A Manual of the Malay language / With an Introductory Sketch of the Sanskrit Element in Malay

by Sir William Edward Maxwell

Rumah ini siapa?— Whose house is this?

Siapa panggil?— Who called?

Gajah mana ini?— What elephant is this?

Siapa akan tahu?— Who knows?

The RELATIVE PRONOUN is

Yang, who, which.

Examples.

Burong yang liyar, a bird that is wild.

Raja yang adil, a king who is just.

Ada yang tuah, ada yang muda, some are old and some are young (lit. there are who are old, &c.).