Prefix and Suffix

Prefiz and Suffix

Prefix - Element that can be attached to the base of the word, to modify the direction. The prefix is ​​always placed at the beginning of the word, making the word the opposite.

see example:
happy (feliz) when you add the prefix "un" = unhappy (infeliz).

Suffix- It is also an element that is used to modify the meaning of words, we use suffix at the end of the word which we call radical. Suffix can turn verbs into adjectives and nouns into adjectives.

See example:
Play (jogar) adds the suffix "er" = player (jogador).