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the example

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the rule

Affixes are letters that are added before the root (prefixes).

after the root (suffixes).

eg:over + population : overpopulation.

interest + ing : interesting.

Here are some prefixes: de - re-dis - mis-over-pre-il- in -im - trans - co-en-ext.

These prefixes are used to form new verbs, nouns or adjectives.

prefix

root adjective
il

literate 

literate

in

secure 

 insecure 

un

happy 


unhappy 

 im

moral

 

immoral

table 2:

prefix root verbs
trans

plant 

transplant 

re

elect 

re-elect 

dis

appear 

disappear 

de 

stabilize

 destabilize

 

table 3:

prefix root noun

pre 

arrangement 


pre-arrangement 

co 

author

co-author 

pcmis

fortune

misfortune

some suffixes

Here are some suffixes : ive, ic, ful, ous, ing, ness, ship, en, hood, ment, ion ect ... 

These suffixes are used to form adjectives, nouns or verbs.

root suffix nouns
kind ness

kindness 

develop 

ment 

development 

friend 

ship

friendship 

construct

 ion

construction

soot  suffix verbs

weak

en

 weake

equal

ize

 equalize

intense

ify

 intensify