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The 1500 Globish words are useful in another way. They provide the basis for making many other words with slightly different meanings. We do that by four methods:

• Putting words together
• Adding a few letters to the front, or the back of a word. We call the basic words: “fathers” and the new words: “children.”
• Using the same word for different Parts of Speech
• Using a preposition with verbs to make Phrasal Verbs

Putting two words together is fairly easy

The first word is really just an adjective for the last word. In the word workman, we can just say “What kind of man? A workman.” If the words are only one syllable, you stress the first syllable. Here are some of those combined words:

Adding a few letters to the front or the back of a word

All of them are called Affixes. There are two basic kinds of affixes. The ones on the front of the word called Prefixes. The ones on the end of the words are called Suffixes.

Prefixes

Keep the original part of speech of the word that changes. Often, it changes the meaning a lot:

im + possible = impossible (not possible) adjective
in + correct = incorrect (not correct) adjective

un + happy = unhappy (not happy) adjective
re + new = renew (make new again) verb
re + turn = return (come back) verb

pre + view = preview (before the view) noun

Suffixes

Often the suffix changes the word slightly and usually changes the part of speech. Some of these words have already been made from prefixes.

possible + - ity = possibility adjective to noun

happy + -ness = happiness adjective to noun

renew + -al = renewal verb to noun

return + -able = returnable verb to adjective

special + - ly = specially adjective to adverb

The meanings of affixes may become very clear when you see that process happen a few times. Care + less means “with less care”. Care + ful is “full of care.”

Many times the same word can be used as a noun, a verb, and an adjective

Most of these words keep the same pronunciation when they change parts of speech. A truck (noun) is a way that farmers truck (verb) their corn to market. On the way they stop for coffee at a truck (adjective) stop. There are hundreds of these words in the Globish 1500. For instance, everyone has an age (noun) and bad memory may be an age (adjective) problem. Also, we age (verb) good cheese.

Finally, some words are spelled the same, but change their syllable stress when they are used as a verb or noun. For example if it is a noun we say “PREsent.” But if it is a verb we say “to preSENT.” The same with the noun REcord and the verb reCORD. However, there are only a few of these words in Globish.

Phrasal Verbs are made with simple verbs and prepositions... in a “verb phrase”

Phrasal verbs are so common that you cannot avoid them in Globish. We use many – like “take out” or”put on” or “get up” – hundreds of times daily. Even native English speakers forget that Phrasal Verbs are a verb phrase. Among these native speakers, new Phrasal Verbs are often created in less than a second. Some one will say we are going to “Globish up” our speech, which would mean we use all Globish words. Phrasal Verbs cause a huge amount of difficulty to some learners because they don’t seem to make any sense. Even the best English teachers disagree on understandable rules for Phrasal Verbs.

However, studies show that until age 10, English-speaking children use Phrasal Verbs and very little else. Globish should not miss that opportunity, because these verbs are among the most-used in English. Perhaps the best approach is for Globish user to simply “collect up” Phrasal Verbs that they see 2 or 3 times. They will be extremely useful. In many cases, the Phrasal Verb is the way that both native-English speakers and Globish speakers often avoid using a less common English verb.

Technical words

Preposition

a part of speech giving time or place relations to a noun.

Phrasal

made with a phrase, a group of words working together.

Adjective

a word which adds to or changes a noun

Affix

a group of new letters attached to the front or back of a word

Prefix

letters put on the front of a word, making it a different word.

Suffix

letters put on the front of a word, making it a different word

Adverb

a word which adds to or changes a verb, or an adjective

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