jews

Mazel Tov means congratulations!

Meshuga means crazy

Mishpocheh means family

Nosh means to eat or snack

Shalom means Hello, Goodbye or Peace