Rules of compound words
In this video I am going to explain the nine basic rules that are given in the creation of compound words:
- Unalterable lexemes: they are two lexemes that are not modified, they are combined without modifying.
- Vowel readjustment: when we add a lexeme and another we sometimes modify the vowel, it may already be: with the loss of the vowel, substitution by i, and the last way is to add i.
- Vowel fusion or reduction: when a lexeme ends in the same vowel that the next lexeme begins, they merge.
- Reverse order: the normal thing is to create words with the adjective order plus name but sometimes this order is changed.
- Hierarchy: normally the compound word the first lexeme will remain unchanged and the second will mark the gender, time or number and this will happen whenever: name plus name, adjective plus adjective, adjective plus name, adverb plus verb.
- Special inflection: normally the inflection occurs in the second lexeme, but when we are in front of a name plus an adjective, we can flex both.
- Sum of adjective plus adjective: in this case we can write them with or without a hyphen.
- Double writing: these are words that we can write both together and separately.
- New meaning: when we join two lexemes a literal meaning is created, in other compounds a different meaning is created.
So far the video, I hope you liked it. Now I encourage you to practice with our printable exercises with their solutions. I also encourage you to ask me the necessary questions to understand the rules of the compound words.
