Grammar Rules

Question

Is there any formula to change a verb into a noun?

A challenging question. - pacofinkler, Apr 20, 2014

Good question! - joygogo, Apr 21, 2014

Answer 1

I cannot say there is a particular rule or rules, I do know that many nouns are formed by adding suffixes to the verb.

The most common way ( seems to me) is removing verb endings and adding :

ción, cción, sión. examples:

elaborar= elaboración, cocer= cocción, revisar= revisión

ado, ada, ido, ida. Examples:

comer=comida, salir=salida, herir= herida

miento. Examples:

sufrir= sufrimiento, sentir=sentimiento, descubrir= descubrimiento

aje. Examples:

aterrizar=aterrizaje, hospedar= hospedaje, almacenar= almacenaje

ud. Examples:

solicitar= solicitud, ampliar= amplitud

There are many other nouns related to verbs that present other endings.

Examples:

transportar= transporte, citar=cita, probar= prueba

I think I have say that as time goes on you will find a logic to this, but at first I feel it is memorization.

Gracias - zawlintun, Apr 20, 2014

De nada ! - pacofinkler, Apr 20, 2014

This is not so easy in english however. - pacofinkler, Apr 21, 2014

Great answer! - joygogo, Apr 21, 2014

Gracias Joygogo ! - pacofinkler, Apr 21, 2014

Answer 2

There is no formula per se .. most of the verbs can be used as nouns in the infinitive form .. for example leer es un buena afición // reading is a good hobby ... patinar es un actividad deportiva muy difícil // skating is a very difficult sports activity.. here both in english and spanish the verbs to skate and to read are used as nouns .. so likewise ,, I think any verb can be used as noun (as an infinitive in spanish and as a progressive-ing in english).. depends on how u use the verb in the sentence .. and the positioning of the verb in the sentence ..

2nd.. there are many groups (of verbs, nouns, adjective, etc.) Which share the same stem and should be learned as a collective vocabulary package ..

For example : la creencia : Belief (noun) Creer : to belive (verb) Creyente (noun and adjective)

Hope this answers your question.

Regards.

I learned that recently when we thought movimiento should be used but el mover was also corret - Mardle, Apr 20, 2014

Mardle, how would you use "el mover"? - pacofinkler, Apr 20, 2014

u cant use articles like el, la, un, una with a verb being used as noun (contrary to english) may be because in spanish the articles are assigned based on the gramatical gender of the noun andcan infinitive doesnt have any gender .. - 00b055e0, Apr 20, 2014

so I dont think that el mover would be a correct way of saying it - 00b055e0, Apr 20, 2014

but u can use mover as a noun for sure ,, for example ,, moverse de un lugar al otro frequentemente es muy difícil para personas muy gordas - 00b055e0, Apr 20, 2014

Very good answer! - joygogo, Apr 21, 2014

thanks - 00b055e0, Apr 21, 2014

Answer 3

I made a comment that you could use el mover in place of movimiento. In our class we had to find errors in sentences and correct them. One sentence started el mover and we all said it should be el movimiento. Our teacher said el mover was fine. I had never heard of using verbs as nouns. Our teacher is from Spain but I have checked on the net and it is possible and the site I have found is written by an American so I presume it is OK in Mexico and other areas where there are hispanohablantes - nouns as infinitives

examples

I am not trying to say jimmy is wrong but I would like to hear from native speakers as to how common the use is and if it is regarded as informal or OK. NB I have posted a link to the transparent language blog re suffixes on a later post by paco

Thank you very much for offering us the two links. I'll take a good look at them. - joygogo, Apr 21, 2014

I dont know my frend ,, I have never seen an article ever used with an infinitive used as noun .. I will check with my native venezuelan friend and will get back - 00b055e0, Apr 21, 2014

ok I just checked with my native friend ,. and she says that u can say "el mover" but mostly people dont talk like that and it would sound better id - 00b055e0, Apr 21, 2014

and it would sound better if u just say mover un tv ,, or mover la refrigerador etc.. - 00b055e0, Apr 21, 2014