Después de aprender Word Families, en está lección aprenderás Suffixes and Prefixes.
Prefixes
Un prefix es un grupo de letras colocadas antes de la raíz de una palabra. Por ejemplo, la palabra «unhappy» consiste en el prefijo «un-» [que significa «no»] combinado con la palabra raíz (o raíz) «happy«; la palabra «unhappy» significa «not happy«.
A short list of prefixes:
| Prefix | Meaning | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| de- | from, down, away, reverse, opposite | decode, decrease |
| dis- | not, opposite, reverse, away | disagree, disappear |
| ex- | out of, away from, lacking, former | exhale, explosion |
| il- | not | illegal, illogical |
| im- | not, without | impossible, improper |
| in- | not, without | inaction, invisible |
| mis- | bad, wrong | mislead, misplace |
| non- | not | nonfiction, nonsense |
| pre- | before | prefix, prehistory |
| pro- | for, forward, before | proactive, profess, program |
| re- | again, back | react, reappear |
| un- | against, not, opposite | undo, unequal, unusual |
Suffixes
Un suffix es un grupo de letras colocadas después de la raíz de una palabra. Por ejemplo, la palabra sin sabor consiste en la raíz de la palabra «flavor» combinada con el sufijo «-less» [que significa «sin«]; la palabra «flavorless» significa «without flavor«.
A short list of suffixes:
| Suffix | Meaning | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| -able | able to, having the quality of | comfortable, portable |
| -al | relating to | annual comical |
| -er | comparative | bigger, stronger |
| -est | superlative | strongest, tiniest |
| -ful | full of | beautiful, grateful |
| -ible | forming an adjective | reversible, terrible |
| -ily | forming an adverb | eerily, happily, lazily |
| -ing | denoting an action, a material, or a gerund | acting, showing |
| -less | without, not affected by | friendless, tireless |
| -ly | forming an adjective | clearly, hourly |
| -ness | denoting a state or condition | kindness, wilderness |
| -y | full of, denoting a condition, or a diminutive | glory, messy, victory |
En la próxima lección aprenderemos Different Forms to Express the Future.
