When the suffix -an is attached to a ber- verb simultaneously, the verb forms intransitive verbs. It can indicate reciprocality. It means the verbs indicate mutual…
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The negative ‘tidak'(not) can combine with some adjectives to form a compound base for ke-..-an nouns, i.e. ke – ROOT WORD – an. These correspond to English…
The confix ke- + -an can be also attached to words that already have a prefix, such as ber-, se-. Word with Prefix ber- Root: ada [there,…
Many ke + Noun/Adverb + an that form verbs indicate that the subject experiences or suffers from something over which the subject has no control. Suffer from Certain Conditions…
Some ke- + -an words have two meanings. Depending on how we use them, they may indicate one thing or the other. Root word ke-…
Sense of Excessiveness To form an adjective with a sense of excessiveness and translate into English as ‘too + adjective’ (for example, too small, too…
Confix ‘ke – an’ can form nouns from adjectives, verbs and other classes. Such nouns are generally of an abstract nature. To Identify a State or Condition…
In certain situation, intransitive verb with confix ‘me- + -i’ may have adverbs to elaborate the situation or need a preposition to indicate place. For…
Suffix -i can be added simultaneously with prefix me- to a number of simple transitive verbs to indicate that the action is performed more than once. This…
With bases which indicate approximation or relative position the suffix -i verb means ‘become the distance indicated by the base from the object‘.Root: lalu (past, through) There’s…
Suffix -i with noun bases can mean ‘act as/be (base) with reference to object‘. Just like in the previous examples, we will need to apply confix,…
In the following example we will need to apply confix, i.e. prefix me- and suffix -i. Confix is a synonym of circumfix. But as nouns, confix is (linguistics) an affix…