Vocabulary: Word Formation & Morphology (C1) - Lesson 2: Deconstructing Complex Words

Lesson 2: Word Morphology
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Word Morphology

ការបំបែកទម្រង់ពាក្យកម្រិតខ្ពស់

Breaking down words into prefixes, roots, and suffixes helps you decode advanced C1 vocabulary instantly.

ការបំបែកពាក្យទៅជា បុព្វបទ ឫស និងបច្ច័យ ជួយឱ្យអ្នកយល់ន័យពាក្យកម្រិត C1 បានភ្លាមៗ។
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The Root construction

ឫសពាក្យ (The Core Meaning)
Unprecedented Root: cede (to go/yield) Never done or known before. មិនធ្លាប់មានពីមុនមក
Chronological Root: chron (time) Arranged in the order of time. តាមលំដាប់ពេលវេលា
Credibility Root: cred (believe) The quality of being trusted and believed in. ភាពគួរឱ្យជឿជាក់
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The Prefix autorenew

បុព្វបទ (Modifies the Meaning)
Disproportionate Prefix: dis- (not/opposite) Too large or too small in comparison. មិនសមាមាត្រ
Overestimate Prefix: over- (too much) To guess an amount that is too high. វាយតម្លៃខ្ពស់ពេក
Counterproductive Prefix: counter- (against) Having the opposite of the desired effect. ផ្តល់ផលរំខាន / ផ្ទុយពីគោលដៅ
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The Suffix sort_by_alpha

បច្ច័យ (Changes Word Class)
Marginalize Suffix: -ize (to make/cause to become) To treat a person or group as insignificant. ធ្វើឱ្យទៅជាមិនសំខាន់ / រុញឱ្យនៅក្រៅសង្គម
Resilience Suffix: -ence (state or quality) The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties. ភាពធន់ / ភាពរឹងប៉ឹង
Justifiable Suffix: -able (capable of being) Able to be shown to be right or reasonable. ដែលអាចសមហេតុផលបាន
warning The False Root Trap!

Not every negative prefix means something is bad!

(មិនមែនគ្រប់បុព្វបទអវិជ្ជមានសុទ្ធតែមានន័យថាអាក្រក់ ឬគ្មានតម្លៃនោះទេ!)
"Invaluable"
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"Invaluable"
មានតម្លៃមិនអាចកាត់ថ្លៃបាន (Not able to be priced) check
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ការត្រួតពិនិត្យរហ័ស
Root Search
Which word contains a root meaning "time"?
(តើពាក្យមួយណាដែលមានឫសពាក្យមានន័យថា "ពេលវេលា"?)
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Prefix Meaning
What does the prefix "counter-" mean in "counterproductive"?
(តើបុព្វបទ "counter-" មានន័យដូចម្តេចនៅក្នុងពាក្យ "counterproductive"?)
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If an antique ring is "invaluable", it is...
(ប្រសិនបើចិញ្ចៀនបុរាណមួយ "invaluable" នោះវា...)
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Context Fill
We shouldn't ___ the difficulty of this task.
(យើងមិនគួរវាយតម្លៃខ្ពស់ពេកចំពោះភាពលំបាកនៃកិច្ចការនេះទេ។)
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Meaning Match
"Unprecedented" describes an event that...
(ពាក្យ "Unprecedented" ពិពណ៌នាអំពីព្រឹត្តិការណ៍ដែល...)
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Mission track_changes

អនុវត្តផ្ទាល់!
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Mission track_changes

អនុវត្តផ្ទាល់!
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Mission track_changes

អនុវត្តផ្ទាល់!
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តើអ្នកមានចម្ងល់មែនទេ? សួរគ្រូនៅទីនេះ!
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Recent Questions

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Vireak 2 hours ago

Can a word have more than one prefix?

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Sopheak Pich Teacher 1 hour ago

Yes, absolutely! For example, look at the word "unreconstructed". It has "un-" (not) and "re-" (again) before the root word. English morphology can get very layered! menu_book

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Nita 5 hours ago

Does the suffix "-ize" always make a word into a verb?

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Sopheak Pich Teacher 4 hours ago

Almost always! The suffix "-ize" generally means "to make or become" something. For example, adding it to "modern" gives us "modernize" (to make modern). It is a highly productive suffix for verbs. settings

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