1 Pertemuan 19 Prefixes Matakuliah: G0134 – Grammar III Tahun: 2005 Versi: revisi 1

2 Learning Outcomes Pada akhir pertemuan ini, diharapkan mahasiswa akan mampu : Menyusun kalimat dengan menggunakan kata2 yang mempunyai awalan2 yang baru saja dipelajari

3 Outline Materi Prefixes: De, ex Prefixes: macro, micro Prefixes: mini, mono, multi Prefixes: semi, sub Parts of speech

4 Prefixes Prefixes are used to change meaning. Prefixes never change the part of speech. Most suffixes change the part of speech. Many prefixes give a word a meaning which is the negative of the original. Examples are dis, in, un. Other prefixes change meaning in different ways, for example: multi + ethnic = multiethnic (=made up of many different ethnic groups)

5 Prefixes PrefixMeaning/useexample De+ verb/nounoppositedecentralise De + verbRemovedebone De + verbReducedevalue Ex + nounPreviousEx-husband Macro-nounLargemacroeconomi cs Micro-nounVery smallmicroelectronic s Mini+nounSmallMini hi-fi

6 Prefixes PrefixMeaning/useexample Mono+nounOnemonolingual Multi+noun/adje ctive Manymultipurpose Semi+noun/adj ective Halfsemicircle Semi+adjectivePartlysemiliterate Sub+nounUndersubterranean Sub+nounLess/lowersubcommittee

7 Prefixes Verbs Common verb prefixes are: dis-, mis-, out-, re-, under- Two common verb endings are –en and – ise.  -en is added to several adjectives and some nouns to give the verb form. Verbs formed in this way have the meaning of ‘to make more…’, e.g. weaken: ‘ to make weaker’.