INGILIZCE SUFFIXES – TÜRKÇE KONU ANLATIMI

Nouns:

Some nouns and verbs have the same form, but usually we have to add a suffix to a verb or an adjective to form a noun.

We make nouns by adding these suffixes to verbs: -ance, -y, -er, -sion, -al, -ment, -ure

eg. recover —> recovery, divide —> division, excite —> excitement

We make nouns by adding these suffixes to adjectives: -ness, -ity

eg. lonely —> loneliness, possible —> possibility

Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs:

We make adjectives by adding these suffixes to nouns: -ly, -y, -ous, -al, -ic, -ed

eg. nature —> natural, joy —> joyous, talent —> talented

We make adverbs by adding -ly to adjectives

eg. quiet —> quietly, violent —> violently, confident —> confidently

We make adjectives by adding these suffixes to verbs: -ive, -ent/-ant, -able/-ible

eg. eat —> edible, produce —> productive, create —> creative

We make verbs by adding these suffixes to adjectives: -ise, -en, -ify

eg. intense —> intensify, broad —> broaden, internal —> internalise