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.
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- 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.
Prefixes
English | Spanish | French | Italian | German | Russian | Turkish | |
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Mis- | represent/misrepresent | representar/falsificar | représenter/falsifier | представлять/неверно представлять | |||
Over- | time/overtime | tiempo/sobre tiempo | temps/heures supplémentaires | время/сверхурочное время | |||
Dis- | infectant/disinfectants | infectante/desinfectante | Infectant/désinfectant |
Suffixes
English | Spanish | French | Italian | German | Russian | Turkish | |
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-Able | to drink/drinkable | beber/bebible | boire/buvable | пить/выпиваемый, предназначенный для питья | |||
-Ful | wonder/wonderful | maravilla/maravilloso | miracle/merveilleux | чудо/чудесный | |||
-Ness | Sick/sickness | enfermo/enfermedad | malade/maladie | больной/болезнь | |||
-Less | worth/worthless | útil/inútil | utile/inutile | ценный/бесполезный, нестоящий |
-Ive protect/protective