00:10 Good day, everyone.

00:14 My name is Ajibola John and I'm your English teacher.

00:18 The topic before us today is vocabulary development.

00:21 The soft topic is suffix, suffix, right?

00:26 Now, the performance objective for this lesson

00:29 are as follows.

00:31 At the end of this lesson, students should be able to identify

00:34 the basic words, to be able to pronounce the words correctly,

00:39 to be able to discuss the meaning of the words,

00:41 and use the word in forming sentences,

00:44 and of course, write the word and still preserve the meaning.

00:48 Write the word and still preserve the meaning.

00:52 Now, what is suffix?

00:55 What is a suffix?

00:57 Now, suffix is a muffin,

01:00 added at the end of the word to form a derivative.

01:04 Example, action, phi, in, i, n, g, in, it is, i, t, i, s, it is, all right?

01:13 Now, this suffix is change the meaning or grammatical function

01:18 of a base word or root word.

01:20 For example, by adding the suffix, e, r, and e, s to the adjective,

01:26 font, you have the new word, funder, and fundest.

01:32 The word funder is a comparative, and the word fundest

01:36 is a super lady, okay?

01:40 Now, take the suffix, i, s, t, for another instance,

01:45 by adding this to a word, you have changed the word

01:49 to describe a person who performs or practices something.

01:54 So, art becomes artest, which is a person's killed

02:00 in a particular art.

02:03 Artest is a person's killed in a particular art, all right?

02:08 Now, let's look at the verb read.

02:11 This verb can be turned into a noun by adding the suffix, e, r.

02:16 The same, e, r, we added to, we added before.

02:21 And so read becomes reader.

02:23 Likewise, by adding the suffix, e, r, the verb read now

02:27 becomes the adjective readable, readable, okay?

02:32 Now, we're going to look at examples of suffixes

02:36 and how we use them to form new words, okay?

02:41 Now, we're going to look them in classes.

02:44 First, we will begin with noun suffixes.

02:48 Now, suffixes.

02:50 I'm sure you still remember what the noun is.

02:53 So, we'll be looking at noun suffixes.

02:55 Number one, the suffix, w, e, r, e, e, r,

03:00 meaning to be engaged in something, associated with something.

03:05 And for example, you have the word auctioneer, auctioneer,

03:10 which means an agent who sells goods at auctions.

03:15 Auctioneer is an agent who sells goods at auctions.

03:20 Number two, we have volunteer, which is a person

03:24 who freely offers to take part in an enterprise

03:28 or undertake a task.

03:30 If volunteer is a person who freely offers

03:34 to take part in an enterprise or to perform a task, okay?

03:39 Next, we have the word engineer.

03:43 An engineer is a person who designs, builds,

03:46 or maintains engines, machines, or structures.

03:51 Designs, builds, or maintains engines,

03:55 machines, or structures.

03:59 So, continue with the noun suffixes.

04:01 We have the next one, e, r.

04:04 The next noun suffix is the word is the suffix, e, r,

04:08 which means someone who performs an action,

04:12 like we saw the word reader earlier.

04:15 So, e, r, someone who performs an action.

04:18 And for example, we're going to be seeing helper,

04:22 teacher, preacher, dancer, okay?

04:26 Next, still on the noun suffixes.

04:30 We have the suffix, e-on, i-o-n-e-on,

04:34 meaning the action or process of something.

04:39 So, when you have a word celebration, celebration, okay?

04:45 The word celebration is a social gathering

04:48 or enjoyable activity, l, to celebrate something.

04:53 Next, you have the word opinion, still using the suffix, e-on.

04:57 Opinion is a view or a judgment formed about something

05:02 not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.

05:07 A view or judgment formed about something

05:10 not necessarily based on fact or knowledge, okay?

05:15 Now, we have the word decision, decision.

05:18 It means a conclusion or resolution reached

05:23 after consideration.

05:25 Next, we have the word revision, revision.

05:32 It means the action of revising.

05:36 The action of revising, all right?

05:40 Still on the noun suffixes.

05:43 We have the suffix, i-t-y-e-t-e-t,

05:47 which means the state or condition of something.

05:51 For example, the word probability, probability.

05:56 It means the extent to which something is likely to happen

06:01 or be the case.

06:03 The extent to which something is likely to happen

06:07 or be the case.

06:09 This is one English word that is mathematical in nature, all right?

06:14 It's most often used in mathematics.

06:18 Okay, so you see, what's the mathematical probability

06:22 of Christian Ronaldo winning another Balundi or, all right?

