lesson 187 · grammar + 6 cards

building word families · besedotvorje

prefixes & suffixes

Your vocabulary grows fastest by spotting roots and the prefixes and suffixes around them — unhappy, too big, speed, co-worker. About six minutes.

⏱️ ≈6 min🔥 warm-up → 🎯 grammar → 📝 practice → ⚡ quick → 🃏 cards

warm-up

· ogrevanje — the 10-second version

ne- not · pre- too · -ost makes a noun

grammar

· learn the rule

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building word families

· besedotvorje

ne- not · pre- too · -ost makes a noun

Word families share a root. Prefixes shade meaning: ne- (not — srečen → nesrečen), pre- (too — velik → prevelik), so- (co- — delavec → sodelavec). Suffixes change the word class: -ost makes a noun (hiter → hitrost), -ni/-ski an adjective (mesto → mestni), -telj/-ec/-ka a person (učiti → učitelj).

srečen → nesrečenhappy → unhappyne- = not

velik → prevelikbig → too bigpre- = too

hiter → hitrostfast → speed-ost = noun

practice

· build the word0 ✓

😞srečen → ___ 💡 nesrečen

happy → unhappy

✓ nesrečen — ne- = not

📏velik → ___ 💡 prevelik

big → too big

✓ prevelik — pre- = too

💨hiter → ___ 💡 hitrost

fast → speed

✓ hitrost — -ost = noun

🤝delavec → ___ 💡 sodelavec

worker → co-worker

✓ sodelavec — so- = co-

🏙️mesto → ___ 💡 mestni

town → urban (adj)

✓ mestni — -ni = adjective

🧑‍🏫učiti → ___ 💡 učitelj

to teach → teacher

✓ učitelj — -telj = the person who does it

quick practice

· fast recall0 ✓

fast recall — tap the match.

😞unhappy → ? 💡 nesrečen

✓ nesrečen — ne- = not

📏too big → ? 💡 prevelik

✓ prevelik — pre- = too

💨speed → ? 💡 hitrost

✓ hitrost — -ost = noun

🤝co-worker → ? 💡 sodelavec

✓ sodelavec — so- = co-

🏙️urban → ? 💡 mestni

✓ mestni — -ni = adjective

🧑‍🏫teacher → ? 💡 učitelj

✓ učitelj — -telj = the person who does it

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unscramble

· rebuild the Slovene word

the letters are jumbled — type the correct Slovene word

e e e č n n s r unhappy

r e k e v p l i too big

t s h o t r i speed

o d e a c s e l v co-worker

n e m i s t urban

č j e i l u t teacher

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memory match

· pair Slovene with English0 pairs

tap two cards to find a matching pair — clear the board

cards

· drill the words

tap a card to flip · 6 cards

😞

nesrečen

neh-SREH-chen

unhappy

📏

prevelik

preh-VEH-leek

too big

💨

hitrost

HEE-trost

speed

🤝

sodelavec

soh-DEH-lah-vets

co-worker

🏙️

mestni

MEST-nee

urban

🧑‍🏫

učitelj

oo-CHEE-tely

teacher

lesson complete! 🎉

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