what exactly would monosyllabic words and polysyllabic words be? Google definition isn't helping to understand...
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1See What is a word called that has more than one syllable?– F'xMay 5, 2011 at 19:59
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1What exactly is throwing you? Other than just repeating the definition (monosyllabic = made up of one syllable, polysyllabic = made up of multiple syllables), I'm not sure what to tell you.– DustyMay 5, 2011 at 20:00
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Mono
means "one", poly
means "many". So monosyllabic words have one syllable (e.g. "is", "it", "a", "cow", "through"), whereas polysyllabic words have multiple syllables (e.g. "falcon", "syllable", "throughout").
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I was wandering how dip you know the Greek Language, because I see that you're approach this Language from a very good point of view May 10, 2011 at 15:54
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@Lefteris I've just always been interested in language, especially the Greek and Latin influences on words. I notice the relationships pretty easily, but I haven't really studied it or anything. May 10, 2011 at 17:17
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I'm tremendously impressed from your interest, because the Greek Language is the only (I thing) Language which gives you the opportunity to play with words and meanings, play like a game, it's really interesting. May 10, 2011 at 18:08
Monosyllabic is polysyllabic. Polysyllabic is polysyllabic. Is is monosyllabic.
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Monosyllabic words have exactly one syllable.
Polysyllabic words have more than one syllable.