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Inferring Meaning
ការទាញយកអត្ថន័យពាក្យកម្រិតខ្ពស់
At the C1 level, you will encounter low-frequency (rare) words. You don't need a dictionary for every word.
You can decode them using Morphology & Context.
នៅកម្រិត C1 អ្នកនឹងជួបពាក្យកម្រៗជាច្រើន។ អ្នកអាចទាយអត្ថន័យវាបានដោយប្រើប្រាស់ រូបសាស្ត្រពាក្យ (Morphology) និង តម្រុយក្នុងបរិបទ (Context Clues)។
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Strategy 1: Morphology extension
Breaking words into Roots & Affixes.
ការបំបែកពាក្យជា ឫស (Root) និង បច្ច័យ (Affix)។
Circumlocution
/sɜːrkəmləˈkjuːʃn/
Using too many words to say something.
ការប្រើពាក្យច្រើនពេកក្នុងការនិយាយ
Circum (around) + Loqui (speak)
Misanthrope
/ˈmɪsənθroʊp/
A person who dislikes human kind.
បុគ្គលដែលស្អប់មនុស្សជាតិ
Mis (hate/wrong) + Anthropos (human)
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Strategy 2: Context travel_explore
Using the sentence to guess the meaning.
ប្រើប្រយោគជុំវិញដើម្បីទាញរកអត្ថន័យ។
Obfuscate
/ˈɒbfəskeɪt/
"Instead of clarifying the issue, the politician obfuscated it."
Contrast Clue: opposite of clarify (ធ្វើឱ្យស្រពិចស្រពិល)
Ephemeral
/ɪˈfemərəl/
"The storm was ephemeral, ending in just a few minutes."
Description Clue: ending in minutes (ដែលមានរយៈពេលខ្លី)
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The "IN-" Prefix Trap
The prefix "in-" usually means "not". But beware of false friends!
(អន្ទាក់បច្ច័យ "in-": ជាទូទៅមានន័យថា "មិន" ប៉ុន្តែប្រយ័ត្នពាក្យបន្លំ!)
Inflammable
It DOES NOT mean "not flammable". It means it catches fire easily!
(ងាយឆេះខ្លាំង)
(ងាយឆេះខ្លាំង)
Invaluable
It DOES NOT mean "without value". It means priceless / extremely valuable!
(មានតម្លៃមិនអាចកាត់ថ្លៃបាន)
(មានតម្លៃមិនអាចកាត់ថ្លៃបាន)
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Morphology Check
If the Latin root "bene" means good, what does a benevolent leader do?
(ប្រសិនបើឫស "bene" មានន័យថាល្អ តើ benevolent មានន័យដូចម្តេច?)
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"His response was completely spurious; not a single fact aligned with the evidence." What does spurious mean here?
(តើ spurious ក្នុងប្រយោគនេះមានន័យដូចម្តេច?)
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Your grandmother gives you an invaluable necklace. Should you throw it away?
(តើអ្នកគួរតែបោះបង់ខ្សែកដែល invaluable ចោលឬទេ?)
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Teacher Sopheak
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Great question! Look at the syntactic placement (is it a noun, verb, adjective?) and the overall tone of the paragraph (is the author being critical or positive?). If it's an adjective in a highly critical paragraph, the word is likely negative. If all else fails, that's when you grab the dictionary! menu_book
What if I don't know the Latin root AND there are no clear context clues in the sentence?