06:27 Good.

06:29 Now, equality, the state of being equal,

06:34 especially in status, rights or opportunities, equality.

06:39 Still using the noun suffixes, i-t-y,

06:43 we have the word abnormality, abnormality,

06:48 an abnormal condition, state or quality,

06:51 irregularity or deviation, deviation from the norm.

06:58 Next, we have the word civility, civility.

07:02 It means formal politeness and courtesy in behavior

07:08 or respect, formal politeness and courtesy

07:12 in behavior or respect, civility, all right?

07:17 Still on the noun suffixes.

07:18 Number five, we are meant, m-e-t-man,

07:22 which means action or result of something.

07:25 For example, retirement, retirement.

07:29 It means the action or fact of living one's job

07:33 and seizing to work.

07:35 The action or fact of living one's job or seizing to work.

07:40 Next, abandonment.

07:46 It means the action or fact of abandoning or being abandoned.

07:53 The action or fact of abandoning or being abandoned.

07:58 Next, the word establishment.

08:02 It means something established,

08:05 such as a settled arrangement,

08:08 a permanent civil or military organization,

08:11 a place of business or residence

08:14 with its punishing and staff,

08:16 a public or private institution.

08:20 So your school is an establishment, all right?

08:24 Based on these definitions and examples,

08:27 your school is an establishment.

08:30 Your parents, business is an establishment, all right?

08:34 Moving on, still on the noun suffixes.

08:36 Number six, nests, nests, n-e-d-b-s.

08:41 It means a state or quality.

08:45 A state or quality, right?

08:49 And for example, we have the word fondness.

08:53 Fondness, which means the state or quality of being fond.

08:58 Tenderness or affection, doating affection,

09:04 a liking or weakness for something.

09:07 You could say, he has a fondness for sweets.

09:11 Who doesn't?

09:11 Who doesn't have a fondness for sweets?

09:14 I'm sure all of you in class have a fondness for sweets, all right?

09:20 Good, let's move on.

09:22 Awareness.

09:24 Awareness, it means knowledge or perception

09:29 of a sudden situation or fact.

09:32 Knowledge or perception of a sudden situation or fact, all right?

09:37 Now, number seven, still on the noun suffixes,

09:44 we have the suffix or, which means a person

09:48 which who is something.

09:50 For example, distributor, distributor.

09:56 A distributor is an agent who supplies goods to retailers.

10:01 An agent who supplies goods to retailers.

10:07 Next, investigator.

10:10 Investigator is a person who carries out a formal inquiry

10:17 or investigation, a person who carries out a formal inquiry.

10:22 Learn to pronounce the word inquiry or investigation.

10:29 Next, translator.

10:33 Translator.

10:35 A translator is someone who changes the words

10:39 of one language into the words in another language

10:43 that have the same meaning.

10:47 Who changes the words of one language into the words

10:50 in another language that have the same meaning, okay?

10:55 Next, we have conductor.

10:58 And before you make any slight comments,

11:02 why not talking about the conductors you encounter

11:04 on your way from home to school, all right?

11:08 Now, this is the meaning of the word conductor

11:11 that we are talking about in this class.

11:14 A conductor is a person who directs the performance

11:18 of an orchestra or choir.

11:21 A person who directs the performance of an orchestra

11:26 or choir.

11:27 So if you've seen any musical performance before,

11:32 that person that stands in front of the choir

11:36 with a key stick and waves their hands with the stick

11:42 like this to the different ensemble of choristas

11:47 is what they call conductor.

11:49 So they do like this.

11:51 They don't ask for money or give change, okay?

11:56 Now, next, we have the word shion, S-I-N-shun,

12:01 meaning state or being.

12:03 For example, depression, depression,

12:08 it means feelings of severe despondency and dejection.

12:13 Now, one thing about English is,

12:16 when you're trying to learn the meaning of one English word,

12:21 that English word could be defined

12:24 with other English words that you don't have an idea

12:27 of the meaning as we can see in this example.

12:30 The word depression means feelings of severe despondency.

12:35 What is the meaning of despondency?

12:37 Or and dejection, what's the meaning of dejection?

12:41 Despondency means hopelessness.

12:45 It means to be hopeless.

12:47 Dejection means to be seriously troubled,

12:52 dejection to be seriously troubled, okay?

12:59 To be seriously sorrowful.

13:02 So you understand the meaning of sorrow,

13:04 you understand the meaning of hopeless.

