Filipino Affix Exercises

Exercise 1

Affix Type: Prefix

Affix Form: mag-

Root Word: luto

Meaning: to cook

Exercise 2

Affix Type: Prefix

Affix Form: mag-

Root Word: aral

Meaning: to study

Exercise 3

Affix Type: Prefix

Affix Form: mag-

Root Word: linis

Meaning: to clean

Exercise 4

Affix Type: Prefix

Affix Form: pag-

Root Word: aral

Meaning: studying/education

Exercise 5

Affix Type: Prefix

Affix Form: pag-

Root Word: luto

Meaning: cooking

Exercise 6

Affix Type: Prefix

Affix Form: ma-

Root Word: tulog

Meaning: to sleep

Exercise 7

Affix Type: Prefix

Affix Form: ma-

Root Word: ganda

Meaning: beautiful

Exercise 8

Affix Type: Prefix

Affix Form: mang-

Root Word: isda

Meaning: to fish (as a profession)

Exercise 9

Affix Type: Prefix

Affix Form: mang-

Root Word: kuha

Meaning: to take/get repeatedly

Exercise 10

Affix Type: Prefix

Affix Form: mang-

Root Word: hiram

Meaning: to borrow habitually

Exercise 11

Affix Type: Prefix

Affix Form: nag-

Root Word: luto

Meaning: cooked

Exercise 12

Affix Type: Prefix

Affix Form: nag-

Root Word: aral

Meaning: studied

Exercise 13

Affix Type: Prefix

Affix Form: nag-

Root Word: trabaho

Meaning: worked

Exercise 14

Affix Type: Prefix

Affix Form: magka-

Root Word: anak

Meaning: to have a child

Exercise 15

Affix Type: Prefix

Affix Form: magka-

Root Word: sakit

Meaning: to get sick

Exercise 16

Affix Type: Prefix

Affix Form: magka-

Root Word: pera

Meaning: to have money

Exercise 17

Affix Type: Prefix

Affix Form: makipag-

Root Word: usap

Meaning: to talk with someone

Exercise 18

Affix Type: Prefix

Affix Form: makipag-

Root Word: laro

Meaning: to play with others

Exercise 19

Affix Type: Prefix

Affix Form: makipag-

Root Word: away

Meaning: to fight with someone

Exercise 20

Affix Type: Prefix

Affix Form: mapag-

Root Word: mahal

Meaning: loving (tendency to love)

Exercise 21

Affix Type: Prefix

Affix Form: mapag-

Root Word: bigay

Meaning: generous (tendency to give)

Exercise 22

Affix Type: Prefix

Affix Form: mapag-

Root Word: yabang

Meaning: boastful

Exercise 23

Affix Type: Suffix

Affix Form: -in

Root Word: kain

Meaning: eat it!

Exercise 24

Affix Type: Suffix

Affix Form: -in

Root Word: basag

Meaning: break it!

Exercise 25

Affix Type: Suffix

Affix Form: -an

Root Word: tulog

Meaning: place to sleep

Exercise 26

Affix Type: Suffix

Affix Form: -an

Root Word: laro

Meaning: toy (thing to play with)

Exercise 27

Affix Type: Suffix

Affix Form: -han

Root Word: turo

Meaning: school (place of teaching)

Exercise 28

Affix Type: Suffix

Affix Form: -han

Root Word: bili

Meaning: store (place of buying)

Exercise 29

Affix Type: Suffix

Affix Form: -han

Root Word: laba

Meaning: laundry area

Exercise 30

Affix Type: Suffix

Affix Form: -ng

Root Word: malaki

Meaning: big (when modifying a noun)

Exercise 31

Affix Type: Suffix

Affix Form: -ng

Root Word: maganda

Meaning: beautiful (when modifying a noun)

Exercise 32

Affix Type: Suffix

Affix Form: -ng

Root Word: mabait

Meaning: kind (when modifying a noun)

Exercise 33

Affix Type: Suffix

Affix Form: -hin

Root Word: kain

Meaning: will eat (something)

Exercise 34

Affix Type: Suffix

Affix Form: -hin

Root Word: gawa

Meaning: will do/make (something)

Exercise 35

Affix Type: Suffix

Affix Form: -hin

Root Word: basa

Meaning: will read (something)

Exercise 36

Affix Type: Suffix

Affix Form: -nin

Root Word: kuha

Meaning: take it (emphatic)

Exercise 37

Affix Type: Suffix

Affix Form: -nin

Root Word: dala

Meaning: bring it

Exercise 38

Affix Type: Suffix

Affix Form: -nin

Root Word: bigay

Meaning: give it

Exercise 39

Affix Type: Suffix

Affix Form: -na

Root Word: kain

Meaning: eat now/already

Exercise 40

Affix Type: Suffix

Affix Form: -na

Root Word: alis

Meaning: leave now

Exercise 41

Affix Type: Suffix

Affix Form: -na

Root Word: tulog

Meaning: sleep now

Exercise 42

Affix Type: Suffix

Affix Form: -pa

Root Word: gising

Meaning: still awake

Exercise 43

Affix Type: Suffix

Affix Form: -pa

Root Word: kain

Meaning: eat more

Exercise 44

Affix Type: Suffix

Affix Form: -pa

Root Word: ulit

Meaning: once more

Exercise 45

Affix Type: Infix

Affix Form: -um-

Root Word: kain

Meaning: to eat

Exercise 46

Affix Type: Infix

Affix Form: -um-

Root Word: lakad

Meaning: to walk

Exercise 47

Affix Type: Infix

Affix Form: -in-

Root Word: kain

Meaning: ate (something)

