Posisi dan Kata Arah (Positional and Directional Words)
Posisi (Positions)
In this step, you will learn the words that indicate a location’s direction and position. Directional words are typically found before and after nouns and noun conjunctions.
| Malay | English | Example of sentences |
|---|---|---|
| Bawah | under / below | Bekas pensil Izzati berada di bawah meja
Izzati’s pencil case is under the table |
| Atas | on / on top of / up | Beg Kelvin di atas meja
Kelvin’s bag is on the table |
| Malay | English | Example of sentences |
|---|---|---|
| Depan | front | Beg Kelvin di depan meja
Kelvin’s bag is in front of the table |
| Belakang | behind | Basikal saya ada di belakang rumah
My bicycle is behind of the house |
| Malay | English | Example sentences |
|---|---|---|
| Dalam | in/inside | Baju Kelvin di dalam almari
Kelvin’s shirt is inside the wardrobe |
| Luar | outside | Amy letak buku di luar beg
Amy puts the book out of the bag |
| Malay | English | Example of sentences |
|---|---|---|
| Kanan | right | Orang melayu menggunakan tangan kanan untuk makan
The Malays use their right hand to eat |
| Kiri | left | Hospital berada di sebelah kiri jalan besar
The hospital is on the left of the main road |
| Malay | English | Example of sentences |
|---|---|---|
| Timur | east | Matahari terbit dari sebelah timur
The sun rises from the east |
| Barat | west | Hujan lebat akan turun di sebelah barat Malaysia
Heavy rain will fall in the west of Malaysia |
| Malay | English | Example of sentences |
|---|---|---|
| Tepi | beside – object & person | Amy letak bola di tepi pokok
Amy placed the ball on the edge of the tree |
| Sebelah | beside – object & person | Kelvin duduk di sebelah Sarah
Kelvin sat next to Sarah |
| Sisi | beside – person | Ketika sakit, ibu sentiasa ada di sisi saya
When I’m sick, my mother is always by my side |
| Samping | beside – person | Ibu ada di samping saya ketika kejadian itu berlaku
Mom was by my side when the incident happened |
| Malay | English | Example of sentences |
|---|---|---|
| Tengah | middle/centre | Amy duduk di tengah antara Kelvin dan Sam
Amy sat in the middle between Kelvin and Sam |
| Hujung | end | Rumahnya yang paling hujung sekali
His house is at the far end |
| Penjuru | corner | Pokok itu berada di penjuru bilik
The tree is at the corner of the room |
| Sekitar | around | Polis itu perlu mengawal kawasan sekitar kampung Raja
The police have to control the area around Raja’s village |
| Seberang | across | Ibu berdiri di seberang sungai itu
Sarah’s mother stood across the river |
| Antara | between | Dia berdiri di antara dua pokok
He stood in between two trees |
Learn Bahasa Melayu: Grammatical rules in Malay
Learn Bahasa Melayu: Grammatical rules in Malay
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