What is an example of a morpheme?

Answer 1

In short, a morpheme is the smallest unit of meaning in a word. It can be a prefix, a baseword, a root word, or a suffix.

An example is in the word "unhelpful" in which are three morphemes: the prefix un- (meaning "not") the baseword help and the suffix -ful (meaning "full of") Hope that is HELPFUL!

Answer 2

The word apples is made up of two morphemes or meaningful units- the root or base word, apple and the suffix 's' which altered the base word 'apple' to mean 'more than one.' - apples.

In the word wanted the ed changes the meaning of the base 'want' to the past tense form of the verb want. Both want and ed are meaningful units of the word wanted, hence they are morphemes.

Answer 3

Morphemes are indivisible units of meaning, whereas phonemes are units of sound. As an example of a morpheme, can you find a connection among the meanings of the words below?

twin

twice

two

twelve

twenty

between

twine

twist

twig

TW means 2. If you're curious or need proof, the Online Etymology Dictionary is a fabulous resource for discovering the origins of words and units of meaning: https://www.etymonline.com/.

Providing explicit instruction on both morphemes and phonemes can help students decipher words and spell correctly. TO, TOO, and TWO sound alike, but when students know that TW means 2, it helps them select the proper spelling and prepares them to decode new words they might encounter, like betwixt, twain, and entwine.

What's more, its just plain fun to know how our language works. A visit to the Online Etymology Dictionary often pays dividends immediately in appreciating the word of interest and later in decoding related words encountered in the wild.

For a more comprehensive discussion of morpheme types, visit https://www.ntid.rit.edu/sea/processes/wordknowledge/grammatical/whatare.

Answer 4

Morphemes are meaningful parts of words that can not be further reduced into meaningful units. Affixes are morphemes that alter the meaning of base words which are also meaningful or morphemes.

In the word unsuccessful, the root or base "success" has a known meaning - to achieve a desired goal. The prefix un' means 'not' and would alter the meaning to mean its opposite. The suffix 'ful' at the end of base words mean 'full of' whatever the root means. All three parts of this word are morphemes put together to give the overall meaning of 'unsuccessful.' Obviously, a good grasp of morphemes will increase reading comprehension exponentially.

Answer 5

A morpheme is a meaningful unit of language that cannot be further divided. Morphemes can be words and also affixes, prefixes and suffixes. For example: united is not a morpheme but --un is a morpheme. Other examples: the, to, ing, an.