Assignment 1: “Borrowed” and “Loan” words

1. cafe, French, “coffee”, Noun

2. casa, Spanish, “house”, Noun
3. genre, French, “kind” or “style”, Noun
4. renaissance, French, “rebirth”, Noun
5. siesta, Spanish, “nap”, Verb
6. karate, Japanese, “empty hand”, Noun
7. ninja, Japanese, “spy”, Noun
8. lingerie, French, “undergarments”, Noun
9. fest, German, “a gathering or occasion”, Noun
10. patio, Spanish, “terrace”, Noun
11. origami, Japanese, “folding”, Noun
12. ballet, French, “to dance”, Noun
13. rendezvous, French, “meeting”, Noun
14. waltz, German, “a ballroom dance”, Noun
15. spiel, German, “speech”, Noun

Assignment 2: “Latinates.”

1. ‘ambiguous,’ Adjective, is derived from the Latin ambiguus.

2. ‘naive,’ Adjective, is derived from the Latin nativus.
3. ‘obvious,’ Adjective, is derived from the Latin obvius.
4. ‘agenda,’ Noun, is derived from the Latin agendum.
5. ‘renegade,’ Noun, is derived from the Latin renegatus.
6. ‘succumb,’ Verb, is derived from the Latin succumberre.
7. ‘reprisal,’ Noun, is derived from the Latin reprisalia.
8. ‘alter,’ Verb, is derived from the Latin alterare.
9. ‘taunt,’ Noun, is derived from the Latin tantum.
10. ‘novena,’ Noun, is derived from the Latin novem.
11. ‘binary,’ Adjective, is derived from the Latin binarius.
12. ‘deliberate,’ Adjective, is derived from the Latin deliberatus.
13. ‘arena,’ Noun, is derived from the Latin harena.
14. ’honorable’ Adjective, is derived from the Latin honorabilis.
 15. ‘accommodate,’ Verb, is derived from the Latin accommodat.

Assignment 3: “Morpheme addition”

PREFIX:

 ‘in’ meaning – not, without

incomplete, incorrect
 ‘re’ meaning – again
rewrite, replay
 ‘over’ meaning: too much
overcook, overdone
 ‘dis’ meaning: removal, apart from
disagree, disapprove
 ‘mis’ meaning – incorrect
misunderstand, misuse

SUFFIX:

 ‘al’ – the action or process of

approval, denial
 ‘ice’ – the result of an action
service
 ‘tion’ – state of being
information, cooperation
 ‘dom’ – place or state of being
freedom, boredom
 ‘or’ – person or object that does a specified action
Inventor, creator

INFIX:
 ‘in’ inserted in a word changes the meaning:
sinulat from the base form, sulat, indicates past tense
linait from the base form, lait, indicates past tense
 ‘um’ inserted in a word changes the meaning:
tumayo from the base form, tayo, indicates past tense
kumanta from the base form, kanta, indicates past tense