Pendebungaan penting untuk buah.

important

Breakdown of Pendebungaan penting untuk buah.

• untuk: for
• buah: the fruit
• pendebungaan: pollination

Questions & Answers about Pendebungaan penting untuk buah.

What does pendebungaan mean, and how is it formed?

Pendebungaan means pollination.

It is built from debunga, which means pollen, plus the affixes peN- ... -an, which often create a noun for a process or activity.

So:

• debunga = pollen
• pendebungaan = pollination

This pattern is common in Malay, where affixes turn a base word into a more abstract noun.

Why is there no word for is in the sentence?

Malay often leaves out the verb to be in simple present-tense sentences.

So:

• Pendebungaan penting
  literally: Pollination important

But in natural English, we translate it as:

• Pollination is important

This is very normal in Malay. You do not need a separate word for is here.

What does penting mean, and what kind of word is it?

Penting means important.

It is an adjective, and in this sentence it comes directly after the noun it describes as the predicate:

• Pendebungaan penting = Pollination is important

Malay does not need a linking verb before penting.