Breakdown of Kalaupun hujan malam ini, kami tetap akan berkhemah.
ini
this
malam
the night
akan
will
kami
we
Questions & Answers about Kalaupun hujan malam ini, kami tetap akan berkhemah.
What does kalaupun mean here?
Kalaupun means even if in this sentence.
It is built from:
- kalau = if
- pun = a particle that adds emphasis, often giving the sense of even
So Kalaupun hujan malam ini means Even if it rains tonight.
Compared with plain kalau, kalaupun sounds a bit stronger and more concessive: the speaker is saying that the result in the main clause will still happen despite that condition.
Why is hujan used by itself? Does it literally mean rain or to rain?
In Malay, hujan can function as both:
- a noun: rain
- a weather predicate: to rain / be raining
So hujan malam ini naturally means it rains tonight or it is rainy tonight, depending on context.
Malay often does not need a separate dummy subject like English it.
English says it is raining, but Malay simply says hujan.
Why is there no word for English it in Even if it rains tonight?