Question

Choose two words of foreign origin to research (you may select words from this lesson) and answer the following questions about each of them.

What is the word?
What is the definition of the word?
Are there any alternative definitions? If so, what are they?
What is the part of speech?
What is one example of this word being used in a sentence?
How do you pronounce this word? Spell it phonetically.
What is the country of origin (and original spelling, if applicable)

Answer 1

What is the word?:
Joy

What is the definition of the word?:
a feeling of great pleasure and happiness

What is the part of speech?:
Noun

What is one example of this word being used in a sentence?:
Tears of joy flowed down her face.

How do you pronounce this word? Spell it phonetically. :
J'oy

What is the country of origin (and original spelling, if applicable)?
France, joie


2nd word
What is the word?:
Oboe

What is the definition of the word?:
a woodwind instrument with a double-reed mouthpiece, a slender tubular body, and holes stopped by keys

What is the part of speech?:
Noun

What is one example of this word being used in a sentence?:
An oboe is my favorite instrument!

How do you pronounce this word? Spell it phonetically. :
o'bo

What is the country of origin (and original spelling, if applicable)?:
France, hautbois

Answer 2

Tofu
Vegetarian food made from soy bean.
No
Noun
I ate tofu for dinner last night.
To'fu
Chinese

Sushi
Food made with some fish/meat on top of rice
No
Noun
I ate sushi for lunch today.
Su'shi
Japan