Did you know that many words in English originally come from the Greek language? In fact, if you can identify the Greek keywords within an English word, you can often understand its meaning even if it is a word you have never encountered before! In this lesson, I will show you how to break down the meaning of a Greek word in English by learning keyword prefixes and suffixes.
Yaay!I am the first one to comment
Good morning Jade. Thank you for this wonderful lesson. I got full 9/9 in your quiz. Now I have known lots of Greek words by your teaching. Once again thank you.
palakshi nautiyal
The use of affixes is a useful reading technique. By knowing the suffix or affix of a word (root),you can infer or guess its meaning.
Thanks for this vocab lesson Jade.
Regino
Nice to hear That you improved ,i Want to say that palak we both can improve by talking to each other in english. what you say ?
umer786
Whole your lessons are great. Furthermore they’re help me to improve my English.
roger franca
It’s not a chance that sometimes English and Italian have similar words, mainly in science: we all inherited them from Greece, the cradle of western society.
Canardo
I got 6 correct out of seven nice collection.
Muhammad Abbas
thank you :)
Mansor305
thanks lol
nourywaleed
thanks jade it is useful lesson
ahmed@zico
Thanks Jade!!
knopfler86
Eighth question was about history :(
olena-po
that was actually useful for me and I’m really appreciate you Teacher’s JADE.
we are waiting for your next excellent video.
THANKS
parsa1376
I was terrible in this quiz.. I’ll study more…
Fernando Moreira
Getting knowledgeable enough about these Greek prefixes and suffixes can come in pretty handy sometimes. This lesson reminded me of some and the “poly” and “tele” parts were so much fun. Bye the way, teleporting would be a blessing to break through the cacophony issue I have to deal with here in Brazil whenever I needed to.
Emanoel Pereira
I’m definitely not familiar with her accent. It’s too hard to understand her.
rafael180
Thank you Jade. I’m so interested in learning new vocabulary.
I did’nt got 100, because win N°3 question, I chose “Bonerism” because I knew that Arhtritis wasn’t ain inflammation of bones but of joints. Anyway I could thought that “Bonerism” didn’t even exist…It was a tricky question.
Best regards.
Ramiro.
I’v got 100. thank you jade….
annu36129@gmail.com
Thankyou Jade, this was very enthusiastic lesson, every time that I watch your lessons I feel that my English is really improving.
carlosjay2179
thank you
ahmednuur
I am so happy got 9/9 thanks for the quiz
tupu
Thank you Ms Jade. Wish I was little more jealous when I was in school. Anyways just wondering what we call a person who is jealous about everything. Thank for the lesson.
sonu
I got 9 corrects. Thank you Jade!
mozar
thanks
Giselle Morais
I got 7 correct out of 9
Nesrine Hammideche
thank you ms.Jade
DavidSok
Thank you Jade. This is important for our everyday life but many times forgotten to learnt.
Olivine
I´m sorry Jade, the greek prefix “poly” is not related to “strings” but to much, many, more than one, more than usual, excessive.
PacoBe
Right! Actually I don’t get choice of the theme – it was really boring.. But wonderful Jane’s pronounciation saves this video))
Kubanez
Thank you, it is so useful
Zaynab 20
Thanks Jade. Great information!
Soleil23
Hi, are you originary of Italy
dfantauzzi769
i’have got 7 correct out of 9 and most of questions was relating to medical.
meena sharma
Good but I want to be good reader and writer I hope you but some lessons to help me thank you
azoozmous
Hi Jade!! Complicated words, but it is important to learn about them, because sooner or later we have to face them.
By!!
Aleachi
Sorry I omitted the “e”
Aleachi
i am new
i like to improve my english please help me friends
Asef Sarshar
Jade, thank you very much.
It was very interesting lesson.Afterwards I found many quastions to think about.For example: there is no word ‘thene’ in English language. The word ‘polyethilene’ was contracted to ‘polythene’
kgogulya
Hi Jade and everyone!
Cheers for the nice video! It is rather interesting and useful. You are right. When we know these Greek prefixes and suffixes, we can guess the meaning of other words more easily. This lesson is helpful even for other languages, like Portuguese, for instance.
Keep on making this kind of lesson, and see you in your next video!
