You Already Speak English

Posted by: Josef Essberger

International words in English

Here are some words we use in English that are also “international words” – you see and hear them almost everywhere, that is in every country. So even if you are starting to learn English, you already speak it! Like many words in English, some of these words have been “borrowed” from other languages.

• hello
• football
• telephone, phone
• hotel
• taxi
• toilet
• museum
• TV
• pizza
• sandwich
• restaurant
• city
• hamburger
• video

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Posted by Josef Essberger December 2007
Contributor: Josef Essberger, founder of EnglishClub. Originally from London, England, Josef is the author of several books for learners of English including English Prepositions List and Learn English in 7.

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2 comments

• Coach Gabby says:
  

  Many thanks for allowing me enter in this precious and useful website.

• Juan Abaunza says:
  

  Dear sirs,
  I was reading about the English letters and I realized that some words are not English but come from a different language, like pizza, that is Italian, Hamburger is German (Hamburg), toilet is French (toilette), restaurant is also French (restaurer), museum is Greek (mouseion), and last, hotel is also French (hôtel). Therefore we can’t say that someone already speaks English when they are actually using foreign words to this language.