It is important to note that the suffix is an element that is attached to the word, and in most cases changes the meaning of the word and its role in speech.
Typically, nouns suffixes inEnglish is combined with specific words that just need to be memorized. However, there are a number of rules that must be adhered to for competent knowledge of the language.
Suffix nouns in Englishthere is a huge amount, and they all have their own meaning. Therefore, it is very important to understand them. It is necessary to know that usually suffixes in English remain unstressed, but in certain situations they have primary stress throughout the word.
It is important to note that there are:
These nouns suffixes in English, as a rule, are attached to verbs and give the word meaning to the performer of the action. Also suffixes er, or, ar can be used to designate a tool that performs a specific action. It is necessary to give a few examples in order to understand the situation clearly:
An important point is that words like father, daughter, sister, also belong to this rule, despite the fact that their meaning does not denote their occupation. Although, to some extent, logic is present here.
With regard to the rules of writing, it must be recalled that there are verbs ending in a consonant e. In this case, adding the suffix ep, only one letter is added R.
Interestingly, translators often have to resort to descriptive translation when they meet with these suffixes. For example, the noun lifter often translated as a lifter, or the word timer translates as a device that calculates time.
Another interesting fact is that nouns that have a suffix opare often of French or Latin origin. For example, doctor, actor etc.
Suffix ist is very popular, he lends a wordthe value of a professional figure of scientific or political direction. This suffix in English is identical to our "ist", which has a similar meaning in Russian. Suffix ist can join both nouns and adjectives.
We give a clear example when this suffix is used to designate a professional figure. For example, the noun psychologist, the equivalent of which in Russian is the word "psychologist".
This suffix can also be used with musical instruments to indicate who plays them. For example, according to this principle, the word was formed pianistthat in translation means "pianist".
Suffix ist can be used to refer to the person who has a negative attitude to a certain group of people, direction in society. An excellent example of this situation is the word racistwhich means "racist".
This suffix can speak of the Latin or Greek origin of a particular word. The English have this suffix used for:
It is necessary to remember that nouns andadjectives that indicate belonging to a particular country, nationality, are constantly spelled in English in capital letters, regardless of the suffix. This rule applies to all adjectives and nouns denoting nationality, and these words can have absolutely any suffix.
It is important to note that currently words with the suffix ian can also be translated as adjectives.
To relative of the suffix ian include and suffix anhowever, this suffix is not so common. But it is worth noting that a sufficiently large number of words are formed using the suffix an and are actively used both colloquially and in the official.
This suffix constitutes nouns from verbs. Presence of suffix ing may indicate:
However, it is worthwhile to understand the difference between a gerund, a verb, and a participle. They are all used with ending inghowever, the differences between them are very significant. They manifest in use and the value itself.
Suffix ingis, of course, also used to denoteadjectives First, adjectives with this suffix describe the subject to which they refer. For example, an "interesting trip" will be translated as interesting trip.
This suffix can be used to indicate a cause. For example, something boring will be translated as something boring.
A number of these morphemes have similar properties. These suffixes can carry meaning:
This suffix plays a very important role in the word formation of the English language, because it forms feminine nouns. For example, the noun poet when adding a suffix -ess takes shape poetess and takes the feminine gender, these words are translated as: "poet-poet" or noun steward - a steward with this suffix becomes stewardess and takes the form of feminine.
This suffix is also called the "feminine" suffix because it is one of the few suffixes for the formation of feminine nouns.
These suffixes indicate the age, relationships, and condition of the person. In English, the use of these suffixes is a very popular phenomenon. Words such as childhoodwhich translates as "childhood", motherhood, in translation meaning "motherhood", friendship, translated as "friendship."
It is important to note that the suffix -ship indicates a certain group, united by any signs or features. Also, this suffix can indicate the status of a relationship, for example, partnershipthat in translation means "partnership". Indicates title or title, for example, lordshipwhich translates as "lordship". Suffix -ship can define skills or abilities, a vivid example is the word horsemanshipthat in translation from English into Russian will mean "art of riding".
As for the suffix -nessthen it is used to create nouns from adjectives. A striking example is the word cutenesswhich translates as "attractiveness" formed from the adjective "attractive", which in English will sound like cute.
The important role played by the suffix -txbecause it points to a noun with a value for quality. For example, truth - true, health - health.
Of course, in English there are a huge number of different suffixes, which have different meanings, but the article lists the most used ones.
