Kereta sorong membawa kompos ke batas.

to (a place)

Breakdown of Kereta sorong membawa kompos ke batas.

• membawa: to carry
• kompos: the compost
• kereta sorong: the wheelbarrow

Questions & Answers about Kereta sorong membawa kompos ke batas.

What does kereta sorong mean exactly? Does kereta not usually mean car?

Yes, kereta often means car in modern Malay, but in compounds it can still have the broader sense of cart/vehicle.

Kereta sorong is a fixed expression meaning wheelbarrow or handcart.
Literally, sorong means push, so the compound is something like push-cart.

So even though kereta by itself often means car, kereta sorong does not mean a car.

Why is sorong placed after kereta?

Malay usually puts the main noun first and the describer/modifier after it.

So:

• kereta sorong = a pushing cart / wheelbarrow
• not the English-style order pushing cart

This noun-first pattern is very common in Malay.

Why is there no word for the or a in this sentence?