![]() I’ve also added the intrinsic meaning of the suffix, which helps to understand the meaning of the final adjective after the transformation. Here’s a cool table with the suffixes that some verbs take and their transformation into adjectives. Now let’s see some examples of sentences with both noun and adjective forms: NOUN In the following table, you can see the different methods to form adjectives from nouns, including the suffixes, the inherent meaning of the suffix, the nouns and their transformation into adjectives. Please note how some spelling changes take place in many cases. Now, we’ll see some adjectives (including some from above) and how they were formed. Outrageous, ferocious, adventurous, herbaceousĬonfident, competent, efficient, dominant ![]() ![]() Girlish, selfish, yellowish, childish, SpanishĪttractive, competitive, sensitive, creative, imperativeĬhildless, doubtless, questionless, priceless Therefore, in this post we will focus only on those which are formed through a process that can be explained in this case: suffixation.īut firstly, let’s take a look at the typical adjective suffixes and some examples: SUFFIXĬomprehensible, understandable, comfortable, predictable, visibleįacial, commercial, industrial, comical, naturalĬlassic, heroic, manic, robotic, strategicĬlassical, comical, philosophical, hysterical For instance, adjectives like red, small or flat, are not formed through any particular word formation process. In many cases, in fact, these adjectives don’t even derive from another word. Unfortunately, there isn’t a general rule which you can follow to form adjectives. An adjective is a type of word that complements the noun and provides more information about it, either by specifying general qualities, detailing particular characteristics that are inherent to it, or by delimiting its scope. Adjectives are words that modify and describe nouns.
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