Papan agihan itu dekat pintu.

that

Breakdown of Papan agihan itu dekat pintu.

• pintu: the door
• dekat: near
• papan agihan: the distribution board

Questions & Answers about Papan agihan itu dekat pintu.

What does each word in Papan agihan itu dekat pintu mean?

A word-by-word breakdown is:

• papan = board, panel
• agihan = distribution
• papan agihan = distribution board / distribution panel
• itu = that / the specific one being referred to
• dekat = near, close to
• pintu = door

So the structure is roughly:

papan agihan itu = that distribution board
dekat pintu = near the door

Why is itu placed after papan agihan, not before it?

In Malay, demonstratives like ini (this) and itu (that) usually come after the noun phrase, not before it.

So:

• papan agihan itu = that distribution board
• buku ini = this book
• rumah itu = that house

This is different from English, where this/that normally come before the noun.

Also, because papan agihan is a noun phrase, itu goes after the whole phrase, not just after papan.

Why is there no word for is in the sentence?