美式英語正音訓練第38期:Exercise 1-47

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