Malay Grammar

The Malay grammar allows you to manipulate the vocabulary to obtain multiple forms of a word. The grammatical rules below are the most important in Malay and help connect words or shape the structure. We start with the prepositions:

And: Dan	Under: Bawah
Before: Sebelum	After: Selepas
Inside: Di dalam	Outside: Di luar
With: Dengan	But: Tetapi
For: Untuk	From: Dari
To: Ke	In: Di/di dalam

Questions and Adverbs

To ask questions, use the following:

What?: Apa?	Who?: Siapa?
How?: Bagaimana?	Why?: Mengapa?
Where?: Di mana?

Some of the most important time adverbs:

Never: Tidak pernah	Rarely: Jarang
Sometimes: Kadang-kadang	Usually: Biasanya
Always: Selalu	Very: Sangat

Most commonly used pronouns in Malay:

I: Saya	You: Kamu/awak/anda
He: Dia	She: Dia
We: Kami	They: Mereka

To express the possession of something [possessive form]:

My: Saya punya	Your: Kamu/awak/anda punya
His: Dia punya	Her: Dia punya
Our: Kami punya	Their: Mereka punya

Grammar in a sentence

Some random verbs to show how it's being used:

I speak English: Saya berbahasa Inggeris.

You speak French: Anda berbahasa Perancis

He speaks German: Dia berbahasa Jerman.

She speaks Italian: Dia berbahasa Itali.

I visited France: Saya telah melawat Perancis.

I will drink milk: Saya akan minum susu.

Some extra grammatical structures:

I understand you: Saya faham anda.

I don't understand you: Saya tidak faham anda.

I don't speak French: Saya tidak bercakap bahasa Perancis.

This is my house: Ini rumah saya

That restaurant is far: Restoran itu jauh.

No problem: Tiada masalah

The above Malay grammar can provide tools to use in coordination with the Malay vocabulary to obtain some popular Malay phrases.