Butiran Baru: New Points

1. Noun/Verb potential in words like jalan (walk/road) is common in English

Read:

I want to read your paper.

Can I have a read of your paper?

 

Scroll

A scroll was conferred to him.

I can’t scroll up or down because the mouse is faulty.

 

What is the difference in these two sentences

A. Ada banyak pokok tinggi di Fakulti Kejuruteraan

B. Ada banyak pokok yang tinggi di Fakulti Kejuruteraan

 

A informs that all the  trees at the Eng. faculty are tall.

B identifies some of the tall trees at the Eng. faculty.

 

What is the difference between Hanya sedikit and Sedikit sahaja

 

Hanya sedikit = just a little

sedikit sahaja = a little only

 

A. Wang saya hanya sedikit  vs. B.  Wang saya sedikit sahaja

      My money is just a little     vs.      My money is  a little only

 

Both are interchangeable

However the popular usage found in the media is to double emphasize by using both hanya and sahaja

 

Hanya sedikit sahaja (which is redundant yet typical in a polite culture of emphasizing extensively)

Acceptable in oral; please keep to either hanya sedikit or sedikit sahaja in written.

 

terima kasih

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I believe that the business of teaching and learning is enhanced by the practice of writing and reviewing existing materials and exchanging of ideas with the fraternity. In 2011, I am teaching two modules between Jan to May. I will present a paper in Boon Lay, Singapore in June and publish three book reviews as well as a paper. I have a paper selected as resource in ERIC (Education Resource Information Centre) and a paper archived in UNESCO-NIE CARE (Centre of Arts Research in Education). My three books, namely Reduplicating Noun and Verbs in Malay (2007), Semiotik Persembahan Wacana (2009) and Persembahan@Media.com (2010) are published by University Malay Press, Kuala Lumpur.

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