Grammar Enrichment: Suffix for Nouns

 

Halo there, Kiseki English students, how is life? Happy New Year 2021, folks. Are you still studying from home? Working from home? Or, going someplace? Even if you go someplace, I hope you do the proper protocol to avoid the spread of the pandemic virus.

Nah, setelah kita membahas tentang prefix dan suffix untuk verb minggu lalu, yuk sekarang adalah giliran dari noun atau kata benda untuk dibahas segala bentuk suffix nya. Kita sudah pernah bicarakan ini beberapa minggu lalu ketika kita membahas suffix untuk noun to form agent or doer. Ada beberapa suffix untuk noun yang mengacu pada orang atau pelaku. Kalian bisa cek di video list disini ya.  Ada banyaaak suffix untuk noun selain untuk membentuk kata benda pelaku atau doer atau agent. Saking banyaknya, saya akan bagi diskusi ini menjadi dua. 

Yuk, kita mulai ya. Ohya, kata dasar dari noun sebelum diberi akhiran atau suffix, biasanya berbentuk kata kerja sebagai kata dasarnya.

Suffix -ment to form noun;

Achieve	Achievement
Acknowledge	Acknowledgement
Amaze	Amazement
Amuse	Amusement
Assign	Assignment
Attach	Attachment
Command	Commandment
Commit	Commitment
Conceal	Concealment
Disappoint	Disappointment
Discourage	Discouragement
Enforce	Enforcement
Equip	Equipment
Govern	Government
Improve	Improvement
Invest	Investment
Judge	Judgment
Move	Movement

Example:

Much of my amazement, she loves my design.

Please check the attachment I put in my email sent to you yesterday.

Suffix -al to form noun:

Bestow	Bestowal
Betray	Betrayal
Dispose	Disposal
Refer	Referral
Renew	Renewal
Reverse	Reversal
Survive	Survival
withdraw	Withdrawal

Example:

He didn’t expect his betrayal on the day of their arrest.

The local district's bestowal on subsidies calmed the people for a while during this pandemic.

Suffix -t to form noun

Ascend	Ascent
Extend	Extent
Pursue	Pursuit
Restrain	Restraint

 Example:

She enjoys indoor pursuits like cooking and knitting, unlike her sister who loves outdoor pursuits, like biking and camping.

 In the last minute of the game, he didn’t want to show his restraint to give up

Suffix -ance or -ence to form noun

Acquaint	Acquaintance
Assist	Assistance
Confer	Conference
Convey	Conveyance
Emerge	Emergence
Inherit	Inheritance
Maintain	Maintenance
Resemble	Resemblance

Example:

He is just an acquaintance I knew from the seminar. I barely know him.

Do you need an assistance to carry your belongings?

Suffix –(t)ure to form noun:

Fix	Fixture
Mix	Mixture
Press	Pressure
Proceed	Procedure

Example:

The mixture of the dough seems perfect. It's gonna be a great cake for his birthday.

You need to follow the strict procedures to give insulin injection for the patients.

Suffix -sion to form noun:

Conclude	Conclusion
Exclude	Exclusion
Include	Inclusion
Divide	Division
Provide	Provision
Collide	Collision
Deride	Derision
Corrode	Corrosion
Erode	Erosion
Revise	Revision
Ascend	Ascension
Scan	Scansion

Example:

You need to find the conclusion before you decide what to choose.

The netizens were speechless to hear about her exclusion from the list of Emmy Awards.

Suffix -y or -ery to form noun:

Brave	Bravery
Deliver	Delivery
Discover	Discovery
Flatter	Flattery
Green	Greenery
Master	Mastery
Mock	Mockery
Recover	Recovery
Rob	Robbery
Savage	Savagery
Scene	Scenery
Slave	Slavery

 Example:

The delivery of the newly-built-bookstore started at 9.00. Please stand by.

Some people believe in the discovery of flat earth.

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