The Prefix mis- The Prefix sub- The Prefix under- The Prefix be- The Prefix un-

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f.The Prefix mis-

The prefix mis- does not change in the form when attached to the base forms beginning with vowels or consonants in order to create the verbs. Examples mis- + understand = misunderstand ‘ to interpert words, instructions, etc wrongly ‘ mis- + calculate = miscalculate ‘to calculate amount, distance, measurement, etc wrongly ‘ mis- + apply = misapply ‘ to use something for the wrong purpose or in wrong way ‘ mis- + behave = misbehave’ to behave wrongly ‘

g. The Prefix sub-

The prefix sub- does not change in the form when attached to base form beginning with consonants in order to create the verbs. Examples sub- + devide = subdevide ‘ to devide something or be devided into smaller devision ‘ sub- + marge = submarge ‘ to go under the surface of water ‘ sub- + serve = submerge ‘ to serve as a means in promoting ‘ Universitas Sumatera Utara Universitas Sumatera Utara 30

h. The Prefix under-

The prefix under- does not change in the form when it is attached to the base froms beginning with consonants in oder to create the verbs. Examples under- + estimate = underestimate ‘ to guess that amout of something is lower that it realy is. ‘ under- + expose = underexpose ‘ to allow too little light to reach a film’ under- + sign = undersign ‘ to sign a letter at the foot ‘

i. The Prefix be-

The prefix be- does not change in the form when it is attached to the base foms beginning with consonats in order to form the verbs. Examples be- + friend = befriend ‘ to make a friend of ‘ be- + devil = bedevil ‘ to seduce or to make confuse ’ be- + little = belittle ‘ to cause to seem unimportant ‘

j. The Prefix un-

The prefix un- does not change in the form when it is attched to the forms beginning with consonants in order to form the verbs. Examples. un- + load = unload ‘ to move a thing from ‘ un- + pack = unpack ‘ to take out a thing ‘ un- + loose = unloose ‘ to make something loose ‘ Universitas Sumatera Utara Universitas Sumatera Utara 31

4.1.1.2 The English Suffix a.The Suffix

–en The suffix –en does not change in the form when it is attached to the base forms ending with consonants in order to from the verbs. Examples. length + -en = lengthen ‘to make or become longer ‘ fright + -en = frighten ‘ to make or to become fright ‘ sharp + -en = sharpen ‘ to make something sharp ‘

b.The Suffix –ize