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- "La producción"
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It says that "producción" is feminine. Why doesn't it have an "a" at the end?
It should accept production without a definite article. When talking about production in general, you don't need a definite article
DUO always asks us to include the article with these Vocabulary words. We need to learn the articles/gender of each noun.
In my opinion, "production" should be accepted, but it seems that in this instance, Duolingo requires a direct analog translation.
is it safe to say almost every English "-tion" word has a "-ción" cognate?
Yes, there are many, but there are also some exceptions: reflexión, conexión, transgresión, agresión, transmisión, misión, comisión and ascensión. I don't know how many others there are.
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"Transgression", "aggression", "transmission", "mission", "commission", and "ascension" don't end on "-tion", though. :P
The "-tion - -ción" and "-sion - -sión"* equation is pretty straightforward. But there are still some exceptions, of course.
Note also, that a "-ction"-suffix word will usually have two "c"s or an "x" (producción "- production; conducción- conduction) and other "tion"-suffix words will typically have one c (nation-nación; solution-solución; option-opción). Of course there are exceptions (traducción).
By the way, "-cion", "-tion" are called "suffixes", not "cognates."
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/suffix https://www.thefreedictionary.com/cognate
These are examples of "cognates" (cognados):
producción - production;
conducción- conduction
(nation--nación;
solution--solución;
option--opción).
