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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
Preface.
ix
Books avai
Introduction.
xi ii
PART 1
I.
TO
II.
Pronunciation Practice.
55
III.
The Adjective :
45
4 <>
IV.
5U 54
ii. Possession
57
V.
i. Cardinal Numbers .
62, 64
66
70
VI.
76
ka -, di -< dari .
78
82
VII.
Manner
88
Expressions
94
CHAPTER
CONTENTS
PAGE
VIII.
j.
Negative Adverbs .
102, 104
ii.
. 107
hi.
no
IV.
Order of Words .
nr
AX.
i.
Personal Pronouns
117, 119
11.
Questions
123
m.
Answers
1 2 4
IV.
Requests
. 127
X.
I.
Conjunctions
* 33. *34
II.
Impersonal Expressions
M 3
XT
r.
149 , 15 *
ii.
Reduplication
*52
hi.
Comparison
156
XU.
The
Verb :
166
i.
Voice ....
The Simple Verb
167
170
iii.
17 *
IV.
Tim Prefix mi -
173
XI H.
The
Verb (continued) :
i.
186
ii.
ter-
189
hi.
,, pe-
190
IV.
T 9 I
v.
.. .. -*
I92
xi r.
Noun Affixes:
i.
203
ii.
204
hi.
an 208
IV.
an 209
V.
The Prefix ki -
211
CONTENTS
vii
CHAPTER
PAGE
XV.
Punctuation Words :
224
i. Maka ....
225
n. Introductory Words
229
230
231
232
XVI.
238
l. Juga ....
239
241
. *"242
243
v. -tah ....
. 244
XVII.
Pronouns : ...
252
i. Relative
252
ii. Indefinite
260
XVIII.
Pronouns (continued) : .
273
i. Interrogative
273
n. Possessive
274
276
iv. Personal
278
v. Demonstrative
279
XIX.
i. Ordinal Numbers
285
ii. Fractions
. 288
in. Measurements
290
XX.
i. Clock Time
303
n. The Calendar
306
309
310
DCABULARY MALAY-ENGLISH
319
English-Malay
364
viii
CONTENTS
PART II
PART III
APPENDIX
Glossary of Grammatical
terms used ....
PACK
380
392
42(J
PREFACE
(Cantab.), Barrister-at-Law.
(Cantab.), Barrister-at-Law.
M. B. L.
A* ix
BOOKS AVAILABLE FOR STUDY
Winstedt.
Luzac & Co.
2. Dictionaries.
4. For reading.
Singapore.
xii
2. Pel ay ar an Abdullah.
4. Hikayat Abdullah.
INTRODUCTION
xiii
xiv
NTRODUCTION
Grammatical terms.
Vocabularies.
Footnotes.
INTRODUCTION
xv
MALAY IDIOM.
1. Economy of words.
xvi
INTRODUCTION
2. Balance.
The examples given above have illustrated this
principle. Be on the look-out for comment upon it in the
notes.
3. Vocabulary.
(a) Precision.
(e.g. of a watch)
INTRODUCTION
xvli
direk
used of, e.g., the snapping of dry twigs
diring
,, ,, ,, jingling of a sword
deram
roll of drums
dirap
,, ,, ,, rain on a roof
dirang
clanging of a gong
dir an
,, ,, ,, rushing water
dirun
,, ,, falling water
kirosck
kerosok
menggilipck
menggilipak
4. Fluidity of Syntax.
PART I
PRONUNCIATION , GRAMMAR
AND EXERCISES
CHAPTER I
I. Scripts
II. I y ron unciation
I. SCRIPTS
Par. 1.
II. PRONUNCIATION
PRONUNCIATION
21
MALAY VOWELS.
Par, 3.
J ang
When the closed syllable is not stressed the " a " has
not this short " u " sound, e.g.
23
|.) PRONUNCIATION
e.g.
A note on Stress.
(court of justice).
When you say the English word 44 cake " you make
two vowel sounds be tween the two consonants : 4 k6 4-
eek In Malay there is no second vowel sound.
I.) PRONUNCIATION 25
ktilit (skin).
Before " ng " the Malay " o " is almost like a French
nasalized " o." The Malay name Long (short for
Stilong eldest) is nearer to the first syllable of French
" longtemps " than it is to the English word " long."
1 .)
