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.
Prefixes
| 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 |
Suffixes
| English | Spanish | French | Italian | German | Russian | Turkish | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -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 |