Suaranya yang serak sama sekali tidak mengganggu kami.

that

Breakdown of Suaranya yang serak sama sekali tidak mengganggu kami.

• tidak: not
• kami: we
• mengganggu: to disturb

Questions & Answers about Suaranya yang serak sama sekali tidak mengganggu kami.

What does suaranya mean, and what is -nya doing?

Suara means voice. The ending -nya often marks a third-person possessor, so suaranya most naturally means his voice or her voice here.

A few useful notes about -nya:

• it does not show gender, so it can mean his or her
• depending on context, it can also mean their
• sometimes it makes a noun sound definite, like the ...

In this sentence, the most natural reading is his/her voice.

Why is yang used in suaranya yang serak?

Here yang introduces a description of suaranya. So yang serak means something like that is hoarse or which is hoarse.

So:

• suaranya yang serak = literally his/her voice that is hoarse
• natural English = his/her hoarse voice

A very important point: without yang, suaranya serak would normally be understood as a full clause meaning his/her voice is hoarse. Using yang helps show that serak is part of the noun phrase describing voice, not the main statement of the sentence.