SUFFIXES

A.S.V

Suffixes are those particles that are added to a word (later, and not before as prefixes), in
order to indicate in which grammatical case it is, or to modify in some way its meaning.

Able

ful

Form adjectives from verbs. It

does not apply to nouns. It
means able, ible:

This suffix is added to

nouns to form nouns
and adjectives. Mean,
gone, gone, bear:

-to reason / reasonable

-color / colorful

-to drink / drinkable

Ment

Ess and Ine

This suffix is used to convert some

verbs into nouns. Making in the
Spanish language the extension
oration, ment

These two suffixes allow

to change the gender (male
/ female). Both make a
masculine noun feminine:
-emperor / empress

-to enlarge / enlargement

-poet / poetess

-to move / movement

-wonder / wonderful

Less
This suffix alters the nouns to
obtain adjectives. And it is
very useful with comparatives.
It is a negation type suffix and
which means sin, in,.
-hoe / hopeless

Ance
This suffix converts verbs into nouns. If
the verbs end in e they change the e by a so
that the suffix remains unchanged. They mean
old age, old age.
-to insure / Insurance

Th
Ness
With this suffix we convert qualifying
adjectives into nouns. But if the adjective
ends in and is changed this by the i before
the suffix is added. Meaning, eza
-Dark / darkness

This suffix is added to the cardinal numbers

to obtain ordinal numbers. And added
to verbs gives you a potive sense.
-ten / tenth