C1

Word Formation

Slovotvorba

About this concept

Productive derivation patterns: -ost (abstract nouns), -ný/-ní (adjectives from verbs), -tel (agent nouns), -ství (state/domain).

In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~45 cards at level C1.

Examples

krásný → krása → krásnotabeautiful → beauty → loveliness
učit → učitel → učitelstvíteach → teacher → teaching (profession)
psát → písemný → písemnostwrite → written → document
mluvit → mluvčí → výmluvnostspeak → spokesperson → eloquence

Concepts that build on this

NominalizationC1Expressive Word FormationC2Archaisms and NeologismsC2

More C1 concepts

Verbal PrefixesSlovesné PředponyStandard Written CzechSpisovná ČeštinaTransgressive (Přechodník)Přechodníkové TvaryComplex Sentence StructuresSložená SouvětíLiterary/Bookish FormsKnižní Tvary

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