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PRACTICAL MALAY GRAMMAR.


|- | -ku, aku punya, etc. my, mine. | style="border-left:1px solid black;padding-left:0.5em;" | -mu, angkau punya, etc. your, yours. |- | kita punya, kami punya, our, ours. | style="border-left:1px solid black;padding-left:0.5em;" | dia punya, -nya, his, her, hers, their, theirs. |}

EXERCISE II.

1 I am a great king. 2 You are a small child. 3 My carriage is new. 4 Your black horse is strong. 5 You are rich, we are poor. 6 Sea water. 7 The child's hand. 8 Bullock cart. 9 I am the child of the king of Malacca. 10 The animal's foot is sore. 11 He is my master. 12 They are clever. 13 His coat is white. 14 Their boy is tall. 15 The empty box is yours. 16 The hot water is theirs. 17 The small boy is hers.

LESSON III.

Demonstrative Pronouns.

16. The demonstrative pronouns in Malay are: itu, that, those; ini, this, these. They can both be used either as adjectives or as true pronouns; when used as adjectives they follow the noun which they qualify. Examples:

itu-lah dia, that is he.
anak ini, this child.

17. The following are also demonstrative pronouns, but cannot be used as adjectives:

ia'itu,

dia'itu,

they, that, the same.
ia'ini, this, this one.

These forms are more emphatic than the above; examples:

kuda kchil, ia'itu-lah baik, small horses, (they) are the good ones.
ia'ini anak orang kaya, this one is the rich man's child.

Interrogative Pronouns.

18. The following are the interrogative pronouns, in Malay: apa, what; siapa, who; mana, which, what; apa macham, what kind of.

19. Only mana, and apa macham can be used as adjectives. Mana is also an adverb, meaning “where?” When used as an