from the data above, it can be analyze that :
In English, it is found that suffix -able, -ful, -ing can be attached to base form ended with diphthong phoneme and suffix -en, -er, -ity, -ize, -ly, -ment, -ness
cannot be attached to base form ended with diphthong phoneme.
In Achehnese, there is no suffixes can be attached to diphthong phoneme.
4.2 Distribution
Suffixes that can be attached the Verb English
Achehnese
1. – able 1. – pih
accept v + -able acceptable meu’en v + -pih
meu’enpih 2. – er
2. – sit – cit employ v + -er employer
meuruno v + -sit meurunosit
3. – ful 3. – keuh
help v + -ful helpful
me v + -keuh
mekueh 4. – ing
give v + -ing giving
5. – ly
complete v + -ity completely 6. – ment
develop v + -ment development
Based on the data above, it can be analyze that :
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In English, it can be seen that suffix -able, -er, -ful, -ing, -ly, -ment can be
attached to the base form of verb but suffix -en, -ity, -ize, -ness cannot be attached to the base form of verb.
In Achehnese, it can be seen that suffix -pih, -sit-cit, -keuh can be attached to the
base form of verb but suffix -that, -kon cannot be attached to the base form of verb.
Suffixes that can be attached the Noun English
Achehnese
1. – en 1. – pih
height n + -en heighten
babah n + -pih
babahpih 2. – ful
2. – sit – cit ear n + -ful
earful ngen n
+ -sit ngensit
3. – ity 3. – keuh
Christian n + -ity Christianity ok n
+ -keuh okkueh
4. – ize terror n + -ize
terrorize
5. – ly
friend n + -ly friendly
from the data above, it can be analyze that :
In English, suffix -en, -ful, -ity, -ize, -ly can be attached to the base form of noun but suffix -able, -er, -ing, -ment, -ness cannot be attached to the base form of noun.
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In Achehnese, it can be seen that suffix -pih, -sit-cit, -keuh can be attached to the
base form of noun but suffix -that, -kon cannot be attached to the base form of noun.
Suffixes that can be attached the Adjective English
Achehnese
1. – en 1. – that
soft adj + -en soften
ubiet adj + -that ubietthat
2. – er 2. – pih
long adj + -er longer
su’um adj + -pih su’umpih
3. – ity 3. – sit – cit
elastic adj + -ity elasticity panyang adj + -sit panyangsit
4. – ize 4 – keuh
natural adj + -ize naturalize
bagah adj + -keuh bagahkeuh
5. – ly
quickadj + -ly quickly 6. – ness
lonely adj + -ness lonelyness
Based on the data above, it can be analyze that :
In English, suffix -en, -er, -ity, -ize, -ly, -ness can be attached to the base form of adjective but suffix -able, -ful, -ing, -ment, cannot be attached to the base form of
adjective.
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In Achehnese, suffix –that, -pih, -sit-cit, -keuh can be attached to the base form
of adjective but suffix -kon cannot be attached to the base form of adjective.
Suffixes that can be attached the Numeral English
Achehnese
There is no suffix that can be 1. – pih
attached to numeral limeung
+ -pih limeungpih
2. – sit – cit peut +
-sit peutsit
3. –
keuh seuribe
+ -keuh
seuribekeuh
Based on the data above, it can be analyze that :
In English, there is no suffix that can be attached to numeral
In Achehnese, suffix -pih, -sit-cit, -keuh can be attached to the base form of numeral and suffix –that, -kon cannot be attached to the base form of numeral.
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4.3 Function
