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Word building

As we said before, SUFFIXES do change the part of speech. And they are used, not to change the meaning of the word, but the class of the word. So we change the way we use them in a sentence. This way we turn verbs into nouns, nouns into adjectives, adjectives into adverbs, and so on...

Noun formation- the most common suffixes in English are -tion, -ity, -er, ness, -ism, -ment, -ant, -ship, -age and -ery. Being -tion far more used than any other.

Suffixes added to a Verb
-tion -sion	action/instance of V-ing	alteration, demonstration expansion, inclusion, admission
-er	person who V-s something used for V-ing	advertiser, driver computer, silencer
-ment	action/instance of V-ing	development, punishment, unemployment
-ant -ent	person who V-s	assistant, consultant student
-age	action/result of V	breakage, wastage, package
-al	action/result of V	denial, proposal, refusal, dismissal
-ence -ance	action/result of V	preference, dependence, interference attendance, acceptance, endurance
-ery/-ry	action/instance of V-ing place of V-ing	bribery, robbery, misery refinery, bakery

Suffixes added to another Noun
Suffix	Meaning	Examples
-er	person concerned with N	astronomer, geographer
-ism	doctrine of N	Marxism, Maoism, Thatcherism, Buddhism
-ship	state of being N	friendship, citizenship, leadership
-age	collection of N	baggage, plumage

Suffixes added to an Adjective
Suffix	Meaning	Examples
-ity	state or quality of being A	ability, similarity, responsibility, curiosity
-ness	state or quality of being A	darkness, happiness, deafness
-cy	state or quality of being A	urgency, efficiency, frequency

Verb formation

Suffixes added to FORM VERBS with the meaning “cause to be”
Suffix	Example
-ise	stabilise, characterise, symbolise, visualise, specialise
-ate	differentiate, liquidate, pollinate, duplicate, fabricate
-fy	classify, exemplify, simplify, justify
-en	worsen, fasten, shorten, darken

Adjective formation

Suffixes to FORM ADJECTIVES
Suffix	Meaning	Example
-able/-ible/-ble	capable of, fit for, tending to, likely to V	trainable, flexible
-al	relating to, having the nature of N	musical, personal
-ant	in the act or process of V-ing	vigilant, militant
-ed -ing	adjectives formed from emotional Verbs	interested, bored, surprising
-ent	having the quality of N	dependent, intelligent
-er	comparative ending of Adjectives	bigger, faster
-est	superlative ending of Adjectives	biggest, fastest
-ful	full of, characterized by N	beautiful, bountiful
-ic	pertaining to, connected with, resembling N	volcanic, angelic
-istic	having the qualities of, formed from N	realistic, socialistic
-ite	derived from some Latin Verbs	infinite, polite
-ive	having a tendency to or the nature of N	attentive, massive
-ose	full of; like N	verbose, grandiose
-ous/-ious	full of; having the qualities of N	poisonous, anxious

Adverb formation -As in your language, English adverbs are words that modify or describe a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. And, as in Catalan or Spanish, there are countless adverbs that can be created from adjectives, and there is a fairly small number of adverbs that don't follow that pattern. In English, the basic rule is that adverbs can be created from many adjectives simply by adding "-ly" at the end. But some are irregular.

Hard / Fast are both adjectives and adverbs.
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