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Saturday, October 20, 2007

Lesson 137: Negative prefix -in / Il prefisso negativo -in

In Italian, the prefix -in is used to form the opposite of many adjectives:

abbordabile ->inabbordabile
abile -> inabile
capace -> incapace
visibile -> invisibile
utile -> inutile

Before certain consonants, the -in prefix changes:

in + b = imb-
bevibile -> imbevibile

in + m = imm-
mobile -> immobile

in + p = imp-
palpabile -> impalpabile

in + l = ill-
lecito -> illecito

in + r = irr-
raccontabile -> irraccontabile

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