1. PRONUNCIATION
The vowels and consonants mostly remain the same. For example in vowel U (( untuk ~ for )) (( ular ~ snake )) are pronounced
the same unlike in English, for example (( put, but, pure )) the vowel U
are read differently.
2. TENSES
Verbs are not inflected for person or number, and they are not marked for
tense. Tense is instead denoted by time adverbs such as (( kelmarin ~
yesterday )) or by other tense indicators such as (( sudah ~ already
)) and (( belum ~ not yet )) . On the other hand, there is a complex
system of verb affixes to render nuances of meaning and to denote voice or
intentional and accidental moods.
3. PLURALITY
There is no grammatical plural in Malay. You only need to repeat the word e.g. (( anak ~ child )) ~ (( anak-anak ~ children )), (( buku
- book )) ~ (( buku-buku ~ books )). If you want to count something,
you simply need to put the number without repeating the word e.g (( satu
kerusi ~ one chair )) ~ (( lima kerusi ~ five chairs )).
4. GENDER
There is no grammatical gender and there are only a few words that use natural
gender; the same word is used for he and she or for his and her. Gender does
not give any change in verb formation.
5. WORD
ORDER
Neutral word order in Malay is
Subject-Verb-Object (SVO) like in English. However, other word orders are
possible, depending on emphasis and style.
Refferences ;
http://en.wikipedia.org/
http://malay.pgoh13.com/
http://aboutworldlanguages.com
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