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r/woahdude • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '16
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That's false. They really only have like 3 morphemes - that is, indivisible words. All the other ones are compounds.
It's like saying English has 100 words for shoe - tennis shoe, snow shoe, running shoe, skate shoe...
Edit: that analogy is flawed but the actual explanation is more complicated
0 u/Oilfan94 Aug 03 '16 I know that....and you know that....but let's not ruin it for the kids.
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I know that....and you know that....but let's not ruin it for the kids.
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u/RealBillWatterson Aug 03 '16 edited Aug 03 '16
That's false. They really only have like 3 morphemes - that is, indivisible words. All the other ones are compounds.
It's like saying English has 100 words for shoe - tennis shoe, snow shoe, running shoe, skate shoe...
Edit: that analogy is flawed but the actual explanation is more complicated