Denai hutan itu menuju ke puncak.

That forest trail heads toward the summit.

Breakdown of Denai hutan itu menuju ke puncak.

• itu: that
• ke: to (a place)
• menuju: to head toward
• denai hutan: the forest trail

Questions & Answers about Denai hutan itu menuju ke puncak.

What does denai hutan itu mean literally, and why is the word order different from English?

Literally, denai hutan itu is something like trail forest that.

In natural English, that becomes that forest trail.

Malay usually puts the main noun first and then the word that describes or narrows it:

• denai = trail, path
• hutan = forest
• itu = that

So:

• denai hutan = forest trail
• denai hutan itu = that forest trail

This is very normal Malay noun phrase order. English often puts the describing noun before the main noun, but Malay often keeps the main noun first.

Why does itu come after the noun instead of before it?

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

So:

• denai hutan itu = that forest trail
• puncak itu = that peak
• rumah itu = that house

This is one of the first word-order differences English speakers notice.
English: that trail
Malay: trail that

What does menuju mean here?