Words can have several meanings and idioms are always hard to understand when thought of literally (their meaning must be memorized). A word which comprises two separate words may sometimes be hard to understand because it might not have the same meaning as its word components. This is always hard to learn for non-native speakers. However, a word can usually be broken into three parts: the root, the prefix and the suffix. The meanings of common roots, prefixes and suffixes can be memorized to piece together the meaning of a word, which is much easier.
Words can have several meanings and idioms are always hard to understand when thought of literally (their meaning must be memorized). A word which comprises two separate words may sometimes be hard to understand because it might not have the same meaning as its word components. This is always hard to learn for non-native speakers. However, a word can usually be broken into three parts: the root, the prefix and the suffix. The meanings of common roots, prefixes and suffixes can be memorized to piece together the meaning of a word, which is much easier.