viernes, 7 de septiembre de 2012

Suffix

A suffix is a particle added at the end of the word. Suffixes change the parts of the speech. 

Suffix Making Example original word Example
suffixed word
-ation nouns explore exploration
hesitate hesitation
-sion persuade persuasion
divide division
-er teach teacher
-cian music musician
-ess god goddess
-ness sad sadness
-al arrive arrival
-ary diction dictionary
-ment treat treatment
-y jealous jealousy
victor victory
-al adjectives accident accidental
-ary imagine imaginary
-able tax taxable
-ly brother brotherly
-y ease easy
-ful sorrow sorrowful
forget forgetful
-ly adverbs helpful helpfully
-ize verbs terror terrorize
private privatize
-ate hyphen hyphenate

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