Notes On Affix
Notes On Affix
Notes On Affix
affix
A. Prefiks (awalan)
[attached to the beginning of a word]
1. Me-
[function : verb in active sentence]
me- : l, m, n, r, w, x, y, z
mem- : b, f, p, v
men- : c, d, j, t
meny- :s
meng- : vowel, g, h, k, q, x
menge- : satu suku kata (one syllable that doesn’t neccessarily hold any meaning by
itself)
me- : k, p, t, s
* ‘K, p, t, s’ special rules:
a. If the original word is followed by vowel, then they are dissolved as follows;
K —> ng
P —> m
T —> n
S —> ny
b. If the original word is followed by consonants, then you use the ‘ng, m, n, ny’ but
keep the ‘k, p, t, s’ behind them;
c. If the original word is followed by consonants but you want to turn the original
word into a noun using the prefix pe-, then ‘k, p, t, s’ dissolve following the
rule in point ‘a’;
d. The ‘dissolution rule’ does not apply to certain words because they are used like
that generally;
- kaji (review) —> mengkaji
- punya (own) —> mempunyai
- syair (poetry) —> penyair
2. Ber-
[function : verb in active sentence]
* Special rules:
- If the original word starts with ‘r’ or if the original word first letter is followed
by ‘er’, then prefix ‘ber-’ becomes ‘be-’. So, you should not double the ‘r’;
3. Per-
[function : noun]
The rules are the same as ‘ber-’
4. Ter-
[function : verb in passive sentence]
The rules are the same as ‘ber-’
a. Meaning : one/a
b. Meaning : the entire
c. Meaning : after
6. Pe-
[function : noun]
The rules are the same as ‘me-’
a. Meaning : tools
b. Meaning : character
c. Meaning : occupation
d. Meaning : doing something (similar to occupation, only the activity is not
necessarily considered as an occupation)
e. Meaning : causing something
6. Di-
[function : verb in passive sentence]
* Rules:
- Written as one word if combined with the original word;
- Written separately into two words if it is to show location—as in ‘DI, ke, dari’.
B. Infiks (sisipan)
[in the middle; usually attached in between the first and second letter of a word]
-er-, -el-, -em- dan -in-.
1. -kan
[function : verb]
2. -i
[function : noun]
a. Meaning : adding/giving
b. Meaning : repeatedly
c. Meaning : make something becomes
3. -an
[function : noun]
2. -nya
[function : adverb]
a. Meaning : conclusion
b. Meaning : matter
c. Meaning : to emphasize
d. Meaning : third person pronoun
1. Ke—an
[function : abstract noun]
a. Meaning : state/situation/condition
b. Meaning : intensity/overly…
c. Meaning : quite…/rather…
2. Pe(n)—an
3. Per-an
a. Meaning : location/place/area
b. Meaning : output
c. Meaning : matter
d. Meaning : variation of something
4. Se-nya
*usually used in conjunction with repeated word
a. Meaning : adverb
b. Meaning : superlative
2. -isme
[function : noun]
a. Meaning : teachings/doctrine
b. Meaning : genre/ism
c. Meaning : concept (ideology)
3. -isasi
[function : noun]