11.14 Table of suffixes



Uns quants exemples dels sufixos més comuns són:


able:

portable, excitable

ation:

qualification, complication

ee:

employee, trainee

en:

broaden, quicken

er:

teacher, worker

ery:

machinery, imaginary

ese:

Portuguese, Chinese

ess:

actress, lioness

ette:

cigarette

ful:

spoonful, useful

hood:

childhood, adulthood

ing:

swimming, painting

ish:

smallish, sevenish

ist:

violinist, pianist

ity:

probability

ise/ize:

modernise/ize

less:

useless

ly:

certainly

ment:

argument

ness:

happiness, loneliness

ship:

membership

ward:

Onward, forward

wise:

clockwise

y:

dirty, easy



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