In Slovak language some new words can be derived by adding various prefixes or suffixes.

At first we have a look at the prefixes.

písať                                                                                    dať

napísať        write down                                                       pridať        add

zapísať        record                                                             rozdať        give away

prepísať      rewrite                                                             predať        sell

podpísať     sign                                                                 oddať         devote

                                                                                          podať         give

brať                                                                         robiť

vybrať       choose                                                   vyrobiť      make

odobrať     select                                                     urobiť     do     

rozobrať    take in                                                   zarobiť   earn

                 take apart                                             prerobiť        lose

We can create   new words when we make from nouns to verb, now we use suffixes.

Noun                      verb

potreba                  potrebovať

práca                     pracovať

predstava              predstavovať

boj                         bojovať

Various suffixes are used to form diminutives of nouns:

-ok: obraz – obrázok                                       -ička: tvár - tvárička

        list – lístok                                                        hviezda - hviezdička

-ček: dom – domček                                      -ka: záhrada – záhradka

ík: oheň – ohník                                                      strana - stránka

-ko: drevo – drievko