Vocabulary: Word Formation & Morphology (B1) - Lesson 5: Understanding Noun/Verb/Adjective/Adverb Forms

Lesson 5: Understanding Word Forms Noun, Verb, Adjective, & Adverb This is the most important lesson in our Word Formation series! You have learned about nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs, as well as prefixes and suffixes. Now, we will put it all together to look at " word families ". You will see how one root word can change its form to become a noun, a verb, an adjective, or an adverb. Understanding this will supercharge your vocabulary! Key Vocabulary Word Family (noun phrase) | គ្រួសារពាក្យ A group of words that share the same root word (e.g., beauty, beautiful, beautify). Root Word (noun) | ពាក្យដើម The most basic form of a word with no prefixes or suffixes. Form (noun) | ទម្រង់ The particular way a word exists; its type (noun, verb, etc.). Word Family Example 1: "Beauty" Let's look at one root idea: beauty . We can change its form to talk about the idea, an action, a description, or how an action is done. Word Type Example Word Function Example Sentence Noun (idea) beau…