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Friday, Apr 13, 2007

Suffixes -IA, A,UM- Adjectives ending in IA, A,UM

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Adjectives ending is IS,A,UM derived from verbs,substantives, and adverbs, give
a. when attached to a verb, the idea of direct particpal force of the verbal base word.
b. when attached to substantives, imparting the idea of 'having' that quality.
c. when attached to adverbs, denoting 'being in that condition' as denoted by the root word.

e.g.
SCI = 'know'
scio = 'to know'
SCI-US = 'knowing'

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