Expertlatin
- What does the suffix add to a word?
- What effect does the suffix have on the meaning of the word?
- Do suffixes have meanings?
- What does the suffix ment mean when added to a word?
What does the suffix add to a word?
A suffix is a letter or group of letters added at the end of a word which makes a new word. The new word is most often a different word class from the original word. In the table above, the suffix -ful has changed verbs to adjectives, -ment, and -ion have changed verbs to nouns.
What effect does the suffix have on the meaning of the word?
Some suffixes add to or change a word's meaning. Others can signal the word's part of speech or indicate verb tense. When you add a suffix to a word, the original word usually keeps its original spelling.
Do suffixes have meanings?
Suffixes are strings of letters that are added to the end of words to alter and change their meanings. For instance, we can add the suffix -ing to 'walk' to get its present tense form 'walking'. Teaching children suffixes can help broaden their vocabularies by learning new words and their meanings.
What does the suffix ment mean when added to a word?
-ment in American English
suffix. a suffix of nouns, often concrete, denoting an action or resulting state ( abridgment; refreshment), a product (fragment), or means (ornament)
