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Verbs.
Rule i6. Both the verb "to have" and the verb "to
be" are rendered into Malay as ada, but only (r) when the
verb " to have" denotes possession, e.g.
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English.
Malay.
I have ten chairs
sahaya ada sa-puloh kerosi
(ii) when the verb " to be " is used with a preposition, e.g.
that man is in this room
:
: .
orang iUi ada di-dalam ini
bilek
(iii) when the verb " to be " is preceded by " there ", e.g. :
there are ten chairs |
ada
sa-puloh kerosi
Rule 17. When the verb "to be" is used with an
adjective qualifying a noun, the word ada is left out, e.g :
I
|
that man is thin
this paper is yellow
OKang
kertas
itu ku7^us "
ini kuning^
J,,,, Rule 1 8. \Vhen the verb " to be " is used in expressing
a man's vocation, the word ada is left out and kerja is used
instead of it {kerja =^0^:^), e.g.:
he is a barber |
dia
kerja tukang-chukur
Rule 19. Verbs do not undergo inflection to denote
person or number.
Rule 20. The same form' of the verb is used for both
the present tense and the past, e.g.
(present) I sleep at ten o'clock
l(past) last night he slept at
3; '.twelve o'clock,)
:
sahaya tidur pukul sa-puloh
semalam dia tidur pukul
dua-belas
Rule 21. The " future tense" in a Malay verbis forrned
(i) colloquially, b)' using the word nanti ( = wait) before the
verb, e.g.
:
I shall go to-morrow |
sahaya
nanti pergi esok
'-•(ii) in- Writing, by usirtg the word akan before the verb, e.g.
y, ,
r shall return home next
month
Y
sahaya akan pulang lain
./Note.—Fpr "can " or " may " use boleh, and for " must"
use mesti.
' The negative form for these is bukan-nya, not Hdak.
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