Stems Flashcards by Deepa Raja

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-EUR

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ONE WHO DOES, MASC., an abstract noun ending

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-EUSE

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ONE WHO DOES, FEM.

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-ET

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MASC. DIM. ENDING

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ETTE

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FEM. DIM. ENDING

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-é

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MASC. PAST PARTICIPLE (-ed), USUALLY USED FOR ADJS

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-ée

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FEM. PAST PARTICIPLE (-ed), USUALLY USED FOR NOUNS;

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eau

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DIM. ENDING, MASC., FROM -EL in Old French (Latin -ellus)

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ELLE

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DIM. ENDING, FEM., from Latin -ella

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-OT

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DIM. ENDING, MASC.

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-OTTE

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DIM. ENDING, FEM.

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-URE

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ACTION, PROCESS, NON-HUMAN (-EUR V. -URE)

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-ANT

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ADJ ENDING, PRESENT PARTICIPLE (-ING) – ONLY ONE!

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-MENT

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ABSTRACT NOUN ENDING (-ment in English)

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-ERIE

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A PLACE FOR DOING STH., BEHAVIOR (= -ERY);

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EM- (+b, p)/EN-

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IN, ON [can ask]

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IM- (+b, p)/IN-

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NOT – nasalized \a\

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-IER

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ONE WHO DOES (MASC.), SILENT R; “ee-yay”

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-IERE

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ONE WHO DOES (FEM.); \R\;

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-AIS

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masc. of or from a place

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aise

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fem. of/from a place

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-ois

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masc. of/from a place

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-oise

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fem. of/from a place

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-able

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able

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-ade

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act, action

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-age

action, progress

-ain

masc. -an

-aine

fem. English -an

-aire

one who does

-ance

noun ending

-ence

noun ending

-ard

one who does

blanc-

white

bois-

wood

bon

good

bouch-

mouth(bucc-)

chant

sing (cant-)

chauss

shoe, pave

chevr

goat (L capra)

cinq

5(quinque)

col/colle

neck (L collum)

contre

contra-

dans-

dance

de

down, away

e-

ex-, es- (s dropped)

entre

L inter-

-er

infinitive word ending

-eux

-ous (-osus)

fleur

flower (flor-)

gris-

gray

gros

thick

-ir

infinitive verb ending

-isme

-ism

-iste

one who does

lev

to raise

long-

long

-ment

n. end

mond/monde-

mountain

mont-

mountain

or-

gold (aur-)

pass

to step, pass

pays

country

pend-/pens-

to weigh, to think, to hang

pied-

foot (L, ped)

plein-

full (L plenus)

plum-

feather

pour-

for, fore-

quint-

5

re-

again

-re

infinitive verb ending

rond-

round

roug-

red

rue

street

-s

pluralizer

-es

pluralizer

-x

plural

sault-

to jump (saltus)

sept-

seven (#7)

tir-

to pull

-ure

act, process

vin-

wine

hors

outside of

vigne

vine

entre-

between

ligne

line

en, em

in

chausses

shoes

chanter

to sing

bouillir

to boil

goutte

drop

fleur

flower

feuille

leaf

eponge

sponge