Owing to the absence of inflexion, the composition of simple sentences in Malay offers few difficulties. The phrases and exercises which will be given in this Part are simple and elementary, serving thus as a preparation for others of progressive difficulty to be reached at a later stage.
[LESSON I.]
Substantives.
| person (man, woman, or child), orang. man, laki-laki. woman, per-ampu-an. child, anak. house, rumah. water, ayer. fire, api. wind, angin. wood, kayu. carriage, kreta. horse, kuda. ship, kapal. | steamer, kapal-api. boat, sampan. cow, ox, lumbu. dog, anjing. bird, burong. snake, ular. fish, ikan. sun, mata-hari. moon, bulan. star, bintang. sea, laut. river, sungei. cloth, kain. |
Adjectives.
| good, baik. new, băharu. naughty, wicked, jahat. beautiful, bagus. pretty, chantek. wise, pandei. stupid, bodoh. large, bĕsar. small, kĕchil. deep, dalam. swift, laju. | high, tinggi. round, bulat. old, tuah. young, muda. cold, sĕjuk. hot, panas. far, jauh. near, dĕkat. coarse, kasar. fine, halus. |
Adverbs.
| very, baniak. | exceedingly, sangat. |
Before showing how sentences may be constructed with these words by means of the verb ada, and with the aid of the personal pronouns, two of the hints already given are here repeated:—