SYLLABLE-TIMED

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DERIVATIONAL AFFIXES
They change the meaning or grammatical category (noun, verb, adjective,
adverb) of the word.
COMMON SUFFIXES EXAMPLES SOUNDS
-age short-age /ˈʃɔrt ɪdʒ/
-al na-tion-al /ˈnæʃənl/
-en sharp-en /ˈʃɑrpən/
-er sing-er /ˈsɪŋɚ/
-ess host-ess /ˈhoʊstɪs/
-ful stress-ful /ˈstrɛsfəl/
-fy sim-pli-fy /ˈsɪmpləˌfaɪ/
-hood neigh-bor-hood /ˈneɪbɚˌhʊd/
-ic ec-o-nom-ic /ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk/, /ˌi-/
-ish child-ish /ˈtʃaɪldɪʃ/
-ist art-ist /ˈɑrt ɪst/
-less care-less /ˈkɛrlɪs/
-ly friend-ly /ˈfrɛndli/
-ment em-ploy-ment /ɪmˈplɔɪmənt/
-ness kind-ness /ˈkaɪndnɪs/
-or vis-i-tor /ˈvɪzət ɚ/
-ous dan-ger-ous /ˈdeɪndʒərəs/
-ship friend-ship /ˈfrɛndʃɪp/
-sion vi-sion /ˈvɪʒən/
-tion ac-tion /ˈækʃən/
-tive cre-a-tive /kriˈeɪt ɪv/
-ure fail-ure /ˈfeɪlyɚ/
-y dirt-y /ˈdɚt i/
About 90 PER CENT of the TWO-SYLLABLE NOUNS have FIRST-SYLLABLE STRESS.
About 75 PER CENT of the TWO-SYLLABLE VERBS have SECOND-SYLLABLE STRESS.