Ini maklumat peribadi.

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Breakdown of Ini maklumat peribadi.

• maklumat: the information
• peribadi: personal; private

Questions & Answers about Ini maklumat peribadi.

Why is there no word for is in Ini maklumat peribadi?

In Malay, a sentence like this often does not need a verb meaning to be.

So Ini maklumat peribadi literally looks like:

• Ini = this
• maklumat peribadi = personal information

Malay commonly joins these directly to mean This is personal information.

You may sometimes see ialah or adalah in more formal writing, but in everyday Malay, leaving them out is very normal.

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What does ini mean here, and where does it usually go?

Here, ini means this.

In Ini maklumat peribadi, it stands at the beginning, so the sentence means This is personal information.

Malay also often places ini after a noun:

• maklumat ini = this information
• buku ini = this book

So compare:

• Ini maklumat peribadi = This is personal information.
• Maklumat ini peribadi = This information is personal.

Both patterns are useful, but they are structured a little differently.

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Why is peribadi after maklumat instead of before it?