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Mature / Immature💇‍♀️😍

The word "mature" means

Mature, maturity, thought and behavior.

But enough to fill the "im-" prefix ahead.

Become "immature" = not yet mature / not yet mature

Many people may remember that im- = not.

But it's actually more than that.

Prefix like "im-"

Not just denying meaning.

But it "turns the word into the opposite meaning."

mature → mature

Immature → Not yet grown / Not yet mature

Enough to understand this

We will no longer have to remember words in words.

But it begins to "see the structure of words."

And can more easily guess the meaning of the new word. ✨

# Learn English # English # British vocabulary # prefix # mature# immature # englishlearning # learnenglish # vocabulary # lemon8thailand

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... Read moreจากประสบการณ์ของผมในการเรียนภาษาอังกฤษ การเข้าใจ prefix อย่าง im- ทำให้การเรียนคำศัพท์ดูมีชีวิตชีวามากขึ้นและจำง่ายขึ้นจริง ๆ การที่ prefix im- ไม่ได้แค่ปฏิเสธความหมาย แต่ยังเปลี่ยนคำให้ตรงข้ามกัน ช่วยให้เราเห็นโครงสร้างคำและจับความหมายได้เร็วขึ้น จากคำว่า mature ที่หมายถึง โตเป็นผู้ใหญ่หรือมีวุฒิภาวะ เมื่อเติม im- ข้างหน้าเป็น immature ก็จะหมายถึงยังไม่โตหรือไม่มีวุฒิภาวะในแง่ความคิดและพฤติกรรมได้ทันที ตัวอย่างที่ผมเจอบ่อยคือเวลาพูดถึงคนที่ดูแลอารมณ์และควบคุมตัวเองได้ดี (mature) กับคนที่ยังแสดงอารมณ์อย่างไม่สมเหตุสมผลหรือไม่ได้คิดรอบคอบ (immature) ซึ่งถ้าเข้าใจโครงสร้างคำนี้ จะช่วยให้ไม่จำเป็นต้องท่องคำศัพท์อย่างแยกกันทีละคำแต่สามารถสร้างความเข้าใจจากฐานเดิมได้ นอกจากนี้ prefix im- ยังพบในคำอื่น ๆ เช่น impossible (ไม่สามารถทำได้), imperfect (ไม่สมบูรณ์แบบ) ซึ่งแสดงให้เห็นว่าความหมายตรงกันข้ามเป็นแนวทางที่เกิดขึ้นทั่วไปในภาษาอังกฤษ ความรู้เรื่อง prefix เช่นนี้เป็นประโยชน์มากในชีวิตจริง เพราะช่วยให้เรารู้สึกมั่นใจเวลาเจอคำใหม่ที่ไม่เคยเห็น โดยสามารถเดาหรือเดาความหมายใกล้เคียงได้ ไม่ใช่แค่จำกันอย่างเดียว แนะนำให้ลองจดคำศัพท์ที่มี prefix นี้และฝึกใช้ในประโยคประจำวัน จะช่วยสร้างความคุ้นเคยและเพิ่มพูนทักษะภาษาอังกฤษได้อย่างรวดเร็ว สุดท้าย อย่าลืมว่าการเรียนภาษาอังกฤษเป็นกระบวนการที่ต้องใช้เวลา การเข้าใจโครงสร้างคำและความหมายเชิงลึกแบบนี้จะทำให้การเรียนรู้ไม่น่าเบื่อและมีประสิทธิภาพมากขึ้นอย่างแน่นอน

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