Exercise 1-47: Regular Transitions of Adjectives and Verbs CD 2 Track n
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].
Nouns / Adjectives Verbs
advocate [ædv'k't] to advocate [ædv'kεit]
animate [æn'm't] to animate [æn'mεit]
alternate [ältern't] to alternate [älternεit]
appropriate [əpropre(y)'t] to appropriate [əpropre(y)εit]
approximate [əpräks'm't] to approximate [əpräks' mεit]
articulate [ärticyul't] to articulate [ärticyəlεit]
associate [əssosey't] to associate [əssoseyεit]
deliberate [d'libr't] to deliberate [d'liberεit]
discriminate [d'skrim'n't] to descriminate [d'skrim'nεit]
duplicate [dupl'k't] to duplicate [dupl'kεit]
elaborate [elæbr't] to elaborate [əlæberεit]
an estimate [εst'm't] to estimate [εst' mεit]
graduate [græjyu(w)'t] to graduate [græjyu(w)εit]
intimate [int'm't] to intimate [int'mεit]
moderate [mäder't] to moderate [mäderεit]
predicate [prεd'k't] to predicate [prεd'kεit]
separate [sεpr't] to separate [sεperεit]
