Exercise 1-47:
Regular Transitions of Adjectives and Verbs
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].
Repeat
advocate to advocate
animate to animate
alternate to alternate
appropriate to appropriate
approximate to approximate
articulate to articulate
associate to associate
deliberate to deliberate
discriminate to descriminate
duplicate to duplicate
elaborate to elaborate
an estimate to estimate
graduate to graduate
intimate to intimate
moderate to moderate
predicate to predicate
separate to separate