Language/English/Vocabulary/Prefixes-and-Suffixes

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In this lesson, you will learn how to use the prefixes and suffixes in English.

  • A prefix appears at the beginning of a word and changes the word’s original meaning.
  • A suffix is usually attached to the end of a word to form a new word, as well as alter the way it works grammatically.

Here are the main ones and their translation in several languages.

English Spanish French Italian German Russian Turkish
Mis- represent/misrepresent  representar/falsificar représenter/falsifier
Over- time/overtime tiempo/sobre tiempo temps/heures supplémentaires
Dis- infectant/disinfectants infectante/desinfectante Infectant/désinfectant
-Able to drink/drinkable beber/bebible boire/buvable
-Ful wonder/wonderful maravilla/maravilloso miracle/merveilleux
-Ness Sick/sickness enfermo/enfermedad malade/maladie
-Less worth/worthless útil/inútil utile/inutile

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