Outre
Member
- Joined
- Oct 16, 2017
- Member Type
- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- Chinese
- Home Country
- China
- Current Location
- China
For English learner, it's hard work building a vocabulary. Sometimes I learn words by memorizing roots or morphemes such as the following.
de(thoroughly)-note
con(together)-note
con-voluted (roll together)
pre(beforehand)-dict(say)
But sometimes this method doesn't work. For example, splitting "never-the-less," "dis-may" makes no sense.
Will native speakers split words (like above) while reading or speaking? Or just considering them as a single word (rote memorizing) is enough?
de(thoroughly)-note
con(together)-note
con-voluted (roll together)
pre(beforehand)-dict(say)
But sometimes this method doesn't work. For example, splitting "never-the-less," "dis-may" makes no sense.
Will native speakers split words (like above) while reading or speaking? Or just considering them as a single word (rote memorizing) is enough?