Eduardo França
Hi Jade. Great video lesson with very useful information. Thank you so much.
Júlio César L Sousa
I think you are so beautiful, I like you so much~!
BUGET Joe
great one
AbdulRahman.Cu
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Mustafa akraa
Hi Jade! Thanks for this polyglot lesson!
In Portuguese we have several words with parts derived from Greek too. The hardest part, then, when we find similar words that we know, is to learn to spell and pronounce these words in English.
For instance: “psiquiatra” versus “psychiatrist”.
Fabio Cicerre
Thank you Jade, useful words, and in Spain we use all of them
josebapelaez
Although it is a synthetic resin that is a polymer of styrene, used chiefly as lightweight rigid foams and films, in my humble opinion plastic bags too could be made of Polystyrene LOL :-D
CreMark
Thank you very much anyway :-) Jade
CreMark
9/9 Great :)
Tejender Prasad
Thank you Jade.
Metin egrioglu
thank you
mep79
micro is also means “one millionth”
BodyaVas
ei-ei-eh…not bad for me…with your first lesson . Thanks.I’ll try more and more for next times. See you!
polly poohly
Thank you, Jade. I got 10 don’t you know
raysalestianti
salam alaikum everybody ,realy i enjoyed the lesson ,was fantastic and awesome ,i got 9/9 thanks jade for this nice lesson,briefly i’m general surgeon working on MRCS AND IELTS willing to get registration with GMC OR IMC so ill get license to practice surgery in Ireland and anybody interesting as study partner welcome.
sugeon73
Some difficult,
Terrysam
Hi Jade could you explain about usage of rather than and instead of?
Salaienglish
Thanks Jade. Good job.
Could you please do a lesson about usage of “be” in English.
dileepad
It’s difficult for me ! I must practise more .
Soei
i got 5
nuradin
i think you good teacher
nuradin
Thanks Jade!!!!! i´ve learned complicated words today!!! It´s difficult but practical.
minmetal
Thanks for your english lesson. i love your teaching method anyway i got 8 out of 9 in your quiz.
bunny121
thank you jade i want to ask you I want to learn English from where to start
achour
Hello Jade!This lesson was useful and helpful.I watched your video on YouTube. The transcript is written below the video but not the whole text.Could you tell me where I can find the rest? Thank you.
iagiorg
Thanks Jade very informative!
Alex-1956
Yay 100% thanks Jade for the lesson is so wonderful.
OMbye3
9/9
thank a lot, Jade,hugs (Kazakhstan 27 Nov2021:)
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68 COMMENTS
Yaay!I am the first one to comment
Good morning Jade. Thank you for this wonderful lesson. I got full 9/9 in your quiz. Now I have known lots of Greek words by your teaching. Once again thank you.
The use of affixes is a useful reading technique. By knowing the suffix or affix of a word (root),you can infer or guess its meaning.
Thanks for this vocab lesson Jade.
Nice to hear That you improved ,i Want to say that palak we both can improve by talking to each other in english. what you say ?
Whole your lessons are great. Furthermore they’re help me to improve my English.
It’s not a chance that sometimes English and Italian have similar words, mainly in science: we all inherited them from Greece, the cradle of western society.
I got 6 correct out of seven nice collection.
thank you :)
thanks lol
thanks jade it is useful lesson
Thanks Jade!!
Eighth question was about history :(
that was actually useful for me and I’m really appreciate you Teacher’s JADE.
we are waiting for your next excellent video.
THANKS
I was terrible in this quiz.. I’ll study more…
Getting knowledgeable enough about these Greek prefixes and suffixes can come in pretty handy sometimes. This lesson reminded me of some and the “poly” and “tele” parts were so much fun. Bye the way, teleporting would be a blessing to break through the cacophony issue I have to deal with here in Brazil whenever I needed to.
I’m definitely not familiar with her accent. It’s too hard to understand her.
Thank you Jade. I’m so interested in learning new vocabulary.
I did’nt got 100, because win N°3 question, I chose “Bonerism” because I knew that Arhtritis wasn’t ain inflammation of bones but of joints. Anyway I could thought that “Bonerism” didn’t even exist…It was a tricky question.
Best regards.
I’v got 100. thank you jade….
