Kami membaja tumbuhan itu setelah tunas baharu tumbuh.

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Breakdown of Kami membaja tumbuhan itu setelah tunas baharu tumbuh.

• kami: we
• baharu: new
• setelah: after

Questions & Answers about Kami membaja tumbuhan itu setelah tunas baharu tumbuh.

What does kami mean, and why isn’t it kita?

Kami means we, but it is the exclusive form: it does not include the person being spoken to.

• kami = we, not including you
• kita = we, including you

So in this sentence, Kami membaja tumbuhan itu... means the speaker and some other people fertilized the plant, but the listener was not part of that group.

Why is the verb membaja and not just baja?

Baja is the root word, meaning fertilizer or related to fertilizing.
To make it an active verb, Malay often adds the meN- prefix.

So:

• baja = fertilizer / fertilize
• membaja = to fertilize

The prefix changes form depending on the first sound of the root. Since baja begins with b, meN- becomes mem-, giving membaja.

Does membaja mean fertilize, fertilized, or are fertilizing?