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Contents 1 English 1.1 Suffix 1.2 See also 2 Esperanto 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Suffix 3 Finnish 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Case suffix 3.2.1 Usage notes 3.3 See also 4 Spanish 4.1 Suffix 5 Swedish 5.1 Suffix 5.1.1 Examples 6 Turkish 6.1 Suffix 6.2 Alternative forms 6.2.1 Examples 6.3 Suffix 6.4 Alternative forms 6.4.1 Examples

English

Suffix

1. (urban slang) Used to replace -er in nouns.

   gangsta

   brotha

See also

• -z

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Esperanto

Etymology

From adjective and possessive suffixes of French (ma), Italian (mia), Spanish (mía, fría)

Suffix

-a

1. related to, in the manner of, of. (Ending for all adjectives in Esperanto.)
   • bela: of beauty, beautiful
   • dekstra: of the right [direction] (dekstro) [as opposed to left], to the right
   • vera: of truth (vero), true
2. belonging to, of. (Ending for all possessive pronouns in Esperanto.)
   • mia: of me, my
   • via: of you, your
   • lia: of him, his
   • ŝia: of her, her [possessive]
   • ĝia: of it, its
   • nia: of us, our
   • ilia: of them, their
3. -kind of. (Ending of all correlatives of kind in Esperanto.)
   • kia: what kind of
   • tia: that kind of
   • ĉia: all kinds of
   • ia: some kind of
   • nenia: no kind of

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Finnish

Etymology

Originally the so-called weak suffixal gradation form of the partitive suffix -ta, /ða/ or /ðæ/.

Case suffix

-a (in words with back vowel harmony)

-ä (in words with front vowel harmony)

1. A suffix for the partitive case.

Usage notes

• This suffix is used after a short vowel or the plural marker -j-.

See also

• -ta
• -tta

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Spanish

-a

Suffix

1. -ess. (Used to form feminine singular nouns.)
   • señor (gentleman) + -a = señora: lady
   • camarero (waiter) + -a = camarera: waitress
2. (Used to form the feminine singular adjectives.)
   • frío (cold) + -a = fría (modifying a feminine singular noun): cold
3. -s. (Used to form the third person singular present indicative mood of regular -ar verbs.)
   • hablar (to talk) + -a = habla: talks
4. (Used to form the first and third person singular subjunctive mood of -er and -ir verbs.)
   • comer (to eat) + -a = [si yo] coma: [if I] eat
5. (Used to form the second person singular imperative mood of -ar verbs.)
   • hablar (to talk) + -a = ¡Habla!: Talk!

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Swedish

Suffix

-a

1. After an adjective (absolute), indicates that the corresponding noun is either in plural, or that it is definite form, of non-masculine gender
2. Used to create new verbs from a noun, in the infinitive.

Examples

• disk (dishes)

  att diska - to do the dishes

• Lås (lock)

  att låsa en dörr - to lock a door

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Turkish

-a (in words with back vowel harmony); -e (in words with front vowel harmony)

Suffix

1. Used to form the dative case.

Alternative forms

• -ya, -ye (after a vowel); -na, -ne (after a possessive)

Examples

• İstanbul'a - to Istanbul
• Ankara'ya = to Ankara
• İzmir'e = to Izmir
• babasına = to his father

Suffix

1. Used to form gerunds.

-a (in words with back vowel harmony); -e (in words with front vowel harmony)

Alternative forms

• -ya, -ye (after a vowel)

Examples

• yürüye yürüye - by walking

et:-a fr:-a ku:-a ja:-a zh:-a