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OUTLIN'E OF GRAMMAR.<br />
It has been truly observed that <strong>Malay</strong> is a most idiomatic<br />
language. In order, <strong>the</strong>refore, to Speak it <strong>with</strong> perfect<br />
accuracy students are recommended to learn <strong>the</strong> <strong>Malay</strong><br />
sentences given herein <strong>by</strong> heart, and to have as much intercourse<br />
<strong>with</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Malay</strong>s as possible. The few grammatical<br />
rules given below are only those which are peculiar to <strong>the</strong>><br />
language in so far as <strong>the</strong>y differ from English ones.<br />
Inflections of words are given under a separate heading.<br />
Nouns.<br />
*<br />
Rule I. There is no separate form for <strong>the</strong> plural noun<br />
in <strong>Malay</strong>, e.g.<br />
:<br />
English.<br />
a mai><br />
five men<br />
MALAir.<br />
sa-orang<br />
lima orang<br />
Rule 2. Sometimes a noun is reduplicated, and <strong>the</strong>n it<br />
means (i) that <strong>the</strong> number is indefinite, e.g. :<br />
<strong>the</strong> men who came I<br />
yesterday i<br />
orang-orangyang datang<br />
semalam.<br />
(li) that <strong>the</strong>re is more than one variety of <strong>the</strong> same thing, e.g.<br />
various kinds of things<br />
different kinds of flowers<br />
barang-barang<br />
bunga-bunga<br />
Rule 3. There is no inflection to denote gender ; but<br />
laki-laki is added to define male Bind perempuan for female of<br />
persons, Jantan for male and (5/ifz'«« for female of animals, e.g.<br />
son<br />
daughter<br />
horse<br />
mare<br />
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anak laki-laki<br />
anak pirhnpuan<br />
kuda jantan<br />
kuda betina<br />
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