Exercise 1-47:

Regular Transitions of Adjectives and Verbs

A different change occurs when you go from an adjective or a noun to a verb.

The stress stays in the same place, but the -mate in an adjective is completely reduced [-m't], whereas in a verb, it is a full [a] sound [-mεit].

Repeat

advocate to advocate

animate to animate

alternate to alternate

appropriate to appropriate

approximate to approximate

articulate to articulate

associate to associate

deliberate to deliberate

discriminate to descriminate

duplicate to duplicate

elaborate to elaborate

an estimate to estimate

graduate to graduate

intimate to intimate

moderate to moderate

predicate to predicate

separate to separate