Prefixes and suffixes are important for vocabulary learning
هذا النوع من الكلمات مهمة لتعلم المفردات.
They have Latin or Greek roots.
لها جذور وأصول لاتينية أو اغريقية.
some of them have a lot of meanings.
لبعضها عدة معان على حسب السياق .
They can't stand alone .
ليس لها معنى اذا كانت منفصلة .
prefixes: are groups of letters that added at the beginning of a word.
هي مجموعة من الأحرف التي تضاف في بداية كلمة معينة .
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 : are a group of letters that are added at the end of a word.
هي مجموعة من الأحرف التي تأتي نهاية كلمة معينة
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,
|
