Dia terlibat dalam kemalangan itu.

he/she

Breakdown of Dia terlibat dalam kemalangan itu.

• itu: that
• dalam: in
• kemalangan: the accident

Questions & Answers about Dia terlibat dalam kemalangan itu.

Why does dia not tell me whether the person is he or she?

In Malay, dia is a third-person singular pronoun that is normally gender-neutral. It can mean he, she, or sometimes that person, depending on context.

So in this sentence, you only know the gender if the wider context tells you.

A few related points:

• dia = he / she
• beliau = a more respectful he/she for honored people
• ia = it in more formal writing, though everyday speech often still uses other structures

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What exactly does terlibat mean here?

Terlibat means involved or implicated.

In this sentence, dia terlibat dalam kemalangan itu means the person was involved in that accident.

It does not necessarily mean the person caused the accident. It only says they were connected to it in some way, for example:

• they were one of the people in it
• they were affected by it
• they were part of the incident

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Why is it terlibat, not just libat?