Questions & Answers about Kami akan berkhemah hujung minggu ini.
Why is kami used instead of kita?
Malay has two different words for we:
- kami = we, but not including the person being spoken to
- kita = we, including the person being spoken to
So Kami akan berkhemah hujung minggu ini means the speaker and some other people will go camping, but the listener is not part of the group.
If the listener is included, you would say:
- Kita akan berkhemah hujung minggu ini.
What does akan mean here?
Akan is a future marker. It often corresponds to will or going to in English.
So:
- Kami berkhemah = We camp / We are camping / We camped depending on context
- Kami akan berkhemah = We will camp / We are going to camp
Malay does not mark tense the same way English does, so words like akan help show future time more clearly.
Does Malay always need akan for the future?