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PRACTICAL MALAY CRAMMAR 
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PRACTICAL MALAY eSAHMAE. 
2 ? 
Even an indirect or implied command requires jar.gun as a 
negative, lor instance, 
suro/t dta jartgan naik, tell him net to go no. 
haik kite pergi atau jangan ? shall wc go or not ? 
In dependent clauses in which a purpose is expressed, that 
is to say after such conjunctions as "in order that." ‘"So that,” 
“ lest," the negative must he expressed by jangan, as, 
spaya kaki-nya jarigan kolcr. 
so that hia feet should not get dirty. 
VOCABULARY. 
anj mg, dog. 
dhobi , washerman, 
scan, fish. 
iiek, duck. 
/ipas, fan. 
! rmja, shirt. 
kolarn, pond 
bucking, cat. 
natna, name. 
chat, medicine, 
/ajar, fence. 
pokok, plant, tree. 
Vr.KBS, 
bayar , pay. 
koyak, tear. 
makan, eat. 
minum, drink. 
jtwa, let for hire. 
EXERCISE XII. 
1 Did the washerman tear this shirt ? No sir, it was torn 
before. 5 Have you paid him ? No. 3 Does that man know how 
to sew ? No, he does not. J Are you going to eat ? Oh . no. 
‘Do you want to buy anything ? No. 6 Do you know the name of 
this plant ? No.] don't. ' Do you want to sell this cat ? Certainly 
not. * Is this your dog ? No. 3 He shut the gate of the fence so 
that the people should not come in. 10 Are there no fish in the 
pond ? 11 It not this your fan ? “Have you eaten or not ? ,3 ls 
your house let ? No. “ Tell the cook not to buy a duck to-day. 
LESSON XI IF. 
The verbs '‘Sudah” and ••Hahis.’* 
74 The use of sudah as an auxiliary verb has already been 
explained in paragraphs 45, 46, and 48, arid its use in expressing 
past intervals ofi time in paragraph 41. As a verb proper, its 
meaning in the imperative is “ finish," “ that is enough." 
7S- Sudah may also be used in the indicative mood in the 
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