prefixess and suffixes Hi everyone! Today, I have taken some notes in one of my classes (syntax) but I am doubting in this words: 1. Strawberry: I don't really know if this word has a prefix (straw-

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prefixess and suffixes Hi everyone! Today, I have taken some notes in one of my classes (syntax) but I am doubting in this words: 1. Strawberry: I don't really know if this word has a prefix (straw-) 2. Blackboard: in this case I think this is a derivational word ''black-board'', but one of my mates thinks that ''black'' is the prefix Could you help me? Have a nice weekend! =)

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prefixes and suffixes

Hi everyone!
Today, I have taken some notes in one of my classes (syntax) but I have some questions about a couple of these words*:
1. Strawberry: I don't really know if this word has a prefix (straw-)
2. Blackboard: in this case I think this is a derivational word ''black-board'', but one of my mates thinks that ''black'' is the prefix

Could you help me?

Have a nice weekend! =)

* I have doubts tal vez esta formula este britannica porque en USA no se usa "doubts" en esta manera pero oigo y leo "doubts" usado así por los hispanohablantes todo el tiempo.

Estas palabras no tienen prefix or suffix. Son "compound words".

Thank you Aron and Patrick!

I would say they are both words as they are. Both have their own dictionary entries. A prefix or suffix is something that isn't itself a word that changes the import of a word it is added to. But in this case, strawberry is a word formed by combining the word straw and the word berry to create a new word. And blackboard combines the word black with the word board. They are both thus compound words, created by joining two words.

These words do not have prefixes. ´black´looks like a derivational morpheme but I don´t think it is; it´s a long time since I had a linguistics class so I could be wrong but that´s the feeling I have as a native speaker. However I know that they both do not have a prefix. Nouns rarely have prefixes.

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