Suffixes that are used to form nouns and adjectives شرح

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This article explains the affixation of the noun suffixes -ist, -ian, -ess, and -ar /-er/-eur/-ier/-or/-ur to other nouns to create nouns that are names for people

Using a suffix lets us make new words

I will talk about the plural of nouns in a different post since there are many rules

Here we will see some of them with explanations

We know they are adjectives usually by what they do (their function) in a sentence

comfortable, readable, incredible, invisible

meaning = we use the adjective to compare (better than, less than, higher than, lower than, inside, outside) superior, inferior, junior, senior, interior, exterior

Use the suffixes from the box to form an adjective from the noun given

Support: Do the first few examples as a class before having groups translate the adjectives into nouns

Learn Common Noun Suffixes in English with Pictures

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