Suffixes and Prefixes

Most words in English are simple, but you may need to add additional syllables to convey a stronger or more precise meaning, or to shorten an idea that might take multiple words to address. These syllables are called suffixes and prefixes.

Prefix:

They are added to the start of the word to change the original meaning,
Here are some examples:

The Prefix and The Use/Meaning	The Example
re- Meaning to do the same thing again	replace means to put something else rewrite means to write the same topic again recover means becoming healthy/fixed again reuse means to use something multiple times redo means to do something again
dis-, un-, anti- Meaning the opposite of something	dislike means not liking something unhealthy means not healthy / having bad health unhappy means not happy antibiotics
over- Meaning "above" or "excessive"	overcook overlook
under- Meaning: below	undercooked understand (the suffix doesn't apply to this case, but simplify the grammar)
semi- Meaning "half" or "partially"	semifinal semicircle
mis Meaning "wrong" or "badly"	misunderstand misinterpret
trans- Meaning "across" or "beyond".	transport transmit
sub- Meaning "under" or "below".	submerge subtitle
pre- Meaning "before" or "before".	preview prefix
in- Meaning "not" or "into".	incorrect invade
inter- Meaning "between" or "among".	interact International
bi- Meaning "two" or "twice".	A bicycle is a vehicle with two wheels bilingual
co- Meaning "together" or "jointly".	cooperate work together (origin: operate(work).) coexist
de- Meaning "opposite of" or "down".	deactivate decompose
ex- Meaning "former" or "out of".	ex-president export
micro- Meaning "small" or "tiny".	microscope microchip
multi- Meaning "many" or "much".	multicolored multiply
non- Meaning "not" or "opposite of".	nonstop nonfiction
post- Meaning "after" or "behind".	postwar postgraduate
tri- Meaning "three".	triangle tricycle

Suffix:

Suffixes are syllables added to change the use of the word rather than the meaning, "what uses that suffixes have?" you may ask,
here are some examples:

The Suffix and The Use/Meaning	The Example
-ness This means the amount of something	niceness creativeness
-ful used to indicate a noticeable amount of an adjective	respectful playful helpful careful joyful
-ly used to convert an adjective into an adverb or from trades into ways/adverbs, for example: "quickly! turn of the stove."	scientifically respectfully technically playfully slowly cleanly quickly happily yearly weekly badly
-able/-ible used to convey the ability to do something or a verb. in other words, tell people how much someone can do something	contractable manageable scalable lovable comfortable comfortable visible doable flammable
-ment used for an action or resulting state as a noun	movement government management
-less used in opposite cases of "ful", used to indicate a not-so-noticeable amount of something	useless helpless coverless endless
-ish means "the property/characteristic that comes from" something.	childish selfish foolish
-ify/fy used as "cause to be [something]" or "reason of" Example: "This thing can be classified" Classify: means caused to be a class, the meaning of this sentence is "this thing can be a class".	specify modify
-ology means "the science" that is related to something, for example: "geo" means earth, so "geology" means the science of earth	technology biology geology
-ic Meaning: "of" or "relating to"	specific analytic realistic
-er there are two use cases: subject in this case, -er is added to indicate a subject who is doing the verb noun in this case, -er is added to indicate something that holds an adjective better than another, example: "I am taller than my friend", "The room is cleaner than before" tip for informal speech: if nothing to compare to, that thing is usually before, example: "the room is cleaner" should be "The room is cleaner (than before)"	teacher builder teller seller driver slower cleaner
-est used to indicate something that holds an adjective better than any of a group, example: "I am the tallest of my friends"," the room is cleanest among before"	tallest happiest
-ion means "the act of" something.	celebration creation
-ing what is a gerund? a gerund is used to indicate an action (as a noun). a gerund is written like this: verb+"ing"	running singing baking writing reading
-ed English verbs are classified into 2: irregular verbs regular verbs the past and past participles of regular verbs end with "-ed".	walked played baked stressed
-ive used to indicate the tendency to perform a particular action	creative informative negative
-ize indicating the action or process of making something in other words, the action that is needed so an adjective is achieved	organize prioritize criticize realize
-al means "related to", example: "historical" means: related to history	cultural personal optional historical

Example:

this will show you how to use suffixes and prefixes in real-life speech

My day at work:

I work as a baker. I love meeting new customers. Our working time is between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM. We sell cakes at relatively average prices with freshly brought ingredients. These ingredients are harder to transport and store. We are looking to discover new recipes.

What does "baker" mean?
What does "working" mean?
What does "relatively" mean?
What does "freshly" mean?
What does "discover" mean?

"baker" means someone who bakes.
"working" means a gerund for work. means the action of working.
"relatively" means the adjective of the noun relative. the adjective form of "relative".
"freshly" means the adjective of the noun fresh. the adjective form of "fresh".
"discover" means the opposite of covering or knowing about more things.

the rest is left as an exercise for the reader.