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OUTLINE OF GRAMMAR. 71<br />
Interrogation.<br />
Rule 31. Generally a suffix, -kah, is used to denote<br />
interrogation. Its position in a sentence may be better<br />
learnt <strong>by</strong> examples.<br />
English.<br />
have you a knife ?<br />
has he gone ?<br />
are you mad ?<br />
is he sleeping ?<br />
were you <strong>the</strong>re yesterday ?<br />
are yoii a teacher ?<br />
when will you go ?<br />
can you give me . . . ?<br />
does he go to school?<br />
did you see him ?<br />
<strong>Malay</strong>.<br />
engkau ada-kah pisau ?<br />
sudah-kah dia pergi ?<br />
engkau gila-kah ?<br />
dia tidur-kah ?<br />
engkau di-situ-kah semalam ?<br />
engkau kerja guru-kah ?<br />
bila-kah engkau nantipergi ?<br />
boleh-kah engkau beri ka pada<br />
sahaya . . .?<br />
ada-kah dia pergi ka-sekolah ?<br />
ada-kah engkaujumpa dia ?<br />
Note. —In colloquialism -kah may be left out, but <strong>the</strong><br />
word on which <strong>the</strong> force of <strong>the</strong> question falls is etnphasized.<br />
Rule 32. The word jadi<br />
used in colloquial <strong>Malay</strong>,<br />
examples :<br />
this will do<br />
we are not going to Ipoh<br />
' after all<br />
'<br />
<strong>the</strong> fqotball match will hot<br />
take place this evening<br />
<strong>the</strong>n, when is it going to take<br />
place ?<br />
what became of <strong>the</strong> madman?<br />
Adverbs.<br />
( = become) is very largely<br />
especially in <strong>the</strong> following<br />
inijadi-lah<br />
tidakjadi kita pergi ka-Ipoh<br />
tidak jadi lawan football ini<br />
petang<br />
bila-kah pulajadi-nya ?<br />
apajadi-nya 07'ang gila itu ?<br />
Rule 33. Adverbs of manner ma)' be formed from<br />
adjectives <strong>by</strong> (i) using dengan . . . nya, e.g. :<br />
(adj.) easy<br />
(adv.) easily -an senang-nya<br />
,