-ció, -ment, -atge

Nominalization Suffixes

Level 5

The suffixes -ció, -ment and -atge form established nouns from verbal or related bases.

How It Works

Crear gives creació, créixer gives creixement, and aprendre gives aprenentatge. These nouns can name an action, process or result, but the appropriate suffix belongs to the word's established formation. Do not attach any of the three freely to every verb.

Gender is usually feminine for -ció and masculine for the common -ment and -atge formations taught here: la creació, el creixement, l'aprenentatge. The noun then takes ordinary article and adjective agreement.

Nominalization changes clause structure: the people acting may become a de phrase, and a verb's object may become a noun complement. Dense formal prose is often clearer if some abstract nouns are rewritten as finite verbs with explicit actors.

Examples (3)

  1. La creació del projecte va ser ràpida.

    The creation of the project was quick.

  2. El creixement de la ciutat continua.

    The city’s growth continues.

  3. L'aprenentatge requereix pràctica.

    Learning requires practice.

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-ció, -ment, -atgeLevel 5Nominalization Suffixes

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Recognize de and the relationship it introduces before analyzing a noun or verb complement.

Words in This Pattern

-ció-ment-atge