Prefixes
Are a form of lexical creation that consists of adding letters to the beginning of a word to create a new word
What are Prefixes?
English, French, or Spanish, use _____ to indicate that a word is plural. What letter do they use?
What is S?
Is used as a diminutive infix to imply familiarity and affection in a name, for example “Carlitos"
What is “it”?
_____ has only eight inflectional morphemes, all suffixes. What Language completes the sentence?
What is English?
Is when a morpheme is added at the end of a word.
What is a suffix?
Words that have opposite meanings
What are antonyms?
This suffix is used to express the small or diminished version of the root word, as in "booklet" or "piglet”.
What is "-let"?
Is an infix commonly used to express plurality, some examples are “passersby, spoonsful and cupsful.
What is “s”?
This suffix is added to show the superlative form of a word, for example fastest. What is the inflectional morpheme”?
What is “EST”?
Is a type of affix that is inserted within a word.
What is an infix?
This prefix, often added to adjectives or nouns, denotes "not" or "without," as seen in words like "inaccurate" or "injustice.
What is "in-"?
Some examples of suffixes that can be added to the word root _______ are happiness, happily and happier. What is the root word that completes this sentence?
What is Happy?
This language from Philippines has many examples of infixes such as “kumanta” (sang), “tumawa” (laughed), “lumipad” (flew), pumili (chose), and “dumating” (arrived).
What is Tagalog??
This suffix is added to show the comparative form of a word, for example bigger. What is the inflectional morpheme?
What is “ER”?
What is the root word of the following words, misunderstand, understandable.
What is understand?
When attached to a word, this prefix often signifies "around" or "about," as in "circumnavigate" or "circumscribe.
What is the prefix?
Adding this suffix indicates that an action happened in the past, for example “voted” or “walked”.
What is “ed”?
In Tagalog the infix ____ indicates that an action happened in the past. What is the infix?
What is “UM”?
In the English language is a final ____ added to the end of a noun to show the plural form or the possessive form of the noun such in the sentence “Tom ́s “motorcycles”. What inflectional morpheme completes the seantance?
What is “S”?
What is the root word of the following words, unhappy, happily.
What is happy?
This prefix, is usually added to verbs, often to indicate repetition or intensity of the action expressed by the root word.
What is "re-"?
In Japanese this suffix is used among friends and family members instead of the polite suffix –“san”.
What is Chan?
This infix used to be used for humorous or emphatic effect, as seen in "abso-bloomin-lutely." What is the infix?
What is blooming?
In Korean is added to the end of a noun to show possession such as in the sentence.
What is “UY”?
They are bound morphemes that do not change the grammatical category of the word.
What are Inflectional morphemes?