PRONUNCIATION
27
MALAY CONSONANTS.
Par. 11.
Par. 12. 44 b , p , 14 t , 44 d .
Par. 13. 44 k
chinchin (a finger-ring).
ch&ri (seek)
Par. 15. h
29
|.) PRONUNCIATION
Mkim (Judge )
hukum {decree)
dahdn {bough)
tah&n {restrain)
Pahang {name of a State)
Johdr
bohdng {untruth)
leher {neck)
(c) Between two unlike vowels " h " is lightly sounded e.g.
lihat (see).
jahit (se7v)
sahut (answer)
bsih (split)
d&rah (blood)
gagak (a crow)
gila (mad)
slnga (lion)
16 ngah (loiter)
t&ngan (hand)
ngdnga (yawn)
Ngah (abbreviation of tngah (half) ; a pet name
given to the second or third child in a family).
PRONUNCIATION
31
Par. 18. 44 r
32
krbau, k&rgtas.)
"* Dl," th," "1" and " dz " are all used as
transliterations of the same Arabic letter dlad ", e.g.
PRONUNCIATION
33
I.)
saat (moment)
alam (universe).
mashghul (sorrowful)
ghaib (vanish)
raib (vanish)
ttilang (bone)
kdsong (empty)
pfitut (seemly)
s&rong (a sheath) %
34
CHAPTER II
PRONUNCIATION PRACTICE
Par. 21.
35
36
(CH.
Exercise 1
38
(CH.
bglakang - back
tuboh - body
frame
prut - siomac/i
badan - body
nyawa - life,
spirit
pinggang - waist
40
(CH.
janggut - beard The first syllable, again, is open be-
cause ngg " is one sound. For the
j " see par. 14. The " u " slightly
shortened. The t " very light.
light t
Exercise 2
rumah - house
staircase
kayu - wood
41
(finding - wall The first " i " is more open than the
( partition ) second, almost " dee- Even stress.
lantai - floor
B*
(CH.
book
tali - string , cord Not the " a of English " tar - lips
more stretched. Tongue forward for
the " 1 Tense " i .
final syllable.
Glottal check.
heard.
" finger .
43
biru - blue
44
manis - sweet
masam - sour
elok - fine ,
beautiful
chantek - pretty
kSras - hard
lmbut - soft,
gentle
pgnoh - fid l
kosong - empty
kurus - thin
g&mok - fat
(CH.
Exercise 3
zr. o\ u\
45
CHAPTER III
Examples.
meja bSsar large table, or large tables,
Exercise 4
46
Exercise 5
Par. 24.
meja itu
Exercise 6
Translate :
Exercise 7
Par. 25.
long.
fine.
Par. 26.
panjang.
small green leaves daun hijau yang k&chil.
so
Exercise 8
Exercise 9
Translate.
CHAPTER IV
I. The Demonstratives ini " itu
//. Possession
Par. 27.
51
Smak of 'mak
. mother
bapa or bapak .
. father
abang
. elder brother
kakak
,, sister
adek
anak
anak pr6mpuan fi
. daughter
anak laki-laki 6 .
. son
kanak-kanak
budak
tukang
. workman
tukang kayu
. carpenter
tukang kbun .
. gardener
roti
. bread
. tea
. coffee
. milk
gula
. sugar
lada
. pepper
anjing
dog
53
anak anjing
kuching .
burong
kera
gajah
l&nbu
lgmbu jantan 6 ,
lSrnbu bStina 6 .
tikus
ekor
rumput
ayer
sungai
laut
matahari .
bulan
kain
sarong
kain sarong
baju
punya
. puppy
. cat
. bird
. monkey
. elephant
. ox
. bull
. cow
. rat
. tail
. grass
. water ; juice
. river
. sea
. sun
. moon, month
. cloth ; sarong
. sheath
. I (sometimes we)
laki-laki 6 .
jantan 6
perSmpuan 6
bStina 8
masin
. ,, (of animals)
54 TEACH
tawar
bulat
round
koyak
torn
rtak
cracked
pgchah
broken, shattered
patah
putus
sakit
ill, sick
sakit hati
annoyed, vexed
baik
good
ta* baik .
not good
jahat
jinak
tame, tamed.
suka
like
makan
eat
minum
drink
jatoh
fall
ada .
sudah
lagi .
tidak or ta*
jan