Exercise 48

Affix Type: Infix

Affix Form: -in-

Root Word: sulat

Meaning: wrote (something)

Exercise 49

Affix Type: Infix

Affix Form: -ar-

Root Word: gawa

Meaning: to do repeatedly

Exercise 50

Affix Type: Infix

Affix Form: -ar-

Root Word: takbo

Meaning: to run continuously

Exercise 51

Affix Type: Infix

Affix Form: -ar-

Root Word: kanta

Meaning: to sing repeatedly

Exercise 52

Affix Type: Infix

Affix Form: -al-

Root Word: ginhawa

Meaning: comfort, ease

Exercise 53

Affix Type: Infix

Affix Form: -al-

Root Word: dulas

Meaning: slipperiness

Exercise 54

Affix Type: Infix

Affix Form: -al-

Root Word: init

Meaning: heat, warmth

Exercise 55

Affix Type: Infix

Affix Form: -ig-

Root Word: talon

Meaning: to jump suddenly

Exercise 56

Affix Type: Infix

Affix Form: -ig-

Root Word: lakad

Meaning: to walk quickly

Exercise 57

Affix Type: Infix

Affix Form: -ig-

Root Word: takbo

Meaning: to run suddenly

Exercise 58

Affix Type: Infix

Affix Form: -ag-

Root Word: kain

Meaning: eating by many

Exercise 59

Affix Type: Infix

Affix Form: -ag-

Root Word: tulog

Meaning: sleeping in various places

Exercise 60

Affix Type: Infix

Affix Form: -ag-

Root Word: bili

Meaning: buying from different places

Exercise 61

Affix Type: Infix

Affix Form: -ir-

Root Word: gawa

Meaning: was made (with emphasis on manner)

Exercise 62

Affix Type: Infix

Affix Form: -ir-

Root Word: sulat

Meaning: was written (with style emphasis)

Exercise 63

Affix Type: Infix

Affix Form: -ir-

Root Word: kanta

Meaning: was sung (with manner emphasis)

Exercise 64

Affix Type: Infix

Affix Form: -il-

Root Word: akyat

Meaning: to climb with difficulty

Exercise 65

Affix Type: Infix

Affix Form: -il-

Root Word: gawa

Meaning: to do with effort

Exercise 66

Affix Type: Infix

Affix Form: -il-

Root Word: buhat

Meaning: to carry with strain

Exercise 67

Affix Type: Circumfix

Affix Form: ka-...-an

Root Word: ganda

Meaning: beauty

Exercise 68

Affix Type: Circumfix

Affix Form: ka-...-an

Root Word: buti

Meaning: goodness

Exercise 69

Affix Type: Circumfix

Affix Form: pag-...-an

Root Word: laro

Meaning: playground (place for playing)

Exercise 70

Affix Type: Circumfix

Affix Form: pag-...-an

Root Word: tinda

Meaning: marketplace (place for selling)

Exercise 71

Affix Type: Circumfix

Affix Form: mapag-...-in

Root Word: tawad

Meaning: can be bargained with

Exercise 72

Affix Type: Circumfix

Affix Form: mapag-...-in

Root Word: bigay

Meaning: can be given to (generous to)

Exercise 73

Affix Type: Circumfix

Affix Form: mapag-...-in

Root Word: pasensya

Meaning: can be patient with

Exercise 74

Affix Type: Circumfix

Affix Form: pagka-...-an

Root Word: gising

Meaning: state after waking up

Exercise 75

Affix Type: Circumfix

Affix Form: pagka-...-an

Root Word: dating

Meaning: state after arriving

Exercise 76

Affix Type: Circumfix

Affix Form: pagka-...-an

Root Word: alis

Meaning: state after leaving

Exercise 77

Affix Type: Circumfix

Affix Form: maka-...-an

Root Word: abot

Meaning: to be able to reach (a place)

Exercise 78

Affix Type: Circumfix

Affix Form: maka-...-an

Root Word: dating

Meaning: to be able to arrive at

Exercise 79

Affix Type: Circumfix

Affix Form: maka-...-an

Root Word: huli

Meaning: to be able to catch at (a place)

Exercise 80

Affix Type: Circumfix

Affix Form: pinag-...-an

Root Word: laro

Meaning: was played at/with

Exercise 81

Affix Type: Circumfix

Affix Form: pinag-...-an

Root Word: kain

Meaning: place where eating occurred

Exercise 82

Affix Type: Circumfix

Affix Form: pinag-...-an

Root Word: tulog

Meaning: place where sleeping occurred

Exercise 83

Affix Type: Circumfix

Affix Form: nakipag-...-an

Root Word: usap

Meaning: talked with (someone)

Exercise 84

Affix Type: Circumfix

Affix Form: nakipag-...-an

Root Word: laro

Meaning: played with (someone)

Exercise 85

Affix Type: Circumfix

Affix Form: nakipag-...-an

Root Word: away

Meaning: fought with (someone)

Exercise 86

Affix Type: Circumfix

Affix Form: ika-...-ng

Root Word: isa

Meaning: first

Exercise 87

Affix Type: Circumfix

Affix Form: ika-...-ng

Root Word: dalawa

Meaning: second

Exercise 88

Affix Type: Circumfix

Affix Form: ika-...-ng

Root Word: tatlo

Meaning: third