Meaning of Suffixes and Examples in Sentences

Inside a sentence, of course it will be easy for you to find various words that are inserted with an affix. Affix or affix is a sound that is added to a word, either at the beginning, middle, or end of a sentence or combined to produce a new word that has a meaning related to the word initially. It is from this addition process that gives rise to affixed words. There are many types of affixes used in LanguageIndonesia. Each suffix that exists of course has its own meaning. So, here are some affixes with examples in a sentence.

Basic Words of Ber-

1. According to the type of word

• Nouns, for example:
  • Eggs = laying eggs, (the chicken that my mother has kept until now has not yet lay eggs).
  • Nest = nest, (the birds nesting on the ceiling of the house).
• Verbs, for example:
  • Work = work, (father work from day to night to meet the daily needs of the family).
  • Replace = change, (rain just keep going down even though it's noon change night).
• Adverbs, for example:
  • Crowded = abuzz, (class kids a crowd doing homework in the school garden).
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  • Be careful = be careful, (police put up signs to remind motorists to be careful when passing the bend behind the hill).
• word circumstances, for example:
  • Sad = sad, (all 3rd graders sad because the day of farewell draws near).
  • Same = together, (I together mom and dad visit grandma in Village).
• Number words, for example:
  • Two = both, (we both went to visit the property exhibition at JCC yesterday afternoon).
  • Five = five, (they five got punished from school for skipping sports lessons).
• Pronouns, for example: you = beengu, I = beku.

2. By Shape

• Origin words, for example:
  • One = united, (finally the mother cat uniteu also with their lost children).
  • Happy = happy, (all 3rd graders happy welcoming their graduation day).
• Concatenated words, for example:
  • Acquaintance = acquainted, (brother get acquainted with the agency manager who offered to become a singer).
  • Grip = hold on, (the little boy holding on tightly on his mother's arm while climbing the pedestrian bridge).
• Rephrase, for example:
  • Aspirations = aspire, (from childhood to adulthood, I aspire want to be a pilot).
  • various = various = various, (In the market there are many kinds of food traditional from various areas).
• Word groups, for example:
  • Teak garden = teak gardening, (after retiring later, father wants teak gardening in grandfather's village to fill his old age).
  • Curly hair = curly hair, (the child who was found crying in front of the mosque curly hair and wearing a yellow shirt).
• Compound words, for example:
  • cheers = cheers, (audience cheering when his favorite team scores).
  • Greet = be friendly, (at the end of the year all branch office employees will be friendly with head office employees in Bandung).

The Meaning of the Prefix Ber-

1. The root word is a verb

• Declare in a state of being doing an activity, for example:
  • fight.
    • Government and the whole community fight against destructive drugs generation nation.
  • Speak.
    • daddy is talk with the Head of the RT related to the citizens' security and security system.
• Declare an action that leads to the perpetrator, for example:
  • Asking.
    • That boy asking Why is he not allowed to leave the house to play?
  • acquainted.
    • At first we get acquainted through pen pals, we are now best friends.
• Expressing reciprocal actions, for example:
  • Shake hands = greet each other.
    • Invited guests shake hands with the bride and groom before eating the meal.
  • Staring = staring at each other.
    • We are each other staring when the jury said our group won the competition.

2. The root word is an adjective 

• Stating being in a condition or situation, for example:
  • Sad.
    • Seeing his son's bad behavior made the two parents grieve.
  • Happy.
    • Everyone gather and happy welcome the new year.
• Declare something to be, for example:
  • Decrease = become less.
    • Due to pests and long drought, the chili harvest this year reduced 20% from the previous year.
  • Helpful.
    • After these used goods are recycled, not only helpful but also provide income for our family.
  • Different.
    • Although differenttribe, our race and class are still one nation, namely the Indonesian nation.

3. The root word is a noun

• Stating has or has, for example:
  • eyed.
    • girl who eyed big and round it is one of the employees in the automotive company.
  • bodied.
    • The person who owns that luxurious house is a young man who bodied big and white.
• Expressing using or using something, for example:
  • Glasses.
    • Since working in the IT department, now he glasses every day.
  • tie.
    • His appearance has now changed drastically, every day he is dressed neatly and in a tie.
• Declare yield, for example:
  • fruitful.
    • Some of the types of plants that we plant in the school garden have now been bear fruit heavy.
  • give birth.
    • Mammals are animals that reproduce by give birth.
• Declare a call or designation, for example:
  • make friends.
    • make friends with him makes me very grateful for what I already have.
  • Brothers.
    • His parents and Foundation Head brothers, but they don't get along with each other.
• Stating is doing a job, for example:
  • Gardening.
    • Brother studying gardening in the backyard as practice from the final task.
  • Trade.
    • Turns out to be learning trade not only to calculate profit and loss but also to be proficient in reading consumer desires.

4. The root word is a number word

The affix when combined or combined with a number word, the word formed will state the amount, for example:

• The four of them.
  • They foursome is a band that is being loved by young people now.
• Dozens.
  • Already dozens last year, we lived here, but we have never felt the light of electricity in our village.
• hundreds.
  • Already hundreds I advised him, but he didn't even listen to what I said.

This is an explanation of the meaning of the suffix ber and an example in a sentence. May be useful.