Thankyou Jade, this was very enthusiastic lesson, every time that I watch your lessons I feel that my English is really improving.
thank you
I am so happy got 9/9 thanks for the quiz
Thank you Ms Jade. Wish I was little more jealous when I was in school. Anyways just wondering what we call a person who is jealous about everything. Thank for the lesson.
I got 9 corrects. Thank you Jade!
thanks
I got 7 correct out of 9
thank you ms.Jade
Thank you Jade. This is important for our everyday life but many times forgotten to learnt.
I´m sorry Jade, the greek prefix “poly” is not related to “strings” but to much, many, more than one, more than usual, excessive.
Right! Actually I don’t get choice of the theme – it was really boring.. But wonderful Jane’s pronounciation saves this video))
Thank you, it is so useful
Thanks Jade. Great information!
Hi, are you originary of Italy
i’have got 7 correct out of 9 and most of questions was relating to medical.
Good but I want to be good reader and writer I hope you but some lessons to help me thank you
Hi Jade!! Complicated words, but it is important to learn about them, because sooner or later we have to face them.
By!!
Sorry I omitted the “e”
i am new
i like to improve my english please help me friends
Jade, thank you very much.
It was very interesting lesson.Afterwards I found many quastions to think about.For example: there is no word ‘thene’ in English language. The word ‘polyethilene’ was contracted to ‘polythene’
Hi Jade and everyone!
Cheers for the nice video! It is rather interesting and useful. You are right. When we know these Greek prefixes and suffixes, we can guess the meaning of other words more easily. This lesson is helpful even for other languages, like Portuguese, for instance.
Keep on making this kind of lesson, and see you in your next video!
Hi Jade. Great video lesson with very useful information. Thank you so much.
I think you are so beautiful, I like you so much~!
great one
Hello .. M AbdulRahman .
I’m an English group manager …
which through you can improve your English (speaking, writing, listening, and reading )
add it to your EN learning program ..
in addition to engvid you can join my group on skype, what’s App and use your English information (if you don’t use it U lose it)
and let’s grow together. .
Mobile:0963937346322
skype:Abdalrhman.cu
Good morning bro
I am so happy to find u in this web site
( from my country )
ok add me on your group on what’s App
This is my number 00963993134943
Thank’s in advance
Hi Jade! Thanks for this polyglot lesson!
In Portuguese we have several words with parts derived from Greek too. The hardest part, then, when we find similar words that we know, is to learn to spell and pronounce these words in English.
For instance: “psiquiatra” versus “psychiatrist”.
Thank you Jade, useful words, and in Spain we use all of them
Although it is a synthetic resin that is a polymer of styrene, used chiefly as lightweight rigid foams and films, in my humble opinion plastic bags too could be made of Polystyrene LOL :-D
Thank you very much anyway :-) Jade
9/9 Great :)
Thank you Jade.
thank you
micro is also means “one millionth”
ei-ei-eh…not bad for me…with your first lesson . Thanks.I’ll try more and more for next times. See you!
Thank you, Jade. I got 10 don’t you know
salam alaikum everybody ,realy i enjoyed the lesson ,was fantastic and awesome ,i got 9/9 thanks jade for this nice lesson,briefly i’m general surgeon working on MRCS AND IELTS willing to get registration with GMC OR IMC so ill get license to practice surgery in Ireland and anybody interesting as study partner welcome.
Some difficult,
Hi Jade could you explain about usage of rather than and instead of?
Thanks Jade. Good job.
Could you please do a lesson about usage of “be” in English.
It’s difficult for me ! I must practise more .
i got 5
i think you good teacher
Thanks Jade!!!!! i´ve learned complicated words today!!! It´s difficult but practical.
Thanks for your english lesson. i love your teaching method anyway i got 8 out of 9 in your quiz.
thank you jade i want to ask you I want to learn English from where to start
Hello Jade!This lesson was useful and helpful.I watched your video on YouTube. The transcript is written below the video but not the whole text.Could you tell me where I can find the rest? Thank you.
Thanks Jade very informative!
Yay 100% thanks Jade for the lesson is so wonderful.
9/9
thank a lot, Jade,hugs (Kazakhstan 27 Nov2021:)
thank you so much!