I confused that how will we get know that with which word we should use "azo, ote, or on"? How will we get to know about root word.

Danny D.A2Kwiziq community member

I confused that how will we get know that with which word we should use "azo, ote, or on"? How will we get to know about root word.

Asked 3 years ago
InmaNative Spanish expert teacher in KwiziqCorrect answer

Hola Danny

The augmentative suffixes have a general rule but it doesn't always apply to all words, this is why we don't state any fixed rule in the lesson - the aim of the lesson is to learn that we use these suffixes to have an augmentative affect on some words and students can recognise them. 

This general rule I mentioned is: for nouns that end in a vowel, you drop that last vowel and add the suffix, for example: casa (house) -> casota and with nouns that end in a consonant, you keep the whole noun and add the suffix, for example: nariz (nose) -> narizota. 

As I said, the main thing is to recognise all these suffixes and their function.

Saludos

Inma

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I confused that how will we get know that with which word we should use "azo, ote, or on"? How will we get to know about root word.

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