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Morphology
The suffix -ee is used to describe the one receiving the action of the verb. Examples:
arrest → arrestee
assign → assignee
attend → attendee
award → awardee
deport → deportee
detain → detainee
Nouns derived from verbs: -ee devote → devotee
parole → parolee
induct → inductee
retire → retiree
draft → draftee
employ → employee intern → internee
nominate → nominee
pay → payee
refer → referee
train → trainee
trust → trustee
Two other very productive suffixes are -tion, used especially for verbs ending in -ate, and -sion, used especially after verbs ending in -d or -de, -s or -t. -tion corresponds to the CATALAN -ció and -sion/-ssion to the CATALAN -sió/-ssió. These generally designate an abstract noun describing the result of the action of the verb.
Nouns derived from verbs: -tion absolve → absolution
duplicate → duplication
negate → negation
animate → animation
elevate → elevation
note → notion
agitate → agitation
approve → approbation associate → association
attribute → attribution
automate → automation
calculate → calculation
circulate → circulation
complete → completion
conjugate → conjugation
educate → education
estimate → estimation
operate → operation
fornicate → fornication
penetrate → penetration
fascinate → fascination
persecute → persecution
hesitate → hesitation
populate → population
graduate → graduation humiliate → humiliation
cultivate → cultivation
indicate → indication
dedicate → dedication
legislate → legislation
delegate → delegation delete → deletion
designate → designation
devote → devotion
dictate → dictation
dominate → domination donate → donation
Language Service, March 2014
opposite → opposition
generate → generation
ignite → ignition
decorate → decoration
obligate → obligation
execute → execution
cooperate → cooperation create → creation
negotiate → negotiation
imitate → imitation
pollute → pollution
promote → promotion
prosecute → prosecution radiate → radiation relate → relation
integrate → integration
rotate → rotation
locate → location
terminate → termination
medicate → medication meditate → meditation migrate → migration
motivate → motivation narrate → narration
navigate → navigation
separate → separation tolerate → toleration
translate → translation
vaccinate → vaccination
vegetate → vegetation vibrate → vibration