French Evaluative Suffixes
I have no idea how many evaluative suffixes exist in English, but I have a pretty good idea as to how many exist in French. Take a look:
- -ache
- -ail(le)
- -ailler
- -aillon
- -ald
- -anche
- -aque
- -ard(e)
- -art
- -asse
- -âtre
- -aud(e)
- -ault
- -aut
- -aye
- -caille
- -cul
- -dingue
- -eau
- -èche
- -el(le)
- -ert
- -esse
- -et(te)/-ete
- -eux
- -gnol
- -iau
- -iche
- -ie
- -if
- -ignol
- -ille
- -ine
- -ingue
- -ique
- -isme
- -o
- -oche
- -on
- -oque
- -ot(te)/-ote
- -ouille(r)
- -ould
- -oune(t)
- -ouse
- -uche
- -usse
- -zingue
Now I know why this is taking me so long.
-Erandomandethius
Don't get me started:
Greek has a LOT of suffixes as well.
Yeah, but:
These aren't all the suffixes French has. These are only some of the evaluative ones. French has a lot of the Greek ones as well from borrowings, plus Latin ones, plus Germanic ones, plus Celtic ones, plus some English ones and a lot of Italian diminutive ones… Shit, French is a fucked up language. That doesn't even get into some of the Arabic and Hebrew ones!
Yes, the French are crazy:
That's a lot of suffixes, are you using them all?
I think so.:
I found in an article yesterday that someone had found (to date, whenever that date was) about 134 suffixes and 118 prefixes. For an Imperial language, they sure borrowed a lot. I think I'm just using about 45 or so. Yeah, JUST using 45, haha.