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Learning Romance languages altogether.
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-CTION (action, collection...)
= -CÇÃO(Portuguese) : a acção, a colecção
= -CCIÓN (Spanish) : la acción, la colección
= -CCIÓ (Catalan) : l'acció, la col·lecció
= -CTION (French) : l'action, la collection
= -ZIONE (Italian) : l'azione, la colezione
Words ending like that are feminine. So we use LA (L' before a- in C/F/I), A (in P).
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-MENT (sentiment, treatment, instrument...)
= -MENTO (P): o sentimento, o tratamento, o instrumento
= -MIENTO (S): el sentimiento, el tratamiento, el instrumento
= -MENT (C): el sentiment, el tractament, l'instrument
= -MENT (F): le sentiment, le traitement, l'instrument
= -MENTO (I): il sentimento, il trattamento, l'instrumento
Words ending like that are masculine. So we use EL (S/C), LE (F), IL (I), O (P) and L' before vowel (C/F/I).
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-ITY (productivity, university...)
= -IDADE (P) : a productividade, a universidade
= -IDAD (S) : la productividad, la universidad
= -ITAT (C) : la productivitat, la universitat
= -ITÉ (F) : la productivité, l'université
= -ITÀ (I) : la produttività, l'università
Words ending like that are feminine.
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-AGE (language, voyage...)
= -AGEM (P) : a linguagem, a viagem
= -AJE (S) : el lenguaje, el viaje
= -ATGE (C) : el llenguatge, el viatge
= -AGE (F) : le language, le voyage
= -AGGIO (I) : il linguaggio, il viaggio
Words ending like that are masculine, except in Portuguese!
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And this is the end of lesson 1.
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