Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.

Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.

L.12 Word formation

I. THE FORMATION OF NOUNS:

A. noun + suffixes

Noun

Suffix

Found noun

French meaning

Percent

-age

Percentage

Pourcentage

Democrat

-cy

Democracy

Démocratie

Martyr

-dom

Martyrdom

Martyre

Child

-hood

Childhood

Enfance

Alcohol

-ism

Alcoholism

Alcool

chemist

-ry

Chemistry

Chimie

 

B. adjective + suffixes

Noun

Suffix

Found noun

French meaning

Short

-age

Shortage

Manque

Bankrupt

-cy

Bankruptcy

Faillite

Likely

-hood

Likelihood

Probabilité

Social

-ism

Socialism

Socialisme

Dense

-ity

Density

Densité

Kind

-ness

Kindness

Bonté (gentillesse)

 

C. verb + suffixes

Noun

Suffix

Found noun

French meaning

Break

-age

Breakage

Casse

Arrive

-al

Arrival

Arrivée

Utter

-ance

Utterance

Total

Starve

-(at)ion

Starvation

Inanition (famine)

(see gerund)

-ing

 

 

Treat

-ment

Treatment

Traitement

 

II. THE FORMATION OF ADJECTIVES:

A. noun + suffixes

Noun

Suffix

Found noun

French meaning

Power

-ful

Powerful

Puissant

Power

-less

Powerless

Impuissant

Snow

-y

Snowy

Neigeux

Child

-ish

Childish

Puéril

Gold

-en

Golden

D’or

North

-ern

Northern

Du nord

Comfort

-able

Comfortable

Confortable

Permission

-ible

Permissible

Permis

Attract

-ive

Attractive

Attirant

 

B. negative prefixes

 

 

Prefix  

Adjective

Found noun

French meaning

Dis- 

Agreeable

Disagreeable

Désagréable

Un-

Interesting

Uninteresting

inintéressant

Il-

Legal

Illegal

Illégal

Im-

Possible

Impossible

Impossible

In-

Convenient

Inconvenient

Inopportun

Ir-

Responsible

Irresponsible

Irresponsable

 

 



13/06/2012
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