ADVERBS. |
PRONOUNS. |
| amat, very. | hamba, I (addressing a superior). |
| nschaya, certainly. | tuan-hamba, you (ditto). |
| sangat, very. | |
CONJUNCTION. |
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| dmkian, so, thus. |
EXERCISE XXIII.
1 As soon as the Sultan heard the bndahara was very ill, his majesty came. 2 When he thus thought, he returned to his house and went up the stairs.3 He acted thus owing to his being a Malay retainer unwilling to rebel. 4 You must not forget this, so that you may be great (Malay—possess greatness) in this world and the next. 5 No one rebuked him, because he was a great man. 6 All of the boxes were soldered down, so that they could not be opened any more. 7 If two duties come to you, put your duty to God first, and leave your worldly duty. 8 If he had desired to kill him, at that time he could (have done it). 9 According to the customs of great kings, thus they did. 10 Though it was so, yet he would not go there. 11 What you desire, ask of us; whatever it may be we will not withhold it. 12 However much they fired bombs, the elephant did not mind (hisabkan).
LESSON XXIV.
The use of Prepositions.
145. A number of prepositions, most of which have not appeared in the previous lessons, will be found below, in the vocabulary. Their use, being the same in most cases as in Western languages, requires but little explanation. The compound prepositions formed from the adverbs atas, bawah, etc., are only given in combination with di, but can also be combined with the prepositions k- and deri, as explained in paragraph 27.
146. Many verbs which are intransitive in English, and require a preposition with the indirect object, are transitive in Malay, or can be made transitive by the addition of the suffix kan, and therefore govern the direct object, as,
| Ask for, minta. | Point at, tunjok. |
| Look for, chari. | Go out, kluar. |
| Wait for, nantikan. | Go into, masok. |
| Knock at, ktok. | Put into, masokkan. |
| Laugh at, tertawakan. | Pull out, chabot. |
