Vocabulary: Word Formation & Morphology (B2) - Lesson 4: Understanding Common Greek & Latin Roots

Vocab: Word Formation B2
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Ancient Roots

ឫសគល់ពាក្យពីក្រិកនិងឡាតាំង

Many English words are built from ancient Greek and Latin roots. Knowing these helps you guess new words!

ពាក្យអង់គ្លេសជាច្រើនត្រូវបានបង្កើតឡើងពីឫសគល់ក្រិកនិងឡាតាំង។ ការស្គាល់ពួកវាជួយអ្នកឱ្យទាយន័យពាក្យថ្មីៗបាន!
construction

Latin: Action construction

ចលនា និងការសាងសង់
Portable (Port = Carry) Easy to carry. ដែលអាចចល័តបាន / ងាយយួរ
Transport (Port = Carry) To carry across. ដឹកជញ្ជូន
Construct (Struct = Build) To build together. ស្ថាបនា / សាងសង់
Predict (Dict = Say/Speak) To say before it happens. ទស្សន៍ទាយ
public

Greek: Nature public

ជីវិត ផែនដី និងពេលវេលា
Biology (Bio = Life) Study of life. ជីវវិទ្យា
Antibiotic (Bio = Life) Medicine against living bacteria. ថ្នាំអង់ទីប៊ីយោទិក (ប្រឆាំងមេរោគ)
Geography (Geo = Earth) Study of the earth's surface. ភូមិវិទ្យា
Chronological (Chron = Time) In order of time. តាមលំដាប់ពេលវេលា
visibility

Greek: Senses visibility

ការមើលឃើញ និងអារម្មណ៍
Arachnophobia (Phobia = Fear) Fear of spiders. ជំងឺខ្លាចសត្វពីងពាង
Telecommute (Tele = Far off) To work from far away. ធ្វើការពីចម្ងាយ
Inspect (Spect = Look/See) To look into carefully. ត្រួតពិនិត្យ / សង្កេតមើល
Perspective (Spect = Look/See) A way of looking at things. ទស្សនវិស័យ / ជ្រុងនៃការមើលឃើញ
warning The "Ped" Trap!

False Friends & Tricky Roots

(ប្រយ័ត្ន! ឫស "Ped" អាចមកពីឡាតាំងមានន័យថា "ជើង" ឬពីក្រិកមានន័យថា "កូនក្មេង"!)
Pedestrian (Latin) = Foot
A person walking on foot. (អ្នកថ្មើរជើង)
Pediatrician (Greek) = Child
A doctor for children. (គ្រូពេទ្យកុមារ)

Quick Check bolt

ការត្រួតពិនិត្យរហ័ស
Root Meaning
The root "Chron" mostly relates to what concept?
(តើឫស "Chron" ទាក់ទងនឹងអ្វី?)
Fill in the blank
To say something before it happens is to ___dict it.
(ការនិយាយប្រាប់មុនពេលរឿងមួយកើតឡើង គឺការទស្សន៍ទាយ។)
TRAP QUESTION! warning
The word "Pedestrian" comes from the Latin root meaning...
(ពាក្យ "Pedestrian" មកពីឫសឡាតាំងដែលមានន័យថា...)
Root Match
The root "Bio" in Biology and Antibiotic means...
(តើឫស "Bio" មានន័យដូចម្តេច?)
Word Meaning
If "Port" means to carry, what does "Portable" mean?
(ប្រសិនបើ "Port" មានន័យថា យក ឬយួរ តើ "Portable" មានន័យដូចម្តេច?)

Mission track_changes

អនុវត្តផ្ទាល់!

Mission track_changes

អនុវត្តផ្ទាល់!

Mission track_changes

អនុវត្តផ្ទាល់!

Mission track_changes

អនុវត្តផ្ទាល់!

Video Lesson

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តើអ្នកមានចម្ងល់មែនទេ? សួរគ្រូនៅទីនេះ!
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Recent Questions

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Lyna 2 hours ago

I see "-logy" a lot (Biology, Geology). Is that a root too?

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Sopheak Pich Teacher 1 hour ago

Yes! "-logy" is a Greek root suffix that means "the study of". So Bio (Life) + logy (Study of) = The study of life! science

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Mony 5 hours ago

How many Greek and Latin roots do I need to know for B2?

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Sopheak Pich Teacher 4 hours ago

You don't need to memorize a dictionary! Just knowing the most common 20-30 roots (like port, struct, bio, geo, spect) will help you guess hundreds of new words when reading. It's a shortcut to learning faster. rocket_launch

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Tola 8 hours ago

Does "tele" always mean far away? What about television?

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Sopheak Pich Teacher 7 hours ago

Yes! "Tele" (far off) + "Vision" (seeing) = seeing things from far away! It perfectly describes how a TV brings images from distant places right into your living room! tv

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