Prefixes: dys- de- dis-

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Hello

and

welcome

to

Six

Minute

Vocabulary

.

I'm

Neal

and

I'm

.

In

this

program

,

we're

looking

at

three

prefixes

,

spelled

D

spelt

D

y

.

S

and

dis

spelled

D

prefixes

or

prefixes

,

as

some

people

say

,

are

two

or

three

letters

that

go

at

the

beginning

of

a

word

and

affect

its

meaning

.

We'll

look

at

what

each

prefix

means

and

give

you

example

sentences

.

There'll

be

a

quiz

and

we'll

leave

you

with

a

top

tip

for

learning

vocabulary

.

But

first

,

let's

listen

to

Gladis

talking

about

her

husband

.

But

while

you

listen

,

think

about

this

question

.

Does

Gladis

agree

with

?

dyspepsia

as

indigestion

is

quite

bad

at

the

moment

.

It's

causing

him

quite

a

bit

of

discomfort

.

The

doctor

says

it's

because

he

eats

too

much

fatty

food

.

She

says

the

symptoms

would

disappear

if

Bert

went

on

a

detox

diet

.

No

disrespect

to

the

doctor

,

but

I

disagree

.

I

think

it's

caused

by

stress

.

So

we

asked

you

,

does

Gladys

agree

with

the

doctor

?

And

the

answer

is

no

,

she

disagrees

.

Gladys

thinks

her

husband's

indigestion

is

caused

by

stress

,

but

the

doctor

thinks

it's

due

to

a

bad

diet

.

Disagree

is

the

key

word

because

it

has

the

prefix

dis

spelt

d

i

.

S

this

means

not

so

.

By

adding

death

,

we

can

turn

a

word

into

its

opposite

.

So

disagree

means

not

to

agree

and

disrespect

means

not

having

respect

.

Gladys

says

no

disrespect

to

the

doctor

,

meaning

she

doesn't

want

people

to

think

she

doesn't

respect

what

the

doctor

says

.

Let's

hear

another

clip

from

Gladys

with

more

prefixes

.

But

dyspepsia

or

indigestion

is

quite

bad

at

the

moment

.

It's

causing

him

quite

a

bit

of

discomfort

.

So

we

had

discomfort

.

If

you

know

what

the

word

comfort

means

,

then

you

can

work

out

what

discomfort

means

.

Death

plus

comfort

gives

us

the

opposite

of

comfort

.

feeling

uncomfortable

.

And

in

the

clip

we

heard

the

word

dyspepsia

.

Now

that's

the

medical

word

for

indigestion

.

When

your

stomach

feels

very

full

and

uncomfortable

after

you

eat

,

this

word

starts

with

the

prefix

dis

.

But

this

time

it's

spelt

d

.

Y

.

S

.

This

prefix

is

less

common

than

dis

spelt

,

but

it

also

has

a

negative

meaning

.

It

has

the

idea

of

being

bad

or

abnormal

.

So

dyspepsia

is

a

medical

condition

when

your

body

can't

process

food

in

the

normal

way

.

Other

words

,

with

the

prefix

dis

spelt

d

.

Y

s

r

dyslexia

and

dysfunctional

people

who

have

dyslexia

have

difficulty

with

reading

and

if

something

is

dysfunctional

,

it

doesn't

work

properly

.

Let's

have

another

clip

with

the

prefix

dis

DS

will

also

hear

our

next

prefix

.

She

says

the

symptoms

would

disappear

if

went

on

a

detox

diet

.

So

we

had

disappear

.

That

D

plus

appear

.

Yes

,

and

disappear

means

the

opposite

of

a

.

We

also

had

the

word

detox

,

which

starts

with

the

prefix

d

spelt

d

yes

.

The

prefix

D

spelt

usually

means

take

away

or

remove

something

.

So

if

something

is

described

as

a

detox

detox

,

it

means

it

takes

away

toxins

or

poisons

.

A

detox

diet

could

be

one

with

just

fruit

and

vegetables

.

I

like

to

detox

at

the

end

of

the

day

with

a

hot

bath

.

Six

minutes

from

the

BBC

and

we're

talking

about

the

prefixes

dispell

,

dis

spelt

S

and

D

spelt

d

e

all

these

prefixes

have

a

negative

meaning

and

now

it's

quiz

time

.

Choose

the

correct

word

.

Number

one

,

one

minute

the

dogs

were

playing

in

the

garden

.

The

next

minute

the

garden

was

empty

and

they'd

all

A

disagreed

.

B

disappeared

.

C

detoxed

.

Well

,

the

answer

to

that

is

B

disappeared

.

No

.

Two

people

who

drink

too

much

alcohol

sometimes

go

to

a

clinic

for

A

dyspepsia

,

B

,

discomfort

,

C

detox

.

The

answer

is

C

,

detox

.

And

number

three

,

my

daughter

is

having

problems

learning

to

read

.

Her

teacher

thinks

she

may

be

A

,

disrespectful

,

B

,

dyslexic

,

c

,

dysfunctional

.

The

answer

is

B

,

dyslexic

.

And

that's

the

end

of

the

quiz

.

Well

done

.

If

you've

got

them

right

.

Yes

,

well

done

.

And

now

here's

our

top

tip

for

learning

vocabulary

.

When

you

see

or

hear

a

new

word

,

see

if

you

can

break

the

word

up

.

If

it

starts

with

a

prefix

that

you

recognize

,

it

may

help

you

to

understand

the

meaning

.

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