жить - to live
житель - inhabitant
but here it's a little tricky because
быть -to be
but...
забыть - to forget
Either way its good to learn roots like you said to help piece together the meaning of unfamiliar words if you don't have a Словарь (like слово for word )
житель - inhabitant
but here it's a little tricky because
быть -to be
but...
забыть - to forget
Either way its good to learn roots like you said to help piece together the meaning of unfamiliar words if you don't have a Словарь (like слово for word )