Matakuliah
Tahun
Versi
: G0134 – Grammar III
: 2005
: revisi 1
Pertemuan 19
Prefixes
1
Learning Outcomes
Pada akhir pertemuan ini, diharapkan mahasiswa
akan mampu :
• Menyusun kalimat dengan menggunakan
kata2 yang mempunyai awalan2 yang
baru saja dipelajari
2
Outline Materi
•
•
•
•
•
Prefixes: De, ex
Prefixes: macro, micro
Prefixes: mini, mono, multi
Prefixes: semi, sub
Parts of speech
3
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)
4
Prefixes
Prefix
Meaning/use
example
De+ verb/noun
opposite
decentralise
De + verb
Remove
debone
De + verb
Reduce
devalue
Ex + noun
Previous
Ex-husband
Macro-noun
Large
Micro-noun
Very small
Mini+noun
Small
macroeconomi
cs
microelectronic
s
5
Mini hi-fi
Prefixes
Prefix
Meaning/use
example
Mono+noun
One
monolingual
Multi+noun/adje Many
ctive
Semi+noun/adj Half
ective
Semi+adjective Partly
multipurpose
Sub+noun
Under
subterranean
Sub+noun
Less/lower
subcommittee
semicircle
semiliterate
6
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’.
7