7. rain bsf
+ -y
rainy 8.
sulk bsf +
-y sulky
9. bankrupt bsf
+ -y
bankruptcy 10.
speed bsf +
-y speedy
11. mist bsf
+ -y
misty 12.
arm bsf +
-y army
b. Distribution
Suffix -y can be attached to Verb and Noun: 1.
discover V +
-y discovery
2. sleep N
+ -y
sleepy 3.
gloom N +
-y gloomy
4. grim N
+ -y
grimy 5.
exemplar N +
-y exemplary
6. worth N
+ -y
worthy 7.
rain N +
-y rainy
8. sulk V
+ -y
sulky 9.
bankrupt N +
-y bankruptcy
10. speed N
+ -y
speedy 11.
mist N +
-y misty
12. arm N
+ -y
army
c. Function
The function of suffix -y in these samples is change the class of base forms ‘Verb’ to become ‘Noun’.
1. discover V
+ -y
discovery N 8.
sulk V +
-y sulky N
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The function of suffix -y in these samples is change the class of base forms ‘Noun’ to become ‘Adjective’.
2. sleep N
+ -y
sleepy Adj 3.
gloom N +
-y gloomy Adj
4. grim N
+ -y
grimy Adj 5.
exemplar N +
-y exemplary Adj
6. worth N
+ -y
worthy Adj 7.
rain N +
-y rainy Adj
9. bankrupt N
+ -y
bankruptcy Adj 10.
speed N +
-y speedy Adj
11. mist N
+ -y
misty Adj 12.
arm N +
-y army Adj
4.2.16 Suffix -er
1 clearer p.7ch.1sn.3
2 earlier p.22ch.4ph.6
3 keeper p.37ch.5ph.2
4 anger p.37ch.5ph.2
5 prayer p.52ch.1ph.1
6 counter p.52ch.1ph.4
7 quarter p.67ch.3ph.1
8 prisoner p.22ch.4ph.2
9 adviser p.142ch.14ph.1
10 wanderer p.187ch.20ph.1
11 greater p.187ch.20ph.4
12 officer p.202ch.22ph.2
13 deeper p.232ch.2ph.3
14 brighter p.247ch.5ph.4
15 upper p.247ch.5ph.5
16 former p.262ch.7ph.1
17 talker p.262ch.7ph.2
18 frontier p.307ch.12ph.4
19 nearer p.307ch.12ph.6
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a. Form
Suffix -er does not change the form when it is attached to these base forms 1.
clear bsf +
-er clearer
3. keep bsf
+ -er
keeper 5.
pray bsf +
-er prayer
6. count bsf
+ -er
counter 7.
quart bsf +
-er quarter
8. prison bsf
+ -er
prisoner 10.
wanderer bsf +
-er wanderer
11. great bsf
+ -er
greater 13.
deep bsf +
-er deeper
14. brighter bsf
+ -er
brighter 16.
former bsf +
-er former
17. talk bsf
+ -er
talker 18.
front bsf +
-er frontier
19. near bsf
+ -er
nearer Suffix -er changes the form when it is attached to the base form or word
in which has consonant y or p, or vowel e in the end of base form. 2.
early bsf +
-er earlier
4. angry bsf
+ -er
anger 9.
advise bsf +
-er adviser
12. office bsf
+ -er
officer 15.
up bsf +
-er upper
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b. Distribution
Suffix -er can be attached to Adjective : 1.
clear Adj +
-er clearer
2. early Adj
+ -er
earlier 4.
angry Adj +
-er anger
11. great Adj
+ -er
greater 14.
bright Adj +
-er brighter
15. up Adj
+ -er
upper 18.
front Adj +
-er frontier
19. near Adj
+ -er
nearer
Suffix -er also can be attached to Verb : 3.
keep V +
-er keeper
5. pray V
+ -er
prayer 6.
count V +
-er counter
7. quart N
+ -er
quarter 8.
prison N +
-er prisoner
9. advise V
+ -er
adviser 10.
wander V +
-er wanderer
12. office N
+ -er
officer 13.
deep V +
-er deeper
16. form N
+ -er
former 17.
talk V +
-er talker
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