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Questions & Answers about Doktor memeriksa jantung.
Why is the word order Doktor memeriksa jantung and not something else?
Malay commonly uses Subject–Verb–Object word order, just like English.
- Doktor = subject
- memeriksa = verb
- jantung = object
So the sentence is structured as:
Doktor + memeriksa + jantung
doctor + examines/is examining + heart
That makes this sentence very straightforward for an English speaker.
What does memeriksa mean exactly?
Memeriksa means to examine, to inspect, or to check depending on context.
In a medical sentence like this, memeriksa is best understood as examines or is examining.
It comes from the base form periksa = examine / inspect / check.
The prefix meN- turns it into an active verb:
- periksa = examine / inspection-related base
- memeriksa = to examine / examines
Why is it memeriksa and not just periksa?