Batas itu penuh dengan rumpai, jadi kami merumput.

That planting bed is full of weeds, so we weed it.

Breakdown of Batas itu penuh dengan rumpai, jadi kami merumput.

• itu: that
• dengan: with
• jadi: so
• kami: we

Questions & Answers about Batas itu penuh dengan rumpai, jadi kami merumput.

What does batas mean here?

In this sentence, batas most likely means a garden bed, raised planting bed, or a plot edge/ridge used for planting.

So Batas itu is something like:

• that planting bed
• that garden bed
• that plot

This word can be a little context-dependent. In other situations, batas can also relate to a boundary or limit, but here the farming/gardening context and the mention of rumpai make planting bed the best fit.

Why is itu after the noun instead of before it?

In Malay, demonstratives like ini (this) and itu (that) usually come after the noun.

So:

• batas itu = that garden bed
• rumah itu = that house
• buku ini = this book

This is different from English, where this/that comes before the noun.

What does penuh dengan mean?