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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 />

<strong>Malay</strong> Self-Taught ( 65<br />

anak laki-laki<br />

anak pirhnpuan<br />

kuda jantan<br />

kuda betina<br />

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