Etymologically, the suffix Ment means Mind. Hence the word Mental = of the Mind. Entertainment = Mind Trap Government = Mind Control I'm not joking. This is where these words come from.

As a native English speaker, we don't even consider these structures as building blocks, unless you are in an English class that is explaining "rules", "grammar", etc and preparing to take a test. We just learn the english words in context, just like all other people in their own native language learn their own words. There is no "trick" or "hack". Russian has these similar characteristics but natives don't notice them usually and can't really explain them, and then there are "exceptions" so it makes learning the characteristic useless because of the exceptions. Rez, your English is very good....good job! Is your native language Russian?