Today we are going to look at noun suffixes. We have spent alot of time with verb suffixes.
Suffixes are small bits of information you add to the end of a word to slightly change the meaning of a word.
Now we are going to look at nouns and a suffix we can put onto a noun to make the meaning more specific.
Today we are going to learn the suffix that means: of, belongs to.
This suffix is : -am. We will use it in a sentence.
hot witemam weas gi. It is a child of a bear. witemam weas also means a bear cub.
It is a bear cub.
witem=bear
witemam=of a bear or belonging to a bear
weas is the normal word for child, offspring.
gi=is
