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Prefixes & Suffixes

bidaya w nihaya d’l’kelma — katbdel l’m3ana

3lach had dars?

Exercise thabet: ‘give the right form of the word’.

  1. 9A3IDA — 7FED GHI HADI
  • Prefix (bidayat kelma) d’nafi: un- (happy->unhappy, able->unable) | im- (possible->impossible, polite) | in- (correct, active) | ir- (regular, responsible) | il- (legal, logical) | dis- (agree, honest) | mis- (understand)
  • Noun (ism / smiya) suffix (nihayat kelma): -tion (educate->education) | -ment (develop->development) | -ness (happy->happiness) | -ity (able->ability) | -ance/-ence | -ship (friendship) | -er/-or/-ist (worker, actor, scientist)
  • Adjective (sifa: kbir, zwin) suffix: -ful (useful) | -less (useless) | -able (comfortable) | -ive (active) | -ous (dangerous) | -al (national) | -y (rainy)
  • Verb (l’fi3l) suffix: -ize (modernize) | -ify (simplify) | -en (widen)
  • Adverb (kifach: quickly): adjective + ly (quick->quickly). Careful->carefully, happy->happily
  1. MITAL — CHOUF KIFACH KAYTKTEB He is unable to come. (able) Education is the key. (educate) Smoking is dangerous. (danger) She speaks English fluently. (fluent)

⚠ 3ANDAK! chouf blasa f jomla: mn be3d ‘is/very’ = adjective | mn be3d ‘the’ = noun | wsfa d’verb = adverb (ly).

  1. TAMARINE — 7ELL B 9LEM
1. He is very ____ . (help)10. He behaved ____ . (polite - nafi + ly)
2. ____ is important for the future. (educate)11. ____ is a big problem in Morocco. (employ - nafi)
3. Smoking is ____ . (danger)12. Poverty causes ____ . (happy - nafi)
4. He drives ____ . (careful)13. We must ____ our schools. (modern)
5. It is ____ to fly without a plane. (possible - nafi)14. He is a famous ____ . (science)
6. Their ____ lasted 20 years. (friend)15. Her ____ surprised everybody. (decide)
7. She is ____ with her job. (satisfy - nafi)16. This rule is ____ . (regular - nafi)
8. The ____ of the country is growing. (develop)17. He is ____ for the accident. (responsible - nafi)
9. This machine is ____ . (use - nafi meaning: bla f2ida)18. They live ____ . (happy)

Before you leave this lesson

  1. Explain the main rule in your own words.
  2. Redo the examples without looking at the correction.
  3. Write one new example using the same pattern.
  4. Move to the previous or next lesson and connect the two rules.
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