13:06 So those are what despondency and dejection mean, okay?

13:11 Good.

13:15 Next confusion, it means uncertainty

13:19 about what is happening intended or required.

13:23 On certainty about what is happening intended or required.

13:28 The class is in a state of confusion, right?

13:36 Next, tension, tension.

13:39 It means the state of being stretched tight.

13:43 This word is usually used in physics.

13:48 Tension, the state of being stretched tight.

13:52 But it also means mental or emotional strain.

13:57 Tension could also mean mental or emotional strain, okay?

14:05 Good.

14:06 Next, compulsion, compulsion.

14:09 It means the action or state of forcing or being forced

14:14 to do something, constraints,

14:18 also an irresistible urge to behave in a certain way.

14:23 Compulsion, the action or state of being forced

14:29 to do something.

14:31 Many of you, some of you come to school

14:35 only by compulsion being forced to come, all right?

14:40 Next, on the noun suffixes number nine, ship.

14:47 S-H-I-P ship.

14:51 It means position held.

14:53 For example, ownership, ownership.

14:58 It means the act, state, or right of possessing something.

15:03 Right of possessing something.

15:08 Next, courtship, courtship.

15:12 I don't imagine that many of you would have heard

15:16 this word courtship, but you're learning it in class today, okay?

15:22 It means a period, take notes, pay attention.

15:26 A period during which a couple develops

15:30 a romantic relationship before getting married.

15:34 A period during which a couple develops

15:39 romantic relationship before getting married, all right?

15:44 Good.

15:46 Now we have the word internship.

15:49 Internship, it means the position of a student or trainee

15:54 who works in an organization, sometimes without pay.

15:58 Some of you are frowning.

16:02 Or in order to gain work experience

16:04 or satisfy requirements for a qualification.

16:08 So internship is a position held by a student

16:11 who works in an organization, sometimes without pay.

16:15 For other times, they do get paid, all right?

16:18 So there is what is called paid internship, okay?

16:22 And there is free internship.

16:24 If you like, you could do a free internship

16:27 with your school after graduation, all right?

16:31 Good.

16:32 Next, now we come to adjective suffixes.

16:37 Adjective suffixes.

16:40 I'm sure you still remember what adjectives are, all right?

16:44 Number one, Aibo and Iibo.

16:48 Aibo and Iibo, okay?

16:53 Now let's see the meaning and examples.

16:57 It means capable of being, for example, preventable,

17:02 which means able to be prevented or avoided,

17:08 able to be prevented or avoided.

17:11 You have the word adaptable,

17:14 which means able to adjust to new conditions,

17:19 able to adjust to new conditions.

17:24 Next, you have the word predictable,

17:27 able to be predicted.

17:28 And of course, you have the word credible,

17:31 which means able to be believed.

17:33 He gave a credible testimony in court,

17:38 able to be believed.

17:39 Still on the adjective suffixes number two,

17:43 you have A, which means capable of being.

17:47 For example, theatrical, theatrical,

17:51 which means relating to acting, actors or the theater.

17:56 So we have the word natural, natural,

18:00 which means existing or derived from major

18:04 and not made or cost by humankind.

18:08 Then the word criminal is a person

18:11 who has committed a crime.

18:13 A criminal is a person who has committed a crime.

18:17 Next, seasonal, which means relating to

18:21 or characteristic of a particular season of the year,

18:26 a particular season of the year.

18:29 So we have rainy season and dry season, okay?

18:33 Next, we have ants, meaning inclined to or tending to.

18:41 And for example, we have vigilant,

18:43 which means vigilant, which means keeping careful watch

18:47 for possible danger or difficulties.

18:50 In the times we live in, we all have to be vigilant.

18:55 That's an example of how to use the word.

18:57 Now, defiant, defiant, it means full of

19:02 or showing a disposition to challenge, resist or fight.

19:07 Defiant, brilliance.

19:10 In other word, brilliant of light or color,

19:14 it means very bright.

19:16 It also means exceptionally clever or talented.

19:20 We have plenty brilliant students in class.

19:24 Now we have reliant.

19:26 It means dependent on someone or something.

19:30 Reliant, it means dependent on someone or something.

19:35 Number four, still on the adjectives, suffixes,

19:38 ary, ary, it means off or relating to.

19:42 So for example, you have the word budgetary.

19:46 Budgetary, it means relating to or in accordance

19:50 with an estimate of income and expenditure.

19:54 Then next, you have planetary, planetary,

19:59 relating to or belonging to a planet or planets.

