Clemenceau said that to mock the use of solutionner. Of course, occupationner doesn't exist, since the verb is occuper, from which comes occupation. Ne vous inquiétez pas, le gouvernement va s'en occupationner ! Solution -> solutionner (a useless barbarism, since the verb résoudre exists!)Ĭoncerning solutionner I remember a word from Clemenceau (a famous French statesman of the early 20th century, who held various high positions in the French government during World War I, in particular as war minister) being shouted at by a deputy asking him:Įst-ce que le gouvernement va enfin solutionner ce problème ?! You only need to add the letter 's' or 'es' at the end of a singular noun to convert it to a plural form. In singular form, the noun refers to one thing, while the plural form refers to more than one thing. 1) Removing the - from verbs ending in -/, -, and - and adding - (for example: ->, -> ). But theses days, in France, people don't hesitate to invent new nouns from verbs, new verbs from nouns, and even new verbs from adjectives! Some examples: In this example, the verb running acts as a noun, and its the subject of the sentence. Ive noticed a couple of patterns in regards to forming nouns from verbs. I dare to say you cant most of the times, although it works pretty often with verbs ending in -ar. The fact is that you can't really guess which form you have to use, and you don't really know if the verb you need really exists. I would say that you cant always turn a verb into a noun using the 1st person conjugation. Well, there is still a lot to say, but here you have most of the main cases. You can also notice that the suffixes -age and -ure are rather dedicated to concrete objects, meanwhile -ment, -tion and -ance are mostly used for abstraction, -ance being the least used, mainly in very ancient forms. You will surely have noticed the interesting case of the verb mouler which has the particularity of being used with two different suffixes: a moulage is a piece being formed in a mould, and moulure is nearly the same, but only dedicated to architecture (for example, the edge of a ceiling). ance : porter-> portance, recouvrer-> recouvrance(old), espérer-> espérance ure : dorer-> dorure, gager-> gageure, peler-> pelure, graver-> gravure, mouler-> moulure. This is an example of a verb form which has 5 base forms, which is why it’s name is referred to as GODAN (five step) verb. age : truquer-> trucage, bander-> bandage, garer-> garage, porter-> portage, mouler-> moulage. Answer (1 of 6): Let’s take the verb hanasu for example.
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tion : former-> formation, expliquer-> explication, animer-> animation, fédérer-> fédération. I'm trying to use the NodeBox::Linguistics library as suggested here: Using NLTK and WordNet how do I convert simple tense verb into its present, past or past participle form But I find that this code does not print the correct form of the word: print en.verb.present('found') print en.verb. ment : raffiner-> raffinement, engager-> engagement, régler-> règlement, confiner-> confinement. You will understand them easily because the English language has inherited most of these French suffixes. In French, there are suffixes that help to form a noun from a verb, especially in the domain of abstraction. In conclusion, understanding the use of suffixes can enrich our vocabulary and comprehension of meanings.īrainly.Very interesting question, indeed, but surely delicate to answer in an exhaustive manner. The suffix -dom can be added to an adjective in order to change it to a noun. Example: She is the smartest of the group.ġ0. The suffix -est is added to an adjective in order to make its superlative form, which extends the comparison to more than just two elements. The suffix did not change the category of the word.ĩ. "Friendlier" is an adjective formed from "friendly", which is also an adjective. The adverb "quietly" is formed by adding the suffix -ly to the adjective "quiet".Ĩ. "Childish" is an adjective formed by adding the suffix -ish to the noun "child".ħ. The suffix -er is added to an adjective in order to compare two elements in the sentence: She is smarter than her sister.Ħ. "Liquefy" is a verb formed by adding the suffix -fy/efy/ify to the noun "liquid".ĥ.
The fact is that you cant really guess which form you have to use, and you dont really know if the verb you need really exists. The suffix -ence indicates the state of possessing a quality or performing an action. Well, there is still a lot to say, but here you have most of the main cases. The suffix -ant seen above means "one who" performs an action.ģ. "Confidant" is a noun formed by adding the suffix -ant to the verb "confide".Ģ. Let's briefly explain each of the answers above:ġ. It changes that word into a new one, often changing its category as well - for instance, making a noun out of a verb. When we match the descriptions to the options, we have:Ī suffix is a group of letters added to a word's ending.
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