These are some of the resources that will be very useful during your learning of the Spanish language.
GROUPS OF WORDS:
On the basis of morphemes, words can be classified as follows:
Enterrar: desenterrar: verb
Juicio: prejuicio: noun
Moral: amoral: adjective
In-finito, a-moral, re-hacer, des-hacer
Derivatives: words that want a sufix (end of the word)
mes-illa, panad-ero, bell-eza
Composed:
words composed by more than one word: aguanieves, chupatintas
parasynthetic: formed by composition or derivation: quince-añ-ero
COMPOSITION OF WORDS:
It consists in extending the word through two procedures: composition and derivation
Sacacorchos: it is an instrument for taking out corks.
Verdulero: persoa who sells vegetables.
THE COMPOSITION:
Different procedures are involved in it:
Through a pronominal sintagm: Letra de cambio, conejillo de Indias, silla de ruedas casa de huéspedes, olla a presión.
Formed by a noun or adjective: guardia civil, tinta china, pez espada, guerra civil, pájaro carpintero, sauce llorón.
Combined by an hyphen: coche-cama, catalana-francés, químico-físico.
Formed by two nouns: bocamanga, casatienda, hierbabuena, aguardiente, latinoamericano, pelirrojo.
Formed by a verb and a noun: cascanueces, pasatiempo, malvivir, limpiabotas, abrelatas.
Many different procedures for forming word do exist, as follows:
THE DERIVATION:
Combination of two elements. Some of the procedures are:
LA PARASYNTHESIS:
Composition or creation of a word: it contains suffixes and prefixes: antibacteriano, regordete, precocinado.
THE ONOMATOPOEA:
It is the convertion of a sound into a word: kikiriki: canto del gallo, tictac: sonido del reloj....