Pronunication of words ending in "able" and the pronunication of able as a word that stands alone - a podcast by Eve Rydel

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comfortable, vegetable, doable, remarkable, admirable, adorable, agreeable, available




able is a suffix meaning it is added to the end of the word - pronounication as if you were to say "a bull" when it is a part of a word


Explanation of prefix vs. suffix


happy - unhappy (un = prefix un= not so - not happy) 


happiness - ness - is a suffix which means state of being or the condition 


un = prefix


able vs. unable - I am able to swim.  I am unable to fly a plane. 


I am able to speak English. The pronunciaton is different 


able - /ˈeɪb(ə)l/ 

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