Pronunciation of Suffixes

Pronunciation of suffixes

Verbs:

Affix / Pronunciation / features / Example
- ed / / d / / t / / Id / / Inflectional Suffix. Past and past participles of verbs. / Played, worked. Needed.
-ing / / IN / / Inflectional Suffix.
-s, -es / / s / / z / / Iz / / Inflectional suffix. / Plays, talks, watches

Adjectives:

Affix / Pronunciation / features / Example
-less / / l@s , lIs / / Derivational suffix. / Timeless
-y / / i / / Derivational suffix / Salty, sandy
-est / / Ist, @st / / Inflectional suffix. / Biggest
-er / / @ / / Inflectional suffix. / Nicer
-ible / / @bl / / Derivational suffix. / Impossible , terrible
-able / / bl / / Derivational suffix. / Remarkable
-ate / /t/ / Adjective suffix –ate 
Verb suffix –ate  / Illiterate, separate
-al / /l/ / Derivational suffix / Fatal, criminal, radical
-ive / / Iv / / Derivational suffix. / Inactive,
-ant
-ent / /nt/ / Vacant, resistant, silent
-some / / s@m / / Derivational suffix.. With causative meaning. / Lonesome, troublesome
-ish / / IS / / Derivational suffix. / Whitish, Scottish
-worthy / / w3:Di / / Derivational suffix. / Trustworthy, noteworthy
-cal / / k@l , kl / / Derivational suffix. / Practical, theoretical
-ous / / @s / / Derivational suffix. / Dangerous, obvious
-ic / /Ik/ / Latin origin suffix. / Academic, economic
-id / /Id/ / Invalid, timid, candid
-ful / / f@l, fUl, / / Note:
Adjective suffix –ful 
Noun suffix – ful e.g. armful, spoonful / Careful, beautiful,
-ory / / @ri , ri / / Derivational suffix.. / Advisory, preparatory

NOUNS

Affix / Pronunciation / features / Example
-ment / / m@nt / / Derivational suffix. Accent neutral / Development
-ism / / Izm / / Derivational suffix. Accent fixing. / Socialism
-er / / @ / / Derivational suffix. Accent neutral. / Worker, writer.
-ary / / @ri , ri / / Derivational suffix. Accent fixing. / Elementary, revolutionary
-cy / / @si / / Derivational suffix. Accent neutral. / Accuracy,
-ty / / ti / / Derivational suffix. Accent neutral. / Immunity, property
-man / /mn/ / Fireman, barman
-y / -ie / /i/ / Diminutive / Kitty, cookie, mommy
-ance
-ence / /ns/ / Balance, sentence,
-is / /Is/ / Latin origin suffix / Crisis, thesis, analysis
-hood / / hUd / / Used in compound nouns. Accent neutral / Manhood, neighbourhood
-ness / / n@s , nIs / / Derivational suffix. Accent neutral. / Likeliness, happiness
-land / / l@nd / / Used in compound nouns. Accent neutral / Highland, Scotland,
-ship / / SIp / / Derivational suffix. Accent neutral. / Relationship.
-ist / / Ist / / Derivational suffix. Accent neutral. / Moralist, imperialist
-sion / / Z@n / / Derivational suffix. Accent neutral. / Television, inclusion
-ssion
-tion / / S@n / / Derivational suffix. Accent neutral. / Admission, permission
-um
-a / /m/
// / Latin origin suffix (singular) –um
Latin origin suffix (plural) –a / Curriculum, datum
Curricula, data
-us / /s/ / Latin origin suffix / Focus, circus, phosphorus
-ics / /Iks/ / Latin origin suffix. (fields of study) / Physics, Phonetics
-age / millage, percentage
-our, or / // / Abstract noun suffix. / Favour, behaviour, colour.
-ure / // / Nature, pressure, lecture

Adverbs

Affix / Pronunciation / features / Example
-ly / / li / / Derivational suffix. Accent neutral. / Happily, quickly.

NOTES:

Derivational suffixes: those which change a word into another category. E.g. adjective into adverb quick, quickly.

Inflectional suffixes: those which do not change the word category. Eg. Work, working, works, greater.