Vocabulary: Word Formation & Morphology (Introduction) (A2) - Lesson 3: Making Adjectives from Nouns (sun → sunny)

Lesson 3: Making Adjectives from Nouns From "Sun" to "Sunny" Did you know that words can have families? You can often take a noun (a word for a thing) and change it into an adjective (a describing word) by adding a special ending . This skill is part of word formation . This lesson will teach you the most common way to do this: adding '-y' to a noun. Key Vocabulary Word Formation (noun phrase) | ការបង្កើតពាក្យ The process of creating new words from existing words. Noun (noun) | នាម A word that is the name of a person, place, thing, or idea. Adjective (noun) | គុណនាម A word that describes a noun. Ending (noun) | បច្ច័យ A letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning or function. The "Noun + y" Rule One of the most common ways to make an adjective is to add the letter -y to the end of a noun. This new adjective often means "full of" or "having the quality of" the noun. Examples Noun: sun ➞ Adjective: sunny The sun is brig…