20:03 That's the word planetary.

20:05 Then military, military relating to a characteristics

20:10 of soldiers or armed forces, military relating

20:14 to a characteristics of soldiers or armed forces.

20:19 Next, honorary.

20:21 Honorary, it means conferred as an honor

20:24 without the usual requirements of function.

20:27 Conferred as an honor without the usual requirements

20:31 or function.

20:34 Next, we have full, which means full of or notable of.

20:39 Now first, you have the word grateful.

20:42 Grateful, it means feelings or showing an appreciation

20:46 for something done or received.

20:49 Next, beautiful, which means pleasing the senses

20:53 or mind aesthetically.

20:55 Next, wonderful, inspiring delight, pleasure or admiration.

21:04 Extremely good or marvelous.

21:07 Next, fanciful, fanciful.

21:11 It means, over imaginative and unrealistic.

21:16 So you can see the use of the prefix on

21:19 with the word realistic, making unrealistic, okay?

21:24 Next, we have EOS, I-O-U-S and O-U-S.

21:29 It means having qualities of, now.

21:34 First, you have the word gracious,

21:36 which means cautious, kind and pleasant,

21:39 especially towards someone of lower social status,

21:44 especially towards someone of lower social status.

21:47 Next, you have the word cautious, cautious.

21:50 It means to be careful to avoid potential problems

21:53 or dangers, to be careful to avoid potential problems

21:58 or dangers, okay?

22:00 Pumorous, it means causing laughter and amusement or comic.

22:05 Then you have the word fabulous.

22:10 The word fabulous, it means extraordinary,

22:13 especially extraordinarily large.

22:17 Next, if, I-V-E-E, it means quality or nature of.

22:22 So first on that, if you have the word creative,

22:27 relating to or involving use of the imagination

22:31 or ideas to create something,

22:33 then you have the word expensive,

22:36 costing a lot of money.

22:38 Something is expensive, it costs a lot of money.

22:41 Next, expressive of relating to or concerned

22:46 with expression, or full of expression.

22:49 And then you have this word "pensive", "pensive".

22:53 Pensive means engaging, evolving,

22:58 or reflecting deep, serious, tough, deep or serious thoughts.

23:03 And then you have the suffix E, Y, the letter Y,

23:11 making E, it means middle of or characterized by.

23:16 So you have the word bringing fruity, tasty, grouchy.

23:22 You can jot down the, you can jot down the meaning

23:27 of these words and do additional such a dictionary

23:30 to find other meanings of these words, okay?

23:33 Brainy, fruity, tasty, grouchy.

23:36 Of course, you have the suffix, edd, edd,

23:41 which is past tense version of a verb.

23:44 For example, laughed, clined, cold, mist.

23:49 Then you have the suffix N, which means to become.

23:52 So examples of the usage of the suffix N,

23:56 you have soften, fasten, lengthen, strengthen, okay?

24:01 Next, R, ER, which means action or process,

24:07 making an adjective comparative.

24:09 For example, faster, bigger, fuller, longer, okay?

24:17 Next, we have the verb suffixes.

24:20 Now we come to verb suffixes.

24:22 And the first one we have here is INGN,

24:25 verb form present, participle of an action.

24:28 For example, laughing, swimming, driving, reading,

24:33 okay, good, writing.

24:35 Next is IZE or ISISE to cause or to become.

24:44 So no, it's pronounced IZE and IZE and IZE.

24:49 So let's see examples.

24:57 Memorial, memorialize, memorialize.

25:01 Then you have authorize, which means give official permission

25:06 for approval.

25:07 Then you have the word commercialize, commercialize.

25:11 And then of course, advertise, advertise.

25:16 Then you have the suffix L, Y in what manner

25:20 or something is being done.

25:22 Bravely, simply, honestly, gladly, okay?

25:27 Good, next word in a certain direction.

25:33 So you have the words backward, wayward.

25:37 And then inclination, awkward, and afterwards,

25:42 awkward, afterwards, which means at a later of future time,

25:48 at a later of future time.

25:51 Now, your evaluation, your assignment, okay?

25:56 Now, number one, discuss the meaning of suffixes.

26:01 Discuss the meaning of suffixes.

26:06 Number two, identify the basic words.

26:09 Number three, use suffixes to generate words.

26:14 Number four, use suffixes in sentences.

26:18 And number five, use the suffixes correctly, okay?

26:23 Now, thank you for watching.

26:26 My name is Ajibola John.

26:28 Till next time.

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