Inflectional morphemes

A simple description of inflectional morphemes ...

1. Inflectional Morphemes Prepared by: Mubariz Zirman

2. What are inflectional mortems? Morphemes which do not have meaning by their own, but change grammatical functions of other morphemes when are added, such as {s} or { es } for plural nouns.

3. Kinds of inflectional morhemes : 1. For nouns: a. plural b. Possessive 2. For verbs: a. Present b. Past c. Ing d. Participle 3. For adjectives: a. Comparative b. superlative

4. Nouns: Plural: {-s} such as in (the bird s ) Possessive: {-s} such as in (the bird ’s song}

5. Pronunciation of such noun’s morphems : When nouns end with voiceless sounds like /k/, the plural or possessive morpheme is pronounced as /s/, such as in /Turks/ and /Turk’s/. 2. when nouns end with voiced sounds like /l/, the plural or possessive morpheme is pronounces as /z/, such as in /girls/ and /girl’s/. 2. when nouns end with one of the / ch /, / sh /, /s/, /z/, /j/ the final s, es , ‘s or s’ are pronounced as / Iz / such as in in /roses/,/kisses/, /judges’/.

6. verbs: Present: {-s} such as in (He works) and {- es } such as in (She cri es ). Past: {-d} such as in (like d ) and {- ed } such (work ed ). Progressive: {- ing } such as in (speak ing ). Participle: {-en} such as in (eat en )

7. Adjectives: 1. Comparative: {- er } such as in (pretti er ). 2. superlative: {- est } such as in (pretti est ).

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