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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 />

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