Straits-born Chinese, should be avoided by Europeans who wish to speak with any approach to correctness.
Possessive Pronouns.
13. Properly speaking the only possessive pronouns in Malay are the suffixes -ku, mine; -mu, yours; and -nya, his or theirs. These are all joined by a hyphen to the noun expressing the thing possessed, as,
baju-ku, any coat.
rumah-mu, your house.
kuda-nya, his horse.
Of these only -nya is used in conversation; -ku and -mu being only used in written compositions.
14. All personal pronouns become possessive pronouns when placed after the noun expressing the object possessed, or by the addition of the possessive particle punya, as explained above in paragraph 12.
15. When the substantive which the possessive pronoun qualifies is omitted or understood, or when the possessive pronoun completes the predicate of a sentence, the form punya must be used, as,
dia-lah sahya punya, it is mine.
rumah itu dia punya, the house is his.
VOCABULARY.
NOUNS. |
ADJECTIVES. |
| anak, child. | hitam, black. |
| bapa, father. | kaya, rich. |
| binatang, animal. | kosong, empty. |
| kreta, cart, carriage. | miskin, poor. |
| kaki, leg, foot. | pandai, clever. |
| laut, sea. | puteh, white. |
| lmbu, bullock. | tinggi, high, tall. |
| pti, box. | sakit, sore, sick. |
| tangan, hand. | |
| tuan, master. |
PRONOUNS.
| aku, sahya, I, me. | dia, ia, he, she, her, him. |
| kita, kami, we, us. | dia, dia orang, orang itu, they, them. |
| angkau, tuan, kamu, you. |
